Given the richness and diversity of South African culture and heritage, it’s no wonder that Jo’burg is, once again, one of the most exciting musical hotspots in the world. The largest city in Southern Africa is indeed bursting with new sounds and artistic expressions, and one of the boldest protagonists...
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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...
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...
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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...
More like The Brother from planet Niburu… The Brother Moves On begun their Jazz Café headline show with a spoken word tale from outer space. In their opening tune their spandex and war paint was juxtaposed with sumptuous five-part, male vocal harmonies taken straight from the post-colonial South African choral...
