#Fortune Shumba

[fortuneshumba]

Ms. Fortune Mbuso Shumba

[urlasage]

last night I dreamed I was on the nile

dancing with you egyptian style - 

[srinithyananda]

Day 8 || Navaratri in KAILASA || About Sandhi puja || As described in the Devi Mahatmyam, the Cosmic Mother assumed the form which is described to be as bright as thousands of suns together. She destroyed the demons of Mahishasura Sena to protect all the Devas. Devi then returned the Swarga rajya (Kingdom of Heaven) back to the Devas. Cosmic Mother also gave a promise to all the Devas, that whenever they are distressed, She Herself will land and destroy all the negativity in their life. When the demons, Shumba and Nishumba took form , the Devas prayed to Cosmic Mother. Thus, Devi Chandika happened and destroyed all the demons. During the leela of destorying Shumba and Nishumba, She also assumed the form of Devi Chamunda and destroyed demons Chanda and Munda exactly at this time as the rituals are happening. We are performing this Sandhi Puja where we invoke the Cosmic Mother in this very place at this very time. We also invoke the demons Chanda and Munda into banana tree. With the blessings of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam, His Divine Holiness Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam, the banana tree would be cut reliving the cleansing of negativity on Earth. It is not a re-enaction or representation but Devi Herself being invoked to protect the collective good . We are fortunate to have The Supreme Pontiff, and pray to The Supreme Pontiff to restore back the supreme conscious, superconsciousness of Paramashiva and Parashakti of Paramashiva on this earth as we are living this very moment. Read the full post here: https://www.facebook.com/138595819561610/posts/4502017229886092/

[dogcunt]

got a playlist thats just got fortune by dog faced hermans and egyptian shumba by thee tammys on repeat and its all im listening to today

[musicmapglobal]

Fortune Shumba

Recently we premiered a track from a devilishly good digital dub EP entitled Dubokaj Meets Fortune Shumba, and immediately we wanted to know more about the singer adding his honeyed vocals to the Swiss producer’s ‘Alpine Dub’. As the title suggests, that singer is Fortune Shumba, a Joburg artist originally from the township of Mpumalanga.

After discovering music while cleaning his father’s taxi cabs, Fortune Shumba determinedly set out on a creative path that was not without its pitfalls. From being ripped off by unscrupulous promoters to getting accidentally stranded in Texas, it’s fair to say the smooth-voiced singer hasn’t had it all his own way. However, aided by a diverse range of influences and his irrepressible artistic energy, Fortune Shumba is showing that there are few barriers to self-expression that can’t be overcome. Read on to learn the rest of his compelling story…

MusicMap: We recently premiered a track from your EP with Dubokaj – what were your favourite moments from those recording sessions?

Fortune Shumba: Hard to pick! I could say the lunch breaks? But then you’ll say I eat too much hahaha so… it has to be when I was first being introduced to the instrumentals with no words and I had to come up with melodies that would perhaps enhance the songs (cause honestly they were already dope without my vocal!). Also cause this was new territory I was branching into, as far as the genre. I’d never really made dub before this.

How did recording with Dubokaj differ from your usual studio experiences?

He really lets you be as weird as you wanne be without giving you the eye LOL! He pays fine attention to fine detail, if a recording take has one tiny thing bothering him he will not be afraid to tell you to do another one. He also has a no rules policy, he makes music that feels good but there is no specific formulae. Anything goes!

Where would be the ideal place to listen to the EP, in your opinion?

With friends once everyone is super baked or alone in bed and in your feels (and/or baked). Bottom line is, it’s even nicer when you are baked. Promise you.

You’ve previously said your music is inspired by dreams – what’s the strangest dream you’ve had recently?

I keep dreaming of my late grandmother, and her house, it’s a recurring dream. But in these dreams there is a huge flood headed our way (My mom, younger brother and I keep driving to escape by driving away). She most probably misses me as much as I miss her. We used to visit her place every holiday and spend some time together. She was a poet and a school teacher so we’d spend most of our time writing or painting or something creative. I guess I also miss that life, hence these never ending dreams about that and tons of flashbacks from my childhood, suddenly.

You’re originally from Mpumalanga. How would you desribe it, and how does it compare to living in Johannesburg?

Mpumalanga is very quiet and reserved. I grew up in a simple, small township and not much really goes on that side. As a kid I was really errm.mo different (or weird depending how you look at it really…). So, as you can imagine – I did not have that many friends, hardly ever went out.

But I have some great memories of my time there. I know we had loads of trees at home so that meant we never had to buy Mangoes or Avos or Bananas. Some great weather too. I realise now how lucky I was because I moved to Joburg and had to pay a fortune for a tiny avo and it’s usually really cold. Nelspruit is generally relaxed.

Loads of WTF moments about Joburg however! Like, the fact that everyone is minding their own business and always on a rush to somewhere. No friendly hellos and smiles from strangers like back at home here. Everyone is on their daily hustle and no one trusts anyone or feels the need to get to know anyone. But also this is an exciting thrill, this pushes you to push yourself! I am still trying to get used to this rush and just being here and I moved here like a year ago already.

Can you send us a photo of the view from your window?

What sort of music were you exposed to when you were growing up?

Kwaito first, my father was a taxi driver who later went on to start his own taxi business. Before he and my mother divorced I was exposed to the taxi life almost everyday. My dad played a lot of Brenda Fassie, Soul Brothers and Yvonne Chaka Chaka in his cars.

When he expanded his business there were more taxi drivers involved, each one had their own different taste in music and since it was my duty to clean the “mini-bus” taxis upon their return every night, I’d go through each driver’s music catalog and sing my heart out while doing my “chore”. You’d get guys that would play Brandy or Whitney or Destiny’s Child or Luther or Celine or whatever, the more younger drivers would have more edgier Kwaito and House stuff like Boom Shaka or Arthur Mafokate or Mandoza or Brenda Fassie or even Oskido. Then you had those drivers that liked American rap, your Ja Rule and DMX and Jay Z or Biggy or Pac. I played everything!

My gran played a lot of Dolly Parton so I was exposed to that too. She’d cry over it or dance or whatever cause it reminded her of a friend that had passed on. My grandfather from my dad’s side was from Zimbabwe, he ran a drinking shebeen for the villagers to drink at and he normally played a lot of Zimbabwean records, really loud. We’d normally dance to that and the people who were there to drink would form part of our audience and would sometimes throw some money at us.

I then grew a little older and went through my little gothic phase (picture this, a township kid in a public school who is goth and queer). I was listening to 5FM which was considered a “white station”. Radio introduced me to bands like BLK JKS, Panic at the Disco, Freshly Ground (first live show I saw and to this day I aspire to be as liberated as Zolani was on that day) and so forth. I was also listening to Evanescence, Paramore, Green Day, The Killers, Daughtry, Queen, Adam Lambert and 30 Seconds To Mars.

