{"id":41744,"date":"2019-05-16T12:58:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T11:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/seba-kaapstad-from-cape-town-to-berlin\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T21:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T20:50:22","slug":"seba-kaapstad-from-cape-town-to-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/seba-kaapstad-from-cape-town-to-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Seba Kaapstad, from Cape Town to Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25122 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2-759x507.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2-661x442.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2-465x311.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-2-375x251.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Half-German, half-South African band Seba Kaapstad blends genres and cultures in a second shiny neo-soul album.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Berlin and Cape Town have never been closer on the musical map than\u00a0they are now with this project born in 2013. When Sebastian Schuster went to live for one year in the South African city, he was struck by the lively local cultural scene.\u00a0While studying at the South African Music College of UCT, he took part of several creative jam sessions through which he tightened his bonds with the local scene and culture. It is during these jams that he met the two singers of the project, Durban-born Zo\u00e9 Modiga and Swaziland-born\u00a0Ndumiso Manana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Seba Kaapstad - Africa | Official Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpwW01NZxcY?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the magic happened, they all went to Germany to record their debut album, <em>Tagore&#8217;s<\/em> with Phillip Scheibel aka Pheel on the productions.\u00a0Their new release, <em>Thina<\/em>, follows the same path, blending electronic music, hip hop, jazz and African-inspired polyrhythmics with the soulful voices of the singers. Inspired by the suffering of ancesters, <em>Thina<\/em> features twelve tracks as a path to\u00a0closure and as a symbol of unity between the continents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Out on May 17th.\u00a0Order it on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/sebakaapstad.bandcamp.com\/album\/thina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0or on the band&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaapstad-music.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">site<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #333333;\">read Next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/lee-fields-7-holy-advices-to-become-a-perfect-soulman\/\">Lee Fields, 7 holy advices to become a perfect soulman<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25123\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Seba-Kaapstad-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half-German, half-South African band Seba Kaapstad blends genres and cultures in a second shiny neo-soul album. 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