Shane Cooper & MABUTA

ABOUT

At Shane Cooper & MABUTA return for their first show in over two years, and the launch of their new album "Finish The Sun".

Featuring:

Shane Cooper - bass

Bokani Dyer - keyboards

Sisonke Xonti - sax

Robin Fassie - trumpet

Reza Khota - guitar

Jonno Sweetman - drums

About Shane Cooper & MABUTA:

Shane Cooper & MABUTA present audiences with a sound portrait of Africa that is both an uncannily personal, and exhilaratingly social, experience. At every performance the colours, energies, and smells of the continent are palpable – in your skin, in the soles of your feet, in your bones. The six-piece outfit moves through Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia and the many sounds and influences that make up their native South Africa. Music lovers are forgiven for not knowing if it’s a hip hop bounce, maskandi, a cinematic journey, a hot and heavy Afrobeat get-down, or a slow sway – it’s all of it!

What is certain is that a Shane Cooper & MABUTA show is a moment to bask in the group’s mesmerising brilliance – from Sisonke Xonti’s bold tenor saxophone to Bokani Dyer’s disarmingly lyrical movement on keys, while Cooper’s virtuosic bass commands visceral and joyous release.

Supported by Concerts SA, Norwegian Embassy, SAMRO, and IKS Cultural Consulting