Pan African Space Station - The Artists

Pan African Space StationWith: Bebson De La Rue (voice); Dicoco Boketshu (bass, video); Djanga (drums, percussion); guests DJs and musiciansWHERE/ WHEN: the Assembly in District 6 (Wed Oct 1, from 9pm); Guga S'thebe in Langa (Fri Oct 3, from 6pm)Bebson de la Rue is a singer/rapper and the leader of Tryonix, an Afrofuturist project based in Kinshasa (DRC). Bebson and his brother Dicoco Boketshu, a bass player and video artist, formed Tryonix during...

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MARIMBA EXTRAVAGANZA

Celebrating the history of Marimbas in Cape Town and the legendary musicians who have for the past 28 years dedicated their time and passion, performing, teaching, composing and nurturing young players, Artscape acknowledges these icons and their music with the production of Marimba Extravaganza in the Artscape Theatre from 1 to 3 October 2008 at 20:15 and on 4 October at 17:00.This unique production brings together in collaboration and on stage...

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Pan African Space Station - PASS

Hey Cape Town, Wake Up! It is happening right on our doorstep.The Pan African Space Station (PASS) is a 4-day music intervention from October 1-4, 2008 across Cape Town. The festival, curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga, is presented by the Africa Centre with the support of Spier.One of the headline acts of the festival will be a unique radio station that will broadcast 30 days of cutting edge music from global Africa to the greater Cape Town. This will be a true meeting place for the diverse music audiences in the city. Volunteer DJs, hosts...

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full circle MAGAZINE

Sometimes things are right on your doorstep and you try to look for it somewhere else. When you do find out about it you ask yourself the question:"Why did I never see it before or know about it before?"I was searching for more info on Claude Cozens who (with Darren English) is currently doing his second year music studies in Norway. Bang! There it was - "Bursary For Claude".Exploring a bit more, I found one of the best montly community lifestyle...

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Go Well Bheki Mseleku

It is with much sadness that we heard about the passing of a great artist, Bheki Mseleku on 8 September 2008.South African Minister of Arts and Culture, Dr Z Pallo Jordan on the death of African piano maestro, Bheki Msel...

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'Intimately Airborne Live' - Double DVD Available NOW!!!!!

Good news from Airborne:After 9 months of hard work, we are proud and excited to announce that we have received DVD stock of the concert recorded live on 5th December 2007!It has been a great learning experience and based on feedback from audiences who have previewed the DVD, we appear to have a gem on our hands.We obviously would have liked to have released the DVD earlier, however our commitment to striving for world class quality, meant that the...

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