{"id":120072,"date":"2023-03-13T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T11:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=120072"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T09:38:49","slug":"msaki-tubatsi-synthetic-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/msaki-tubatsi-synthetic-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Msaki x Tubatsi: Synthetic Hearts, organic sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In April 2021, Msaki, Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, and French cellist Cl\u00e9ment Petit settled for a week in Nirox, a graceful art residency center, and sculpture park located one hour away from bustling Johannesburg. As Autumn was falling on the country and days were getting shorter, the three musicians worked for one week in the cold and bright South African winter, sharing ideas of melodies, drafting lyrics, and, from time to time, having a few open-hearted conversations. The result? Synthetic Hearts<\/a><\/em>, an experimental, playful, and minimalist 9-track album released via No Format<\/a>. As Msaki and Tubatsi describe the project, words like \u201corganic\u201d or \u201cnatural\u201d keep coming up: it becomes clear that the songs they offer testify to the beautiful and evanescent parenthesis the three artists shared on these few peaceful days. \u201cWe were watching the leaves turn from green to gold to dark orange in the week that we were there,<\/em>\u201d Msaki recalls. \u201cSomething was happening. I think we tapped into that, what the seasons were doing, what was going on in our lives\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u201cThe whole composition was honest to the space and time we were in,<\/em>\u201d Tubatsi sums up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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