Chakalaka Jazz - A Selection of South African Gems (2LP 180g Vinyl)

Chakalaka Jazz - A Selection of South African Gems (2LP 180g Vinyl)Fred Spider Presents CHAKALAKA JAZZ A selection of South African Gems While music traditions are often defined by established and protected sets of characteristics, popular music in South Africa betrays a willingness to adapt homegrown styles and an enthusiasm to adopt new influences. Musical currents like marabi, goema and mbaqanga help define what makes indigenous jazz unique, but its the eclecticism and hybridisation found in South African crates

(At times philosophically: the group recorded while cricket chirps played in their headphones

In this way FTCA joins a long and storied lineage of pop records that expose the insular and reclusive nature of the recording process itself

Lowest Of The Low

Beach House)

A Dance More Sweetly Played

Bass Clarinet

a twelve-song night drive

which invited a wide community of collaborators to band together in an open celebration of solidarity

South African label Mushroom Hour Half Hour and London based label New Soil were able to pool their resources to support Tumi’s large-scale creative vision for this project and enable it to find the global audience it seeks and deserves

From the strangely sultry "Drumming Out Time Inside Me" and "Grey And Illuminate" to the band’s favorite "Hot Love

”“It’s a remarkable album

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