Kush Arora & Darama Combine Everything From Amapiano to Punjabi Music to Grime On 'Rattle' – thewildcity.com

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This illustration captures the spirit of amapiano through two people in profile, facing opposite directions. One sports short hair and glasses, while the other is bald. Both wear earrings and are rendered in warm tones against a blue backdrop, echoing the vibrant rhythm of this South African genre.

San Francisco-based Kush Arora aka Only Now and UK-based Asian Underground producer as well as Daytimers member Darama have collaborated on a 3-track release entitled ‘Rattle’.

Exploring their ethnic roots alongside expounding their skillset of soundtracking the dancefloors, the pair builds – just as the EP name describes – rattling journeys through sub-genres of dance music around samples from North Indian traditional music. While the closer ‘Grid’ offers a more regular fare of grime save for alghoza (a traditional double flute)…