‘To Be An Open String’ –  is a string trio that I notated for open strings (which is a technique of playing bowed instruments). I then wrote lyrics for Noma (Nomapostile Nyiki), who studied traditional music at UCT. And then layered 909 drums over that. I wanted to create something stirring. The song is about the sea, and that is a theme in the video. Also check out the music video here : https://vimeo.com/157707642

TO BE AN OPEN STRING

Holowez is the first of a two part series compiled out 40 plus songs that Dejot recorded during a 3 month stay in Johannesburg, South Africa. It's an auteur electronica record, one teetering between a focused club functionality –  heavily engaged with South African rhythmic sensibilities – and a fluent deployment of a whole array of experimental vernaculars. It’s a work that is layered and replete with field recordings: full of collected textures, padded with a meticulously sculpted, radiant low end and bracketed off by a cornucopia of swinging, jagged polyrhythms. 

Experimental, at times clubby, warm, off-kilter, intertextual, intimate and so inviting, these are some things that come to mind while listening to Holowez. Part two of this series, also a full length, entitled Uhujano will be released on February 15.

Bookings:    mabutamusic@gmail.com

'As We Surface' EP:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/AsWeSurfaceIT
Bandcamp: https://cardonspokes.bandcamp.com/album/as-we-surface-ep
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/AsWeSurfaceSP
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/AsWeSurfaceAM

Long sleeve white tees by Young & Lazy X CoS (made in Cape Town): http://roastinrecords.com/product/card-on-spokes-x-young-lazy-t-shirt-download-code-sticker/

'Sunwalker' EP:
Buy on Bandcamp: https://cardonspokes.bandcamp.com/album/sunwalker-ep
Buy on iTunes here: http://goo.gl/EBiiL4

As We Surface EP
Sunwalker EP
Lead Me To The Water {Remixes} EP
Lead Me To The Water EP

The brainchild of Cape Town based jazz musician Shane Cooper, Card On Spokes is a live electronic music project that might best be described by one of his lyrics: “the dance of things to come”. 
Taking influence from hip hop to house music, and subtle colours from his jazz roots, he has crafted a unique style that is constantly evolving. 

CoS has seen rapid success in the last few years, reaching a #1 on YFM, getting airplay on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 6, as well as support from Gilles Peterson, and Boiler Room debuts.  
His live performance on the Cape Town Allstars edition of Boiler Room in 2016 set the tone for his latest EP 'As We Surface' which dropped in September 2016 to critical acclaim.  

As a live electronic act, CoS incorporates keys, electric bass, and controllers, often flexing out into psychedelic bass solo frontiers, atop a bed of heaving dancefloor-centric beats.  
He has performed all over South Africa and abroad, and has shared the stage with  Little Dragon, Daedelus, Young Fathers, Clap! Clap! and more. 

Shane Cooper is known as one of the most progressive young jazz artists and double bassists in South Africa, having won the SAMA (South African MusicAward) in 2014 for Best Jazz Album, and performing and/or recording with artists like Lionel Loueke (Herbie Hancock, Robert Glasper), Nils Berg (The Stoner), Soweto Kinch, The Kyle Shepherd Trio, Skyjack, Talvin Singh (Bjork), Malcolm Braff (Blue Note), and more.  

His willingness to explore multiple musical landscapes within his recordings as  Card On Spokes has become his very identity, drawing from his experiences as a double bassist and pulling them into a music made for the dancefloor.

TO BE AN OPEN STRING

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