ISANDHLWANA
by AFRICAN IMPERIAL WIZARD
FakeIsTrash
FakeIsTrash
Okay, I’m honestly stunned.
Tesco definitely has a unique roster, and AIW only adds to the flavor.
Listened to their first release on a whim one day and was completely hooked. When a buddy of mine told me this album was just released, I had to snag it on vinyl.
I’m still at a loss for words. This entire album is well worth your time and money!
Tesco definitely has a unique roster, and AIW only adds to the flavor.
Listened to their first release on a whim one day and was completely hooked. When a buddy of mine told me this album was just released, I had to snag it on vinyl.
I’m still at a loss for words. This entire album is well worth your time and money!
Death Itself
Death Itself
EXTREMELY POTENT MAGIC
possibly one of my favorite martial industrial releases of all time, this incredible album radiates strength and cunning. it's sharp as hell, excellently paced, and wholly unique for its soundscapes. WELL DONE. Favorite track: Ezana of Aksum.
possibly one of my favorite martial industrial releases of all time, this incredible album radiates strength and cunning. it's sharp as hell, excellently paced, and wholly unique for its soundscapes. WELL DONE. Favorite track: Ezana of Aksum.
Fuzz-Kristiansen
Fuzz-Kristiansen
Venture through dead cities and living mountains, rediscover the sublime in the dark.
StC
StC
Absolutely sublime martial industrial, bringing a very refreshing sound to the genre. It is difficult to express how welcome it is to see a band on a scene like this with such a powerful anti-colonialist message, conveyed with such musical force.
Favorite track: Opoku Waré.
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Raphaël Bonnet
Scott
Cochlear Catastrophe
Heretic88
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ShadowCast
mistkindred
ketzi
Galok
Green Eggs & Sam
dronehymns
feelblue9791
DArkMaNWI
wizard_tower
Zulkala
hektikize
kersse
fleshgolem
Christian Weiss
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nefolk
urashima
Fábio Barros
rustyrusty
Demon23
c.s.
Lamuya Zimina
Uwaga bardzo Zły Pies
Keiichi Tsuruta
palaeologos
eaten by stars
Chris Cross
flrmkltr
Pandora Panorama
Tutuka Za
j4n0
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岳夫 宇田川
dietvernors
Owen Green
Max
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The Ogre
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Robert Eburg
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ooomi
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syckz
werwolf
dirkgentry
gmax
Sweetsister
Alastair
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about
African Imperial Wizard was secretly founded in the northern districts of the old low town of Luanda, the day after the ceasefire between the government of the Popular Liberation Front of Angola and the rebels of the National Union for Independence was signed.
The music producers immediately focused on the struggle against the colonial military oppression, the pillage of a tyrannized people turned into slaves for centuries and the vengeance of a young generation in perdition.
They planned on conveying their actions with ethnic moods drowned in violent powerful beats directed under a martial symphony.
African Imperial Wizard symbolizes the expression of the discomfort left by the ashes of the longest civil war known in Africa, fed by deep and profound social, cultural and regional divisions within the Angolan society.
African Imperial Wizard dedicates its debut album Isandhlwana to the kings, warriors, amazons, war captains, rulers and troops who resisted colonialism and fought the oppression of our sacred peoples.
These eight tracks, all recorded in Luanda, Angola, orchestrate the military vengeance march of an entire bloodied continent that stands proudly and which, day after day, keeps arming itself in the shadows.
While awaiting to come devastate your empires and get our due, we are casting a curse on every descendant of aggressive colonial administrators, our tombs’ shameless looters and our sisters’, wives’ and children’s rapists.
To you the executioners who cut off our brothers’ hands, who exploited our mines, enslaved our ancestors, to you the faithless preachers who imposed your devastating religion upon us, to the thieves of every European trader who seized our gold, skin and ivory trade, prepare to face our wrath, only this time in your own realms, just as General Hanni-bal Barca did 24 centuries ago.
Thank you to all our brothers in arms who came to the Aksnati district to our recording studio in Luanda to deliver their African martial beats. Despite the insecurity and unsanitary conditions of the Angolan slums, you did not hesitate to come and play your most disastrous harmonies on our balafon and make our old and rusty kalimba resonate. Thank you for successfully repairing the strings of our kora and for extracting the forgotten mystical melodies of our proud tribes. Thank you for pounding the skins of our dum dum with your old tribal tunes. Thank you for inviting the spirits of our brave warriors haunting African battlefields with their mortuary laments to our recording sessions.
And finally, thank you to the Germans of Tesco Organization for supporting our revolution!
The music producers immediately focused on the struggle against the colonial military oppression, the pillage of a tyrannized people turned into slaves for centuries and the vengeance of a young generation in perdition.
They planned on conveying their actions with ethnic moods drowned in violent powerful beats directed under a martial symphony.
African Imperial Wizard symbolizes the expression of the discomfort left by the ashes of the longest civil war known in Africa, fed by deep and profound social, cultural and regional divisions within the Angolan society.
African Imperial Wizard dedicates its debut album Isandhlwana to the kings, warriors, amazons, war captains, rulers and troops who resisted colonialism and fought the oppression of our sacred peoples.
These eight tracks, all recorded in Luanda, Angola, orchestrate the military vengeance march of an entire bloodied continent that stands proudly and which, day after day, keeps arming itself in the shadows.
While awaiting to come devastate your empires and get our due, we are casting a curse on every descendant of aggressive colonial administrators, our tombs’ shameless looters and our sisters’, wives’ and children’s rapists.
To you the executioners who cut off our brothers’ hands, who exploited our mines, enslaved our ancestors, to you the faithless preachers who imposed your devastating religion upon us, to the thieves of every European trader who seized our gold, skin and ivory trade, prepare to face our wrath, only this time in your own realms, just as General Hanni-bal Barca did 24 centuries ago.
Thank you to all our brothers in arms who came to the Aksnati district to our recording studio in Luanda to deliver their African martial beats. Despite the insecurity and unsanitary conditions of the Angolan slums, you did not hesitate to come and play your most disastrous harmonies on our balafon and make our old and rusty kalimba resonate. Thank you for successfully repairing the strings of our kora and for extracting the forgotten mystical melodies of our proud tribes. Thank you for pounding the skins of our dum dum with your old tribal tunes. Thank you for inviting the spirits of our brave warriors haunting African battlefields with their mortuary laments to our recording sessions.
And finally, thank you to the Germans of Tesco Organization for supporting our revolution!
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released May 7, 2021
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Tesco Distribution Germany Mannheim, Germany
Tesco Organisation was born of the love of pure industrial music. The label was founded in the late 80's as a natural extension of the interests and recording activities of some young German artists and their friends. The name is an homage to the legendary British industrial band Throbbing Gristle, who appropriated it from the UK supermarket chain and wrote the song "Tesco Disco." ... more
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