Tagged: South Africa
Lungu Lungu: South African Pop Models
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he shares BIG FKN GUN’s “ABC.” I am currently … read more »
Lungu Lungu: RubyGold Brings Substance
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he shares RubyGold’s “Feeling Stealer.” Once in a while, … read more »
Video: LV and Okmalumkoolkat, “Sebenza”
When we wrote about the last collaboration between British producers LV and South Africa’s Okmalumkoolkat, we called it “a dream team in the FADER microworld of 2010.” Two years later, the pairing’s just as exciting. … read more »
Download Tupolev Soundcrash’s Mzansi House Classics Mixtapes
We had the great opportunity to visit South Africa during the World Cup last year (for this and this), and during our trip, we eventually made our way to The Rock, a legendary club in … read more »
Premiere: Spoek Mathambo HIVIP Hot Garbage Mix for The FADER
Today is officially Spoek Mathambo day in New York City. Word on the street is dude just touched down in the Big Apple for the first time in his life. Welcome to New York, homie! … read more »
NYC: Spoek Mathambo Plays Cameo Gallery on Sunday
Our current cover star, the inimitable Spoek Mathambo, is playing one of his first shows ever in New York this Sunday. He is visiting from Johannesburg via Malmo, it’s his first time in the States, … read more »
FEATURE: The Scare Tactics of Spoek Mathambo
The tape starts: “… This is a time when the fruits are growing out of something that was sown a long time ago. It’s not like these are the fruits of just liberation. Those kids … read more »
Album Stream: Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam
FADER cover star Spoek Mathambo’s Mshini Wam is released August 30th on BBE, but we have the privilege of offering you a full preview of it for the next 48 hours. As you can probably … read more »
Video Premiere: Spoek Mathambo, “War On Words”
From his debut solo album, Mshini Wam, comes Spoek Mathambo’s new supernatural video for “War On Words,” starring current FADER cover star Spoek Mathambo and the boys from his Mshini Wam band. Listen to Mshini … read more »
Video: LV f. Okmalumkoolkat, “Boomslang”
In the microworld of FADER 2010, this video is a dream team realization. First you got LV, responsible for immense jams like “Turn Away” on Hyperdub. Second you got Okmalumkoolkat, whom some of you might … read more »
