new music: south african noise-rap collective dookoom harnesses the cathartic power of rage on their debut album ‘no!’ #soundcheck

With distorted synths and fractured industrial drums, the South African collective DOOKOOM raises their fists in defiance on their debut record NO! The noise rap collective calls their music “a middle finger defiantly raised in the face of oppression – a giant ‘fuck you’to poverty, hatred, fear and all forms of unwanted control.” Kicking off with “Afrikaans God,” the album is a testament to the focusing and cathartic power of anger. The synths buzz in and out while the battling vocalists snarl, shout, and scream. Tracks like album highlight “You Don’t Exist” harness DOOKOOM’s nihilism into a new power source, while the haunting “Scallywag (On My Block)” struggles to find meaning in the cycles of violence in Cape Flats. If this isn’t punk rock, I don’t know what the fuck is.

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