{"id":42179,"date":"2018-10-30T17:27:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/nkisi-drew-inspiration-from-african-cosmology-for-her-debut-album\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:37:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:37:00","slug":"nkisi-drew-inspiration-from-african-cosmology-for-her-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nkisi-drew-inspiration-from-african-cosmology-for-her-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Nkisi drew inspiration from African cosmology for her debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17703 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-759x594.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-661x518.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-465x364.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-375x294.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4>The founder of collective NON Worldwide announces <em>7 Directions<\/em>,\u00a0seven interpretations of the incredible polyrhythms of Congolese percussion music.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Update : listen to the album on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/uiqmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/7-directions-uiqlp002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Alongside her work as a sonic activist and in curating and managing the NON Worldwide collective beside Angel Ho and Chino Amobi, Nkisi\u00a0will release\u00a0her first full album on Lee Gamble&#8217;s UIQ.<\/p>\n<p><em>7 Directions<\/em> is rooted firmly in the African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo and in particular the writings of Kongo scholar Dr Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau. Listen to first track below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/521565267&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we hear before we see, voice and sound waves interplay between consciousness and hallucinations. Allowing the rhythmic to experiment with conditions of perception, disrupting predetermined expectations&#8230;Through manipulating rhythm, we create movements of energy&#8230; this energy determines collective behavior and allows for new ways of producing knowledge&#8230;when we hear before we see, we can think about predicting the future and the manipulation of imagery that happens. through visionary possession we are renewed from within, in a system of systems&#8230; the pattern of patterns in being, it reaches and remains forever incomplete\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Nkisi<\/p>\n<p><em>7 Directions\u00a0<\/em>arrives on January 18, 2019, on vinyl and digital formats<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> via <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/u-i-q.org\/releases\/nkisi-7-directions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UIQ<\/a>.\u00a0Check<\/span> out the album artwork and tracklist below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Listen to our Afro Club Exp. on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/38btMIbD4lYEsPbMrN9Bjz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deezer.com\/fr\/playlist\/3244743002?app_id=140685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17704\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Nkisi-7-Directions-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>A1. I<br \/>\nA2. II<br \/>\nA3. III<br \/>\nA4. IV<br \/>\nB1. V<br \/>\nB2. VI<br \/>\nB3. VII<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next: <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/nazar-enclave-hyperdub\/\">Discover Angolan producer Nazar\u2019s rough kuduro echoing the civil war<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of collective NON Worldwide announces 7 Directions,\u00a0seven interpretations of the incredible polyrhythms of Congolese percussion music. Update : listen to the album on\u00a0Bandcamp. 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