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BRAAI SOUND SYSTEM

DURBAN

A collective, not a person

style

  • amapiano
  • gqom
  • heavy log drum
  • shakers
  • sparse dark synths
  • male vocal chants
  • hypnotic repetition
  • township energy
  • south african accent
  • hot

the numbers

bpm
112
key
D# minor
energy
0.74
dance
0.92
valence
0.51
vocal at
7.8s
length
2:44
language
En

lyrics

Somebody's brother moved away and stopped replying
And he is the only line we had to number twenty-nine
Two years of asking around and nobody has her name
And her four notes open the biggest thing we own

Durban, Durban, Durban, Durban
One phone number between her and knowing
Durban, Durban, Durban, Durban
And she may never once have heard the record

She played it in the gap while the kettle was going.
One take. Eleven at night. She went home. That was it.

Durban, Durban, Durban, Durban
One phone number between her and knowing
Durban, Durban, Durban, Durban
And she may never once have heard the record