khoi konnexion: kalahari waits
DISTRICT SIX MUSEUM - Buitenkant Street, Cape Town SAT 6 JUNE 2009 @ 6pm
Khoi Khonnexion (Jethro Louw - poetry, Glen Arendse and Garth Erasmus - indigenous instruments) has been performing in Cape Town for ten years, during which time they have risen to the forefront of the First Nation arts movement in South Africa. Their live performances feature trance-inducing improvisations on homemade instruments inspired by indigenous models, and dramatic recitations of original poetry by “The Ghetto Poet,” Jethro Louw.
In their workshops, they have worked with at-risk youth and adults from all backgrounds to find a source of healing in the musical heritage of Southern Africa. Now, with their first full-length album release, Kalahari Waits, they explore new creative territory while raising funds for the Basarwa San in the Kalahari Desert, who were trampled and pushed aside when diamonds were found in their government-sanctioned homeland in Botswana.
The self-released album, a collaboration with American producer Nate May, follows the sun across the sky with indigenous sounds, loops, field recordings, and poetry that wrestles with Khoisan identity in the modern world.
The release party, on Saturday, 6 June at 18h00 in the District Six Museum in Cape Town, will feature a performance by the group and a guest artist. CDs will be on sale [R100], as will handmade T-Shirts by the prominent visual artist and Khoi Khonnexion member Garth Erasmus.
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