Four ground breaking South African acts, known for their mind-blowing live sets and recorded collaborations, with a unique approach to the aural and visual elements on-stage come together on Saturday the 19th of January for one night at the Assembly in Cape Town.
Date: Saturday 19th January 2013
Venue: The Assembly, Harrington Street, Cape Town
Lineup: The Brother Moves On with Zaki Ibrahim, The Frown, Mix ‘N Blend and The Mothership.
Time: Doors open 21h00
Tickets: R40 before 2200hrs and R50 after 2200hrs.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE ARTISTS:
The Brother Moves On
Are the ghosts inside the magic, the stranglers of an innocent idea of bringing performance art to its knees through music and story telling as a playful site specific theatrical performance. The music can be described as post-folk-psychedelic-rock made by afrique indie kids who boldly claim their heritage is part of a generation in transition in South Africa. The name of this collective was inspired from David Simon’s ‘The Wire’ character “The brother”, a silent assassin in a transient space.
(Review): http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The brother’s official youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/
The Frown
A South African creative collective of talented musicians, producers and designers, fronted and lead by the dynamic Eve Rakow, have given the South African music scene a firm and welcome wake up call for the musical bar to be raised both live and in the media. Following their success on the MK Channel music video project, the video of their internationally acclaimed song “The National” the world began to take notice. Their appeal is wide, their reach, limitless and they have enjoyed a host of great live shows to cement that fact including stellar performances at Oppikoppi, Grietfest and Old Mutual Music in the Gardens.
Further to this indie hit machine Spoek Mathambo has made use of Eve Rakow’s vocals on his track “Melodi”, the track has had much commercial success both locally and Internationally as a download. Spoek and Eve’s collaborations are an on-going project. The Frown were recently filmed in a collaboration on SABC2’s SAFTA award winning reality show Jam Sandwich (airing December 2012) and are currently recording ahead of their release of their debut album due later this year as well as touring extensively.
Zaki Ibrahim
Canadian-born South African singer/songwriter Zaki Ibrahim creates a diverse opus with her latest studio project titled Every Opposite, assisted by producers Tiago of Tumi and the Volume, Wawesh from Kenya (Just a Band) and Toronto’s Alister Johnson.
Past collaborations have included Spoek Mathambo, King Britt and Boddhi Satva. With Every Opposite Zaki effortlessly spans the urban genre spectrum. The first single “Go Widdit” has been playlisted in urban radio stations.
