Beat Your Demon E.P

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1.	Why So Angry Feat: Daisho 04:12	buy track
2.	Beat Your Demon 04:17	buy track
3.	Cham Bomb 04:18	buy track
4.	Karachi (what could have been) 03:26	buy track

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Producer Magnus PI's worldly percussive / electronic wanderings lead the Penya Investigations to far off horizons with sounds from Cuba, India , Turkey , North Africa and beyond.

The EPs opener “Why So Angry” was written by Magnus after an aggressive encounter with an old acquaintance. The glitchy. lo-fi Tabla-driven opening gives way to a Dhol inspired percussion onslaught with a rain of electronics from Indian wizard "Daisho" ,

Penya’s Afro-Latin roots are unearthed in the EP’s title track “Beat Your Demon”

The songs raw atmosphere is characterised by a melodic and rhythmic reference to “Oya,” an unbeatable warrior goddess in the Afro-Cuban Yoruba based religion Santeria.Co-written by Magnus PI and Penya’s Finnish singer / multi-instrumentalist Lilli Elina,

Penya's Percussion don Jim Le M is an initiated ceremonial Bata drummer. These ancient beats can be heard throughout this track, underpinned by the bands Venezuelan bass / synth man Adolfredo Pulido .

‘Beat your Demon’ features Penya's newest member Viva Msimang on Trombone whose soaring improvisation transforms the tracks ritual gloom to its optimistic conclusion.

Chambomb was a word made up by the band when discussing a combination of the Colombian "Champeta" beat with the Puerto Rican "Bomba" . However, the resulting tribal/electronic exploration owes little to this idea, and more to an ambient Mbira trickle, a Morrocan street beat, and a distinct echo of Afro-Cuban bata ritual.

Karachi makes a passing reference the bands debut single " Acelere" before Lilli Elina transforms the electro-carnival atmosphere into an ethereal vocal peak.
The pounding Colombian Tambora drum clatters beneath a final Magnus PI percussion onslaught, leading the EP to a pulsating conclusion.

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released April 14, 2017

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Penya London, UK

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Jul 30

The Jazz Cafe

London, UK
Aug 01

Wildesness Festival 2019

Oxford, UK
Aug 24

Barrio Afrika at Shambala

Northamptonshire, UK
Aug 30

Tipi Stage with Late Junction, End of the Road Festival

Wiltshire, UK
Nov 01

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Manchester, UK

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