The Pan African Space Station is a fascinating project currently happening in Cape Town. Inspired by Sun Ra’s aphorism, “There are other worlds out there they never told you about,” PASS is “a cross-cultural and cyber-spatial exploration bringing together diverse pan-African sounds, from ancient techno to future roots.”
This year’s programme includes amazing musos like Dr. Philip ‘Malombo’ Tabane, Thandiswa Mazwai and Camerounian drummer Brice Wassy, and a back-to-back DJ master class featuring Theo Parrish and Sowetan cutmaster Mbuso T.
Also emanating into the ethernet as part of the festival is an amazingly eclectic radio stream broadcast from Long Street. Get more info on the Shook site.
From Shangaan Electro and Spoek Mathambo (that's him above on the cover of the latest Fader mag) through to DJs Mujava and Cleo being spun by UK bass heavyweights like Kode9, South African music is invading planet earth's dancefloors. Check my recent round-up on Generation Bass, and enjoy the below, out now on Kode9's Hyperdub label: a collaboration between the UK's LV and SA's Okmalumkoolkat (who looks suspiciously like Spoek Mathambo):
Up now on the Red Bull Studio ZA blog and SoundCloud, a mix put together with my mate and partner-in-rhythm, Offbeat under our Unsound System moniker, entitled '20 For The 2000s'. It features twenty of our fave, for-the-floor tunes from the first decade of the 21st Century. Here's the tracklist:01. Junior Boys – Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix)
02. Justin Martin – The Sad Piano (Charles Webster Remix)
03. Metro Area – Miura
04. Loco Dice – El Gallo Negro
05. Justus Köhncke – Timecode
06. Kerrier District – Let's Dance And Freak
07. Akufen – Deck The House
08. Recloose – Cardiology (Isolée Mix)
09. The Juan MacLean – Happy House
10. Rodamaal – Insomnia (Âme Remix)
11. Luciano And Quenum – Orange Mistake
12. Matthew Dear – Dog Days
13. Radical Majik – Dub Rider
14. Laven And MSO (Featuring Malte) – Reach
15. Hot Chip – And I Was A Boy From School (Erol Alkan's Extended Re-Work)
16. Björk – Pagan Poetry (Ripperton Remix)
17. Metro Area – Orange Alert (DFA Remix)
18. Cobblestone Jazz – Dump Truck
19. Hercules And Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
20. Baxendale – I Built This City (Michael Mayer Mix)
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