Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Morgan, host of the Variety Mix on Saturday afternoons, is "Bantu Cakes" by Bantu Spaceship, from the 2023 album Bantu Spaceship on Nyami Nyami.
This week’s Song of the Day picks were chosen by DJ Morgan, spotlighting artists she discovered at the 2023 Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, Brittany, France. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch exclusive performances from some of these artists, filmed at the Conservatoire de Rennes Auditorium just for KEXP.
Harare, Zimbabwe-based duo Bantu Spaceship celebrates the music of their homeland with their Afro-futuristic self-titled debut album, out now via Nyami Nyami. Vocalist Ulenni Okandlovu incorporates Ndebele chants to the laid-back production work of his partner Joshua Madalitso Chiundiza. As they explain in an interview with 15questions.net, "The both of us were in search of unique alternative Zimbabwean sound, having grown up listening to Mbaqanga, Mbube, Zamrock, Sungura, Jit, and Chimurenga. We wanted to create something that borrowed from these influences, but merging those styles with synth-wave, electro and hip hop elements."
Check out today's Song of the Day below, and watch their December 2023 KEXP performance below that, filmed at the Conservatoire de Rennes Auditorium in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2023.
