Zawadi

by Kimyan Law

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    1) Sakania
    2) Magic feat. Clara Luzia
    3) Yore Dub
    4) Mondegreen feat. Phentix
    5) Aia
    6) Luba
    7) Citadelle feat. Motsa
    8) Komorebi
    9) September feat. Robot Koch + May
    10) Lavender
    11) White Moth Anthem

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1.
Sakania 05:27
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2.
Magic (feat. Clara Luzia) 05:26
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Yore Dub 05:02
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Mondegreen (feat. Phentix) 05:04
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Aia 05:07
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Luba 05:34
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Citadelle (feat. MOTSA) 05:49
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Komorebi 05:40
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September (feat. Robot Koch & May) 05:17
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10.
Lavender 07:26
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11.
White Moth Anthem 13:15
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about

Just 21 years old, Kimyan Law, (real name Nico Mpunga), belongs to the African Diaspora. The son of a Congolese father and Austrian mother, Mpunga resides in Vienna, unable until recently to return to his homeland due to the devastating Congolese Civil War.

Born on Christmas Day 1994, Mpunga was a melancholic child. A lone black youth studying in all-white environments he was a victim of racism; a difficult and depressing atmosphere which led him to find respite and consolation in music. Making recordings using instruments improvised from trash he soon graduated from using wood, glass and his own voice to a mastery of drums, piano, marimba and flute, channelling his childhood difficulties into creation.

At the age of 12 Mpunga started exploring the possibilities of electronic music, experimenting with primitive looping on a PSP and then pursuing audio-engineering courses, learning so fast he rapidly started tutoring others. The last couple of years have seen Kimyan Law blossom into the artist we see before us today. Deep explorations into his African roots have led him to create complex mosaics of ancient sound with modern aesthetics. A true ‘artist’ rather than the all-too-common ‘engineer’ found in modern electronica, Mpunga constantly talks of the meaning and imagery in his music, referring to his tracks as “portraits” and as having “fragrances”.

Kimyan Law’s debut LP, ‘Coeur Calme’, was released on Blu Mar Ten Music in October 2014 and was immediately recognised as one of the year’s highlights, seeing him shortlisted for ‘Best New Producer’ at the Drum & Bass Arena Awards, listed second only to Spectrasoul as one of 2014’s best LPs by Ministry of Sound and surrounded by universal praise from audience and peers alike.

Anticipation for his follow-up LP, ‘Zawadi’, is feverish and the album does not disappoint. Expanding the vocabulary established with ‘Coeur Calme’, Kimyan Law has managed to create a new collection of music even more playful and yet more profoundly serious than the first.

Having its roots in Drum & Bass, the music flies far beyond the confines of that often-formulaic genre, expanding sonic ranges and disrupting standard arrangements. Mpunga incorporates African instruments and influences into his set up, achieving a rare organic and human quality amongst the cold electronics. Glittering cascades of tuned percussion are expertly weaved into layers of state-of-the-art bass and the result is a stunning, future/primitive array of romantic and cinematic music that, with its sheer humanity, seduces everyone who experiences it.

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released November 11, 2016

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