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Kalahari Surfers
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Out of 16 votes - Similar Artists: Kruder & Dorfmeister, Theivery Corporation, Tosca, Howie B, Coldcut
Out of 16 votes
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- Genre: Electronic & Dance » Trip Hop
Editor's review
Even if electronic-spiced Afro-punks Kalahari Surfers made mediocre music, we'd still respect 'em for somehow managing to have all four longplayers banned by the South African apartheid government in the '80s. While only one of the group's original members remains (Warrick Sony), the surfers have continued to prove their relevance two decades later.
Biography
In the 1980's, Kalahari Surfers were not very popular with the Apartheid government; all 4 albums banned for the politically charged blend of African, punk and early tape-loop electronica, spiced with samples of SA political leaders and Soweto beat-poets. Only Warrick Sony remains of the original line-up; and after a decade of soundtrack work and collaborations with the likes of Melt2000 and Greg Hunter(The Orb), African Dope persuaded him torelease a brand new Kalahari Surfers album.
Akasic Record, released in November 2001, is best described as Future- afro'. The album takes such diverse elements as live African percussion, sitar & tabla, turntablism, Xhosa rapping, dub, digital production technology, and traditional music and chants of the Khoisan and Himba tribes; and creates a blueprint for 21st century downtempo African music.
