A moment with Digital Afrika… on their re-release of ‘Lions Roar’, its success, and their live set-up

Digital Afrika make their return to the label with a re-release of their fantastic "Lions Roar" via digital platforms, previously only seeing the light of day on vinyl. Extracted from a sought after release from the innovative live act, "Asiko", some of Digital Afrika's finest work to date so it is only right we share it amongst the digital realms. Following on from this single will also be a re-release of "Njabulo" from the same 12".

Keep your eyes and ears open for exciting new projects from Digital Afrika as they continue to travel the world sharing their unique sound, collaborating with special artists as they go. A quick catch up with DA below...

1. Welcome back to ASW guys! Pleasure to share the "Lions Roar" single here, previously only released on vinyl. Can you tell our audience a bit about the background and ideas around the release?

Lions Roar was one of our best, live tunes. When touring, it always went down well with audiences on the dancefloor.

2. Previously only being on vinyl, how important is it to you release your music in different formats? Any preference? As the world becomes more digital, is something physical important to you?

Yes, for us vinyl is analog and contributes to our legacy of music. It generally sounds better through a soundsystem, but people listen to music in various ways and it’s important to have your music accessible. People listening to music, don’t always have turntables and vinyl. What would digital music go to be listen to anywhere? The point to remember is vinyl is analog. There’s a warmth In the range of frequencies on vinyl that represents our music is artists from when we created it in the studio.

3. How is your live set up looking at the moment? Any highlight shows in recent times? It is always important to work…

Our live setup consists of two akai samplers, analogue synths and percussion. The percussion plays an important role in digital Afrika. We have Djembe, Bongos , snare and cymbal tree, Polynesian. Log Drums. Our last show with Carl Cox and Christopher Coe was a highlight.

4. What have you been working on lately? Anything exciting news you can share with us?

We’ve been preparing for this release. As musicians, though, we travel and work with Artist around the world. We like to collaborate with different world Artists. From Morocco to South Africa and Papua New Guinea, these are some of the countries where we work from.

Thanks to you both, we look forward to hearing more from you later in 2024!