Kwani Experience going to Europe
Watch out Zim, Netherlands, Belgium and France, you’re about to be blessed with the presence of the remarkable sounds of Kwani Experience – spread the love now. Editorista spent a night getting down at Paradiso, the venue for their Amsterdam performance, it’s awesome – Kwani is a live performance you DO NOT want to miss. Check out their MySpace site here to see dates and venues, otherwise read below for more information.
Joburg music and cultural identity ambassdors band Kwani Experience are on an three leg international tour of Zimbabwe, Netherlands, Belgium and France. The band kick started the tour with performances in Zimbabwe which comprised of a Freedom Day celebration 27 April at the South African embassy, two at the Book Cafe/Mannenberg at the famous Harare ‘Avenues’ and two main Worker’s Day (1st May) celebrations at the annual Harare International Festival of the Arts ( H.I.F.A). The band was well recieved by the Zimbabwean audiences and media like the ‘media friendly’ band their know to be. Their performances where a mixture of old and new repertoire from their soon to be released second album.
PO lyrist of the band was the best speaker at the press conference made nice contacts with Zimbabwe T.V and Radio, the Herald and Daily Mirror there..will share..)
Second leg
The second leg of the tour in May/June, will see the band perform at the Mundial Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands, alongside our very own Simphiwe Dana and rock reggaer band Tidal Waves, Toumani Diabate (Mali Korah player and Griot) and the reggae legend Burning Spear. The band will also be doing cultural and artistic exchange workshops with school children and collaborations with other musicians in Belgium and the Netherlands. The band’s performance at the festival will take a Youth Day/Month theme.
Third Leg
The third leg of the tour, in June, will be a tour of south France with a collaboration project with the French DJ Oil and Jeff Sharel of The Troublemakers and our veteran Pops Mohammed. The collabo is a sequel of a show than last year (2006) in Joburg and will take place at the Africa Fete Festival and shows around Marseille. The project is set to hit Joburg again September this year for the Arts Alive Festival. A recording is expected from this collaboration in the near futuren. As for now…Kwani Experience has just finished recording their..second album with veteran bass player, producer Victor Masondo and maestro-percussionist Tlale Makhene. The album which has taken close to a year to put together promises to be the hottest project this year, re-introducing Kwani Experience the ‘Joburg New Favourite Band’ and introducing the new ‘7piece’ Kwani Experience. Audience anticipation and anxiety are already high for the second coming Kwani EXPERIENCE.
As for now…Kwani Experience has just finished recording their second album with veteran bass player, producer Victor Masondo and maestro-percussionist Tlale Makhene. The album which has taken close to a year to put together promises to be the hottest project this year, re-introducing Kwani Experience the ‘Joburg New Favourite Band’ and introducing the new ‘7piece’ Kwani Experience. Audience anticipation and anxiety are already high for the second coming Kwani EXPERIENCE.
Check: www.kwaniexperience.co.za or www.kwaniexp.co.za