Then I kinda outgrew that and started listening to a lot of world music, loads of Busi Mhlongo and Jabu Khanyile and Bholoja and Dobet Gnahorè, some Sade too.

When I was in high school I began dating a guy who was older than me and was a die hard Bjork fan. I jumped on that too, became super obsessed. Oh I loved Beyonce (still do), my playlist had some Rihanna, and some Missy Elliot, some Pink, some Madge, Bowie, Grace Jones. I liked the pop artists who were super visual and were pushing boundaries.

And then when I would still go to church one of the American missionaries who’d visit our house regularly told me about Florence and The Machine and Kate Nash and a bunch of very quirky and alternative Brit acts he liked. I was genre hopping a lot growing up.

When did you start making your own music and what was it like?

First time recording, I was in 10th grade and it was a hook [by] a guy called Pressure, a rapper neighbour of mine at the time. Never got to hear that mess after recording it and also, I was glad cause I hated it so much OMG I thought I had a really annoying voice!

Since I spent a lot of time with my writer gran, I became a writer and poet first before even deciding to sing my own songs. In 2013 when I went to University I was yearning to record music suddenly. I’d skip some classes and link up with some guy in the city who had promised to make me a star. I paid him for studio time from my own savings without telling my mom and he got these two guys to produce a house song for me and it was not as bad as my first attempt with the rap hook.

The two guys disappeared with the song and my damn money. The other guy who’d said he’d make me famous vanished too. So I never got to hear that song too, post- studio session.

Later on during the June school holidays in that 2013 whilst visiting a friend of mine from back home who had his little backyard studio set up, just a mic and mixer – nothing fancy but heeeeyyy. He played me a tribal house beat and I started free styling over it, he lost his mind completely. See, I was not that confident in my singing, he kinda hyped me up and talked me into recording that song the next day. We ended up doing an entire mixtape and I was like “I love this shit!”. I realised I really enjoyed singing more than anything.

I went back to University and wrote more music while other kids were studying hard for exams, it was an otherworldly experience honestly and I had been sucked into this fantasy land where I could be anything or anyone I wanna be through song. I ended up dropping out of University where I was studying Accounting and pursued the music thing full time. And yes my parents were disappointed in me, severely… but I could care less. I felt free through making music.

Does your local area influence the music you make?

Definitely! I mean… as a writer you find inspiration in almost anything and Jozi is like a melting pot of cultures so inspiration finds you all the time. I started being more outgoing, braver and edgier when I moved here. I grew into my own, away from all I knew back at home. The people I hang around with now, the spots I go to, just my general view of the big city and its impact in my way of living and thinking has definitely influenced my sound somehow.

Who’s your biggest South African musical influence, past and/or present?

Present: Die Antwoord, Black Coffee, Thandiswa Mazwai. Past: Brenda Fassie, Boom Shaka/Lebo Mathosa, Busi Mhlongo, Jabu Khanyile.

What one place should music fans visiting South Africa see or do?

Definitely Maboneng. Very artsy vibe. Real African experience. There’s usually shows happening and there’s a back packer too, loads of places to get wasted at and buy some trees. Really tourist friendly and all the cool kids hang out there so there is some great company too.

What’s the biggest challenge facing musicians in South Africa right now?

People do not wanna pay for our stuff out here ’cause the respect for our craft is not really there. Though you do get lucky sometimes.

Promoters also do not pay artists and if they do it’s not what they are worth. And you get festivals that will book the same acts every year and shut other kids out. I could go on cause there’s a lot but that is up there in my top three… oooh also, no radio or tv air play for the kids who try to bring something fresh and original.

Where in the world would you most like to perform?

Does “All over the world” count as a valid answer? Lol Would really love to play a huge stage at a European festival. I really love Europe. I think I was meant to stay in Europe?

What’s your favourite album of all time?

This is so difficult. I will go with Bjork’s Vespertine.

What’s your favourite track of 2017 so far?

Besides my own of course! I really like Sevdaliza’s ‘Bluecid’.

Finally, Fortune Shumba, what are the luckiest and unluckiest things to happen to you in life so far?

Unlucky: Losing both my maternal and paternal grandmothers around the same time. My messed up relationship with my father. My parents divorcing when I was a kid… getting lost at night in Johannesburg on my first week of being here… what else? I got drunk at SxSW last year and got on the wrong bus back to the hotel, ended up stranded in the middle of nowhere in America and I had a flight to catch the next day. Also being molested at a young age changed my entire life and not being able to talk about it. And recently I was supposed to go to Switzerland for three months and my Visa got declined. Too many things to mention really… LOL

Lucky cause I am still alive and able to create music. Lucky to have a loving and supportive mother and siblings. Lucky to be free. Freedom is not known to others.

[blvckqueersouthafrica]

Lessons, playlists, advice: A conversation with Fortune Shumba Q&A by Banzii Mavuso.

1. What lessons have you learned in the past year that are readying you for 2018?

So many lessons in 2017, some of them- That I matter too, that I should never apologize for being myself even when at times it makes others feel uncomfortable. That my dreams are valid and deserve to be put right on top of my priority list. I also learnt the art of letting go... of people, and things that no longer belong in my space or feed my soul and grow from all of that instead of being guilt ridden over it and dwelling on negativity when I know I am magic. Basically I realized my power, took it, owned it.

2. What is Fortune listening to right now?

Busiswa's Bazoyenza is my ratch anthem, love to work out to it or just get turnt to it. Also playing Beyonce's 4 album on repeat, such an underrated masterpiece.

3. What do you think about the Indie/alternative landscape in the South African music industry at the moment? Do you think South Africans are finally supporting said artists?

The indie kids are straight up fucking shit up. It's that whole "if they will not give it to us then we will just kick down doors and break glass ceilings to go get it". People are watching, people are supporting, it is not exactly where it should be but you cannot say you do not see the revolution happening. You see a lot of brands trying to be as daring and different and often associating themselves with indie kids in the game. You can see mainstream artists borrowing from the indie kids and even though some may not acknowledge them, some actually do. Yes, we have seen a couple of Indie local musos do amazing things over the past year- Think Nonku Phiri or BCUC or Moonchild Sanelly. Everyone is suddenly coming to the party and it feels great to be part of that whole movement.

4. Reality is, money and success will start rolling in naturally after you find your professional niche and enjoy what you are doing – what do you do to stand out as an indie/alternative artist in South Africa?

