Bongeziwe Mabandla uses Nirox Sculpture Park for backdrop to new “Masiziyekelele” visual
March 10 2020: South African musician Bongeziwe Mabandla has today released a new visualfor his track “Masiziyekelele”, taken from his acclaimed 2020 album iimini.The visual was shot in Nirox Scupture Park, situated in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind innorthwest Johannesburg. The Park’s arbors, walkways and hilly backdrop have provided ahushed, exquisite context for the performance […]
American Songwriter picks ‘iimini’ for Best of 2020 Album list
Read the full article here: https://americansongwriter.com/best-albums-of-2020/ South African singer-songwriter Bongeziwe Mabandla released his second album right as the pandemic started taking hold of the world and lockdowns rolled out around the world. Made as a meditation on a relationship that didn’t work out, the album, titled iimini, loosely meaning days, tracked the romance from its bright […]
Sun-El Musician’s new album features Bongeziwe Mabandla
Multi award-winning producer, Sun-EL Musician, has just released his most significant work to date: a staggering 31-track, two-disc album featuring 26 collaborators titled To The World And Beyond. The album in both sound and concept seeks to draw on the fusing of the traditional with the futuristic, with both cosmic and traditional visuals. Sun-EL Musician’s […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla releases Ndanele (Dwson Remix)
Fresh off a nine-date tour of Europe – sold-out in spite of pandemic challenges – Bongeziwe Mabandla’s critically acclaimed iimini continues to head from the intensely intimate and spiritual onto the dancefloor – this time shepherded by Dwson who effortlessly threads an emotion-laden, enticing Deep House beat through Mabandla’s original. Stream Ndanele here
Bongeziwe Mabandla sells out Johannesburg shows in four hours
Tickets for Bongeziwe Mabandla’s upcoming Johannesburg shows sold out in less than four hours on November 3rd – a resounding endorsement of an artist known as the enigmatic spirit of African soul. Taking place at The UntitledBasement in Braamfontein on November 20th, 21st the shows offer Mabandla the first opportunity to play his 2020 album, […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla joins Afropunk 2020 line-up
Afropunk has announced the 2020 line-up for its free virtual event from 23 to 25 October – and it includes our own Bongeziwe Mabandla. Going under the title PLANET AFROPUNK 2020, this year’s event will feature performances streaming everywhere from Atlanta, South Africa, Los Angeles, Nigeria, the UK, and Botswana, among others. It’s no surprise […]
Sold-Out sign for Bongeziwe’s European tour
Bongeziwe Mabandla’s first live shows in five months were a brilliant success, selling out at venues across Europe. The first show in finally taking iimini on the road was in Paris on October 1st at FGO-Barbara which features a 300-seater concert hall. Mabandla’s October 6th show at Amsterdam’s famed Paradiso was another highlight of the […]
Bongeziwe Mabandla announces iimini solo tour
(tour tickets available below) 1 October 2020: FGO-Barbara // Paris // France 2 October 2020: Le 6 PAR 4 // Laval // France 3 October 2020: Le Joker’s Pub // Angers // France 6 October 2020: Paradiso // Amsterdam // Netherlands – SOLD OUT 7 October 2020: Luxor Live // Arnhem // Netherlands 9 October 2020: […]
Love above everything in Bongeziwe Mabandla’s “Jikeleza” video
Bongeziwe Mabandla is making a plea for love above everything in the video for “Jikeleza” off his latest album iimini. Shot on location outside of Johannesburg, the video is a mesmerising, one take narrative that shows how traumatic moments can be left at the wayside when the pull of love is right in front of […]
Secretly Announces Friends Of, A New Series of Record Releases
Secretly Announces Friends Of, A New Series of Record Releases & Artist Collaborations From Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian. Bullion, Devendra Banhart & Noah Georgeson, Julie Byrne & Trayer Tryon, Ryan Hemsworth, Junglepussy, Theophilus London, Gia Margaret, Bongeziwe Mabandla, Madison McFerrin, Routine (Annie Truscott & Jay Som), Triathalon, Kenneth Whalum, Wet, and Ramy Youssef […]