New music: Spoek Mathambo – Control

A 'darkwave township house' cover of Joy Division's classic paean to dancing to a bleaker beat. Grim – but very goodControl – a "darkwave township house" cover of the Joy Division classic She's Lost Control – is the fourth single to be taken from South African producer/DJ Spoek Mathambo's latest album, Mshini Wam. With an eerily distorted vocal and one of those "wamp wamp" basslines everyone's using, Control maintains the original's ability to make you want to dance while fully aware that ...

Read full article Share article