I honestly do not ever feel the need to do anything else either than truly being myself to stand out. It took a minute I must admit, but after a while I realised that there was only one of me in this world and that is the one thing that would set me apart from everyone else, just being my blunt, cooky ole self. Some reject you, the real ones stay on and ride with you, others come to the party later on, it's all a process. But at least you know you never have the pressures of keeping up with being some made up persona to keep people interested in what you do. For instance, I mostly write about my lived experiences instead of unrelatable, unrealistic shit and some think that is gross as hell while some appreciate the sincerity and bravery- those are my people, that is my niche.

5. What advice would you give to unsigned artists in South Africa, who aspire to be heard in the country and abroad?

Just do you! The rest will follow. When you are yourself it shines through and the right people will come to the party. As cliché as it may sound, nothing can ever go wrong if you become yourself at all times. The most "unattractive" layers of you will normally make people want to pay attention and support you, so do not ever hide anything as an artist, even when you think people might find you too weird or less cool if you open up about that stuff- be an open book, share your experiences, talk about your fears, your joys, your lows. That is the stuff that people wanna hear- not big expensive cars that you have never even driven or cool rich friends you do not even have, well according to me... cause, different things work for different people generally. We are all trying to figure this shit out at the end of the day and what works for the one guy won’t necessary work for the next.. ypu know?

6. Describe your sound to people who do not know you.

I used to tell everyone I make Alternative music before, for the lack of a better term until it dawned on me, my music was more than just that. There are so many elements to my music and the more I grow the more some of these flavours show themselves. I am influenced by Punk, Soul, Tribal, Pop, Kwaito, Bubblegum, Ambient, Electronic and Rap music. I then coined a term for it, well- I named my music after an African dish- Chakalaka. That is what I call my style of music these days. Just a huge melting pot of different flavours that make up one, unique sound that is served on a sparkly plate of Electronic music.

7. Share a powerful mantra that you live by.

Something my mom says to me all the time when I am quarter to giving up- "It's always darkest before the dawn".

8. Close off by telling us about your upcoming projects & where can people find you on the Internet?

Will be releasing a single real soooon called "Trash!" which I worked on with Vox Portent. This year I will also be releasing the final instalment of my EP trilogy which began in 2015 with my Dawn EP that was then followed by Daylight, this year I will be releasing Dusk, so excited to share that  and then some with everyone. Also gonna do a few more collabs with other artists this year.

Keep it locked on my socials to see all of this unravel

On Facebook: Fortune Shumba Twitter: @FortuneShumbaSA And Insta: @Fortune_Shumba

[woke-arts]

Fortune Shumba in TRASH! In what Fortune Shumba dubs as chakalaka music, Fortune addresses the political situation femmes are facing through his latest single TRASH! Let us know how you feel and we could have Fortune Shumba at our next Woke Arts Gathering

[thedjmusic]

DEFECTED SELECTORS 2022-05-01

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DATA CREATED: 2022-05-01 TOTAL: 412 GENRE: House, Tech House, Afro House, Jackin House, Deep House, Soulful House, Funky House, Organic House / Downtempo,  Progressive House, Nu Disco / Disco,  Melodic House & Techno, Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic), Techno (Peak Time / Driving), Dance / Electro Pop, Indie Dance, Nu Disco / Disco

Kayper

ANT LaROCK, Kenny Dope, Agency - Sanctuary

Addison Groove - Changa

Alëem - Release Yourself

Anchorsong - Flourish

Arrested Development - Revolution

Beau Diako, Jordan Rakei - Flamingo

Bileo - You Can Win

Borrowed Identity - Searching Forever

Braga Circuit - One I Got

Bunny Sigler - By the Way You Dance (I Knew It Was You)

Carl Craig - Throw

Cotonete, Dimitri From Paris - Parribean Disco

Dan Kye - Moving

Destination - Move On Up - Radio Edit

ESG - Moody

Eli Escobar - N.Y. So Hi

Eli Escobar - Seein You

Eli Escobar - Tension

Erro, Dave Lee - Don't Change - Joey Negro Club Mix

Floorplan - Tell You No Lie

Harvey Mason - On and On

Inner Life - Make It Last Forever

Jakki, Walter Gibbons - Sun... Sun... Sun... - Walter Gibbons Original 12" Edit

Jamie xx - Far Nearer

Janet Jackson - My Need

Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy

Kamaal Williams - Mr Wu

Karen Pollard - Reach Out To Me - Kayper Remix

Kayper - Good Time

Kenix, Bobby Youngblood, Masters At Work, MAW - There's Never Been (No One Like You) [feat. Bobby Youngblood] - MAW Remix; 2016 - Remaster

Lauer - Gammelan

Logg - I Know You Will

Louie Vega, Cerrone - Dance Ritual Medley

Louie Vega, Leroy Burgess, Universal Robot Band, Patrick Adams - Barely Breaking Even - Louie Vega Boogie Mix

Michele Chiavarini - Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands) - ATFC Remix

Midland - Stop (Don't Let The Beat)

Mim Suleiman - Mzinga

Moodymann - Don’t You Want My Love

Omar S - Here We Go Again

Omar, Stevie Wonder, Henrik Schwarz - Feeling You - Henrik Schwarz Remix

Pat Kalla, Le Super Mojo - Hymne à la vie

Peven Everett - Stuck

Prince - 17 Days - 7" B-Side Edit; 2017 Remaster

Prince - For You

Ready For The World - Oh Sheila

Roberta Gilliam - All I Want Is My Baby

Sammy Massamba, Aroop Roy - Azali - Aroop Roy Edit

Sampha - Without

Sivey - Nobody Else

Slave - Watching You

St Germain - Rose rouge

Sylvester - I Need You

Sylvester, Louie Vega - Dance (Disco Heat) - Louie Vega Re-Touch Album Edit

Tabu Ley Rochereau - Hafi Deo

Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime - 2005 Remaster

Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin'

The Sunburst Band, Micky More & Andy Tee - New York City Woman - Micky More & Andy Tee Jazz Mix

The Time - Get It Up - 2021 Remaster

Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love

Twice Movement - Bound to the Beat

Two Inch Punch - Love You Up

Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music in the Streets

Vanilla - Still Love U

Vikter Duplaix - Manhood

Voilaaa, Pat Kalla - Water No Get Enemy

Wookie, Zak Abel - Higher

Kid Fonque

&ME, Rampa, Adam Port, Solomun - The Day I Met You

2000black - Got Me Puzzled

Alif Tree - Forgotten Places (Moodymann Remix)

AndileAndy - Worship (Prayer Mix)

Aquatone, Lyrik Shoxen - Find A Way - dub

Atjazz, Mark de Clive-Lowe - Awake We Stay

Bruce Loko, Biishop - After Hours

Cesária Evora, Carl Craig - Angola - Carl Craig Mix

China Charmeleon, El Payo, Dindy - Falling

China Charmeleon, Nkulu Keys, Thakzin - Ndikhokhele (feat. Nkulu Keys & Thakzin)

