Written by: Thandiswa
Additional Programming and Engineering by: pH

Yeyam Nawe (#FreedomIs4Everyone)

Here's a new song. Let's see where this goes. :)

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Vocals and instrumentation by Jim Chuchu.
Recorded and mixed at the NEST.

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Surrender (Where I Am Called)

To the musical people of Umkhumbane where my grandfather was born.

Nduduzo Makhathini Piano
Ayanda Sikade Drums
Magne ThormodsæterDouble Bass
Karl Martin Almqvist Tenor Sax
Robi Fassie Kock Flugelhorn

From An Old Bag Of Umkhumbane

Personnel:

Nduduzo Makhathini Piano and Backing Vocals
Omagugu Lead and Backing Vocals
Ayanda Sikade Drums
Magne ThormodsæterDouble Bass
Karl Martin Almqvist Tenor Sax
Robi Fassie Kock Flugelhorn
El Hadj Ngari Ndong Congas
Mabeleng Moholo Percs and Effects

King Fela

A live performance at the #ArtofSunday | Kaya Fm | Brenda Sisane
Guitars and Voice: Sibusile Xaba
Toys & Shakers and Voice: Thabang Tabane 
Djembe: Mwangania Magagula

Song Image/Cover by Reatile Malusi

Ukukhanya kwa Dr Philip Tabane

Credits:

Mentored by Thabang Tabane 
Music received by Sibusile Xaba 
Music created and performed by Sibusile Xaba (guitar, vocals & nomaphupho), Thabang Tabane (percussion & vocals) & Moahanganai Magagula (percussion) 

Recorded live by Andrew Curnow & Nhlanhla Mngadi at the Tabane household, Mamelodi on 10 April 2016

Mixed by João Orecchia 
Mastered by Frank Merritt at the Carvery 

Artwork & Cover Design by Graeme Arendse 
Published by Hour Half Hour Publishing 

Lovingly presented to you by Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Open Letter to Adoniah

Sibusile Xaba - Inkululeko (Reprise)

The release of Thabang Tabane’s single, Nyanda Yeni, acts as a precursor to the release of his debut solo album, Matjale, which drops on the 14th of September, 2018. 

Son of the late, legendary Dr Philip Nchipi Tabane and heir to the malombo sound originated and pioneered in the early 1960s, Thabang has been touring the world, playing with his father’s band and other South African luminaries (such as Thandiswa Mazwai, Madala Kunene and Mabi Thobejane) since he was 8 years old. 

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 music an undeniable, cathartic exuberance. 

Nyanda Yeni finds Sibusile Xaba’s angular, tweaked guitar and Thabang’s percussive effervescence circling each other; miniature whirling dervishes. In an almost dizzying, looping game of never-ending hide-and-seek, the traditional plea for rain is silk-spun into malombo modernity with Dennis Moanganei Magagula on percussion and Thulani Ntuli on bass guitar.

credits:

Music composed and arranged by Thabang Tabane 
Lyrics from Traditional Song 

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 
Mixed by Dion Monti & João Orecchia 
Mastered by Norman Nitzsche at Calyx Mastering 

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

Executive Producers and A&R - Lindokuhle Nkosi, Chumisa Ndakisa & Andrew Curnow 
Artwork & Cover Design by Mzwandile Buthelezi 

Lovingly presented to you by Mushroom Hour Half Hour

Nyanda Yeni

His quirky, eccentric and authentic fashion style, matched by his bewitching raspy voice prove that he is anything but ordinary.The debut single“Sista Kunjani”intricately showcased his distinct way of moulding and carving a post-modern eclectic genre which was emulated by many young musicians but never matched.In 2004 he released “Piece of Mind”, which marked the arrival of a super-star, spawning multiple hits,Rich with enchanting Xhosa lyrics and immaculately marrying Funk, Jazz, Soul, Pop, Traditional and Rock -  he made being an alternative musician popular in a time when it was still misunderstood.He would mimic his favourite stars, already envisioning a life as a rockstar.He developed a bold live persona that made him a crowd favourite.Like a true veteran,made music with Hugh Masekela, The Floacist (Floetry), Keith Murray,BlackCoffee.He recently launched a new digital platform, Mlok.co.za, which aims to showcase indie musicians to a wider audience. The venture sees him growing more into an entrepreneur and a mentor. Now an icon in the South African music landscape, MXO, is still full of surprises and continuously stretches himself as an artist. In an era, where some artists fold under the pressures of the music industry, he maintains an admirable originality. He is still “The Real MXO”.

Zama Ft Msaki

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

dumama – vocals, uhadi and baby synthesiser 
kechou – calabash, guembri (abdelkader), cascas, chitende, guitar, bass guitar, synthesisers, drum/percussion pad, dundun (talking drum), darbuka and shakers 
dion monti – synthesisers 

music by dumama + kechou and lyrics by dumama + a traditional south african song

recorded, mixed and produced by dion monti 
co-produced by dumama, kechou + andrew curnow 
mastered by norman nitzsche at calyx mastering 
additional recording by andrew curnow 

cover art by duduetsang lamola 

executive produced by andrew curnow + gugulethu duma 
manufactured + distributed by !K7 label group 

published by mushroom hour half hour 

lovingly presented to you by dumama, kechou + mushroom hour half hour

mother time

dumama + kechou | mother time

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


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