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Msaki x Tubatsi - Stay as you are 

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VA - Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War - A Tribute to Sun Ra: Volume 1 - takes on  “Nuclear War” by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Angel Bat Dawid, and Irreversible Entanglements!

01. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Nuke’s Blues (Feat. Josef Leimberg) (written by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Josef Leimberg & Sun Ra) Georgia Anne Muldrow - Vocals / Track / Synth Josef Leimberg - Trumpet / Piano Taso Anastasios - OP1 keyboard / engineer 02.-04. Angel Bat Dawid - Nuclear War: A Cosmic Myth Science Trilogy (Written by Angel Bat Dawid & Sun Ra) The Cosmic Ensemble Angel Bat Dawid - Piano, Clarinet, Vocals, Synths Jaden Berkman (Jaytheziah) - Bass, Guitar, Flute, Saxophone Alejandro Salazar - Percussion The Cosmic Children Rayna Golding, Mahari Ajani Collier The Cosmic Choir Monique Golding, Phillip Armstrong, Camila Isabel, Tramaine Parker, Erica Nwachukwu Arranged & Mixed by Angel Bat Dawid Inspired by Sun Ra’s Nuclear War 05. Malcolm Jiyane Tree-o - We're Not Buying It (Feat. Grandmaster CAP) (written by Fani Malcolm Jiyane, Nhlanhla Masondo & Sun Ra ) Ayanda Zalekile - Electric Bass & Vocals Gontse Makhene - Percussion & Backing Vocals Grandmaster CAP - MC Lungile Kunene - Drums & Backing Vocals Malcolm Jiyane - Piano, Keyboards & Backing Vocals Tubatsi Moloi - Electric Guitar, Flute & Backing Vocals 06. Irreversible Entanglements - Nuclear War (Written by Sun Ra) Keir Neuringer - Saxophone Tcheser Holmes - Drums Aquiles Navarro - Trumpet Luke Stewart - Bass Camae Ayewa - Vocals

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V/A — Red Hot and Ra: Nuclear War LP (Red Hot)

Since its origins in 1989, the Red Hot Organization has created benefit compilations, enlisting famous performers, usually from the pop ranks, to sing standards from the Great American Songbook. Red Hot and Ra: Nuclear War LP has a different brief. Free jazz and adjacent artists use Sun Ra’s iconic riff on “Nuclear War” (“It’s a m—er f—er, don’t you know, If you push that button your a– gonna go!”) to engage politically and urge de-escalation.

Sun Ra was living near the Three Mile Island disaster site, and this is what spurred him to write “Nuclear War” in 1981. Those of us who came of age during or after the end of the Cold War thought that the fear of mutually assured destruction might be able to be successfully contained; even, eventually, abolished. As the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia demonstrates, the specter of WMD, and concerns for the security of nuclear power plants, have returned to the forefront of our awareness. 

Georgia Anne Muldrow, joined by trumpeter Josef Leimberg, begins the recording with a blues-inflected song that, while referencing the original, provides additional lyrics and loose-limbed riffing. It is a nice touch that the first track isn’t merely a straight cover of the original. In fact, all of the subsequent artists mine the source material for inspiration, but take the music in expansive, often surprising, directions. 

Angel Bat Dawid contributes a three-movement, half-hour long suite that features her group the Cosmic Ensemble, a small instrumental cohort and a group of backing vocalists (“The Cosmic Choir”). While she also sings and plays keyboard, Dawid’s clarinet playing often takes center stage, with bent notes, sustained passages, and fluent soloing all performed with considerable facility. The Cosmic Choir appears in movements one and three, but it is in movement two, “Nuclear War!,” the most referential to the original, that their full-throated cries first rise to the fore. The final movement, “Kiss your a_ Goodbye”, continues to have the chorus chant unison melodies, only to break into harmony with a bright soprano solo. Dawid is at the piano, playing a soulful riff that urges on both vocalists and instrumentalists. Partway through, the texture returns to a cappella chorus, with one-on-a-part overlapping phrases. The ambience is mournful and ominous to the end, which seems altogether appropriate. 

Malcolm Jiyane’s Tree-O, joined by Grandmaster CAP, performs “We’re Not Buying It.” The lyrics include the title as a call and response refrain, with verses about the oppressive nature of warfare and the dangers of WMD. There is strong support from the rhythm section, but plenty of room is left for Jiyane’s funk-tinged piano soloing and flute from Tubatsi Moloi. 

