{"product_id":"ep1-26","title":"EP1","description":"\u003cp\u003eDawuna follows that insane ‘Glass Lit Dream’ album with a stunning 3-track whitelabel, burning thru R\u0026amp;B's resinous ash with lilting, minimal production and a neo-soul glow.  Some of the best music we’ve heard this year - of any description - essential if yr into anything from Prince\/Camille to Coby Sey\/Tirzah x Nearly God x D’angelo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opening moments of 'white boy' define the whole of \"EP 1\": a pitched-up sample of Black Panthers chanting \"no more pigs in our community\" looped into an unimpeachable demand. Skip past it at your peril, it's a historical remnant from the tail end of the US civil rights movement that grounds Dawuna's music in tangible real-world politics at a time when police are still unremittingly exterminating unarmed black men across the USA and beyond. Close to a minute later, a brittle pinprick rhythm rattles beneath Dawuna's unmistakable croon and a low, growling bassline, with the lightest, most evocative drones as accompaniment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLead track 'baby boy' is even stronger, matching a svelte, dismantled trip-hop shuffle with one of Dawuna's craziest vocal performances to date. It's impossible not to fantasise about Prince on this one - the layered, panning vocal transposed and deployed in multiples, like Bob George and a Camille production merged into one of the most immersive pieces of soul music you’ll likely ever hear. Dawuna's vulnerability transports the sound into 2022, offering a level of melancholy that feels funereal, mourning the broken promises of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sentiment carries into the heartbreaking finale 'yout done tried', a deliriously lo-fi stepper that sounds like a ‘Baduizm’-era Erykah demo dubbed to overworn tape. Dawuna's vocal is pitched and distorted before being chipmunked for the chorus, crying over bone-dry acoustic drum bumps and gut-piercing sine wave warbles. It's a sensual lullaby for the modern age. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O___o?","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50468742201675,"sku":"2001118","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Dawuna_Distro_preview006_ca6526bb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727351023","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/ep1-26","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}