Le Düke

The Tanzanian producer known simply as Duke is one of the foremost figures of the ultra-frenetic style known as singeli. His 2019 debut album, Uingizaji Hewa, consists of impossibly fast rhythmic loops, often above 200 beats per minute, spiked with cartoonish samples as well as breathless, dancehall-inflected rapping. While much of the singeli scene centers around the Sisso collective, which includes producers Jay Mitta and Bamba Pana, Duke is affiliated with the Pamoja Records studio. Duke's productions are some of the fastest and most unhinged of the genre, although he has ...