Chronical Deep - Your Time

Clara Hill, Vikter Duplaix - Paper Chase

Conclave, Toribio, Sharin, Photay - All That I Need - Photay Remix

DJ Gregory - Elle

DUNN.cruel - Twin Wolf

Dego, Kaidi - Black Is Key

Dwson - Feel You

El Payo - Frequency

Feiertag - Saccharine 374

Filter (ZA) - Imagine

Fka Mash, Fortune Shumba - 24Seven - Dwson Solar Dub

Gabbana - Oceans

Herbert, Verushka - Fantasy

Hypaphonik - State of Derivatives

Hypaphonik, Kali Mija, Offkey - Lutar - Chronical Deep Clap Back

Iz, Diz, Pépé Bradock - Mouth - Brad Peeps Remix For Friends

Jas Artchild, Cuebur - Technicolor - Cuebur Remix

Jullian Gomes, Bobby, Charles Webster - Love Song 28 - Charles Webster Mix 1 [Mixed]

K15 - Be Glad You Create Anything

Kaidi Tatham, Stro Elliot - Stro Kyat

Kid Fonque, Jonny Miller - Afrika Is The Future! (Masšh Nostalgic Remix)

Kid Fonque, Jonny Miller, China Charmeleon, Nutty Nys - Inertia - Nutty Nys Remix

Kid Fonque, Jonny Miller, Fernando Damon, Fka Mash, Khensy - Tshinela - Fka Mash Re-Glitch

Lakou Mizik, Joseph Ray, DJ Koze - Sanba Yo Pran Pale - DJ Koze Remix

Larry Heard - Missing You

Milton Gulli, Kid Fonque - Marrabenta (Pés Pretos) - Kid Fonque Remix

Moojo - Healing

MusiQ Monks - Land Of Believers - The Ape Mix

Myazisto - Mnqongo

NLite., Sio - Between Realms - Jullian Gomes Remix

Nutty Nys - Ascend

Nutty Nys - Newness

SONIDO - Don't Cry

Tea White - Pellucid Skies - Enchanted Mix

Thabo Tonick - My Blood Is Electronic

Turbojazz, Jennyfire, Atjazz - Optimistic - Atjazz Love Soul Remix

Verdagris - Fluid Dynamics

Zito Mowa, OKAY GOD - Flavio's Glass Of Scotch

beatsbyhand, China Charmeleon - Are You Jazz? - China Charmeleon The Animal Remix

okayshades, solvay - sun screen (feat. solvay)

Kiddy Smile

4hero, Masters At Work - Star Chasers - Masters At Work Main Mix

ANT LaROCK, Kenny Dope, Agency - Sanctuary

AbysSoul, Sio, Osunlade - Words (feat. Sio) - Yoruba Soul Mix

Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out (Ilija Rudman Reconstruction Mix) - Mixed

CLS - Can You Feel It - Music House Mix

CeCe Rogers, Junior White - By Faith - Club Mix

Chaka Kenn - All Night

Cheek - Venus (Sunshine People) [DJ Gregory Remix]

DJ Romain - All Day, All Night

DJamSinclar - My Love Is Free - Original Mix

Derrick May - Strings of Life

Drum & Bass - I Love You

Earth People - Dance-Club Mix

Eats Everything - Vertigo - Original Mix

First Choice, Paul Simpson - Love Thang - Paul Simpson Mix

Funky Junction, KC Flightt, Funky Junction & Funk Heads - Voices 2000 - Funky Junction & Funk Heads Re-work edit

Groove Armada - Soho Disco

Isolée - Beau Mot Plage - Freeform Reform Pts. 1 & 2

Jack Kerouak - That's How Jazz is

James Curd - Gan Slam - Original Mix

Jark Prongo - Shake It - Extended Mix

Jasper Street Co., Spensane - Solid Ground - Spensane Vocal Mix

Jean Tonique - Want to See U

Junior Senior - Move Your Feet

Kaytronik - Ain't No

Komiko - Feel Alright

Liberty City - If You Really Love Someone

MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky (Extended Mix)

Man Without A Clue Feat. Russoul - Found The Way

Melé - Ambience

Michele Chiavarini - Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands)

Midland - Trace

Mike 303 - Funky Man

Motor City Drum Ensemble, Danilo Plessow - Prayer

Nacho Marco - Outside

Namy, Luyo - Gipsy Woman - Luyo Sara-La-Kali Remix

Oeil Cube - Disk Two

Ralphi Rosario - Take Me Up

Robert Hood - Clash

Romanthony, Deetron - Bring U Up - Deetron Edit

SOPHIE - Nothing More to Say - Vox

Salome de Bahia - Outro Lugar

Sean Smith - Jackers Anthem

Shaun Escoffery, Deepah Ones - Days Like This - Deepah Dub ReRub

SuSu Bobien - You Don't Know - MuthaFunk The Dub Mix

T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do

Ten City - That's the Way Love Is - Underground Mix

Terrence Parker - Spiritual Warfare

The Jacksons - Lovely One

The Muthafunkaz - Gotta Hold On Me (That Skatt Thing) - MuthaFunkin Breaks Mix

Todd Terry - Get Up Dub

Two Tons Of Fun - Just Us

Underground Sound Of Lisbon - So Get Up

Yello - Oh Yeah - 2009

Melé

A Tribe Called Quest - Find a Way

Action Bronson - Golden Eye

Alice Smith, Maurice Fulton - Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix) - Mixed

Alicia Myers - I Want To Thank You

Amy Winehouse - In My Bed

Aphex Twin - Pulsewidth

Atmosfear, Masters At Work - Dancing in Outer Space - Masters at Work Rascal Dub

B Beat Girls - For The Same Man - Nasty Version

Babe Ruth - The Mexican

Black Motion, Xolim - Rainbow (feat. Xoli M)

CeCe Peniston - Keep On Walkin'

Chez Damier, Made In Detroit - I Never Knew Love - Made In Detroit Extended Mix

Children of Zeus - Hard Work

Cleo Sol - When I'm in Your Arms

Common - Testify

Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear

D'Angelo - Betray My Heart

Derrick May - Strings of Life

Diplo, Melé, Busta Rhymes - Right 2 Left (feat. Busta Rhymes)

DJ Hell - My Definition of House Music (Version 2020)

Dj Mujava - Township Funk

Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Henrik Schwarz - Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro - Henrik Schwarz Blend

El Michels Affair - C.R.E.A.M.

