By
Dylan Heneck
on
Mar 8, 2019
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I fear this might be the end for me, and uncoincidentally just the beginnings for South Africa's Gourmet and Mabuta.
There's a hot, hot fire in my ears right now, and it's spreading through my body, sweating out of me as I run past houses, street s...
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By
Dylan Heneck
on
Nov 22, 2018
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If you've started reading this before having hit play you're now forewarned that there's a storm coming for your ears. "Unique" doesn't quite cut it and I've sworn to never again use the word "cool" in a review. Imagine Fela Kuti meets a contemporary...
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By
Dylan Heneck
on
Mar 6, 2018
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The main difference between this post and the one I did about Mabuta's lead single, "Welcome To This World," is that I hadn't already watched them play live.
But now I've had the serious privilege of watching this group of jazz musicians really go a...
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By
Dylan Heneck
on
Feb 6, 2018
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Shane Cooper, head of the fresh jazz ensemble Mabuta, specifically asked me not to drift off on one of my odd tangents. It's not an unfair request, I vaguely remember my last review touting that I was a horse person, or something like that.
Cooper's...
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