Recording: Wapamaku

Artist: Wapamaku

Song: unknown^*

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Cosmic Country for Communists), November 10, 2022.

Wapamaku - [first set, second piece]

A different vibe at Kurt Newman's monthly, with frequent collaborator Patrick O'Reilly bringing along one of his other projects — Wapamu (a moniker that is drawn from the performers' first names: Waleed Abdulhamid, O'Reilly himself, and Max Senitt). With Newman joining in on weissenborn and pedal steel, an extra syllable was added, and some nice grooves — Newman's melodically languid floating on top of it all gave O'Reilly more space for abstract funk scratchiness while Abdulhamid and Sennit locked in to provide a rock-solid foundation.

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!