On their upcoming EP’s opening track \u201cBagan\u201d, Swordman Kitala<\/a> and Soft-Bodied Humans use an extract from a monster movie as an introduction, before Kitala\u2019s skittering rhythms pulse the bass with deadly impact, telling the story of a jealous lover over the mechanical instrumental. The piece is the first single of Kaiju Kitala<\/em>, to be released via Phantom Limb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The idea behind Kaiju Kitala<\/em> was born when Soft-Bodied Humans, a London-based producer, started experimenting with wonky, acerbic, bass-heavy hip-hop based on his love of early Japanese monster films. “There was something in the sound design of those films that I thought was really cool and interesting and I wanted to try using those sounds as musical building blocks, kind of like a sample pack<\/em>,” he writes. “What the tracks absolutely needed was a killer MC. I made a list of my favourites and the one at the very top of the list was the first one to say yes – that was Swordman Kitala<\/em>.” In Kampala, the rapper immediately felt the resonance of the metallic, shriek-filled sounds. Fresh off collaborations with DJ Scotch Rolex<\/a>, Lorenzo BITW and MC Yallah<\/a>, he offered a twitching, urgent energy to this roaring project. On the four different tracks, his flow is rhythmic, bullish, and scattered with rough vocal tics and Kampala-specific shout outs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n