Batuk-electronic dance band

Batuk are producer Ntatho Mokgata (Spoek Mathambo) and singer Carla Fonseca (Manteiga). We met on the eve of the release of the first single,  Deep Ocean Deep, from the duo's second album Kasi Royalty.

The sound is a combination of South African house beats, and rhythms and sounds from across the continent. Batuk recently returned from a tour that took them to Australia, South Korea and China.

We chatted about, among other things, creativity and performance, the global legacy of whiteness, and the ups and downs of life on the road.

I am pleased to include two groovy tracks from Kasi Royalty- the new single Deep Ocean Deep, and Niks Mapha!