To conclude the LP, Irreversible Entanglements, one of the best free jazz groups around, perform an extended version of the original. Camae Aweya (Moor Mother) provides intense vocals, saxophonist Keir Neuringer and trumpeter Aquiles Navarro play aggressive, angular solos, bassist Luke Stewart uses bow pressure to create scratchy melodies and drummer Tscheser Holmes supplies polyrhythms and muscular fills.  The piece builds to a gale storm of activity, including trippy electronics, one worthy of the Arkestra yet in its own distinctive orbit. The group pulls back near the close, building up from forceful rhythm section playing to modal melodies in saxophone and trumpet. It seems to be a postcard from the maelstrom with which Irreversible Entanglements send off the music. 

Over the next two years, Red Hot plans to release two more LPs related to Sun Ra. The multiverse awaits. 

Christian Carey

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WINTER'S SOLSTICE ENGLISH 2024

  Tracklist # Artist name Track name 1 Adam Baldych Protest Song 2 Aziza Brahim Thajiliba 3 Riccardo Tesi Santiago 4 Omar Sosa & Paolo Freasu Cha Cha Chai 5 L’Alba Miserere 6 L’Alba Grilli 7 Matthew Halsall Newborough Foreast 8 Msaki & Tubatsi Izinto Zobomi 9 Qais Essar Liminal Time & Space 10 Varijashree Venugopal Nee 11 Bela Fleck/ Edgar Meyer/ Zakir Hussain/ Rakesh…

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Urban Village; A legacy in the making

Soweto based 4-piece band, Urban Village, have released a new EP, UBABA, their debut for Parisian label Nø Førmat! (home to Oumou Sangaré, Blick Bassy & Mélissa Laveaux). Marrying the day-to-day experiences of black South Africans with ebullient elements from traditional Zulu music, Urban Village is the alias of four experimental musicians all born and raised in the township of Soweto at the tail end of Apartheid; singer/flautist Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, guitarist Lerato Lichaba, drummer Xolani Mtshali and bassist Simangaliso Dlamini.

Urban Village’s UBABA 4-track EP is released with a new single and visuals carrying the same title. The video created for Ubaba (which translates as ‘father’) by fast-rising filmmaker Justice Mukheli is an evocative rendering of daily life in one of the many Soweto hostels which in the 1900s housed black male South Africans, forcibly separated from their families whilst working in the city’s mines. Speaking about the video, Urban Village note; “Justice is our brother from Soweto. From the moment we discussed his vision for the Ubaba video we trusted he would bring the song to life on the screen. The video shows the different roles played by fathers in society; to nurture, to care, to love, and to protect their families. Salute to all the Ubabas out there present in the house”.

How long did it take you guys to settle on the name Urban Village and why that name? Did you guys have any other names in mind?

In a simpler way, the name Urban Village had already been formed by Lerato Ntsane Lchiba in 2013 when conceptualising on the vision for the music. It took the first thought on the name to settle on it and the name came from an inspiration of our residential field in Johannesburg- Soweto location and there were no other names prior that we ad tried before.

 How long have you guys been a group and how did the group form? 

The concept for the ban was formed in 2013 as you know. Lerato Ntsane Lchiba (Guitar and Backing vocals). He invited Tubatsi Mpho Moloi (Lead Vocals, flute, mbira and guitar) whom he met as a teenager at local jam sessions, Xolani Mtshali (Drums and Backing Vocals) was next to join, with Siman Galiso Dlamini (Bass) the final ‘villager’ to come into the group. Each member was originally friends from childhood coming together to pursue their musical dreams together in this lifetime.

 What was it like growing up in Mzimhlophe in Soweto?  

Growing up in Mzimhlophe has been very interesting due to its a place that was politically driven and most old artists and leather gurus spent their time. It also overlooks the landscape of the city of Johannesburg and thus has the township’s vibrant energy and vibe.

 How would you describe Maskandi to people that have never heard this style of music?  

Maskandi music is one of the traditional music forms of South Africa sound scape, it’s genre mainly played by zulu culture people and it’s musical language amongst the Nguni people. 

How would you describe Urban Villages sound because I see that you guys like to blend a lot of genres together?  

The sound of the Urban Village is layered with elements of folk, maskandi, rock, jazz – a blend of the modern and the traditional. Growing up in Soweto played a major role on how we merge the folk/ indigenous sounds and the experimental modern world music sound. Keeping the identity is the deliberate delivery as we are messengers of the values of our culture.

What is the story of your ep, what is UBABA about?  

With our first Ubaba EP, we took inspiration from the rich musical heritage of South African soil. A totally original synthesis of Zulu guitars, indie- folk, maskandi, South African choirs, and jazz, all carried along by an undoubtable energy and charisma. The project opens with the powerful folk of “Ubaba”; then comes “Izivunguvungu” with its poetic sanza loops and harmonious choruses borrowed from the Zulu music style Isicathamiya; “sakhisizwe” follows with its contagious riffs and maskandi guitar melodies and message of “building a nation”. Finally, french DJ and producer Chloé has revisited Izivunguvungu with a trippy and techno twist – to spread “the spirit of futurist indie-folk through nightclubs”. This EP is a journey through all the colours of Soweto, a dormitory town designed to better monitor those who were sent there, that has become the laboratory of music where the hopes of an entire people resonate, even today.

