Ottoman Slap - Spice Roots Fundraiser

Sat Jun 4, 19:30 - Sat Jun 4, 22:30

Nassau Theatre

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Ottoman Slap present you excerpts from their 2016 National Arts Festival show, "Spice Roots", along with some old favourites, in this fundraising showcase. All profits for this show will go towards their NAF trip this year, July. We look forward to playing for you!

* Venue opens at 7pm (there is secure parking in the grounds, and car guard)
* show starts at 8pm (2 x 40 minutes sets with a break)
* special guests
* Complimentary Stellar Organic wines available
* Delicious complimentary chaga mocha raw hot chocolate drinks by Superfoods
* Ottoman Slap, Idiomatic, albums for sale

A bit about the show we will be presenting at this years Arena at the National Arts Festival:
Spice Roots explores themes of restlessness and rootlessness in a succession of pieces featuring vocal and instrumental music and Tribal Fusion bellydance. As well as set repertoire, the troupe explores free-form improvised arrangements, allowing every performance to be a unique expression.

Besides performing original pieces, Ottoman Slap draws from a range of traditional music, including Andalusian, Romanian, Kletzmer and Arabic folk songs. They strike a resonance between local and global music by weaving together Middle Eastern and Cape rhythms along with vocals in Spanish, Roma and Afrikaans. Instruments include saxophone, trumpet, saw, hulusi, mandolin, guitar, accordion, double bass, darbuka, daf, riq, cajón, zils and castanets.

"Ottoman Slap has taken music from the world of Kletzmer and other celebratory folk music and made it their own. They haven't climbed on any bandwagon - they are the bandwagon" Nigel Vermaas, Cue Magazine, 4 July 2015

Ottoman Slap are Simone Chiara (vocals, percussion, guitar), Raoul Spiegel (saxophone, saw, hulusi), Douglas Armstrong (trumpet, guitar), Marissa Cuenoud (accordion, percussion, dance), Callan Wolff (double bass), James van Minnen (drums, percussion, mandolin)

A taste of our music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtcC5iKkmE

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Ottoman Slap - Spice Roots Fundraiser
Nassau Theatre
77 Palmyra Rd, Cape Town, 7700, South Africa
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