DJ Kampire: Happy Kampire

byIsaak Lewis-Smith
September 12, 2024

Touring the globe with curated sets of African club music spanning the 1970s to the present day, East African DJ Kampire is a tastemaker extraordinaire, as her debut compilation so richly attests

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