The video for "Perfect Black Light” is far removed from downtown nightclubs, EDM festivals, and other the places we usually associate with underground and experimental electronic music. Instead, it takes you deep into the kireka neighbourhood in Kampala and the location where the music was recorded. This is a neighbourhood that has its food market, corner shops, plots where people plant food, a school for the children. A simple place of day to day living - struggle and survival - in this African city.
During the rehearsals for the filming of the video IR witnessed a beautiful scene in the yard. In the middle of a conversation with Kabaka about sacred ancestral places around Lake Nalubaale IR caught something out of the corner of our eyes.
An eight year old girl whose mother makes and sells banana pancakes in the space adjoining the yard was watching rehearsals. People told that she came to rehearsals every day she just loved the music.The mix for Perfect Black Light was put on the sound system speakers that was set up in the yard. Out of the corner of our eye we saw the little girl start dancing in perfect timing to this experimental music track!
In another corner of the yard people were sitting around a fire that going listening to the music that was playing and chatting among themselves.
After the Sankara Future Dub Resurgence track a roots reggae track by Gregory Isaac's was put on and this was followed by a heavy instrumental dub track by Augustus Pablo and then a experimental beatless noise track from the Dhangsa cassette "Future Tense " and throughout the evening this musical cycle would be repeated.
Different musical styles from roots to experimental noise music played as a soundtrack to daily living as people prepared and cooked food, laughed, chatted and most importantly enjoyed music.
You can an watch the video for this track which was filmed at the Dub Museum in Kampala Uganda where this track was recorded. The video which was directed by Sozi Joesph, cinematography by Patrick Twine and edited by Joshua BLACK Alibet.You will be able to see the humble garage and yard in the Kireki neighbourhood where The musicians from Uganda Ras Isaac,Ras Charles and Kabaka Labartin Klacity recorded vocals and percussion to the fearless electronic noise composition by Dhangsha. Apachita who is of indigenous Mapuche/Dene ancestry recorded her vocals in Turtle Island and relayed them to Uganda where they were integrated into the mix.
This is the same Apachita that is referred to in the track "Two Thousand Seasons Dub " when Kabaka at the end of the track says "Apachita, We See You Now with the dub warrior spirit, Keep it alive Apachita, you are the youngest warrior globally, we recognize your presence down here in Africa, much love and respect, Big up Apachita generation, future dub generation".
