Don't Be Scared

Spoek Mathambo and his band Mshini Wam (My Machine Gun) with his own brand of township afro futurism. Refreshing stuff and soon out in Europe on 12" with remixes via BBE

Passing Images

Soccer City in Johannesburg, home to the World Cup final in a few days time

A view of the pitch at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium

Yours truly with Chris from electricjive on our way to watch the Netherlands beat Slovakia

I took the opportunity to speak to one of the street performers on the Durban promenade. Turns out that it was Elliot Ngidi, an old-time jazzman who played with Dick Khoza at the Pelican in Johannesburg. An amazing chance encounter.