Name: AmaXesha
Brand: Bongeziwe Mabandla

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BM051LP

Colour

Black

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Discogs ID

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Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

3770026106143

Total Cap

Black LP

BM051CD

3760248836096

Artist

 Bongeziwe Mabandla

Genre GB

Singer Songwriter

African

Label GB

Black Major

Newest Listed Items

Lately, the South-African singer / songwriter Bongeziwe Mabandla has been making waves, including outside his native country. He received very positive reviews for his third album Iimini (2020), alongside a number of enthusiastically received European shows. With his new album AmaXesha he shows that he has become the new face of Afro-folk; bringing original, modern, spiritual, danceable, melancholic though mostly joyous, sounds referencing African artists such as Jabu Khanyile, Bongo Maffin, Miriam Makeba, Simphiwe Dana, Thandiswa Mazwai, Salif Keita and Busi Mhlongo, but also with (Western) influences from Tracy Chapman, Damon Albarn, Lauryn Hill, Bon Iver, Geoffrey Gurrumul, Sinkane and Michael Kiwanuka.

On AmaXesha Mabandla has collaborated again with his friend/producer/multi-musician Tiago Correia-Paulo (originally from Mozambique), who takes care of most of the more modern and electronic soundscapes. Modest, traditional folk (with lyrics in his beautiful Xhosa language) remains the core basis, but by bringing this into a broader modern musical spectrum (with drum loops and synthesizers), the characteristic ‘modern world music’ sound of Bongeziwe Mabandla, with his smooth, sensual, meditative and sweet voice, becomes a mix of funky folk.

AmaXesha

Music GB