SPOEK MATHAMBO & MSHINI WAM DON'T BE SCARED

FIRST SINGLE OUT! DOWNLOAD ‘LET THEM TALK’ FOR FREE

26.01.12

Spoek Mathambo & Cerebral Vortex - Let Them Talk Video Shoot
© Justin McGee

While we are hardly working on edit of the video shot mid-january in Durban with an amazing team of dancers, actors, stylists and filmers, the single ‘Let Them Talk’ is out today and premiered by Pitchfork.com.

Take your sip of filthy mouth and heavy guitar here, it’s just a beginning.

MOTEL11 x SPOEK MATHAMBO ‘NOMBOLO ONE’ PROJECT

14.12.11

I am excited to present ‘Nombolo One’, in collaboration with one louder.agency, as the first of the Motel11 Roadtrip Tapes, music & art collaborations. While my sophomore album Father Creeper has just been announced on Sub Pop (to be released on March 13th 2012), I unveil my new music covers project produced in Joburg’s labs with his Nombolo One Crew, and illustrated by the great Love&Hate Studio.

With Nombolo One, I want to pay tribute to the great musical tradition of my country, and covers well known South African classics from the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s. ‘Nombolo One’ is a debut outing for our production crew Nombolo One (which includes Theo ‘Mthezo’ Tuge, Ayanda ‘Ayobah’ Sithole and myself). All the songs on this album are covers and contain absolutely no samples. Everything was played with love and reverence in a special Nombolo One style.

A number of artists have contributed, who make up the new crop of exciting Johannesburg artists pushing the envelope namely: Siya and Ray (of The Brother Moves On), Okmalumkoolkat (Dirty Paraffin), Syntax, Bra Solomon (BFG) and The Frown (hot from the release of her single and video The National) who added her delicate and beautiful vocal styling on the first single Melodi, a retake of the classic Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens song.

We also worked in close collaboration with the dynamic Cape Town based art collective Love&Hate Studio, to create the artwork for the limited CD wood boxes and denim jackets, curated by one louder.agency.

ON DECEMBER 20TH, STAY TUNED ON MOTEL11.TV FOR THE WEB RELEASE OF SPOEK MATHAMBO ‘NOMBOLO ONE’ PROJECT & THE OPENING OF PRE-ORDERS OF 100 LIMITED NOMBOLO ONE WOOD BOX CDS, 100 SPOEK MATHAMBO’S PATCHES & 50 LIMITED NOMBOLO ONE DENIM JACKETS, ILLUSTRATED BY LOVE & HATE STUDIO.

Special thanks to all the artists covered (and those that influenced the project) including Dick Khoza, Jack Knife, Sipho Hotstix Mabuza, Leta Mbuli, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mahlathini and the Mahotela Queens, Mbongeni Ngema, The Genuines, Brenda Fassie, Caiphus Semenya, BOP, Trompies, Paul Ndlovu, Batsumi…

SPOEK MATHAMBO | FATHER CREEPER ALBUM ANNOUNCED

06.12.11

You better be ready for Father Creeper, to be released on March 13th, 2012 on Sub Pop Records.
Read more about Spoek’s next album here

SPOEK MATHAMBO | PUT SOME RED ON IT (Sub Pop Records)

17.09.11

New EP coming September 27th.

SPOEK MATHAMBO | PUT SOME RED ON IT EP - SP982

Intro
Put Some Red On It
Put Some Red On It (Machinedrum Remix)
Put Some Red On It (Shabazz Palaces Remix)
Dog To Bone
Dog To Bone (Telepathe Remix)