African Imperial Wizard’s ‘Nduna Mkomanile Remixed’ opens Ngwale Records as a 2LP
African Imperial Wizard’s “Nduna Mkomanile Remixed” is the first Ngwale Records release: a 16-track remix 2LP with Flint Glass, Empusae, Hypnoskull and more.
“Nduna Mkomanile Remixed” by African Imperial Wizard is the first release on the new Ngwale Records label, issued as a gatefold double vinyl limited to 300 copies. The album collects 16 tracks of African Imperial Wizard material reworked by other artists, pressed as a deluxe edition with a full-colour gatefold sleeve and two printed inner sleeves.
Ngwale Records describes the album as “the label’s first-ever release, bringing together 16 tracks by African Imperial Wizard, fully remixed and reimagined.” The set draws on dark ambient, noise, and ritual forms across its four sides.
The ‘Nduna Mkomanile Remixed’ remixer roster
Each of the 16 tracks is handled by a different act. The roster pulls from across the industrial and dark-ambient field and includes “Flint Glass”, “Empusae”, “Hypnoskull”, “Blac Kolor”, TeHÔM, Shibalba, Kommando, and Ulvtharm, among others. The reworks run from ceremonial drones to combat rhythms and harsher textures, reshaping the source tracks rather than reproducing them.
About African Imperial Wizard
African Imperial Wizard is a martial and ritual industrial project that has issued a series of limited vinyl records named after African historical figures and pre-colonial states. Earlier releases include the 12-inch “Cetshwayo kaMpande” in 2019 and the LP “Nzinga Mbande” in 2022, alongside titles such as “Mbuya Nehanda,” “Behanzin,” and “Ndongo,” several of them pressed in small numbered editions. The project’s sound sits in death industrial and dark ambient, built on heavy percussion and drone. “Nduna Mkomanile Remixed” hands that body of work to outside producers and, in doing so, launches Ngwale Records with its catalogue’s first title.
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