Montparnasse Musique are a duo formed by South African Chobolo Manyelo and Algerian-French Nadjib Ben Bella, two DJs and producers who met in Paris’ Montparnasse station and joined forces to create a dancy Afro-electro project. Their collaboration just gave life to ‘Bitumba’, the duo’s second single out on Real...
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Let’s touch every species of wood, but it looks and sounds like we are almost out of these mad times. “Out” in every sense, because we are also starting to enjoy live music physically standing in front of or under a stage once again. Still, some online events are doing...
There’s a country and a city in it that never cease to (musically) surprise us. New acts are born every day, everywhere around the world, but the diversity of styles and influences embodied and manifested by musicians and bands from Johannesburg and Soweto, in particular, constantly amazes us and it’s...
Check out Johannesburg-based band BLK JKS performing live their “favourite urban traditional song ‘Join uMzabalazo’ (Join The Revolution)”. The tune is a “for the people by the people anti-apartheid anti-colonial rallying a cappella fight song, turned African punk rock classic”. BLK JKS performed it “outside the National Arts...
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Check out the new single by Scorpion Kings, formed by South African DJs Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa, featuring Congolese singer TRESOR.
Afro-electro duo Montparnasse Musique, formed by Algerian producer Nadjib Ben Bella (Les Amazones d’Afrique) and South African DJ Aero Manyelo, just released their debut single ‘Panter’. The track, which also features Kinshasa-based collective Kasai Allstars, is out now on Real World X, an imprint of Real World Records and you...
We can’t welcome enough every opportunity we are presented to reach and write about Urban Village. Not only because we never made it a secret that we are fans of the music of the Soweto-based quartet, but also because their cultural relevance and topical drive- when it comes to narrating...
Enjoy Black Coffee‘s set for NPR’s Music Tiny Desk (at Home). The South African producer, singer/songwriter and DJ recorded the performance in the Johannesburg National School of Arts auditorium, helped by local students. “Kicking off the set is ‘You Rock My World’ featuring Soulstar, a classic dance joint from his...
This might be one of the rare – actually extremely rare – occasions when you can forget to damn the lockdowns and Covid-19 regulations and instead bless the fact that you’re going to spend another weekend at home, possibly staring at a screen and having to turn your living room/bedroom...