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Amandla Freedom Ensemble: 

An urban arts music collective of young musicians dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the South African music legacy. We participate in artistic dialogue and collaborations with many of the living legends of South African music, particularly jazz and indigenous music.  The Amandla Freedom Ensemble is a cultural movement founded on the pillar of promoting opportunities for everyone to experience live music .As an ensemble we are committed to promoting quality and artistic renewal through collaborations with established musicians, workshops with composers/arrangers with the mission of contributing to the canon of our dynamic musical heritage.
The Amandla Freedom Ensemble highlights the compositional material of bandleader Mandla Mlangeni(trumpet) and executed by an impeccable dynamism by the ensemble in the form of Tumi Mogorosi (drums), Ariel Zamonsky (bass) Oscar Rachabane and Nhlanhla Mahlangu (tenor saxophones). 

Kid Fonque has become a vital part of South African electronic music and club culture over the last 20 years. Uniquely accomplished in both influence and scope, he is an over-achiever in every one of his roles; DJ, Producer Label Owner, promoter and more recently, Radio Presenter.

Firmly established as a tastemaker in South Africa, Kid Fonque’s influence can be felt and heard in the music of the many artists he has helped nurture with his role as label manager of Africa’s seminal dance label Soul Candi Records and now his new venture with Jullian Gomes in their new label Stay True Sounds.

Kid Fonque’s talent is the type that refuses to acknowledge boundaries of any kind – be they genres or borders. The respect he is paid by the industry is a result of his no compromise attitude to playing and making music. Rather than following trends, Kid Fonque has always done things his own way. Importantly, every record he reaches for bares all the hallmarks of the Kid Fonque sound - a golden thread that ties all his sets together somehow. 

Like a painter dabbing his brush into different hues, Fonque’s palette embraces everything from bass and broken beats to bossa nova, hip hop and every shade of house - and with this open-minded approach, he’s been deconstructing dancefloors at home and abroad for well over a decade. Over the last couple years he’s played dates in Hong Kong, Dubai, the UK and Switzerland.

Kid Fonque has just recently started his own radio show called Selective Styles on South Africa’s very own 5FM.  Selective Styles has given Kid the platform to showcase the hidden talent from all over South Africa electronic, house, soul & Hip Hop Community while delving into international releases weekly.

In 2011, Kid Fonque launched his long-running monthly night, #2SIDESOFTHEBEAT as a platform to showcase underground music from all genres at the same venue. Dubstep and house rubs shoulders with hip hop, broken beat and everything in between. Kid Fonque handpicks the line-up which has seen esteemed musos like Dego, King Britt, Swindle, Mala, Nightmares On Wax, Zaki Ibrahim and local stars like Jullian Gomes, Cuebur, Kenzhero and The Brother Moves On all on one stage.

In 2014 Kid Fonque moved into the producer’s chair and released his critically acclaimed debut artist album Kid Fonque and Friends and a string of remixes. 

Two singles from the album “BE”, “Usangikhumbula” and a recent collaboration with D-Malice “All This Time” did serious damage in the charts – all claiming the number 1 spot on the YFM Urban Top 20. His recent studio output has paired him with luminaries like Clara Hill, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Nia Andrews, Jonny Miller,  Kev Brown, Okmalumkoolkat and Atjazz. 

2016 has been music as usual and the year started with a Boiler Room set where he was asked to represent his newfound label ‘Stay True Sounds’ and got to share the platform with label partner Jullian Gomes with a back-to-back set recorded and played in Cape Town’s Langa.

2017 sees plenty of new projects on the horizon for Fonque including a full length collaboration with UK’s D-Malice under the alias rkls due for release on r2 London which features a rich and varied cast of artists including Kev Brown, Melo B Jones, Sio, John Robinson and many more.

Whether he’s behind the decks, running Stay True Sounds, preparing for his weekly radio show or in studio making otherworldly music, Kid Fonque’s sonic adventures continue to fill dance floors and thrill earholes, pay attention!

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DJ Bubbles’ musical career can be traced back to an early enthralment with 70’s Soul/Disco, Funk, World Music, Hip Hop and heavy doses of Jazz. Recollections of the first encounter with the gentle twirl of the gramophone are imprinted in his technique; the texture of wax indelible in his signature brews of nostalgic homage and futuristic ventures. The allure of dusty crates deeply influenced his intuitive ear and probably explains his effortless concoctions of genres in their multiplicity. 
His renowned kaleidoscopes of Funk, Soulful House and Afro-beat, infused with sprinklings of Dub and Electronica sway hips and bump heads on dance floors, stereos and cyber space. Under Bubbles’ meticulous instruction genres fuse and overlap, each a robust vertebra of an ever-malleable spine, bending, writhing and straightening to the guttural tunes of protest music. 
He gained his reputation as ‘the go to guy when you want that heat’ as a Sales Consultant at Flipside Records (which he later managed) in the late 1990s. During his time at Flipside Records he mixed the acclaimed Flipside House Vol. 2 and oversaw the release of Flipside House Vol. 3 mixed by DJ Koti. He has since churned out a steady stream of compelling compilations for the now defunct USM Records and an array of scrumptious mixes for Organik Soul to be found at organiksoul.blogspot.com. 
DJ Bubbles was an instrumental part of the budding Deep House movement of the early 2000s which have its roots in Pretoria . His acclaimed compilations have won him residencies and guest appearances in and around South Africa at reputable establishments including Zwakala Jazz Café, Mushroom Loungeatery (Sunnyside) and Cool Runnings (Pretoria); Lucky Bean (Melville), Bassline (Newtown), Kitchener’s Carvery Bar (Braamfontein), Capitol Lounge (Rosebank); DnE (Port Elizabeth), House of Blues (Gaborone) and Bucannan Square (Cape Town). He is also a sought after event DJ who ceaselessly captivated an assortment of crowds at events including the Oppikoppi Tuks RAG in 2001 and 2003, the African Film summit, the Backstage AIDS Benefit Concert (2006) and shared the stage with formidable guitarist Madala Kunene at the 2012 Africa Day Festival

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