“After the release of their debut,  ‘Desire’, a record of otherworldly club music suffused with erotic vitality, the queer South African artist underwent training as a traditional Nguni spiritual healer, or sangoma, accepting the call from above to serve their earthly and ancestral communities. Their second album, On the Romance of Being, is a collective affair, with Marea stepping out from behind the laptop to front a 13-piece band culled from South Africa’s avant-garde jazz and experimental music scenes. Together, they take a leap from Desire’s digitized churn to swooning orchestral soul, dancing across the divide between flesh and spirit.” – Pitchfork     

A third album ‘The Baddies of Isandlwana’ is due Nov.9, 2023.

On the Romance of Being – 2023

This video is a good segue into the second album

Desire – 2020

A sneak peak track from ‘The Baddies of Isandlwana, due Nov 2023. By this account it sounds as bombastic and powerful as anything they’ve put out. Really brings together both energies of the previous 2 albums.