Description

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER: We expect this to ship on or around JUNE 5th, 2026. Any items ordered with this will be held until they can ship together. If you need other items faster please place a separate order.

Towards an Expanse Follows the acclaimed 2020 collaborative album
Buffering Juju with Kechou, a fellow South African musician and artist,
lauded as Global album of the month and a wonderfully inventive debut
in The Guardian.

Sometimes gospel, sometimes electro-psychedelic space travel, the
project starts with a languid lament that whispers a close-to-the-ear
invitation up and between the folds of what unfurls into an ever-
expanding sonic universe.

Towards an Expanse began in 2019 at Figure 8 Studios (Brooklyn, NYC)
under the generous guidance of Shahzad Ismaily. It was written in Port
Alfred and Cape Town and matured in Berlin and has evolved into a
companion, a pulsating vessel of grief, vitality, and reclamation. The album
meditates on learning to live with damage while regaining autonomy over
how Black life is archived: a dialogue between the artist, her ancestors,
voices like Miriam Makeba, Busi Mhlongo, Princess Magogo, Madosini, and
the psychoacoustics of South Africas lore as a timeless technology. It
brings these elders into a conversation with Dumamas global orientation
and experimental sensibilities.


Street Date 6/5/26