Grind by Kat Nzingha
“If we blackened out the sky we can turn it to light
I wanna find you in the rhythm
I wanna gift you the night
I'm trynna pull up on your fears and disappear them from sight
…we come alive in the basement, we come alive...”
written and spoken by Moonflower (Vernon Jordan III)
After releasing an EP, "Angeltribe" on London label TT in 2020, and "Vorphic Skin" on Toothgrinder Press in 2023, Kat Nzingha's debut album "Grind" will be released on AngeltribeXTL in May of 2023. Based in Philadelphia, Kat Nzingha is a multidisciplinary artist that explores experimentations with abstruse textures. By combining their sculptural works with heavy low-end frequencies and celebratory tones they create blissfully cryptic sonic materials that are the extended bodies of modified objects of which they consistently fabricate. "Grind" conjures the spirit of the sculptural entity that is physically attached to Nzingha's body as seen on the album art. The sculpted spirit is manifested through the sonic form of convulsing kicks, metallic percussion, and hyper-processed textures.
"It's finally time to release "Grind" after sitting on the album for two years. The end of 2020 was when I started to build this project while at the same time going through one of the worst times of my life. I became hesitant to release "Grind" because of how much my sound/music making has changed and progressed from the time of creating it, and the inconsistency of its plan of how it would be initially released. I want to share this album with you all <3"
- 👼🏾 Kat
Tracklist
| 1. | Fatality | 2:33 |
| 2. | Kat Nzingha x Skyshaker - & Eternal Violence | 2:55 |
| 3. | Kut | 1:22 |
| 4. | Thiox | 4:40 |
| 5. | Solitude Shadow | 3:26 |
| 6. | Kat Nzingha x Tati au Miel - Desperate Body | 2:34 |
Credits
Album Cover Photography by Dante @adeaddog
Sculptural Entity by Kat Nzingha
Mixed by Kat Nzingha
Mastered by Skyshaker
tysm for being apart of the album <333 tati au miel and sky
