IBHUNGA, the Council | UH OH! | Dina Page | Nyauist

Things that hold us together include:

• stitches
• skin and bones
• friends of friends and also our besties
• muscles
• webs (the inter-kind)
• music
• Oh and duct tape!

Today we gather - despite, and in light of a year passed - to share time listening together and playing original South African music. Join us for a connecting and vibrant night with Uh Oh!, IBHUNGA, the Council, Nyauist and Dina Page.

7PM - doors open

8h00 - Dina Page *Poet

8h15 - UH OH!

9h15 - IBHUNGA, the Council

10h00 - Nyauist *Vinyl Selector

Dina Page

?Dina Page, a poetic voice hailing from both Johannesburg and Cape Town, is not only a wordsmith but also a holistic coach, mindfulness practitioner and yoga teacher. With the aim of fostering connection through shared human experience, their work delves into diverse themes of social justice, spirituality, love, loss, and the enchanting subtleties of the everyday. Through their work, they gently invite us to unpack the complexities of a modern world entangled in capitalism's grip, unveil the profound hidden within the mundane and take steps towards a more connected, compassionate and harmonious existence.

Uh Oh!

Uh Oh! - a Johannesburg-based alternative folk band. Their songs (a fusion of playful rhythms and dreamy melodies) contemplate interpersonal vulnerability and conflict. Through their thoughtful lyricism and arrangements, Uh Oh! recalls ‘70s folk with an admiration for art-pop and jazz sensibilities. 

Senna-Marie [Songwriter, Vocalist, guitarist]

Ryan Schultze [Producer, Co-composer, Pianist]

Keegan Latham [Bassist]

Nicholas Bjorkman [Drummer]

Athi Ngcaba [Trombone Player]

Pamela King [Backing Vocalist]

Ibhunga the Council 

IBHUNGA (the Council) is an emerging contemporary ethno-afro jazz band, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Convened and conceptualized by Eastern Cape born trombonist, composer, and arranger, Athamacwera Ngcaba, the project explores the convergence of tradition, cultural preservation; identity and other related concepts from the perspective of young musicians navigating the intersection between heritage, citylife and modernism.

Athi Ngcaba [Trombone]

Jed Peterson [Tenor Saxophone]

Keegan Steenkamp [Trumpet and Flugelhorn]

Asandiswa George [Vox]

Solethu Madasa [Piano]

Luke Verrezen [Acoustic Bass]

Zolani Rafuza [Drums and Cymbals]

Nyauist:

Kapula aka Nyauist is currently based between Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. His practice involves social experimentation and Archiving in the form of installations, objects, visuals, live performances and sound art. He seeks to explore ideas that connect people, interviewing the relationship between art, music and resistance. His techniques are bountiful and his sonic excursions include the Post Chimurenga Postures, Somsocosmos My Favourite Sounds - September Jive, Pungwe Nights, Gule Project an ongoing research focused Dance and the transformative power of the Mask.