Kabasa - Kabasa

Kabasa - KabasaWhile the landscape of popular music recordings from 1970s South Africa is dominated by tightly produced nuggets of township soul and jive, there is a notable seam of Afrocentric outsiders that runs through the decade. Their roots lie in Malombo's angular juxtaposition of guitar and percussion, an avant garde channeling of raw African soul that announced the arrival of tribal jazz. Taking the mantle in 1974, Xoliso expanded and electrified the Malombo

all united by music

as the Australians are very openly inspired by the horror genre and the writings of New England author Howard Phillips Lovecraft in particular

the input from the other members - Scott Balaban (vocals)

In 1980 they still were part of the London "Punky Reggae Party"

After a musical youth in Kansas City followed by audio activities in San Francisco and New York and elsewhere

from poetic swoons and shadowy folk to grunge-pop band workouts and haunting

and psychedelia

The record's debut offering comes in the form of the sensational pop masterclass 'Better With' You' Over 12 vivid

A live Mothertapes performance is an impressive show of workmanship in which Bosack and Franzen build each song from the ground up

- in front of The Damned Fan Club

Looking for a more hard-hitting sound than that of their previous album

Consisting of Ryan Weisheit on tenor sax