{"id":92145,"date":"2021-11-10T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=92145"},"modified":"2021-11-10T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:15:33","slug":"dj-kainga-digital-indigenous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Kainga electrifies Lomwe beats from Malawian hometown of Zomba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diving into dancehall, electro and rural music, the Zomba-based producer\/tweaker announces an EP on Polish label 1000HZ.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Kainga, real name Sandson Kainga, started his studio in 2013, and since then gathered recognition in Zomba, Southern Malawi. A DJ and producer, the man is a proud innovator of Lomwe music; one of the four largest ethnic groups living in Malawi. As part of the <em>Digital Indigenous<\/em> series, presenting local producers who use rudimentary digital tools to create thrilling blends of electronic and traditional music, the label <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/1000hz\/\">1000HZ<\/a> is set to unveil DJ Kainga\u2019s new project, which will mix mix electro, dancehall, shangaan and rural music into \u201cLomwe beats\u201d idiomatic sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=611941006\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitialindigenous1000hz.bandcamp.com\/album\/digital-indigenous-02-oo-mp3\">Digital Indigenous 02: OO MP3 by DJ Kainga<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The track \u201cOO MP3\u201d, fully instrumental and already available, exemplifies the euphoric and fast-paced tone of the project. However, Kainga will also include non-instrumental pieces in the EP, such as \u201cMasheya Mollen\u201d, an ode to rural Malawian female empowerment, or \u201cKainga Moyo Wanga\u201d, a rhetorical question to those who mistreat other people: \u201cWhy do they behave in such a way?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, 1000HZ cofounder Piotr Dang was a <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/pam-club-piotr-dang\/\">PAM Club<\/a> guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/digitialindigenous1000hz.bandcamp.com\/album\/digital-indigenous-02-oo-mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Indigenous 02 : OO MP3<\/a><\/em> by DJ Kainga, out on November 16 via 1000Hz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dj-kainga-digital-indigenous.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diving into dancehall, electro and rural music, the Zomba-based producer\/tweaker announces an EP on Polish label 1000HZ.&nbsp; Kainga, real name Sandson Kainga, started his studio in 2013, and since then gathered recognition in Zomba, Southern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":92132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[25878,40982,4096],"location":[8128],"yst_prominent_words":[21258,8435],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92145"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=92145"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=92145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}