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The Ghost keeps churning out the goodness. African funk, African, Afro-beat, deep, off-kilter jazzy house, eruphoric analogue beats… and more until DJ Mighty does his thing at 9pm.

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The Blackie Tempi Quartet featuring Tete Mambisa

The Heavyweights weigh in! Trumpeter Blackie Tempi takes to the stage with a quartet featuring legendary pianist Tete Mambisa. Blackie Tempi has been shaping South African jazz since the 70s. Known for his stylish blend of rhythmic African music and American traditions, and his brilliant big band presence, he has headed crew such as Tandanani and The Brotherhood and recorded with the likes of Winston Mankunku and Errol Dyer. Tete Mambisa needs no introduction. A gifted composer, pianist, vocalist, he’s …  ( continue reading

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When The Morning Comes

PASS continues it’s pan-African journey with this next instalment featuring everything from Swazi hip-hop and soul to afro-funk folklore, traditional rhythms and playful afro-pop sounds. After 6pm we will pick up the pace with some superbly melodic, highly danceable, hypnotic, quintessentially beautiful house before legends Blacky Tempi and Tete Mambisa take to the stage at 9pm.  ( continue reading

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Swazi celebration

Swaziland in the house! Swazi soul and hip hop all afternoon into this evening. Homegrown rhythms, siSwati soul-searching and bush-fire free-flowing lyricism taking in politics and social commentary but always bringing it back to the party.  ( continue reading

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Special cravings all in the stream

We will feature large sections of themed music up until we open the live stream from Tagore’s, Wednesday night. Enjoy  ( continue reading

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The Funda Projekt

Pura aka Umyalezo presents the Funda Projekt featuring Texito on drums, Emile on bass, Wakile on guitar, Kuda on mbira, Mava on percussion. They produce evolutionary voyage-prone soundscapes that bring together jazz, ancient-future beat-trickery, and both the playful and conscious approaches to the spoken word.  ( continue reading

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Mother and other tongues

Genre busting sounds from the PASS universe featuring women all Saturday afternoon into the evening. Listen out for Lady May, Busi Mhlongo, Fatima Bramme Sey, Ms Meshell Ndegeocello, Tracy Chapman, Donna Sommer, Nina Simone and much more…  ( continue reading

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Ragas & Rhythms

Eastern rhythms collide with jazzy improvisation… Guitarist composer Reza Khota and friends mine the musical links that criss-cross the Mediterranean and Indian oceans. More on Reza here.  ( continue reading

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Unbound sounds

Ancient-futuristic pan-African sounds for your aural pleasure.  ( continue reading

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It’s church!

DJ Ntone presides: hypnotic pan-African grooves, soulful house, unheard hip-hop, electro boogie, deep jazz, all the funk and much, much more. As Pharoah Sanders put it, ‘The Creator has a Masterplan.’ In Berlin next week? Catch him at Gretchen Club.  ( continue reading

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