![No sponsors, no ads, just a community trying to build something real.—Miles Armstrong. Acoustmatic hauntologist tape loop improv.—mlondiwethu, born and raised in Durban, South Africa, grew up as a curious, shy-loud, tree-talking kid. Mlondiwethu identifies himself as a creative sound and performance-maker, and improviser. The sonic vision he’s preoccupied with is one which aims to cultivate a sensitivity toward the heart, in sound and in practice. Mlondiwethu considers his music to be an offering toward the space of inspiration that thrums within us all.—Naledi Chai is a Johannesburg‑based anti‑disciplinary artist and DJ blending film, sculpture, sound art, and music production. She co‑founded Fly Machine Projects and Septober Energy, holds a BA in cinematography and sound design, and explores object displacement, reimagined materials, traditional South African methods, and turntabilism. Her work has featured on Boiler Room TV, UK Radio Drama Festival, Radiophrenia, and Club Late Music, and she curated Jo’burg’s Drone Day (2024). Her practice incorporates field recordings, synths, archive material, broken records, and old mobile tech, with collaborations across galleries and festivals. She mentors youth, runs workshops, and researches decolonial sound studies, with work featured in Wire, NTS, and academic journals.—Nandele Maguni (also credited as Nandele) is a Mozambican artist whose work bridges analog electronics, field-recorded soundscapes, ambient structures, and sonic ritual. Based in Maputo, with international residencies in Zurich,Rotterdam and South Africa, his creative language foregrounds texture, improvisation, and a deep-rooted Afro-futurist sensibility. He was featured in DJ Mag’s “Eight Emerging Artists You Need to Hear – August 2024”, praised for his fearless hybrid of industrial, ambient and ritualistic techno rooted in Southern African sonic memory.]()
No sponsors, no ads, just a community trying to build something real.
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Miles Armstrong. Acoustmatic hauntologist tape loop improv.
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mlondiwethu, born and raised in Durban, South Africa, grew up as a curious, shy-loud, tree-talking kid. Mlondiwethu identifies himself as a creative sound and performance-maker, and improviser. The sonic vision he’s preoccupied with is one which aims to cultivate a sensitivity toward the heart, in sound and in practice. Mlondiwethu considers his music to be an offering toward the space of inspiration that thrums within us all.
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Naledi Chai is a Johannesburg‑based anti‑disciplinary artist and DJ blending film, sculpture, sound art, and music production. She co‑founded Fly Machine Projects and Septober Energy, holds a BA in cinematography and sound design, and explores object displacement, reimagined materials, traditional South African methods, and turntabilism. Her work has featured on Boiler Room TV, UK Radio Drama Festival, Radiophrenia, and Club Late Music, and she curated Jo’burg’s Drone Day (2024). Her practice incorporates field recordings, synths, archive material, broken records, and old mobile tech, with collaborations across galleries and festivals. She mentors youth, runs workshops, and researches decolonial sound studies, with work featured in Wire, NTS, and academic journals.
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Nandele Maguni (also credited as Nandele) is a Mozambican artist whose work bridges analog electronics, field-recorded soundscapes, ambient structures, and sonic ritual. Based in Maputo, with international residencies in Zurich,Rotterdam and South Africa, his creative language foregrounds texture, improvisation, and a deep-rooted Afro-futurist sensibility. He was featured in DJ Mag’s “Eight Emerging Artists You Need to Hear – August 2024”, praised for his fearless hybrid of industrial, ambient and ritualistic techno rooted in Southern African sonic memory.
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![S01 of our @orokoradio residency series, khubalo le nyanga, has come to a brilliant end with thanks abundant to Lindi, Afifa, Thenjiwe and Siviwe for sitting with me in this open moment until we meet againep01: “khubalo le nyanga” - naledi chai @cu_xtremesAn ode to when the abyss screams B[L]ACKep02: “DUMB RAT YOU PUT THE DIE IN DIASPORA” - Girl Blue @girl___blueWhat a gift to be able to make a love letter to Hate, that big blast of energy, most familiar to me when turned inwards. That crazy loud voice that threatens to extinguish, that gathers up all my shame and insecurities and sprays them back at me. It’s a force and a leveller. And, also, great fuel for poetry. For some time now, I’ve been working with [thinking about, failing to avoid...] interruption, noise, chaos.ep03: “Frequencies and Vibrations” - DJ Afifa @amedjafifaI live in Bakau, at the mouth of the River Gambia where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. Bakau has a very peaceful vibration. It balances the vibration from the intensity of religion yet everywhere you can feel Religion.“Frequencies and Vibrations” follows a typical day in my life in Bakau. I spend my time between a spot by the beach in an area called Cape Point, the Bakau Fish market and home, in the kitchen.ep04: “2lovaz” - midnightswami @midnightswami_in 2022 i drafted an idea for a graphic novel: a story that ends with a frame of two femme lovers dancing in a shebeen context: a play on themes of memory / nostalgia and history as forces to combat erasure. 2lovaz for khubalo le nyanga is a sonic-form reflection of our conversations as well as a score for scenes+characters in this story.ep05: “Umnikelo” - Siviwe James @00.sj0090Mrs James appears as co-narrator and central presence. Her gardening practice, domestic rhythms, and spiritual rituals shape the work’s cosmological and ethical grounding. The soundscape is composed of embodied field recordings gathered in eGcibhala and the Ngumla home, carried by family life, labour, and everyday movement.Excited for S02! link in bio for archive](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6758195462364067523570_0_dc7f7cd24a1eac5d4d9273a641b1fe2f.jpg?o=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&h=a34dc7c0b944186461a7b7c07dfb9356)