Explain the visuals of the UBABA video.  

This story is a period piece that captures everyday life in a Soweto-based hostel during the 90s. The song, entitled Ubaba (Father) and the inspiration behind the film is centred around a place that was predominantly for men, most of them Ubaba’s (Father’s). During the apartheid regime, hostels were a tactic from the regime to separate  Ubaba’s (Father’s) from their families, most of them working themselves to an early death in Johannesburg’s mines. The visuals explore those spaces and all the activities that happen in the environment. We see all aspects of emotion from vulnerable male figures, unity, love, dedication, and talent.

 If you could describe Soweto in 3 words what would they be?  

Soweto is vibrant, cultured and legendary   

What are your hopes for the future of SA music? 

Our hopes for the future of music SA music is to grow more and get more opportunities in our media space for alternative traditional music    

Our hopes for the future of SA music is to grow more and get more opportunities in our media space for alternative traditional music.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 

In 10 years we see ourselves running an art based initiative of sharing skills and engagement to empower young aspiring arts. Feet in the tradition, head in the future.

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Urban Village - Madume (OpenLaboSession)

A family as much as a band (as anyone lucky enough to have seen their electrifying live performance at Paris’s Café de la Danse last October will know) Urban Village formed organically in 2013 when bandleader Lerato Lichaba teamed up with vocalist and flautist Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, drummer Xolani Mtshali, and bassist Simangaliso Dlamini. All were born in Soweto in the dying days of apartheid, and the Urban Village story is one of chance encounters and shared (village) values.

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And so, the reason I went to @artebotanica2019 was to witness and support my friends and neighbours, @tebogo_ribane @kaykayribane @dearribane_lab @thulanisejo and to see @manthe.ribane’s creative direction and visions come to life. I found myself overwhelmed when recalling how @tebogo_ribane used to tell me about her dreams of bringing a project of this magnitude to fruition. Seeing it come to life is one of the best things I’ve ever witnessed. Being there to support her and her family was a great honour. My dreams’ possibilities were constantly being affirmed as I walked around @niroxfoundation. Hearing the sounds of @tm_moloi and finally reaching the amphitheater to find @nsaartschool students performing made me realise that there is no contrast or divide between a master and the student in art - there is only the practicing artist. And that it was never too early and will never be too late for me to nurture my own gifts and talents. Seeing students from my high school creating such soulful and spiritual work with a musical maestro such as Tubatsi created the picture of an artist’s circle of life. I am still overwhelmed by the whole experience and will be reliving and disseminating its impact on me throughout the week. I consider myself very blessed to have been in the space of such creativity and collaboration. Captured by @tebogo_ribane. Installation and fashions by @dearribane_lab @dear_ribane113 #artebotanica2019 #art #fashion #music #food #lifestyle #artinstallation #artinnature #artsouthafrica #southafricanartists #youthinart (at Nirox Foundation) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4t6KXtDH5n/?igshid=in6oyshcwah

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ALBUM: Zoë Modiga – Inganekwane

ALBUM: Zoë Modiga – Inganekwane

Zoë Modiga – Inganekwane Album Mp3 Download: Inganekwane song by Zoë Modiga Fakaza with the Mp3 Download of the Lyrics new hit 2020 song from South African singer.

Listen to Zoë Modiga 2020 songs Free Mp3 Download

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Zoë Modiga – KWASUKASUKELA Zoë Modiga – LENGOMA (feat. Tubatsi Mpho Mo Zoë Modiga – UMDALI Zoë Modiga – INTSHA Zoë Modiga – MUTWA (feat. Samba Ndokh Mbaye Zoë Modiga –…

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Album review: Keleketla! - S/T

Album review: Keleketla! – S/T

Keleketla! è un progetto collaborativo che si estende da Johannesburg a Londra, Lagos, Los Angeles e West Papua e prevede un largo numero di collaboratori. Sessioni dal Sud Africa: Yugen Blakrok, Nono Nkoane, Thabang Tabane, Tubatsi Moloi, Gally Ngoveni, Sibusile Xaba, Soundz of the South Collective, DJ Mabheko Sessioni di Londra: Tony Allen, Shabaka Hutchings, Dele Sosimi, Ed “Tenderlonious”…

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NIROX Sculpture Park revisits the ever-popular RETROFEST concert

NIROX Sculpture Park revisits the ever-popular RETROFEST concert

ret·ro [re-troh] adjective of or designating the style of an earlier time

Bringing retro back…

NIROX Sculpture Park revisits the ever-popular RETROFEST concert, with its sixth edition of this celebration of various decades of music. RETROFEST welcomes accomplished acoustic musicians to its amphitheatre with a full day of classic songs from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.

