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We Travel The Space Ways
The Ghost journeys the PASS universe to bring you intergalatic Pan-African sounds from the PASS archive.
APRIL 2014 UPDATE: For Soul Housing Project live go here.
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Bra Tebs with Shabaka Hutchings live from Tagore’s
London’s Shabaka Hutchings (Zed-U; Polar Bear; Heliocentrics; Sons of Kemet; etc.) with Bra Tebs coming to you live from Tagore’s Jazz Bar, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town. If you don’t know, Bra Tebs (Louis Moholo-Moholo) is the only surviving founder of the famed Blue Notes (who civilised Europe in the mid-60s by teaching them how to play free!)
Other worlds
Genre-defying sounds from the PASS universe – funked up, fierce, slow-burning, euphoric, experimental, deep.
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Ological Studies
Robert Glasper, Kenny Garrett, Andile Yenana, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Richard Bona are just a few of the names jazz crew Ological Studies drop as influences. As might be expected then, their sound is an eclectic brew that owes as much to free jazz as it does to funk and soul. Featuring Sibusiso Dlamini (piano, keyboard, vocals), Phumlani Mtiti (alto saxophonist) and an ever shifting ensemble of friends, Ological scored themselves a SAMA award for their 2011 album Free-dom. …
Hilton Schilder trio
Acclaimed composer and soloist Hilton Schilder and his trio create sounds you’ve not heard before – jazz flourishes fuse with urban Khoi sounds, goema grooves and other authentic Cape Town vibes. [ broadcasting from Tagore’s Jazz Bar, 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town ] Preview of his music below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn6j0rz6oJg
Thath’i Cover Okestra
pic by Jonx Pillemer. More here. Thath’i Cover Okestra in a unique re-exploration of kwaito music live at Guga Sthebe- Arts & Culture Center, Langa on on November 4 The brainchild of Rangoato Hlasane and Malose Malahlela from Keleketla! Library, the Okestra invites a crew of young independent Joburg-based musicians (supported by the Goethe Institut) to investigate the meaning and importance of kwaito music’s legacy for a new generation. More here. Their PASS performance featured original and new members of …
The Brother Moves On
The Brother’s sound is a tradition-trouncing trans-Atlantic Afro-centric futuristically ancient fusion that jack knifes between offworld spectral dub-metal, hyperrhythmic rock psychedelia, indie-township and astro-afro-free-jazz. Taking a cue from that other “Brother From Another Planet” they embrace a multi-genre, multimedia aesthetic, re-challenging hip-hop’s five pillars (MCing, DJing, B-boying and graffiti writing) into a conceptechnic performance art project that incorporates historical, political, and sociological perspectives. While their new album, ETA is currently available online, Brother is best experienced life.