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Pala

by City Kudu

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Omaan My favourite release on Pressure Dome. Some dancehall, dub and the goofy sounds that keep me going all day. No one does it like City Kudu. Favorite track: Twine.
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    High-bias cassette tape with jade green tape with on-body printing and double-sided J-Card insert. Only 50 in circulation.

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1.
Pala 05:28
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2.
Jade Puzzle 05:02
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3.
Twine 05:14
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4.
Honeysuckle 06:13
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Introducing Pala, the first instalment of Pressure Dome’s new tape series and a PD debut from London’s City Kudu. So far finding its home across Manchester’s Access Memory imprint, and Kudu’s own beloved brainchild, Kite Hill Records, the emerging producer’s discography toys with space and rhythm to create immersive environments.

In keeping with this theme, Pala EP is a thoughtful display of the ways in which light and shade can co-exist in dance music, each track bolstered by driving bass lines and accented by delicate melodic flares. Honeysuckle and Jade draw on dubbed-out soundscapes taken from the schools of Basic Channel and SND, both enlivened by the dynamism of tuned drums. The former is haunted by a fragmented voice, whilst the latter is bathed in a plaintive ambience. Connected in their half-time pace, Pala and Twine work to further emphasise the dichotomy between light and shade. The title track’s dancehall-indebted rhythm accompanies radiant pads, whilst Twine represents its gritty counterpart, not a far cry from the work of Livity Sound extraordinaires Toma Kami and Kouslin.

Exclusively on offer to those swift enough to get their hands on a limited edition cassette, the B-side sees Kudu wear the EP’s influences on his sleeve, offering an inspiration mix featuring music that has fed into the sound of the EP.

credits

released December 1, 2023

Artwork – Jesse Webb
Copy - Annie Parker
Mastering – Matthew Bentley

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