Erol Alkan, Boys Noize - Waves

Erykah Badu - Didn't Cha Know

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down - 12" Version

Frankie Bones - Funky Acid Makossa Vol 2

Geeneus, Katy B - As I (feat. Katy B)

Ghostface Killah, GZA, Cappadonna, Masta Killa, Raekwon - Wu Banga 101 (feat. GZA, Cappadonna, Masta Killa & Raekwon)

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley - Simigwa-Do

House Syndicate, Kenny Dope - Jam the Mace - Main Mix

J Dilla - Trucks - Instrumental

Jamie xx - Sleep Sound

Jaydee - Plastic Dreams

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Chapter Three

Jorja Smith - Rose Rouge

Joy Orbison, Léa Sen - better

JT Donaldson, Liv.e - Stay Inside (feat. Liv.e)

Kanye West - No More Parties In LA

Karizma - Twyst This

Kendrick Lamar, Bilal, Anna Wise, Thundercat - These Walls

Keni Burke - Risin' to the Top

Kentphonik - Sunday Showers - Original Mix

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

Le Tigre - Deceptacon

Leon Haywood - I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You

M&M, Rachel Wallace - I Feel This Way - The Beefed Up Mix

Mantronix - Got To Have Your Love

Marradonna - Out Of My Head - Edit

Massive Attack - Five Man Army - 2012 Mix/Master

MAW, India - La India Con La Voe (Viva Puerto Rico)

Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon

MF DOOM, Pebbles The Invisible Girl - Doomsday

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

Mike Dunn, MD X-Spress - Git Cho House On (Children) - MD BlackBall Main Mixx

Mr. Fingers - Mystery of Love

Mulatu Astatke - Yègellé Tezeta

Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell

Nas, Charlie Wilson - No Phony Love (feat. Charlie Wilson)

Niniola - Maradona

Nuyorican Soul, Jocelyn Brown - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun

Octave One - Dema - Original Mix

Ohio Players - Ecstasy

Omar S, Supercoolwicked - What's Good for the Goose

Omar, Stevie Wonder, Henrik Schwarz - Feeling You - Henrik Schwarz Remix

Paperclip People - Steam

Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love - Remastered

Paul McCartney - Temporary Secretary - Remastered 2011

Primal Scream - Accelerator

Prince - The Future

Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome

Quarteto Em Cy - Cantoria

Ron Trent - Energy

Roni Size, Reprazent - Brown Paper Bag

Roy Ayers - I Like the Way You Do It to Me

Roy Ayers - Sunshine - Demo

Roy Davis Jr., Peven Everett - Gabriel - Words To Give By Mix

Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

SAULT - Why Why Why Why Why

Slum Village, Kurupt - Forth and Back

Soho, Pal Joey - Hot Music

Sole Fusion, House Nation - Basstone - House Nation Mix

Sons Of Kemet, Moor Mother, Angel Bat Dawid - Pick Up Your Burning Cross

Soulwax, Nancy Whang - NY Lipps - Kawazaki Dub

Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away

Tarika Blue - Dreamflower

The Alchemist - Terry

The Chakachas - Bantu

The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea - 12" Original Mix

The Internet, James Fauntleroy - For the World (feat. James Fauntleroy)

The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) - 7" Version

The Pharcyde - Runnin'

The Prodigy - One Love - 12" Mix

The Prodigy - Your Love

The Rhythm Odyssey, Dr Dunks - El Cid

Totó La Momposina - Curura

Trio Ternura - A Gira

Underworld - Rez

Will Sessions - The World Is Yours

Wood Allen, DJ Lelewel - Airport '89

Wookie - Down On Me

Mike Dunn

ColorJaxx - Look What You've Done

D.C. LaRue, Dr Packer - Hot Jungle Drums And Voo Doo Rhythm - Dr Packer Extended Remix

DJ Kemit & Luke Austin present The Lounge Lizards - Real Love

Dames Brown, Amp Fiddler, Andrés - What Would You Do? (feat. Andrés & Amp Fiddler)

Darius Syrossian - White Rabbit - Moxy Extended Club Mix

Dominic Balchin - The Getaway Driver

Donna Allen, Groove Junkies, Lenny Fontana - He Is The Joy - Groove Junkies vs Lenny Fontana Galaxy People Extended Edit

Hardsoul, Ron Carroll, Director's Cut - Back Together (feat. Ron Carroll) - Director's Cut Classic Club Mix

JT Donaldson, Liv.e, Sandy Rivera - Stay Inside (feat. Liv.e) - Sandy Rivera Remix

Jay Vegas - One Day - Original Mix

Just Baker - Dreamin'

Karizma - Ya Dig

Mike Dunn - It's A Groove Thang - Black Glitter LB MixX

R.E.A.D, Sailor Jane - Where's My Phone? (feat. Sailor Jane) - Extended Mix

Sebb Junior - We Bout To Get Funky - Extended Club Mix

Spiller, Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor] - Extended Vocal Mix

Tefo, Khanyi, Jackson Brainwave - Show Me - Jackson Brainwave Remix

Twism, Jeremy Juno, John Munich, Worthy Davis, Sandy Rivera - Boogie Child (Dancing All Night) [feat. Worthy Davis] - Sandy Rivera's 70's Funk'd Dub

Web Web, Joy Denalane, Mousse T. - What You Give - Mousse T. Boogie Shizzle Remix

Purple Disco Machine

Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Hot Remix / Remastered Version

After The Fire - Der Kommissar - 7" Version

Alan Braxe, Fred Falke - Intro

Aretha Franklin - Jump to It

Austin Ato - Cherry Soda

Baunz, 3RD Eye - Out Of The Window

Break Machine - Street Dance - Original Version 1984

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

Cassius, DJ Falcon - La Mouche (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)

Cerrone - Got To Have Loving

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork

Crazy P - Like A Fool

Daft Punk - Da Funk

Dam Swindle - Cut U Loose

Discomendments - Party Like It's 1991

Dubplate Disco, Yam Who? - Pick Up - Yam Who? Edit

Earth People, Pal Joey - Dance-Club Mix

Earth, Wind & Fire - I've Had Enough

FCL, Mousse T. - It's You - Mousse T.'s Discotronic Mix

Fallout, Purple Disco Machine - The Morning After - Purple Disco Machine Re-Work

Foals, Flight Facilities - Wake Me Up - Flight Facilities Remix

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Giorgio Moroder, Danny Tenaglia - From Here to Eternity - Extended Club Mix

Harvey Sutherland, DāM-FunK - Feeling Of Love

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)

Jake Shears - Do The Television

Jimmy "Bo" Horne - Spank - 12 " Version

John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - Up Jumped the Devil

Kano - It's a War

Keni Burke - Risin' to the Top

Kraftwerk - The Robots

Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You out of My Head

Lovebirds, Stee Downes - Love's Like Dancin

Musta, Venessa Jackson, Hot Toddy - Loving Me - Hot Toddy Remix

New Order - Blue Monday

Patrick Cowley, Sylvester, Purple Disco Machine - Menergy - Purple Disco Machine Remix

Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive - The Original

Polo & Pan, The Magician - Magic - The Magician remix

Purple Disco Machine - Playbox

Purple Disco Machine, Bloom Twins, The Emperor Machine - Opposite of Crazy (feat. Bloom Twins) - The Emperor Machine Remix - Mixed

Purple Disco Machine, Boris Dlugosch - Set It Out

Purple Disco Machine, Elderbrook - I Remember - Club Dub Mix

Purple Disco Machine, Lorenz Rhode - Up & Down

Purple Disco Machine, Moss Kena, The Knocks, Breakbot, Irfane - Fireworks (feat. Moss Kena & The Knocks) - Breakbot & Irfane Remix

Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants - In The Dark - Club Dub Mix

Purple Disco Machine, Sophie and the Giants, Roosevelt - Hypnotized - Roosevelt Remix

Purple Disco Machine, Tasita D'Mour - Rise (feat. Tasita D'Mour) - Edit

Re-Tide, Moon Rocket, Keith Anthony Fluitt - Fooled Once

Rene & Angela - I'll Be Good

Ridney, DJ Mark Brickman - Southside - DJ Mark Brickman Remix

Shakedown, Purple Disco Machine - At Night - Purple Disco Machine Remix

Shy Rose - I Cry For You - Original Mix

Skyy, Dr Packer - Here's To You - Dr Packer Multi Track Mix

Small Talk - Tough Break

Sonic Natives, Steve 'Miggedy' Maestro, Mortimer Snerd III - The Sonic Natives Anthem - Steve Miggedy Maestro & Mortimer Snerd III Retouch

Spiller, Purple Disco Machine, Lorenz Rhode, Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) [feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor] - Purple Disco Machine & Lorenz Rhode Remix

Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd - Moth To A Flame (with The Weeknd)

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

The Allergies - Jumping Off

The Blackbyrds - Don't Know What To Say

The Human League, Purple Disco Machine - Don't You Want Me - Purple Disco Machine Remix

The Player's Association - Turn The Music Up! - 12" Disco

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Stronger

Two Door Cinema Club, Purple Disco Machine - Bad Decisions - Purple Disco Machine Remix

Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf

Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce

iLEVEL - Minefield

Sippin'T

&ME - Solaris

Actress - X22RME

Al Wootton - Snake Dance

Anz - Stepper

Anz, George Riley - You Could Be

Ase Manual - Shakti (New Position)

BE3K - Face / Look at That

Bored Lord - Girl U Could Be Down 4

Byrell The Great, Princess Precious - Give It, Slam It

Cakes da Killa, Proper Villains - Don Dada

Coco Bryce - Wish We Didn't

Coco Em, Sisian, Kasiva - Land (Black) First

Cooly G - Love Dub - Refix

DJ E-Clyps - Basement Bounce

DJ Lag, Babes Wodumo, Mampintsha - iKhehla

DJ Lycox - Eae Brazil

DJ Plead - M11

DJ Seinfeld - Electrian

DJ Swisha, OSSX - Naur

Donato Dozzy, Anna Caragnano - Parola - Rework

Fiyahdred - Anyway (Do It)

French Fries - Hugz

Hagan - Volta

Honey Dijon, Hadiya George - Not About You (feat. Hadiya George)

Ikonika - Your Body

Joy Orbison, Léa Sen - better

K-Hand - Remember When

KMRU - Und

Karen Nyame KG, Mista Silva - Koko

LSDXOXO - SMD

Loraine James - Glitch Bitch

Meitei - Nami

Moonshine, Bamao Yendé - Ginseng

Mount Kimbie - Blue Liquid

Nitzer Ebb - Join the Chant

Nídia - Melodie Glaçe

Octo Octa - Loops For Healing

Ossie - Kalimba 03

Ossie - We Mad

Overmono - BMW Track

Pearson Sound - Cobwebs

Roska - Count Me Out Fam

Scratcha DVA, Karen Nyame KG - B2l

Shy One - Gentlethem

Slikback - Ascension

Smerz - Max

Steve Rachmad, Tons Of Tones - Sheherezade

Tiff Massey - Detroit Is Black

Topdown Dialectic - B2

Vanyfox - Sakura

Vaskular, Valesuchi - Black Jesus

davOmakesbeats - Bodies of Water

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The Melbourne Tone @ BIGSOUND 2018 [Festival Photos]

Here are all the best of Queensland’s BIGSOUND Festival in alphabetical order!

Photos by Chelsea Sienna.

High resolution images available upon request.

Adrian The Eagle

Alice Skye

Atlas Alexander Franklin

Bin Juice

Blank Realm

Candy

Eliza And The Delusionals

Elizabeth

Emerson Snowe

Erthlings

Fortune Shumba

Gabriella Cohen

Genesis Owusu

Horror My Friend

Imbi The Girl

Jade Imagine (Pictured in cover photo)

Kult Kyss

Lyning

Moaning Lisa

Mosquito Coast

Nice Biscuit

Psychadelic Porn Crumpets

RAT!Hammock & Merpire

Sweater Curse

The Beths

Wax Chattels

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(Don.Loyiso)

Our First Single Of A Joint EP With Fortune Shumba Called 'Something Better'.

Mixed & Mastered by Jabulani J1ThaGod Lephoma

Artwork By Qondile Dlamini

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM THAT MUCH CLOSER!

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Little Sis' Nomshibo

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Busanga: Plains of Diversity

New Post has been published on https://tagasafarisafrica.com/africa-travel-news/extraordinary-places/busanga-plains-of-diversity/

Busanga: Plains of Diversity

This remote area was both therapeutic and meditative, challenging all my senses while taking me on a personal journey of greater mindfulness.

Dominating the wild north-west of Zambia’s Kafue National Park are the vast Busanga floodplains, a sweeping, seasonally inundated grassland boasting some of the most pristine and diverse habitat in Africa.

Wildlife is found here in astonishing abundance, but this area offers a lot more than that. This remote area was both therapeutic and meditative, challenging all my senses while taking me on a personal journey of greater mindfulness. There is a definite connection between time in the wilderness and mindfulness. Dare I say much of the world today perhaps suffers from ‘nature deficit disorder’?

On the Busanga Plains, both Shumba Camp and Busanga Bush Camp could not be better located to experience the best this area has to offer. Both are found in the epicentre of Busanga’s diversity – a sensory overload!

Visitors to the Busanga Plains will certainly leave with memories and photos of large red lechwe and puku herds silhouetted in the early morning mists and orange haze of the spectacular Kafue dawns and sunsets. This is, however, just a small taste of the varied wildlife diversity that can be encountered here. No less than 24 ungulate species occur here – from the diminutive blue duiker all the way up to eland and buffalo.

