Soweto Sounds: 2017 Music Project with UK-based Coldcut

Keleketla! Library and In Place of War (UK) together with the British Council Connect ZA are bringing Coldcut, UK’s most irrepressible musical mavericks and founders of the label Ninja Tune to South Africa. Keleketla! and Mushroom Hour Half Hour are staging a recording studio at Trackside Creative, Soweto to incubate Coldcut composition workshops with local musicians. It’s a week long process and the idea is to cut a record, an audio compilation of original music to be released later in the year.

We plan to stream segments of the recording process live to engage outside audiences and also public performances for those who can attend.

02 February 2017 –
Thursday’s Trackside Story
Twala St, Soweto, 1803

4 February 2017 – 
Project Closing Party at Keleketla! Library 
6 Verwey Street, Troyeville, 2094

11 February 2017 – Cape Town 
Coldcut is booked to perform at Cape Town Electronic Music Festival – CTEMF so get your tickets early.  

Key collaborators:

Coldcut (UK) 
https://ninjatune.net/artist/coldcut

Mushroom Hour (SA), 
-An Experimental Music Imprint and record label 
http://www.mushroomhour.com/

Trackside Creative (SA) 
-A creative hub space and a home for artists to imagine, create and collaborate.
http://www.trackside.co.za/
The music collaboration ends with a tour of UK festivals later in August 2017.  

More details to follow in the new year!