The Long Way Home Chapter 2 - The Mirror by Obi-Wan SA 07 October 2026

OBI-WAN S.A. THE LONG WAY HOME
CHAPTER II: THE MIRROR

Chapter I was about leaving.

Chapter II is about what happens when distance starts changing the way you see things.

The Mirror begins in Afro-deep territory warm, rooted and familiar before slowly moving into something darker, rawer and more rhythmically fractured.

The first half carries the sound of Africa with confidence: deep grooves, percussion, soul and movement. But as the mix develops, those familiar elements begin to shift.

Records are reinterpreted. Rhythms become heavier. The groove moves away from the comfort of Afro-deep and gradually falls into Gqom. That transition became the story of the chapter. One of the most important moments is Sfede.

It opens the mix in its original form, then returns much later through General C’Mamane’s Gqom interpretation.

Same song. Different reflection. That became the idea behind The Mirror. Being far from home made familiar things feel different. Music, culture, identity and even the idea of South Africa itself started to sound different when experienced from another part of the world.

By the final stretch, the mix no longer sounds like the chapter that opened it. The groove has changed. The perspective has changed. And that is exactly where Chapter II was supposed to arrive.

The Long Way Home.
Four chapters. One journey.

Chapter II - The Mirror.

### Tracklist

1. Drega x Thandi Draai – Sfede
2. Caiiro – Mapoch War
3. Euggy – Dwana Days (Original Mix)
4. Moojo, Da Capo – Secret ID
5. Nina Simone – Four Women (DESIREE Remix) (Extended Version)
6. Eden Shalev – Papi (Bhabi)
7. Culoe De Song – The Spiker (Manoo Abstrakt Remix)
8. Zakente, Studio Bros – Kutura
9. Salif Keita – Madan (Caiiro Remix)
10. Dankie Boi – New Chapter
11. Elvis Crespo – Suavemente (ibambe sleeks Gqom Bootleg)
12. Drega x Thandi Draai – Sfede (General C’Mamane Remix)
13. Ridgeclub – Biting Bullets (Swiss DJ’s Gqom Version)
14. Kendrick Lamar – Money Trees (General C’Mamane Gqom Remix)

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