In the north-west lie the Busanga Swamps, a papyrus-dominated wetland that has a sitatunga population and offers a chance to view this specialist antelope for the more patient and intrepid visitor. The most aquatic of all antelope and related to bushbuck and kudu, any sighting of sitatunga is prized due to their secretive and often nocturnal habits.

Red lechwe

Roan antelope

The swamps give way to the vast seasonally-inundated grassland of the Busanga Plains further south, the favoured haunt of similarly water-loving red lechwe, southern reedbuck and puku, which are joined in the dry season by good numbers of roan antelope. Typically there are also resident and territorial bushbuck to be found on the various picturesque tree islands dotted throughout the plains. Blue wildebeest are also frequently observed along the treeline bordering the plains, together with species such as greater kudu and impala.

Blue wildebeest

Defassa waterbuck

Impala

This treeline fringe and further south in the Park, where Brachystegia (miombo) woodland and dambos (small, grassy floodplains in central Africa) can be found, are ideal for more reclusive species such as Lichtenstein’s hartebeest, Defassa waterbuck and oribi. At the driest time of year even the majestic sable antelope leaves the surrounding woodlands to seek water on the plains, further adding to the area’s diversity. Troops of yellow baboons are also often seen foraging in termitaria-dominated grasslands along the treeline as are family groups of common warthog. Busanga’s long grass is also favoured habitat of side-striped jackal, and after dark we had the fortune of seeing porcupine and African wild cat.

Lichtenstein’s hartebeest

While the Busanga is also known for its incredible lion encounters it is heartening to know that Wilderness Safaris has partnered with the Lion Recovery Fund and other major tourism entities, forming the Lionscape Coalition to collaborate on lion population awareness, recovery and protection in key landscapes just like Kafue.

Wilderness Safaris has been present on the Busanga Plains since 2006. In the 13 years that have passed, the resurgence of the area is noticeable, with significant growth in populations of various species. For instance, back in 2008 and 2011, we did not see a lot of elephant. On this trip, in June 2019, we saw large elephant herds around Kapinga Island. This is a tangible result of the fruits of frontier ecotourism. The same can be said for Cape buffalo, with a large herd in excess of 400 animals often seen on the plains today.

The Busanga Plains ticks all the boxes as a true wilderness destination. Well off the beaten track, it offers amazing experiences that will leave an indelible imprint on all who visit.

Photographed and written by Martin Benadie

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The full artist line-up for the 2018 Big Sound Music Conference and Festival has been released, with more than 135 artists to feature across 18 venues over four nights in September.  Australia’s premier industry conference and new music festival, Big Sound is held annually in Brisbane’s vibrant Fortitude Valley entertainment precinct.

Now in its 17th year, Big Sound is a global gathering of musicians, media, music fans and industry representatives. The likes of Paul Kelly and Virginia Hanlon Grohl are amongst more than 50 speakers who will feature in the various conference sessions and keynote presentations, while the live music component of the festival will showcase many of Australia’s best up-and-coming musical artists, as well as some established names taking the opportunity to road test new music.

  With such a wide selection of musical genres and styles represented amongst the feature artists, it is fair to say that if you can’t find something you like, you probably don’t like music. The Big Sound 2018 live music artist line-up is:

Arno Faraji Atlas Franklin Alexander Bad Juju Bare Bones Beatrice Bell City Square Between You & Me Candy Carla Geneve Charlie Collins Charlie Lim Clews Demon Days Didirri Diet Divide and Dissolve East Brunswick All Girls Choir Edward R. Eliza And The Delusionals Emerson Snowe Emilee South Erthlings Ewah & The Vision of Paradise Fluir Fortune Shumba Future Jr. Geryon Grim Rhythm Handsome Hollow Coves Imbi the girl Intriguant IV League Jade Imagine Linying Loose Tooth Mosquito Coast Nardean Nice Biscuit No Mono Nooky Not A Boys Name Pinkish Blu Pirra Planet Psychedelic Porn Crumpets Raave Tapes Rachael Fahim Ro Robbie Miller Sahara Beck San Mei Stateside Thando The Beautiful Monument The Beths The Comfort The Little Lord Street Band The Moving Stills Thornhill Turquoise Prince Wildheart Windwaker

A. Swayze & The Ghosts Adrian Eagle Alice Skye Arse Arteries Asha Jefferies Bin Juice Blank Realm Bugs Butterfingers Cable Ties Cast Down Clypso Cry Club Cxloe Dean Forever Dreller Eat Your Heart Out Eilish Gilligan Eliott Elizabeth Ella Hooper Emma Anglesey Estere Gabriella Cohen Genesis Owusu Georgia Mulligan Good Doogs Graace Gravemind Greta Stanley Hachiku Hazlett Hobsons Bay Coast Guard Imogen Clark James Wright Trio Jeffe Kaitt Kaitlin Keegan Kian Kota Banks Kult Kyss Kwame Mane Miss June Moaning Lisa Mookhi Oh Pep Olympia Paces Pink Matter Pool Shop Rachel Maria Cox Rat Hammock Riley Pearce Ruby Gilbert Samsaruh Sleep Talk Slowly Slowly Stevie Jean Sumner Sunscreen Sweater Curse Syde T$oko Tape/Off The Chats The Merindas Totty Triple One Two People Tyne-James Organ Voiid Wax Chattels Yú Yī

Big Sound 2018 will run from September 4 to 7, with tickets on sale now. For more information about the conference and festival, including ticketing options and participating venues, head to the Big Sound website or Facebook.

  Big Sound Line-Up Announced The full artist line-up for the 2018 Big Sound Music Conference and Festival has been released, with more than 135 artists to feature across 18 venues over four nights in September. 

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SA Indies Music Week Grand Finale Night at Lyric

SA Indies Music Week Grand Finale Night at Lyric

After 4 days of live showcases that saw over 70 bands battle it out for various international festivals performance slots, the event is now closing with a bang. The line-up comprises of acts that have previously performed overseas following their getting selected via the same SA Indies Music Week event. Winning artists will also be announced on the same day.

Siphokazi, Jessica, Fortune Shumba, Princess, Victor, Moonchild, Jay Cube, 4RX, DJV, Bongi & Collin and Max-Hoba will be performing at Lyric Theatre. They are part of the line-up for the 4th Annual SA Indies Music Week Grand Finale night tonight, Friday 10 February at Lyric Theatre. The show starts at 18:00.

The evening will mark the end of what has been a successful event thus far, with days comprising of workshops daily during the day, and live showcases in the evenings. Thus far, amazing talent have been spotted and the selection jury has been impressed. It comprises of various local and international industry experts, including representatives of the various festivals like Almudena Heredero from Primavera Sound in Spain and Delphine Grospiron who is the head of the Live Department for Midem since September 2010. Also from the international front were Allen Johnston from the US, and Karen Mason of Artist Launch from the US as well.

