IzangoMa
IzangoMa (South Africa)
IzangoMa, are a 15-piece ensemble from Pretoria, South Africa, led by vocalist and guitarist Sibusile Xaba and DJ/producer Ash K. Their debut album will be released by Brownswood Recordings towards the end of 2022 / beginning of 2023, the album in synth/keys lead exploration of Afro-Beat, Afro-Jazz, Mahlathini and Psychedelia, expect high energy and percussive drum palettes, free echoing vocal chants, and lyrical layering of horns, music to dance our way against the disintegration and loneliness that modern life reproduces.
IzangoMa’s novel signature and performance brings a beautiful acoustic ecology that cannot be held by genre but reminds us that we are part of a miraculous pattern of the earth’s cycles and life forms through sound. With the predominant meaning being “healer”, Izangoma also, when pronounced or spoken out (when written like this) "iza ngoma", translates to "song come"
In December 2022, the band released their first single; ‘City Lights’ showcasing the work of many hands, anchored by surrealist, improvisational sensibilities and playfulness. It begins as an incessant rapture where sound is this explosive light force response to the city’s concrete. It offers us a cathartic moment to return to our breathing, to tend to our roots, to bask in the sentimentality of living, In June 2023, the released the second single from the project “Tribute to Johnny Dyani”, which pays homage to the great master bassist Johnny Dyani for his enormous contributions to the music not forgetting his role in the emancipation of the people. An acknowledgment and gratitude to the critical role Artists play in our everyday lives, but also a reminded to Artists to never be on a high horse, never to think they are extra special or more important than the rest of society. Every role in life is equally important in having a better environment to all exist in.
IzangoMa’s debut live show was to close the Johannesburg edition of the JazzFest Berlin’s 2022 festival, which showcased some of South Africa’s finest jazz and avantgarde musicians, their spellbinding performance moved minds and hips at home in South Africa, and broadcast live into Berlin, Germany and across the globe.
Online
https://www.instagram.com/izango_ma
https://www.facebook.com/iza_ngo_ma
https://twitter.com/SibusileXaba
https://izangoma.bandcamp.com/
https://izangoma.lnk.to/TributetoJDyaniFA
Contacts
Management
Jess White
Akum Agency
M: +27 64 128 2045
IzangoMA - Tribute To Johnny Dyani (Live in Sognage, Johannesburg)