About this set
The Mix 029: Kampire is a set by Kampire, from Kampala in Uganda, a city Pulse places at 140 BPM (techno / experimental club). Bass-heavy sets from Nyege Nyege's core, gqom as the bridge. It is hosted on SoundCloud by Mixmag and runs 65 minutes, published in 2024. It plays here through the host's own embedded player, so the play counts for the artist.
Kampire says gqom is the one genre that makes her mix across styles; she frames the hour as the past and future of African dance music.
The artist
Kampire
Bass-heavy sets from Nyege Nyege's core, gqom as the bridge
DJ and core member of Kampala's Nyege Nyege collective, known for bass-heavy sets; her compilation 'Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola' came out on Strut in 2024 and she recorded RA Podcast RA.995 in 2025.
Played Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Johannesburg (11 May 2024) b2b Coco Em; on the 2025 Nyege Nyege 10th-anniversary bill.
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How do I listen to this Kampire set?
Press the big play button. The set streams here through SoundCloud's own embedded player, so the play counts for Kampire. If your browser asks for one more tap inside the player, that is the browser's autoplay rule, not a fault.
What plays after it ends?
Pulse Radio carries on: more sets by Kampire, then sets from Kampala, then this month's rotation and the rest of the continent. Press n or the skip button to move on early.
Where is Kampire from?
Kampala, Uganda. On the Pulse map artists sit in a ring around their city, never at an address.