DJ Mighty on the decks
DJ Mighty is back on the decks with an “Under-Ground, Uni-Versal Sound Session” @ TAGORES in Observatory, Cape Town tonight from 10 pm til late.
Listen in live on PASS radio (hit the “Listen to the live stream” link to your left) for a special selection of healing vinyls by the MIGHTY Mighty.
For more Mighty take a listen to some of his classic sets from the PASS archives here.
Ntshuks Bonga pics
Ntshuks Bonga leads Brydon Bolton (double bass) and Claude Cozen (drums) from washes of buzzes, whispers, percussive clicks and flutters to wild howls, hoots, rattles, bangs, roars, squeals and other less describable sounds (and sounds-within-sounds) during their PASS set on Wednesday 25 January, 2012.
Sounds Of The PASS Universe
PASS radio is now live online 24/7. You’re currently hearing head-nobbing favs from the PASS playlist delivered by The Ghost. To listen, hit the “Listen to the live stream” link to your left.
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Ntshuks Bonga’s Trio
Ntshuks Bonga’s Trio (with Brydon Bolton & Claude Cozen) at Tagore’s Jazz Bar [ 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town ] or if you can’t make it to Cape Town, tune in via PASS radio (click the live stream link on our home page)! Burn in Jozi, Ntshuks has been resident in the United Kingdom since 1970. His playing, however, remains steeped in Xhosa folk music and that of the legendary South African bands exiled to this country, the Blue …
Lwanda Gogwana Live at PASS, Jan 2012
Eastern Cape born trumpeter, Lwanda Gogwana and his quartet play some re-arranged original compositions and jazz standards off his debut album, The Lwanda Gogwana Songbook Chapter 1 at Tagore’s Jazz Bar, Jan 14, 2012. And yeah we know it’s dark – but hey, its like Miles says, “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there…” Find out about more PASS live events here.
Beginnings (The First Minute of a New Day)
Mmmmm We’re sliding through Completely new Beginnings We’re searching out Our every doubt We’re winning Gil Scott Heron points the direction as PASS gears up for a new year of cross-cultural and cyber-spatial explorations in pan-African, ancient and future. More on the shape of things to come here.
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Live at PASS in January
As Is navigate the PASS space-ways
Since their debut at the Pan African Station in 2010, free-form visual/ sonic artists combo, As Is have continued to navigate the space-ways, extending so-called jazz further into the unknown or unheard. Here Brendon Bussy (mandolin, electronics and assorted homemade instruments), Garth Erasmus (saxophones and traditional African instruments), Niklas Zimmer (drums) and Manfred Zylla (trombone, accordion, violin and spontaneous vocal explosions) explore the intersection of composition and improvisation during their December 2011 PASS residency at Tagore’s Jazz Bar in Obs, …