Thandi Draai, ELEVEN (FR) 'Zama' on Sondela Recordings Ltd

Schiller placed 'Zama' ninth of 14 in his own SCHILLER Nightdrive chart on 26 November, a field that also carried Miss Monique and Poppy Baskcomb's 'Rain', on tszr, at fifth. The Extended Mix arrived on the label under a warm Tulum evening in September, filed as Afro House.

Thandi Draai's catalogue runs to 17 releases since August 2014, weighted almost entirely toward Get Physical Music, which accounts for 16 of them; the most recent before this was 'Get Physical Radio by SOANA', also on Get Physical Music, in June. The mix splits evenly between drum and chord, with little incident in the drums themselves. Levels sit soft, with headroom to spare, and there is plenty of air at the top, an open, gentle read that leaves room to breathe. Ninth of 14 in a chart this deep is a fair mid-table finish for a catalogue built almost entirely on one label's trust.