This Cape Town-based band brings you a fresh mix of Balkan/ Middle-Eastern Gypsy fusion.
Besides performing original pieces composed by the group, Ottoman Slap performs and draws from a range of ethnic and traditional music, including Andalusian and Romanian folk songs, Kletzmer and Arabic musical treasures we discover along the way. Our musical line-up includes vocals in Spanish and Roma, saxophone, trumpet, saw, hulusi, mandolin, guitar, accordion, double bass, darbuka, daf, riq, cajón, zills and castanets.


Music that leads you off the beaten track on adventures through uncharted forests, epic vistas and wild badlands.
Drawing on flavours from Rock, Folk, Reggae, Pop with a strong leaning towards African rhythms. The sound is international, yet truly South African.

Matthew Rice is a singer, songwriter, poet, live-looper, musician, inventor and guitar maker from Cape Town South Africa
He collaborates closely with two of Cape towns most extraordinary musicians. 
Maxim Starcke, Bass/Soprano Saxophone/Sampling/Sound design/Composition/Guitars and Ronan Skillen. Tabla/ Hybrid Percussion Kit/Didgeridoos. 
With their help he creates a sound at once emotive, yet capable of high energy ballistic groove.
Matthew Rice's New EP due for release by the end of September this year, features 4 tracks that are firmly rooted in the worlds of Folk and Rock. The sound is subtle, emotive and expansive, building up high energy and powerful grooves. The new EP points with renewed focus and energy towards a cohesive vision.“My aim is to create an atmosphere of unity, excitement and emotive force through my music, to break down the barriers that separate genres and people."

Jenah. South African. All there is to do is love and make music.

Rikalet is a South African composer, contralto singer-songwriter, pianist and lyricist.
A curious multi- instrumentalist, she focuses on piano, voice, acoustic guitar and organ bass synth. Her first EP, Mother Tongue, released in 2019, contain elements of jazz, blues, reggae, gypsy jazz, dark folk and cabaret. Her next EP, Dreamtime, and full album, Tourmaline, are being released in the form of singles over the course of 2022.

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