South Africa’s No. 1 Performance Band Coming to Kenya
Electrafrique Nairobi in association Kalawa Jazmee Records are delighted to invite you to Black Motion Live. The duo will be one of the many South African bands that have performed in Kenya recently, including Mi Casa and Liquideep.
Dubbed Talking To The Drums, the event takes place at The TreeHouse Club at Museum Hill, Westlands on Friday, 15th February between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Gates Open at 8:00 p.m.
Entry to the event is Kshs. 1,000 advance and Kshs. 1,500 at the gate. Advance tickets available at www.ticketsasa.com. Entry restricted to people below age 21.
Talking To The Drums will be hosted by Electrafrique’s DJ Cortega and Electrique DJs & The Beat Parade Band.
Black Motion is a South African group ranked as the No. 1 live performance artistes in South Africa. They are a duo formed by two childhood friends, Robert a.k.a DJ Murder and Thabo a.k.a Smol.
Their breakthrough came when they joined Spirit Motion where they produced the hit single, Banane Mavoko. The song was so big that Legendary South African Producer DJ Oskido licensed the song for his compilation CD, Oskido’s 10th Commandment.
The success of the single saw the group establish a relationship with UK-based label, Tribe Records who came along and signed the song for international digital release. Black Motion have other singles featured on Mmthi’s Essential Mix 6 – Bhana Shilolo featuring Zulu and Quantized Mix 6 – Set Me Free featuring Xoli.
NULU Records followed suit by signing Mumi Wango featuring Soulflow, which saw the song being remixed by the likes of Manoo and Antonello Coghe & Rancido. Ocha Records Mzansi thought they won’t be left behind and they signed one of the biggest songs of 2011 Set Me Free featuring Xoli. This package contained the heavyweights, Master Kev & Tony Loreto, Bang the Drum (Jihad Mahumed), Ezel, DJ Qness and Black People.
The group signed a licensing deal with Kalawa Jazzme Records in 2011, which saw them releasing their first double CD album titled Talking to the Drums. This comprises of hit songs like Father to be featuring Dr. Malinga; Kakaramba featuring Celimpilo, Dimensions featuring Lando and many more.
2011 and 2012 was so big for the duo as they headlined concerts all over the world in places like Miami, Canada, United Kingdom etc. Their sound brought upon the new revolution where almost every single song that got released from there on was titled Black Motion. Despite being one of Africa’s most sought after performers worldwide, the Black Motion duo remains humble and grounded, choosing to live simple lives and give back to the community around them.
Check out a feature on South African house music below.
{youtube}Ykt2f6o7-e8{/youtube}
