The Sabu Jiyana Matimba Project Live
Fri Aug 2, 20:00 - Fri Aug 2, 22:00
The Commons
ABOUT
It’s The Sabu Jiyana’s Matimba Project. An exhibition of African Indigenous instruments fused with music from different regions in the continent along with music from different parts of the world.
Featuring:
Sabu Jiyana: Percussion and indigenous instruments
Daddy Kabuya: Bass
Siya Klaasen: Keys
Esihle Valela: Saxophone
Skhumbuzo Qamata: drums
Ntuthu Nyiki: Vocals
More about Sabu:
After 17 YEARS of recording, performing and touring the world, Matimba Frontman Sabu Jiyana has made it his personal mission to take his audience on a journey through the African continent through a sound he has coined “The Pan-African Sound”.
Jiyana describes it simply as “ The true display of what African Leadership should look like in the 21st century” .
Sabu started the ensemble in 2017 just after completing his Postgraduate Studies at the prestigious University of Cape Town. It had become painfully clear through his studies that traditional African elements and sounds were mostly pushed to the background whilst favouring foreign ideas, concepts and instrumentation took centre stage. He wanted to encourage pride in our own, and so using the analogy that when one is in Rome, they do as the Romans do... When one is in Africa, surely it shouldn’t be about chasing foreigners from our shores, but rather about educating them on our ways and our colourful cultures that result in a melting pot of colourful musicality….After all, isn’t that what Pan-Africanism is all about? Matimba has an eclectic sound, influenced by old African Practices, modern African practices, old folk songs, and church songs and also coloured with the culture of a very different 21ST Century Africa and the current affairs and tribulations faced these days in the beloved continent and indeed the world at large. Matimba uses instruments such as the mbira (Zimbabwe) , Nyungue nyungue (Mozambique), Akadinda (Uganda) ,uHadi (South Africa) , and the talking drum (West Africa) just to name a few. All accompanied by bass guitar, piano and the western drum kit.
One of the last performances of Sabu's Cape Town Tour.
Looking forward to seeing you there!