Musicians like Tubatsi Moloi,…

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Keleketla! - s/t LP - South African musicians collaborate with Coldcut, Tony Allen, and a slew of guest artists

Keleketla! is an expansive collaborative project, reaching outward from Johannesburg to London, Lagos, L.A. and West Papua, “Keleketla!” started as a musical meeting ground between Ninja Tune cofounders Coldcut and a cadre of South African musicians (introduced by the charity In Place Of War), including the raw, South African-accented jazz styles of Sibusile Xaba, and rapper Yugen Blakrok (Black Panther OST). From those initial sessions, the record grew to encompass a wider web of musical luminaries, including Afrobeat architects, the late pioneer Tony Allen and Dele Sosimi, legendary L.A. spoken word pioneers The Watts Prophets, and West Papuan activist Benny Wenda. The album collaborators are as follows: South Africa sessions: Yugen Blakrok, Nono Nkoane, Thabang Tabane, Tubatsi Moloi, Gally Ngoveni, Sibusile Xaba, Soundz of the South Collective, DJ Mabheko London sessions: Tony Allen, Shabaka Hutchings, Dele Sosimi, Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne, Tamar Osborn, Miles James, Joe Armon-Jones, Afla Sackey, Benny Wenda, The Lani Singers, Eska Mtungwazi, Jungle Drummer, DeeJay Random Additionally, The Watts Prophets (Los Angeles) and Antibalas (New York) have contributed to the album. The final product is a future-facing assemblage of influences, drawing connections between different points in a jazz-tipped, soulfully-minded spectrum; it builds outwards, from the solid musical foundations of those first sessions, featuring the likes of Thabang Tabane, esteemed percussionist and son of the legendary Phillip Tabane. On the one hand, there are gqom beats, interlaced with activist chants and and Tony Allen’s live Afrobeat drums; on the other, there are warm, lyrical meditations, aided by horns and keys. The name “Keleketla” means “response”, as in “call-and-response”, a title which speaks to the project’s aim: to build out a shared musical ground, traced across different recording sessions, continents apart.

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Some images from one of the most intense collaborative music and recording workshops with Coldcut, Sibusile, Thabang, Tubatsi, Gally & Nono. Captured by Dwayne Innocent Kapula (MukaMuka). The project was put together by Keleketla! Library x In Place of War x Mushroom Hour Half Hour supported by Connect ZA

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SOLSTICE D'HIVER FRANÇAIS 2024

Tracklist # Artist name Track name 1 Adam Baldych Protest Song 2 Aziza Brahim Thajiliba 3 Riccardo Tesi Santiago 4 Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu Cha Cha Chai 5 L’Alba Miserere 6 L’Alba Grilli 7 Matthew Halsall Mewborough Forest 8 Msaki & Tubatsi Izinto Zobomi 9 Qais Essar Liminal Time & Space 10 Varijashree Venugopal Nee 11 Bela Fleck/ Zakir Hussain/ Edgar Meyer/ Rakesh Chaurasia Tradewinds…

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Early #throwbacks because just nje. Some stuff I shot of Coldcut, Sibusile, Thabang, Tubatsi, Gally and Nono at the Music Project With Coldcut at KingKong, Troyville, Jozbek

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Cloudcast #268 English

Artist name Track name 1 LASS/ Samba 2 LASS/ Nitte 3 Robert Svard/ Ciego de Amor 4 Concha Buika/ Yo Ire 5 Roberto Fonseca/ O O 6 Touki/ Fula Cowboy 7 Kiran Ahluwalia/ Tera Jugg 8 Shabaka/ Breathing 9 Olcay Bayir/ Daha Senden Gayri Asik Mi Oktur 10 The Zawose Queens/ Mapendo 11 Sonova/ High Falutin 12 Msaki & Tubatsi/ Letters From The Sea 13 Flavia Coelho/ Passageiro 14 Danyel Waro/ Fanzan

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Cloudcast #268 Français

Artist name Track name 1 LASS/ Samba 2 LASS/ Nitte 3 Robert Svard/ Ciego de Amor 4 Concha Buika/ Yo Ire 5 Roberto Fonseca/ O O 6 Touki/ Fula Cowboy 7 Kiran Ahluwalia/ Tera Jugg 8 Shabaka/ Breathing 9 Olcay Bayir/ Daha Senden Gayri Asik Mi Oktur 10 The Zawose Queens/ Mapendo 11 Sonova/ High Falutin 12 Msaki & Tubatsi/ Letters From The Sea 13 Flavia Coelho/ Passageiro 14 Danyel Waro/ Fanzan