Instrumental Tales from the Lost Cities of Azania, by Spoek Mathambo

Instrumental Tales from the Lost Cities of Azania

by Spoek Mathambo

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	1.	Umhlaba Wethu (Instrumental Version) 02:59
	2.	Kroonocyde (Instrumental Version) 02:46
	3.	The Greedy Will Always Want More (Instrumental Version) 02:49
	4.	eGoli (Instrumental Version) 03:39
	5.	Bumaye (Instrumental Version) 04:04
	6.	Walk with You (Instrumental Version) 05:52
	7.	Anatomy of a Campus Rape Case (Instrumental Versions) 04:28
	8.	Chop My Money (Instrumental Versions) 03:12
	9.	Once Upon a Slay Queen (Instrumental Versions) 04:24
	10.	Keeping Score (Instrumental Version) 01:35
	11.	When the Party Parties Too Hard (Instrumental Version) 04:39
	12.	Somandla (Instrumental Version) 03:25

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“In the year 3030, an AI system scanning drives for knowledge about our antiquated civilisation, finds "Tales From A Lost City" to learn about the sociopolitical and cultural state of South Africa in 2019.”

Spoek Mathambo is a South African artist, musician, songwriter & filmmaker. With three critically acclaimed solo albums under his belt, not to mention his collaborative projects Fantasma and Batuk, and a documentary on SA electronic music (Future Sound of Mzansi), Spoek Mathambo is a prolific creative, showcasing and stretching the limits of electronic music and hip hop. For this project, Spoek Mathambo has created a series of painted artworks which will be shown in a month long exhibition at Keyes Art Mile March 26 - 22 April (one of the large scale paintings was shown at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair).

On his new album Tales From The Lost Cities, producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo revisits his first love, Hip-Hop, with a project steeped in rich storytelling, razor sharp social commentary and an endless reserve of gymnastic flows. The concept album drives a cross section through South Africa 2020, to give a view of a highly complex and volatile society struggling to come to grips with its post Apartheid “rainbow nation” dream/nightmare. Spoek Mathambo takes Hip-Hop, the great crucible of culture, and creates a colorful ride through a diverse set of soundscapes, each emboldening Mathambo’s no-holds-bar approach to songwriting.

The eclectic self produced album features guest appearances from scratch DJ Raiko and collaborations with Batuk, Spizzy, Mark Mushiva, Vuyo and Daev Martian.

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released February 10, 2020

Written & Composed by Nthato Mokgata

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