Cascade

Cascade Quartet Live

This live demo recording of 'White noise' by Cascade took place in Hout Bay library on 13 July 2013. Cascade are: Michael Thorn on piano keyboard, Byron Howell on drum kit, Doug Armstrong on trumpet and Max Starcke on bass guitar. The concept 'White noise' is based upon can be found in music by Korn, for example. Check out the way this tune ends.

White Noise

This is the namesake of the Cascade band, and a founding work for all our new  compositions

'There is #lifebeyondHIV' is THE track for World Aids Day 2015, composed, performed and produced by Khayelitsha hip hop artist and producer Pzho, in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders South Africa.

Pzho was inspired to write the track after meeting activists, healthworkers and people living positively and fearlessly with HIV in Khayelitsha in October 2015.

For more information on the #lifebeyondHIV campaign, visit www.msf.org.za/lifebeyondhiv

 © Pzho / Nunstop Records

LYRICS: #LifeBeyondHIV
Lento lena (this thing) it is simple, disclose sister my brother
Usebenzise (use a )condom
Make sure you protect your partner
Uyenze umhlobo wakho (make it your friend) 
make sure you feeding it pilisi (pills)
HIV idinga (needs) ARVs ikuze ikuphilis' (to make you well)
Ungaphila iminyaka ndiyak'thembisa akhonto inzima (you can live for years I promise, it’s not difficult or its easy)

As long as you'll be talking, trying to get rid of stigma
Suyenza lento (don’t do this), never let this defeat you please
HIV is not a killer, just a treatable disease
It was not meant to be yours
And nawe zange uyicele (and you never asked for it)
But it happened to be yours

Please yamnkele, uzawude uyiqhele (accept it, eventually you’ll get used to it)
Now kumele uz'khathalele ukuze uhlale womelele (you have to take care of yourself to be strong) Zinikezele uncekelele ipilisi zakho uzinyamezele (Commit yourself, take your pill)

Bridge:

My people ko (From) Mafikeng, please condomize
My people from Durban, Get Tested
My People from Soweto, please Condomize
Khayelitsha, Mitchell’s Plain, Get Tested

Chorus:

There is life beyond HIV
Kwa-Langa, Bellville, Durbanville, Kuils River
There is life beyond HIV
Nyanga, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Eerste River
You can live beyond HIV
EMfuleni, Nase-Delft, Philippi, Nase-Samora
There is life beyond HIV
Mama, tata , buti, sisi (mom, dada, brother,sister) 
Doesn't matter if you Black or White



Verse Two:

Kubalulekile (it’s important) that kumele Testile (that you get tested)
Kubalulekile (It’s important) that i-status sakho kumele usazile (that you know your status)
HIV is not the end of the day
You can still talk and walk like every day.
Talk about it, ungayifihli endlini ( don’t hide it at home)
So that uzokwazi uthola (you can get) i-support engingqini (support from the community)
HIV maan ifana ne fiva ( HIV is like fever) 
As long as you eating healthy and u-treata no-treata (treating and treating). 

If you taking amapilisi (pills) you can live long
Ama-pilisi (pills) every day
That's the only way to be strong) x2

Bridge Two:

My people ko Bloemfontein, please Condomize
Elimpopo, Kimberly, get Tested
EMtata nase-PE, please Condomize 
Eqonce nase-Rhini, get Tested.

Chorus Two:

There is life beyond HIV
Kraaifontein, Grabouw, Hout Bay, Brackenfell
There is life beyond HIV
Butterworth, Cradock, Queenstown, Motherwell 
You can live beyond HIV
Ceres, Beautfort West, Laingsburg, Worcester
Please Condomize, Get tested

Cascade

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