Roho
The E.P. Roho deals with demons of the heart. Roho means heart in swahili. When making the E.P, Kondo was thinking about ruhani which is a spirit that poses as well as pepo. The music is accompanied by a poem that is still ongoing.
Demon come through
I want to love you I want to love you I want to love I want to love you I want to love you I want to
pepo is winding
down my throat
possessing love
making
wind
pipes smoke
pulls my hair in
the darkness in
moments of love
now now now now
breathe out a sound
with least obstruction
let the breath vibrate
without friction mouth
no no no no
I want to love you I want to love you I want to love I want to love you
I want to love you I want to
what makes you want to touch
chimes the trans-
versing drain
sucks me across
beneath
above
beside
amidst
among
through
within
a mountain
vanilla dome cave
my body maps a ghost house
every time I turn my back
spirits polter
ga ga ge ge ga ga ga
pep pep pep pe pepo pepo pepo
heaven meaning peponi meaning to gasp
soundlessly
Kondo is a poet, creative/theoretical critic, sound, and filmmaker.
They are a Barbican Young Poet 18/19, an Obsidian Foundation fellow
and Ledbury Critic 21/22 and are currently doing an MFA in Poetry
at Cornell University.
Roho EP via Soundcloud
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