Bongiwe Mpanza or Bonj is known as a power vocalist who was a prominent figure in Cape Town’s electronic and jazz scene, and the amalgamation of her music sensibilities and experiences has shaped her new EP, A Journal. The seven-track offering is a genre-bending and experimental project that exhibits Bonj’s individualism, creativity, and originality. “It’s…
I met this girl, when I was ten years old And what I loved most she had so much soul She was old school, when I was just a shorty Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me On the regular, not a church girl she was secular Raps Common on his…
Eccentric, unapologetic, futuristic, powerful. Those are only some of the adjectives which come to mind when I think of Bophelo Tseki, a.k.a Skolleywood — a young and upcoming femme cultural icon — who is firmly solidifying herself within the local music industry, but also bordering into other artistic disciplines, such as fashion. Inspired by contemporary…
Moving to Los Angeles was a defining moment for Naïka. It is something she always wanted to do since she was young and it was a positive move for her career. The experience allowed her to discover self-love, confidence, and acceptance. She translates this beautifully in her new EP, Lost in Paradise Pt.2. The five-track project follows, Lost…
“Each person on the video had a character and how all this was fused together, enabled us to come up with magic.” Orish If you’ve been paying close attention to the local hip hop scene over the past couple of years, you would have noticed a musical movement brewing within the Cape Town musical landscape….
‘Haiku’ is a form of Japanese poetry made of short, unrhymed lines that evoke natural imagery. The experimental house duo, Haiku Haiku, release their debut single “Owan Yama” — under the banner of short-form poetry as well as an assumed echo in the principle of their artistry — marked by the repetition of the Japanese…
Having got his start releasing music at 15 as Parenthemis, a made-up name, 2015 would see the birth of Laudable and the release of his first mixtape, ‘Survivor’s Guilt’, under that moniker. ‘I played [Parenthemis] for this girl and she was a really good writer, teaching me about reading things because it helps you express….
On Wednesday, 28 July, DJ Maphorisa shared the introductory visuals to his latest music video on Instagram with only the caption “Izolo Motion Picture Dropping Friday”. Armed with only the sounds of a money counting machine, tires racing down the street, one arm out of the window and background noise that could only elicit the…
Tim Lyre is a musician with many talents. His music is a genre-bending afro-futurist study of the human experience which has been credited as influenced equally by juju master Ebenezer Obey and R&B genius John Legend. From being a dynamic vocalist to being a multi-instrumentalist and producer Lyre’s talent exudes in every beat, chorus and…
If I were blissfully unaware of its relationships of co-opted association to whiteness and “maleness”, genius is one of the words I would use to describe Georgia Anne Muldrow and her sonic oeuvre spanning nearly two decades. Imagining, creating and composing sonic topographies that traverse genre and containment, from soul to R&B, hip hop to…
Ipeleng is one of South Africa’s rising stars in the South African R&B landscape. She has cemented her place in the scene with one of the best R&B releases from South Africa this year with her new release, pHantom. The six-track offering looks at the highs and lows of being in love. The name of…
Travel Light was the soul-soothing breakout album for Manchester-based R&B/Rap group, Children of Zeus. It brilliantly captured the angst that many aspiring musicians have when trying to break into the music industry and overnight, they went from being local artists to an international touring act. That was until the pandemic put a stop to everything….
