NEVER DIE.exe

Released on 6 December 2024, *NEVER DIE.exe* introduces a focused album-length offering from Lunga SA. Across nine tracks, the South African artist works within deep house while allowing the project’s sequencing and track titles to establish its own atmosphere.

The album opens with “NEVER DIE - Introlude”, setting up the project before moving into “BRUVA” and “LISTEN”. From there, the tracklist moves through titles such as “TOLOKIE”, “RUN IT (Inna' Millenium Style Em')” and “SHRINE OF NOTHINGNESS”, giving the album a varied but connected identity without stepping outside its deep-house framework.

One of the project’s defining details is its balance between full-length song titles and more functional club language. “3rd KOTA GET DOWN” and “FOUR KISSES” suggest a rhythmic, dancefloor-oriented middle section, while the closing track, “Ma Grootman (Dubstrumental)”, ends the album on an instrumental note. That finale is a useful indication of the project’s production-first character: *NEVER DIE.exe* is presented as a body of electronic music rather than a vocal-led pop release.

At nine tracks, the album is concise enough to feel deliberate. The introlude provides an entry point, the central run develops the project’s energy, and the dub instrumental offers a stripped-back closing gesture. There are no listed guest artists, so the album remains fully centred on Lunga SA’s own sound and direction.

For listeners exploring contemporary deep house, *NEVER DIE.exe* is worth approaching as a compact, artist-led project with a clear electronic focus. Its strongest appeal lies in the consistency of its format: a self-contained nine-track release that moves from introduction to dancefloor cuts before closing with a dub-instrumental treatment.