#gqom oh!

[whifferdills]

ok in my head 'EDM' is like Steve Aoki-ish post-Deadmau5 kind of prog house whatever, like so

which tbf i also don't really care for. but i am starting to suspect that, much like 'electronica' once extended to 'anything made with electronic instruments' instead of localizing as big-beat, you know, Fatboy Slim kinda thing, 'EDM' truly is 'Electronic Dance Music' in a very broad sense, theoretically encompassing anything from hi-NRG disco to Ilian Tape-type chill, thinky techno to gqom to jungle to UKG to EBM to etc. 'oh i hate EDM' how. it's like saying you hate guitar music. what. all of it? you hate "I Feel Love"? not even a whiff of an attempt to recognize the genre's roots and continued importance in BIPOC and queer spaces? im gonna throw up into your mouth

[babilano-celentano]

Not the best, not the worst. Mostly easy listening:

Alfa Kat & Tido Soul, Gabo Cannal, Fati Niger, Oh Mama, Altone, Kid Koala, AshTreJenkins, Mike T, Yaeji, LXV, Ron Morelli, Full EFX, Uffie, 50 Tabletten, Prayer for the Lotus, Nondi, Witch Prophet, Mercie, Looft, DreadLBody, Seekit, Sleaford Mods, honninman, Proem, Lauten an der Seele.

[ineedakpopvibe]

TAEYONG, JENO, HENDERY, YANGYANG, GISELLE - ZOO (2022)

Release Date: 14 Jan 2022

SM has a house full of artists that they are not afraid to use. Pairing NCT rapline with Giselle was definity a success, mostly because of the song they got to perform. K-pop borrowing *heavily* from African sounds is no news (BTS’s Idol must be the most prominent example) but it’s always great to hear that somewhat experimental coctail.

3 things that got me hooked:

Oh what a rythm we have here! First thing that comes to my mind is gqom but I am not well versed in what is going on in African music landscape. It’s definietly something that could have been played in Jo’burg though.

The chorus and those tiny vocal samples in the background.

Endings of Jeno’s prechoruses. “This is awesome wild” could be a meme in and of itself along with the cartoonish “weeee!”. Got me cackling.

all the songs can be found on the ever growing playlist 

[theweirdandthewonderfulofficial]

Yoooo  👀  Crazy New TLC Fam Vinyl out soon on Gqom Oh! You can go preorder it now over on their bandcamp  🤓

[pbrodukt]

(Gqom Oh!)

[discoattack]

TLC Fam - Bridge Lase London - GQOM005 | Gqom Oh!

[lilflowerbed]

(Gqom Oh!)

[postpunkindustrial]

DARKFLOOR Sinjin Hawke, CanBlaster – Monolith (Overture) (Canblaster remix) [Fractal Fantasy] Autumns – Doire Dog Race [Opal Tapes] Ovid & Tension – Impish [Flood] All Saints – PURESHOREZ0000 (portara0000 remix) [goddezz] Dexterous Numerics – Leap of Faith [unreleased] Forest Drive West – Impulse [R & S Records] Roho – Dark Forest [Samurai Music] Consulate – Bloodline [Bitterfeld] Ballpeen – One Man’s Opinion [Cruel Nature Records] Noumen – Hydra [Central Processing Unit] DODSSANG TEMPEL – Demons of Old Norsk Darkness [Deathbed Tapes] GOLPESAR – Speak in Semaphore [Opal Tapes] Shinichi Atobe – Lake 3 [DDS] thatboytim – Steady On [unreleased]

FLORE Esther – ?? [POLAAR] forthcoming JV & Palf – Out Front [Panel Audio] A-Sim – Weirdo Indian [Eddy Larkin] Doctor Jeep – Acolyte [SPE:C] Dominowe – The Return Of Shaka (Core Tribe) [GQOM OH!] Formation Boyz – Back Then [GQOM OH!] A Made Up Sound – Take the Plunge (Beat mix) [A Made Up Sound] Prettybwoy – Hansei (acapella) [POLAAR] TLC Fam – Commando [GQOM OH!] Deena Abdelwahed – Lila fi Tounes [InFiné] Flore – Xenoglossia [Flore] Hodge – Silo [Mother’s Finest] A-Sim – Silly [Human Disease Network Recordings] Ploy – Roy’s Rolls [Timedance] Esther – ?? [POLAAR] forthcoming

DARKFLOOR Purl – Emissary [Dewtone Recordings] Jaye Jayle – I Need You [Ipecac Recordings]

IN SESSION

In for a guest mix this week, it’s French producer Flore. Label head of POLAAR, she has been on our list for a long time. Her session does not disappoint, expertly showcasing her love of percussion rich bass heavy dance music. From her early days as a breaks producer releasing music with the likes of Botchit & Scarper, Splank, and Mofo, to launching POLAAR, with Marc Weistroff in 2014 she has continued to purse her love of drums and bass.

[tssbnchn]

Gqom OH! x Crudo Volta 

Awesome african experimental music project 

[amomaledu-blog]

Emo Kid’s Gqom hits have a more tribal rhythmic thud. 2016. Photograph by Crudo Volta.

[regimebrigade]

[earpeeler]

Red Bull Music Academy – H∆SHTAG$ Season II – #Gqom | Red Bull Music Academy From the streets of Durban to the hard drives of Europe’s dance music vanguard via WhatsApp: these are the coordinates that map out the journey of South Africa’s recent club craze, gqom.

[kabeno000]

(Gqom Oh!)

[theweirdandthewonderfulofficial]

DJ Lag and Rudeboyz bring you their essential Gqom playlist – check it out over on okayafrica! 

[alifeoftrash]

Instrumental (bonus digital only)

(Gqom Oh!)