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South African experimental rock band BLK JKS, composed of vocalist and guitarist Mpumelelo Mcata, bassist Molefi Makananise, trumpeter Tebogo Seitei and drummer Tshepang Ramoba.
Photo: Brett Rubin

BLK RCK Festival celebrates the impact of black music on alternative culture

The BLK JKS present a two-day transcendental music experience during their Black Rock Safari tour

Stiff Pap and Mx Blouse join Muse. Photo: Supplied

Stiff Pap and Mx Blouse answer to the will of the people at Jim Beam Welcome Sessions

Stiff Pap and Mx Blouse join Muse to simultaneously reinvent themselves and set everyone in the crowd free

Mx Blouse’s sound emerges from a fiercely experimental outlook  and a pool of producers they can trust.
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Soul Assassins: Mx Blouse selects six producers who are vital to their sound

From Micr. Pluto and Eye-On Feather to Parabyl, Mx Blouse has worked with a diverse range of producers who have all helped to shape their debut album, ‘Elementality’

Uniquely Mx Blouse: The artist’s debut album is a fusion of sonic influences from throughout their life. (Delwyn Verasamy)
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Nostalgia, connection and the nomadic sound of Mx Blouse

Mx Blouse talks about their sonic influences and how these fused together to shape their debut album, ‘Elementality’

Desire Marea (Image by Zanele Muholi: Duma in Black & White )

Desire’s solo homecoming

Desire Marea is no longer in Johannesburg. After living and working in the city for the past five years, the artist recently moved back to KwaZulu-Natal where they were raised.…

Homophobia is a plague that must be condemned, vigorously and without hesitation, at home and abroad, in our social values and our legislation. (AFP)
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What a time to be queer

In spite of heteronormative and queerphobic barriers South African queer artists are forging their respective paths in the music industry

To encourage physical healthcare engagement, The Feel Party has been using approachable imagery and language to market its cause. (Think Creative Africa)

A place to feel something real

Using a setting of art, food and drinks, The Feel Party aims to encourage engagement with breast cancer

Queer and femme voices like Mx Blouse are also incorporating elements of kwaito into their sound. The wide range of artists inspired by kwaito speaks to the genre’s enduring legacy.

Mx Blouse and the new-age genre-busters

From the fringes, a different breed of musicians is disrupting established norms