{"id":58600,"date":"2020-09-08T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=58600"},"modified":"2021-10-26T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:10:57","slug":"thaba-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/thaba-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"Soundway presents unique album from Thaba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blending kwaito and samba, their single &#8220;Warrior&#8221; announces the release of a first and unique album, as a tribute to the talent of a South African singer named Khusi Seremane. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Soundway presents the first and unique album of the South African-American duo Thaba,<em> Eyes Rest Their Feet<\/em>, with a first single combining elements of kwaito and samba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thaba was a collaboration between South African singer\/songwriter&nbsp;Khusi Seremane&nbsp;and American producer\/musician&nbsp;Gabriel Cyr. In July 2020, while the two were working with Soundway to prepare the release, Seremane tragically died a few days before his 41st birthday, after fighting health issues for several years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Warrior\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rAweBHK5hOw?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>\n<\/div><figcaption>Thaba &#8211; \u00ab Warrior \u00bb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thaba&#8217;s distinctive sound reflects a duality between pop heritage of artists from Mbaqanga (Zulu music) and Bubblegum, all wrapped in an electronic, introspective and sometimes jazz-tinged production style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathered by a common love for kwaito, Seremane and Cyr collaborated for a decade after meeting online at the time of Myspace Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Listen to Warrior in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Eyes Rest Their Feet<\/em> will be released on November 6th on a vinyl LP and in digital on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Soundway Records (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundwayrecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soundway Records<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/08dc114b-thaba-cover-album-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Thaba &#8211;   <em>Eyes Rest Their Feet<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blending kwaito and samba, their single &#8220;Warrior&#8221; announces the release of a first and unique album, as a tribute to the talent of a South African singer named Khusi Seremane. 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