Manufacturing Kings - Elysium Garcia

A medley of famous SA tunes made famous by Simphiwe Dana and Thandiswa Mazwai. Arranged for vocal

South African Medley

URBAN VILLAGE - MY CALLING

Spite, Part XI

Taken off the True Call album. This is another great offering from Nono Nkoane. Album Available on iTunes

One Word

Nanz is the cousin to the Mthembu brothers in the Johannesburg art/music collective The Brother Moves On. After having a dream about the brother who passed she wrote this amazing song in remembrance. It's a new mourning for me and you.  On returning from holiday from School Nandi went to record with Siyabonga + Zwelizwe. This is the recording. 

Recorded by: Acidchipmonks
Mastered @ Jazzworx Studios. 

New Mourning by NANZ ft The Brother Moves On

Hello My Lovely Rainbow Child
Ive been waiting long to see you
The time we spent apart was bleak
And I was hoping we could speak

The wind may blow and shake the tree within its bark
I hope you know I'll always keep you in my heart

Rainbow Child

RAINBOW CHILD

NLL APPS

Experiment 3

Nomgqibelo

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

Thabang Tabane's long awaited debut album is now available. You can buy the full digital album and order the vinyl or cd using the "Buy" Link above .....

Son of the late, legendary Dr Philip Nchipi Tabane and heir to the malombo sound that he originated and pioneered in the early 1960s, Thabang has been touring the world, playing with his father’s band and other South African luminaries since he was 8 years old. 

Emerging into his own with his debut solo album, Matjale, this energetic percussionist carves a driving, joyous and worldly version of the malombo genre that takes in his continental travels. The album brims with ambition and an appetite for life. Employing brisk tempos, nimble basslines and intersecting polyrhythms, Thabang crafts songs cognisant of the hardships of life, but chooses to deliver them with an irrepressible optimism. 

Expanding the parameters of what is essentially an artform patented by his father, Thabang and his cohorts seem unburdened by pedigree, infusing the sound with a modern sensibility. His reverence for the vibrational resonance and drive of the bass guitar, not to mention his explosive bursts of hand drumming, gives the album an undeniable, cathartic exuberance. 

The album dropped digitally and on CD on the 14 September 2018, with the vinyl coming out on 26 October 2018.

credits
released September 14, 2018 

Composed and arranged by Thabang Tabane 

Performed by Thabang Tabane (malombo drums, hlwahlwadi, toys & vocals), Dennis Moanganei Magagula (djembe, hlwahlwadi & toys), Sibusile Xaba (guitar & sounds) and Thulani Ntuli (electric bass guitar) 

Produced by Thabang Tabane, Andrew Curnow & Dion Monti 

Recorded by Andrew Curnow & Nhlanhla Mngadi 

All songs mixed by Dion Monti & João Orecchia 

Mastered by Norman Nitzsche at Calyx Mastering 

Recorded live at the Tabane household, Mamelodi on 28 August 2016. 

Artwork & Cover Design by Mzwandile Buthelezi 

A&R and Executive Producers - Lindokuhle Nkosi, Chumisa Ndakisa & Andrew Curnow 

Published by Hour Half Hour Publishing.

Lovingly presented to you by Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Matjale

Freedom Station

Thabang Tabane - Freedom Station

Itai Hakim's Debut EP - The Domino Effect of Conductive Feathers

Release Date 28 April - 1 May
Independent Release

Track List

1. Xivutiso (28/04/2017) 
2. Kokwani (29/04/2017)
3. Dream Swings (1/05/2017)

Experiment 3

Itai Hakim

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