Basement Soul: JOHN WIZARDS - Welcome to Cape Town, Cape Town Welcomes You @ Musique Non Stop

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1. JOHN WIZARDS - Welcome to Cape Town, Cape Town Welcomes You
2. Bonobo ft Szjerdene :Get Thy Bearings (Exclusive LateNightTales Donovan cover version)
3. LADY - Good Lovin (OH NO Remix)
4. Lost Midas - Dance Monkeys featuring NüTrik
5. Pharrell Williams ft. Jay-Z - Frontin' (Phazz Remix)

JOHN WIZARDS - Welcome to Cape Town, Cape Town Welcomes You Posted: 04 Nov 2013 08:18 PM PST

Gilles Peterson @ Musique Non Stop

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1. GP Remixes For Laura Welsh // Undiscovered
2. Brownswood Basement Session // Graveola
3. Gilles on BBC Radio 6 Music // John Wizards In Conversation
4. Tosca + Gilles Peterson + Jazzanova (Alex Barck DJ Set) + Anushka // KOKO // 16-11-13

GP Remixes For Laura Welsh // Undiscovered Posted: 04 Nov 2013 10:36 AM PST “While the original is delicately bombastic in a way that Haynie and Hynes seem to have perfected of late, the whole thing is given a brilliantly 80s, percussion-heavy reworking by Gilles Peterson, as premiered here. As well as being completely amazing, it’s also one of those remixes that almost completely does away with the original song, Welsh’s voice pitched down to be almost unrecognisable as it drifts in and out.”  Guardian

Gilles Peterson With Cape Town's John Wizards

This week Gilles is joined in the studio by John Wizards, a group hailing from Cape Town, South Africa. The six piece band combine electronic sounds with more traditional African influences, and the success of their self-titled debut album has led to their touring extensively across Europe alongside Mount Kimbie and Jagwar Ma. Plus, there's new music from Robert Glasper, Falty DL, Soleance and Christian Rich, and a Do Over featuring Ronnie Laws and MF Doom on the show!

Musique Non Stop | eMusic Electronica

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John Wizards, John Wizards Posted: 03 Sep 2013 06:00 AM PDT African and Western, traditional and modern, mashed together in a way that defies separation When in the 1980s African artists began to make their way to world music circuit, the biggest acts — Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Ali Farka Touré — were also the most unadulterated, their music with clear lineages back to their highlife, juju and griot roots. But in the 21st century, the African acts most likely to break through are instead a messy and bright jumble of genres. The Very Best, the acts on the Shangaan Electro comp and Cape Town’s John Wizards offer a panoply of sounds both African and Western, traditional and modern, mashed together in a way that defies separation.

Musique Non Stop - SPIN Mix

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John Wizards' 'Lusaka by Night' Video Is a Happy Array of Singing Shapes Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT John Wizards began as the project of homonymous Cape Town resident John Withers, an aficionado of African dance music and electronic pop who's since inducted a few friends into the fold. One of those is his vocal partner, Rwanda's Emmanuel Nzaramba, who can be heard taking lead on the upbeat wobbler "Lusaka by Night...

New band of the day: John Wizards (No 1,533)

South African duo making the sound of seven virtuosos from across a wide variety of styles both traditional and electronic

Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa.

The lineup: John Withers (music), Emmanuel Nzaramba (vocals), with live assistance from Geoff Brink, Tom Parker, John Withers, Alex Montgomery and Raphael Segerman.