Dekmantel Records will present the debut EP of Esa Williams, titled Aweh.

With his discography growing steadily over the past couple of years, the South African artist constantly breathes new energy into his music by incorporating global influences into his work.

For Williams, Aweh, which is Capetonian slang for “awareness,” “spreads the message of his continuous musical journey and presents his many musical partnerships,” explains the label. Especially, “Blast,” which “is a perfect mixture of eerie Afro-noise with staggering traditional Gogo music vocals.”

“It’s very special to me”, Williams says about the track. “I made this when I was in Uganda to record an album with the children of the legendary Tanzanian artist Hukwe Zawose, including Msafiri Zawose. One of them, Pendo Zawose, had an extremely powerful presence and was doing incredible backing vocals. I wanted to see what she would do if I presented her something totally different, so I put on an extended version of a modern kwaito beat I got from

Tracklisting

A1. Esa & Narch Beats “Blast” (Ft. Pendo Zawose)
B1. Esa “Rift Valley” (Ft. Abakisimba)
B2. Esa “Rent-A-Disc”

Aweh is scheduled for May 22 release, with snippets streamable below.