Keleketla! Keleketla!
Ahead Of Our Time
Keleketla! is a diverse, energetic and soulful collaborative project that grew from South Africa and has now spread all over the world. The project started when Keleketla! Library, an independent library and media arts initiative, were contacted by the charity In Place of War (where a portion of proceeds from the record will go) to make a musical collaboration with South African artists. UK duo Coldcut were chosen and flew out to South Africa for sessions with a wide-ranging clutch of South African artists, including the raw, inimitable jazz styles of Sibusile Xaba and rapper Yugen Blakrok (Black Panther OST). The project soon widened, taking in Afrobeat icons Tony Allen and Dele Sosimi, legendary LA spoken word pioneers The Watts Prophets and West Papuan activist Benny Wenda. Truly global in scale, the stunningly eclectic record bristles with a political and musical fire. The result is a heady concoction of disparate influences and styles, sent out in a flurry of rhythmical cuts. It’s easy to get lost in this record, but you’ll enjoy finding your way out! Tom Jones
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