Music lovers will certainly do well to attend the final night as they will be treated to some of Mzansi’s well known and award winning artists.

Heading the bill will be the multiple SAMA Awards and Metro Awards winning Siphokazi. This songstress, with 2 SAMAs and three Metro Awards will be sharing her amazing talent with the audience. She also rocked the Midem stage in France in 2016, where she left the audience asking for more. This year she will be heading to the US in March where she will be at the SXSW at Austin, Texas.

Joining her will be Mzansi’s loved couple duo of Bongi & Collin. The SAMA Awards and multiple Crown Awards winning husband and wife will be doing what they are best known for: great music. They also were at Midem in 2015 and in 2016 were at SXSW where they even collaborated with Sol Paul to record a song for Unicef.

Not to be forgotten is the versatile and multi-talented AfroSoul and World Music artist, Maxhoba. He is also a SAMA and WAWELA Awards nominee. This seasoned performer has shared the stage with the likes of Don Laka, Ringo Madlingozi, The Wailers, Paul Hanmer, Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulu, Simphiwe Dana, Jonas Gwangwa and many others. Also, his music recently play listed on 250 College and Indie Radio Stations across the USA. Counted amongst his hats also is that he’s the Oxfam Ambassador for Women Food Climate. In 2016 he completed a 3-week European Tour where he performed at Primavera Pro in Spain and at Midem in France.

The rest of the line-up includes seasoned and well-travelled artists like: Jessica Mbangeni, Victor Kgantlape, Moonchild Sanelly, Fortune Shumba, Princess, Jay Cube, 4RX and DJV to add some deejay flavour to the night.

Tickets costs just R100 and are available at Computicket and Shoprite/Checkers outlets countrywide. They can also be purchased at the door. A bulk of 10 tickets are sold at R70 each.

SA Indies Music Week Grand Finale Night at Lyric was originally published on Artsvark

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Trump’s America already looks like an African kleptocracy

Here’s a story that may sound familiar: A leader soars to power on a populist message; his party calls him the “people’s candidate.” He promises to bring prosperity to the poor, vilifying immigrants in the process. Yet once in power, he amasses extraordinary wealth for himself. He hands over the country’s largest state-owned oil company to his daughter, who becomes the richest woman in Africa as he gets challenged in court for nepotism.

I’m talking about José Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled Angola for 37 years by silencing critics while racking up a fortune for himself and his family. But I could easily be describing any number of Africa’s corrupt leaders — Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, for instance, or Omar al-Bashir in Sudan — who rule on bribery, cronyism, nepotism and embezzlement.

“It’s going to be hard to speak with moral authority on corruption and on nepotism because visually, it’s clear that there is nepotism and corruption in the Trump camp.”

For decades, America has pressured dictators in Africa to embrace democracy and the rule of law. Now, the joke’s on us. With a couple weeks until inauguration, Donald Trump is already drawing from a similar playbook.

Two aid workers and two U.S. diplomats working in Africa and the Middle East who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect their jobs said Trump’s behavior is making their jobs more difficult. At least two sources said their meetings have been more contentious since the election, with foreign counterparts asking why they should embrace democracy if Trump himself doesn’t play by the rules.

“It’s going to be hard to speak with moral authority on corruption and on nepotism because visually, it’s clear that there is nepotism and corruption in the Trump camp,” said Shadi Hamid, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World. “His children are very involved in business, but also are advising him on policy.”

One issue is Trump’s failure to disentangle himself from his unprecedented conflicts of interest. Initially, Trump tweeted that he would be “leaving [his] businesses before January 20” to “focus full time on the presidency.”

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Presidency. Two of my children, Don and Eric, plus executives, will manage them. No new deals will be done during my term(s) in office.

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It’s now clear he does not plan to divest from his businesses and put his stake in a blind trust, even though presidents from both parties have done so for four decades. Trump says his sons Donald Trump, Jr. and Eric Trump will take over the family business in his stead. Yet they, along with his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been intimately involved in transition meetings. In one case, the New York Times reported Ivanka Trump closed a business deal with a Japanese clothing company while she sat in on her father’s recent meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The Japanese government is the largest investor in the company.

This kind of behavior has been the hallmark of African kleptocracies for decades. President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, for example, appointed his son-in-law to run the country’s largest national airline.

Yet Trump has dismissed concerns about his personal conflicts of interest (or those of his proposed cabinet members like CEO of Exxon Rex Tillerson). “You people are making that a big deal — the business,” the president-elect recently told the press outside Mar-a-Lago. “It is a very routine thing. It is not a big deal.”

Then there’s the issue of pay-for-play — offering services in exchange for money — which is another favorite practice of African kleptocrats. The Emoluments Clause of the Constitution prohibits presidents from receiving gifts from foreign governments without approval from Congress.

But foreign officials are already trying to win over Trump by doing him favors. The embassy of Kuwait moved an expensive event to Trump’s D.C. hotel after pressure from his transition team. Trump’s decade-long trademark dispute with China got resolved in his favor just several days after he was elected president. Even before election night, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appointed a new trade envoy to the U.S. who happened to be Trump’s business partner in Manila.

“That hasn’t been possible in the U.S.,” said Ian Bremmer, a political scientist and president of the Eurasia Group, a political consulting firm. “But now, other governments and corporate leaders will think that the way they can work best with the U.S. government is by throwing something to the Trump organization.”

The irony, of course, is that this is exactly the kind of corruption that Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for over the course of the election, when he slammed her for engaging in pay-for-play with Clinton Foundation donors as Secretary of State.

The United States’ ability to project democracy across the world has been on the decline for decades. And yet, countries still look to America for leadership. What the U.S. says and how it acts on the global stage carries weight. As President Barack Obama recently cautioned in his final press conference of 2016, America is a much stronger country than Russia, but “they can impact us if we lose track of who we are, if we abandon our values.”

President Barack Obama conducts his final press conference of 2016. Source: Olivier Douliery/AP

This is almost certain to happen under President Donald Trump. “The U.S. is no longer going to be seen as the voice for liberal democracy,” Hamid said. “Now, the U.S. may be seen as promoting illiberal democracy abroad.”

Opposition to Trump’s conflicts will not come from this Republican-controlled Congress. On Tuesday, House Republicans secretly voted to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics, which investigates corruption allegations against members of Congress. After a vociferous backlash, they reversed course.

Most members tell me blizzard of angry constituent calls were most impt factor in getting the House to sideline the amdt

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What’s clear from the episode is the only way to rein in Trump will be everyday citizens speaking up.

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