More more more… Future last night at PASS
Delicate and brutal, feverish and fearless, beautiful and ugly, Kabako Studio’s More more more… Future literally exploded last night at launch of PASS live music festival. It’s the story of the Congo and its brutal history, but it’s also a story of here and now, one that transcends a nation and thereby redefines our sense of belonging to history and the world. Much of the story is told in between repetitive images of bodies, grotesque and unexpected, that pervade the …
Some othaship
Satellite Sessions Vol 3
Satellite Sessions vol 3, 3D Thought Sessions, Freedom as a Class Session by Ological Studies and more on Sun 26 Sept at PASS studios Pics: Kadiatou Diallo
Poetry Africa
Passing on Malombo
KWANELE SOSIBO on PASS in the Mail & Guardian Online Sep 25 2010 06:47 As Philip Tabane and his group, Malombo, prepare for takeoff at the annual Pan African Space Station Live in Cape Town next week, Kwanele Sosibo wonders whether the genre’s new guard will venture off in the right direction The sound of Malombo, which has deep roots in Dr Philip Tabane’s Venda culture, has throngs of devotees spanning several generations. Now, a quiet yet concerted resurgence is …
Relive the Pas(s)t
I go, we go. The music keeps playing. On the way we keep a log-book, an audio record of impressions, sensations, memories, and new encounters. Missed the ambidextrous verbal exchanges of the Writer’s Stokvel? Simphiwe Dana’s in studio conVERSEation with Jennifer Bryant? Andy William’s vertiginous energy and enormous musical erudition? DalaFlat Music’s musical arch-aeology? DJ Ntone playing with electricity? Kolade’s consciousness-raising word-sound lessons? Replay PASS with the latest PASSCASTS.