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Coming 8 January 2027

Amadlozi: Zulu War Drums Under the Drakensberg

Skeleton House Collective
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Track seven of African Bones is the darkest on the record: Zulu impi drums, call and response chants and a hypnotic 123 BPM build under the Drakensberg.

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