I could kid you I've been away these past months on a musical mission to South Africa to find new and interesting tracks for the FMS. And while there was music and song a plenty, there wasn't always the possibility to actually find out who it was playing and take note for future reference. Which was a pity, but I did find a few, most notably this one.
This is unusual, like nothing you've ever seen before ...unless you've seen the work of this South African artist: William Kentridge. (See link). We saw it at the Cape Town Zeitz MOCAA exhibition, but it has been shown in places around the world.
8 screens depicting a strange dance macabre set to an original soundtrack: the Band leader is Johannes Serekeho, along with The African Immanuel Essemblies Brass Band and vocals by Bham Ntabeni & Moses Moeta: this is "More Sweetly Play the Dance".
It may not be to everyone's taste, so here's just a short 'extracts' video. If you like it, then see the whole 14 minute show on the link beneath.
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