Red Sands, by Ajak Kwai

Red Sands

by Ajak Kwai

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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition vinyl EP includes printed lyric sheet and obi strip.

Includes digital pre-order of Red Sands. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

shipping out on or around November 12, 2021

edition of 300

$28 AUD or more
Streaming + Download

Pre-order of Red Sands. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases November 12, 2021

$4 AUD or more

1.	I'll Be Your Eyes
2.	Rabina Mana
3.	Arrows (feat. Allysha Joy) 05:25	buy track
4.	Red Sands

about

Ajak Kwai is a name well known to the airwaves, stage, and broader Australian music community for her powerful performances and strong messages that call for inclusion and celebration of the diversity found throughout Australian society. Originally hailing from a small town of Bor (pronounced ‘bohr’) on the Upper Nile in what is now South Sudan, music has always been part of her life.

Alongside sharing political messages through her music, Ajak Kwai is also a radio broadcaster in Melbourne on both PBS and 3CR. Her shows give a voice to the local African community so that they can tell their stories through music and spoken word, and her music selections focus on songs that have changed the world in a positive way. She challenges bias in our society and reminds politicians to be accountable for their language and actions.

Performing in English, Arabic, and her native language, Dinka, Ajak Kwai’s music draws upon South Sudanese funk and blues influences and brings together elements of traditional music alongside more contemporary gestures. The result is something notably unique and powerful.

credits

releases November 12, 2021

All compositions written by Ajak Mabia Kwai. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by John Lee at Phaedra Studios in Melbourne, Australia, 2021.

Ajak Kwai - vocals
Matthew Erickson - bass
Gabriela Georges - keys, vocal
Kanyakumar Shome - guitar
Maria Moles - drums
Boubacar Gaye - percussion
Allysha Joy - vocal on ‘Arrows’

Cover photo by Luke Byrne. Back cover photo by Nick Mckk. Design by Rochelle Oh & Joëlle Thomas.

All compositions property of the artist under exclusive license to Music in Exile (2021). Welcome those around you with open arms and an open heart.

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Ajak Kwai Melbourne, Australia

Ajak Kwai is a name well known to the Australian music community for her powerful messages that call for inclusion and celebration of the cultural diversity.

Performing in English, Arabic, and her native language, Dinka, Ajak Kwai’s music draws upon South Sudanese funk and blues influences and brings together elements of traditional music alongside more contemporary gestures. ... more