Years in the making, and first shared in Only Now’s “Timeslave III”, Jaijiu and Arora present exhilarating and carnal drum work across Buenos Aires and the Bay Area, with a lethal injection of a Chrisman remix from Congo. Worldwide drum culture, shatter and burn vibes.
Jaijiu (Elias Musiak) struck up an online friendship with Kush whilst coming across each others work, both stemming deep in their cultural traditions, inverted, and blown out into raw abstractions of their identities. Cubist, angular, and unrelenting, their first piece paired Jaijiu’s midi work alongside Arora’s signature set of drums and shockout programming.
Combining Argentinian and rapid fire Indian drum programming, the two have built forces and tornadoes of percussion that spin folks in every which direction.
The second track on the ep takes where part one left off and extends itself into mutant baile funk territory, as soon as it’s recognizable shattering itself into double type gymnastics accented by Arora’s young daughter on vocals with an anchor. Beats move into metal and bells, almost like a psychotic gamelan session. Genreless, relentless and somehow ecstatic , it all focuses on hardcore body music.
Jaijiu’s remix provides everything at its rawest , with his signature burn and blast riddims that put the listener on lock.
Chrisman takes part 2 and takes it between his worlds of Congolese trap and scattershot percussion made for the hardest of nights. His Nyege tapes background and Arora’s loose affiliations from the label connected them.