- Artist
- Kabeaushé
- ReleaseProduct
- Hold On To Deer Life, There’s A Blcak Boy Behind
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR128LPB
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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Vinyl 1×LP
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Press Release
Kabeaushé once described their music as “the complete opposite” of the hardcore leftfield electronic sounds of their then labelmates on Nyege Nyege Tapes. And at the time that was true: the Kenyan polymath’s sound on their debut album The Coming of Gaze was fiercely and single-mindedly focused towards giddy pop rush, old school party hip hop upfulness, clean sounds, gentleness, bounciness, positivity and JOY.
Now, though, the lines are not quite so clear. On their new material for Monkeytown, a little more rawness, weirdness and rave energy seems to have soaked in. This isn’t just an effect of being around Nyege Nyege peers, mind – partly it’s the experience of playing at eclectic festivals all over the world and being exposed to all kinds of radical music, but even more so, it’s the expression of Kabeaushé’s own wild performance energy shining through via their alter ego “the Shé”.
Anyone who’s seen a Kabeaushé show will get it instantly. Their sets are far more than just performance, they’re a celebration, a communion, a party in which the audience gets what they give, and the Shé emerges. Kabeaushé / the Shé’s presence is angelic but also elemental, channeling modern pop energy but also something deep, ancient and profound. And it’s that which surges through HOLD ON TO DEER LIFE, THERE’S A BLCAK BOY BEHIND YOU!
Track List
- A1. Sorry You’re Not What We’re Looking For
- A2. Day One
- A3. Banguk
- A4. Mitte
- A5. If It’s Flying, Fly!
- B1. Go With Gut
- B2. High Speed
- B3. These Dishes Ain’t Gonna Do Themselves
- B4. Imasaggi
- B5. Deep Red
Kabeaushé
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- Artist
- Kabeaushé
- ReleaseProduct
- The Coming of Gaze
- Label
- Hakuna Kulala
- Catalogue Number
- HK046DIG
- Release Date
- May 12, 2023
- Download
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- Artist
- Kabeaushé
- ReleaseProduct
- Lift your Spirit
- Label
- Hakuna Kulala
- Catalogue Number
- HK046DIG2
- Release Date
- April 26, 2023
- Download
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- Artist
- Kabeaushé
- ReleaseProduct
- Potassium
- Label
- Hakuna Kulala
- Catalogue Number
- HK046DIG1
- Release Date
- April 5, 2023
- Download
Monkeytown Records
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- Artist
- Mahne Frame
- ReleaseProduct
- I Gave My Legs To A Snake
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR131EP
- Release Date
- January 5, 2024
- EP
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- Artist
- Sylvere
- ReleaseProduct
- EP3
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR130EP
- Release Date
- October 20, 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Moderat
- ReleaseProduct
- EVEN MORE D4TA
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR124
- Release Date
- March 17, 2023
- LP
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- Artist
- Aasthma
- ReleaseProduct
- Arrival
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR127DNL
- Release Date
- September 15, 2022
- LP
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- Artist
- Catnapp
- ReleaseProduct
- Trust
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR120DNL
- Release Date
- May 20, 2022
- LP
- CD
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- Artist
- Moderat
- ReleaseProduct
- MORE D4TA
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR122DNL
- Release Date
- May 13, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Modeselektor
- ReleaseProduct
- EXTLP
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR119DNL
- Release Date
- November 5, 2021
- CD
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- Artist
- Sylvere
- ReleaseProduct
- EP1
- Label
- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR117DNL
- Release Date
- October 15, 2021
- EP