Name: Portal. by Lindsey Abudei
Duration: 21 s
Description: A stream of immersive, experimental sounds created with live loops of vocal arrangements + made with my TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch Loopstation during my ColabNowNow Art Residency.

Drift Away

Hello Lady

Jailer' (Asa Cover)

Stage One -  Rise Again

Stage One - The Rising

The release of Corner House, the debut album by South Africa’s ZACAS, marks the arrival of an exceptional folk pop outfit whose original songs are both timeless and beautiful.

ZACAS comprises Luigi Zaca on vocals and Salva Zaca on classical, acoustic and electric guitar. Released by Just Music, the duo’s debut features 14-tracks - 12 originals and two covers (a gorgeous rearrangement of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game” and a moving version of The Beatles’ “Blackbird”).

Salva and Luigi initially emerged on the South African music scene in 2012 with the band Filly Lilly which made a name for itself through live gigs, in and around Pretoria. Recognising that their music would best be served by stripping down to a duo, ZACAS wrote Corner House in their parent’s home in Hartford City, Indiana, after leaving (at different times) South Africa for the USA. This intense period of songwriting followed several years earning a livelihood by working on boats on America’s Florida coastline – part of a journey that has taken Luigi and Salva from Pretoria to America, Spain (Salva), Italy and back to South Africa.

Songs like “Shoebox” exquisitely spotlight the organic unity of guitar and vocals that’s a signature of ZACAS’ sound – and the track also showcases the poetically descriptive narratives that define the album’s original material. Other highlights are the album’s title track (which perfectly describes the silence and snow of Indiana in Winter), the autobiographical “Journey”, and “Feather Lady”. A song about living life with a light and pure heart, “Feather Lady” evokes the hushed presence of the likes of José González and the troubadour sensibilities of Vance Joy. It’s one of the songs that helped secure ZACAS a record deal with Just Music during a project by the independent label to unearth new singer-songwriter talent in the country.

Adding to the distinctive ZACAS sound is the Berg acoustic that Salva additionally plays, which is made by the brothers’ uncle, renowned luthier Hans van den Berg. Corner House also features Mashadi Mokoena (whose trumpet hauntingly opens “Rail In The Rain”) as well as Shaun Joynt and Peter Auret on drums. Franco Schoeman contributes bass arrangements and the electric bass for the majority of the album.

“Corner House is about inspiration, reconciliation, reinventing yourself, and dealing with a lot of emotions,” says Luigi. “ZACAS is a commitment,” adds his brother. “I am committed to Luigi, giving him the opportunity to say what he wants to say through music and he gives me the same thing. Being in this band is about putting everything aside for the sake of the sound and for the music that joins us.”

"Gods & Kings" musicians & credits:

Salva Zaca- Acoustic Guitar 
Luigi Zaca- Lead Vocals
Shaun Joynt- Cymbal Flourishes

Written by Luigi Zaca / Salva Zaca
Produced by Rob O'Brien & ZACAS 
Engineered by JP de Stefani@ B Sharp Studios
Mastered by Chris Bethea / www.chrisbethea.com
www.facebook.com/zacasmusic
www.instagram.com/zacas_music
P&C 2018 Just Music

Corner House

Gods & Kings

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ZACAS - Gods & Kings

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JOURNEY FAR

Mema - Journey Far

JUST WANNA BE

Shirin Khlif
Installation: Arafa C. Hamadi - SAFE SPACE 
Sound is something that I understood and felt without training, it was a part of who I am. 
This sound installation is an invitation to catch the variety of sounds and noises of infinite space...to listen to the sounds as they are and to connect to the hidden music that lays inside yourself. Using a series of soundscape composition, composed with a digital sounds and 3D binaural sounds - teleports the listener to other places, realities and moments captured through memory. 
While creating I focused on field recording along with minimal and concrete music composition in a minimalist space. Walking around cities looking at facial expressions through an auditory perception based field recording and sound-walking. 
I am initiating the visitors to take off their shoes and go through the passage of the labyrinth - eventually sitting down on the floor in the center to intimately engage with what electroacoustic soundscape has to offer. 
Let the sounds carry you to a new level of listening and discovery; converging memory of space with spaces of memory. This is a space where the listener is welcomed to meet themselves.

Spatial sound confession No.1 Op.1

A stream of immersive, experimental sounds created with live loops of vocal arrangements + made with my TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch Loopstation during my ColabNowNow Art Residency. 

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Portal.

Genre-fluid singer-songwriter, improv vocal composer, performing/recording artist.

Radio France International Prix Découvertes 2013 Awardee, Art OMI Music 2017 Fellow (US), BANFF Jazz & Creative Music 2018 Alum.(Canada), RBMA 2018 Class, British Council ColabNowNow 2019 Art Resident, OneBeat Music 2021 Fellow, 2022 Black Girls Glow Sound Fellow.

Contact + Inquiries:
abudei.mgmt@gmail.com

Portal.

Lindsey Abudei

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