{"id":42292,"date":"2018-07-06T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/discover-thabang-tabane-the-new-face-of-south-africas-malombo\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:37:18","slug":"discover-thabang-tabane-the-new-face-of-south-africas-malombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/discover-thabang-tabane-the-new-face-of-south-africas-malombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Thabang Tabane, the new face of South Africa\u2019s Malombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15749 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1227\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1.jpg 1227w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1-759x397.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1-1010x528.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1-661x345.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1-465x243.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-c-Harness-Hamese-1-375x196.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>The son of the now late Philip Tabane\u00a0\u2013 a legendary guitarist regarded as the architect of South Africa\u2019s malombo style \u2013\u00a0announces his first album with visuals of &#8220;Nyanda Yeni&#8221;.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Cover by\u00a0Harness Hamese<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>After showing us guitarist and singer Sibusile Xaba, independent South African label Mushroom Hour Half Hour is about to release percussionist Thabang Tabane&#8217;s\u00a0debut album,\u00a0<em>Matjale<\/em>.\u00a0Heir to South Africa\u2019s malombo legacy, Thabang Tabane takes a single-minded approach: he hones an insistent, enchanting sense of groove.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f5HpESss0PE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nyanda Yeni&#8221; is the first single. The music video, directed and edited by The Straight Jacket Tailor, is composed completely of archival footage taken from apartheid-era cinema from South Africa. The images are borrowed from 1950s films and variety shows with some footage for 1970s propaganda films endorsing the notion of \u2018separate development\u2019. By taking apart old apartheid-era films and their fallacies of coonish fantasy, it slices and splices them in order to re-order their meanings. In other words, it subverts. Taking us for a loop. Also included in the film are short video clips of the legendary, late Dr. Philip Tabane, creating an arch that links father and son in life, love and malombo.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/pantsula\/\">Pantsula: 5 faces shaping the South African scene today<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15742\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Thabang-Tabane-Nyanda-Yeni-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The son of the now late Philip Tabane\u00a0\u2013 a legendary guitarist regarded as the architect of South Africa\u2019s malombo style \u2013\u00a0announces his first album with visuals of &#8220;Nyanda Yeni&#8221;. 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