View Basy Tropikalne bio here To celebrate the release of their second compilation (Basy Tropikalne #2) focussed on the new vibes coming from Latin America and including “eighteen previously unreleased tracks by a mixture of already recognized and rising and promising producers from all over the continent”, we are thrilled to feature...
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On 3rd January 2018, one of the world’s finest and most inspirational horn players died. After a career of changing music, and not just in his homeland of South Africa, Hugh Masekela was sadly taken from the world of jazz. Having been a figure of defiance throughout apartheid, and a...
BCUC are an almighty, powerful band from Soweto, South Africa, a town rich in history and musical legacy. Their name reflects their musical composition: ‘Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness’. Perhaps their most characteristic musical feature, as their name suggests, is their dedication to continuing unheard indigenous music from the Bantu and...
Nestled in Johannesburg is The Orbit, a sit-down, swanky cocktail affair, complete with an equally classy jazz band. A grand piano, saxophone, drum kit and five string bass were fronted by a lady dressed in a sophisticated all-black velvet jumpsuit, centre-stage, playing the flute: Kamogelo Matsoso. This opening tune was...
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo need little introduction; as one of the world’s most iconic musical groups they have been spreading their message of peace, love and harmony since the early 60s. Known for their joyous singing and beautifully layered harmonies, the all-male, a cappella singing group are a major part of...
Paraphrasing the words said by their frontman Jovi Nkosi at the end of their recent London’s show on the Rich Mix stage, BCUC is a band you don’t have to listen to, but to experience. The Soweto ensemble, one of the most striking music projects coming from South Africa in...
Here is a South African band that is taking the music world by storm. Far from being freshers on the African music scene, BCUC (or Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) have only recently started to enjoy the well-deserved hype around their name and magnetizing sound. On April 10, they will take...
![Album Review: Sibusile Xaba – Unlearning / Open Letter to Adoniah [Mushroom Hour Half Hour]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sibusile-335x335.jpg)
Although we are supposedly perpetually infatuated with the ‘new’ in music, we seem to fall in love with tradition, in the same way that a hummingbird chooses to nest high up, like its parents did. Pirates, and those given the opportunity to mass communicate, often lie about the human species...
![Album Review: Spoek Mathambo – Mzansi Beat Code [Teka Records, 14th April 2017]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/522605831-335x335.jpg)
The first time I heard Spoek Mathambo I was blown away. The dark energy, the powerful beat, the slightly disturbing, distorted voice – his cover of Joy Division’s ’She’s Lost Control’ truly sounded like something new and unexpected. I knew very little of the South African electronic music scene and...
