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INkwenkwezi (Live) Simphiwe Dana

Some of Africa's biggest Acts come together through song to #SayNotoXenophobia We are Africa. A message to Africans by Africans.

We Are Africa - Hugh Masakela, Kunle Ayo, Judith Sephuma, Simphiwe Dana

U.kwe.l! SET EPISODE 001

I wrote a song called 'Dear Youth'

Its on my album Zaneliza. How the water moves.
In fact its here on this link: 

'https://soundcloud.com/msakimvana/01-dear-youth

Download it and listen and give it away, remix it, whatever. It will be up all day till midnight :-) and so will I. Thing is... I wanna talk about middle kid syndrome. The older sibling threw stones at mellow yellows and the youngest well, he tore down a statue.

I am 80's kid. I overheard this a lot from adults. " The youth of today are so [insert derogatory statement about our apathy, purposelessness, sagging pants, manners, confusion, lack of gratitude for the struggle, ect.] "

I remember those days. Sitting in symposiums soaking in fashionable detachment longing for something, frustrated by everything. We did'nt have names for the things that choked us. We hadn't yet identified the statues outside and within and if they had to bloody fall , what would must can happen now? Leaning on that statue for my model c accent, and the copper rusted taste in my mouth if I told my white friends that things were broken? Phrases like ' white privilege' were perculiar like green moss on statues. Not dinner table talk. Nope. Maybe we weren't as bold as the beautiful braves, the #mustfalls. But our unnamed untamed angst, was definately not purposeless.

The desperation for a struggle, for a collective purpose, for a reason to die has maybe led us to this?

I wrote 'Dear Youth' and it's here so download it and lets talk. I am here all day. 

Happy Youth Day! 

Msaki

Dear Youth

Ziphi Nkomo - Caiphus Semenya

Sounds From Exile

Foreign Natives

Get It on iTunes + Listen on Apple Music.
https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/okabani-single/id1147870664

“Okabani” is collaboration between the top selling South African band, The Muffinz and popular diva de electronica, Moonchild Sanelly. The track came together as a result of the hit, four time SAFTA-winning SABC show, Jam Sandwich. “Okabani” has aired via the current season but has as yet been unavailable commercially.

Okabani

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The Muffinz and Moonchild Sanelly - Okabani [Preview]

Igagu: Tribute song to the great Vusi Ximba and his contributions to the world of keyboard playing that influenced my early stages of keyboard playing, his music allowed me to situate a foreign instrument in a local dialect. 

Credits:

Nduduzo Makhathini - Piano

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jonathan Eato at The Fismer Hall, Stellenbosch University 9 October 2016

Artwork: Front - Lerato Kuzwayo

Sleeve design: Donne Dowlman

Igagu

This is for all the people putting in their 10,000 hours .

Ukweli & Sichangi - 10,000 Hours ft Blinky Bill & Kerby #WAVEYWEDNESDAY

Nostalgia: Composition & Bass: Mukasa, M2O || Vocals, Rhythm & Lead Guitar: Tomas.(2008)
Stay in Love: Composition: Lam || Bass: Mukasa,M2O || 1 Verse Vocal & Guitar: Tomas (2010)
Tafadhali: Composition, Vocals, Lead & Rhythm guitar: Tomas || Bass: Mukasa (2008)

Simply Tomas - Tafadhali

Ukweli - Abbas Kubaff ft Sebby

Our first official release as a band. hope you like it :)

Yelele

Soon, the question on everybody’s lips will be: “Have You Heard? Have you heard how The Muffinz rule the world?”. The Muffinz have unleashed their mysteriously beautiful world of eclectic soul to the South African public and they are set for world domination.

The music of The Muffinz is so new, yet so soulful, so accessible, so honest and so innocent, that it appeals to all age groups, races, classes and sexes. 

The five young musicians make a refreshing change from the usual run of the mill rappers and house DJs, who are currently dominating the popular music scene, in that they play real instruments, and they play them well. Added to that is all five musicians are great singers in their different genres of expertise.

Take for instance electric guitarist and vocalist, Atomza. His voice is best described as a young Michael Jackson meets Usher with a twist of rock. Drummer Keke then enters with his  Senegalese meets rumba vocals. The band switch from a groovy R&B rhythm led by acoustic guitarist Mthae and bassist Skabz, to a classy jazz guitar sound introduced by electric guitarist and acapella singer, Simz. And that by the way is just on one song!

That is why, to explain the band, they decided to call themselves The Muffinz. Explains Mthae: “We wanted a name that would be remembered, something catchy but a name that people would want to find out more about. Plus, we all come from different backgrounds musically and so we all bring different ingredients - as in the ingredients in a muffin.”



The Muffinz - The River

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Take Me To The Dance
New Album - Out October 2012
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Take Me To The Dance

The second single from brian temba's second album and the first song in his native tongue "IsiZulu". Enjoy

Zanele

wo i i wa wa ho i ho ho mh mh

There’s a place where I must be
Over the rainbow there’s a place for me
Wallowed in self-pity too long
Woke up and the morning train was gone

Felt the chains pulling me down
All the way down deep underground
Saw my heros dropping yeah yeah
Lethargy set in like disease


Troubled soldier in the know
Burdened by the future passed
Fighting fighting we’re all fighting 
For a chance under the sun


There’s a chance we aught to be
Deadened by the future passed 
It’s all in the choices we make
Will we swim or will we drown

It’s the crunch that makes us see
What we are and what we’re not
It’s the crunch that makes us see
What we are and what we’re not


Take Me To The Dance

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