MYKONOS, 30 Jul
Nhii 'Be My Lover' on Sounds Of Khemit
'Be My Lover' is Sounds Of Khemit's second release of 2023 on Beatport, part of a run that has reached four for the label this year. The track, filed as Organic House, arrived on the label in March, and Nhii placed it eighth of 12 in his own June Vibes chart on 19 June, a field where three of the 12 records already carry the Sounds Of Khemit name, and Manu Dibango, Nhii and HARJI's 'Bessoka', on Sol Selectas, sat first.
Sounds Of Khemit's catalogue also includes LADS' 'Marewki'. Percussion does more of the work than harmony here, with a settled pattern running beneath. The mix sits loud, though never pressed against its peaks, and the top end pitches between bright and dark, a controlled, driving read that keeps its edge without tipping into harshness. Eighth of 12 in a chart the artist compiled himself is a fair mid-table finish for a track holding its own against the label's own top seed.
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Sounds Of Khemit, Bandcamp about text · sourceThe Duat is the realm of eternal consciousness in Ancient Khemit, where the Ba (consciousness) of a person would go to continue their existence. It is the place where those people, who have developed a higher state of consciousness, go after they leave earth in the transition we call death.
The Duat is another name of the Sirius star, the brightest star in the night sky. It is where the Light (RA) inhabits and illuminates everything. The Duat is represented as a five-point star inside of a circle. It is also said that it represents the “so above, as below” concept. That is why the Duat had many geographical features that simulated the landscape of Ancient Khemit. There were islands, rivers, caves, mountains, fields, and more. Apart from these, there were also mystical features such as a lake of flames, magic trees, and walls of iron.
The Duat is also where the Ka resides. Ka in ancient Khemit is your angelic double, your higher self that is assigned to guide you through your life journey and provides you with the correct choices that keeps you on the right track towards your mission on earth, towards each others and towards our planet earth.
Guidance from the Duat always comes to everyone in life and in Sounds of Khemit, we believe that we are being guided from the Duat in order to pass the guidance along, create beauty and meaningful experiences to everyone.
Nhii's Be My Lover opens up with six sublime minutes of deep and elastic house. The vocal is a brilliantly deployed soulful element that takes it to the next level as the lush percussion rolls on. AGMA's Rantata is a more spiritual vibe, a layered track with rich instrumentals and muttered vocals with warming chords bringing the heat. Zuke & Sanoi then offer Voyager (Remix) which sinks you into a hypnotic groove with cloudy synths and gorgeous twinkling stars really bringing the cosmic vibes.