In 2019, Anaiah Rasheed Muhammad had an idea. After 11 years performing in LA indie-rockers The Bots alongside his brother, he would form a hardcore side-project. It would incorporate the music he listened to growing up, making connections between people of the African diaspora. The result? Zulu.
“It’s the sounds of all African-derived music,” explains Anaiah. “We’re talking about jazz, we’re talking about soul. We’re talking about funk, R’n’B, hip hop. And maybe it’s not always the sound, but it’s the essence of the sound and the essence of the band. It’s all due to those folks that made the genres that made it possible for punk to exist. That’s kind of a shortened version of what Zulu is.”
