{"id":41105,"date":"2019-12-17T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T14:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/sibusile-xaba-shatters-the-confines-of-maskandi-genre-on-uyahlupha\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:33:28","slug":"sibusile-xaba-uyahlupha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/sibusile-xaba-uyahlupha\/","title":{"rendered":"Sibusile Xaba shatters the confines of maskandi genre on &#8216;Uyahlupha&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34317 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7341ef1d-sibusile-xaba.jpg\" alt=\"Sibusile Xaba\" width=\"707\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7341ef1d-sibusile-xaba.jpg 563w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7341ef1d-sibusile-xaba-465x292.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7341ef1d-sibusile-xaba-375x235.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Charismatic guitar savant <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/sibusile-xaba\/\">Sibusile Xaba<\/a><\/span> reframes maskandi and the avant-garde into his own humanist manifesto on his sophomore album\u00a0<em>Ngiwu Shwabada<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">After the acclaimed release of <em>Opened Letter to Adoniah<\/em> in 2017, <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/tag\/sibusile-xaba\/\">Sibusile<\/a>\u2019s se<\/span>cond album <em>Ngiwu Shwabada<\/em> was recorded in one continuous take at Studio Pigalle in Paris, in May 2019. It features his long-time musical companion Naftali on additional vocals.<\/p>\n<p>Sibusile explains the philosophy behind this second album titled &#8220;Ngiwu\u00a0Shwabada&#8221; (I am of Shwabada \u2014 a spiritual lineage): &#8220;<em>The record is a dedication to my ancestors for all the love<\/em><span class=\"bcTruncateMore\"><em>, blessings and guidance they continue to share. These songs are conversations I have had with them, transmitted into songs to be shared with mankind. The elements of the record are waters &amp; the great feminine spirit.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2600990553\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2344614540\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sibusilexaba.bandcamp.com\/album\/ngiwu-shwabada\">NGIWU SHWABADA by Sibusile Xaba<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Experimental\u00a0guitar driven maskandi track &#8216;Uyahlupha&#8217; is the very first single from the upcoming record. To close the album, London saxoph<span style=\"color: #333333;\">onist <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/shabaka-hutchings\/\">Shabaka Hutchings<\/a> joins Sibusile for a purely improvised 18-minute musical trip recorded that same day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ngiwu Shwabada,\u00a0<\/em>out on February 14th via Komos Jazz. Discover the artwork below and pre-order it now <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/sibusilexaba.bandcamp.com\/album\/ngiwu-shwabada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-34316\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135.jpg\" alt=\"NGIWU SHWABADA - Sibusile Xaba\" width=\"679\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135-759x744.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135-661x648.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135-465x456.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135-375x368.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/e9870be4-ngiwu-shwabada-sibusile-e1576575136135-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charismatic guitar savant Sibusile Xaba reframes maskandi and the avant-garde into his own humanist manifesto on his sophomore album\u00a0Ngiwu Shwabada. 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