IzangoMa, a 15 piece experimental collective, releases a new single ‘Out Of The World’, the latest to be lifted from their forthcoming debut album ‘Ngo Ma’, out on May 26, 2023 on digital, CD and 12” double vinyl via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings label.
‘Out Of The World’ encapsulates IzangoMa’s message of gratitude to creation & motherhood, in a two-step and pantsula gravy train. Its elastic rhythm carries keyboards, the double & triple time ‘handclaps’ of the Roland TR-8, and all manner of percussive overload to ’the beautiful being’ that singer Sibusile Xaba shouts out at the track’s opening, in a style paying homage to the MCs of early hip hop. Mother on earth, mother in all. Songs for mothers worldwide, this is the message and the theme. Conception beyond; no deception in this pond. Ponder the quest, ride along, ignore the bumps and trample upon hindrances. Be free.
IzangoMa are Cosmic sgubhu with the alchemic powers of Sun Ra mixed with township styles ranging from pantsula to bubblegum. The deep-running, perpetual message of their music is wrapped up and delivered in layers of spiritual chants, healing harmonies, and all manner of electro-analogue sonics transmitted in a big band-style. ‘Ngo Ma’ - which loosely translates from Zulu to English as ‘by my mother’ - explores themes of Creation as seen through the all-knowing feminine energy that transcends time and space, standing assured in its position as the cornerstone of their foundation. This is rhythm music; it spills into crevices ever-evolving, and revolts against a revolution yet to be finalised.
‘Out Of The World’ follows previous single releases ‘Ngo Ma’ (an aide-mémoire to pay homage to our parentages; remembering that they are living ancestors, the first and direct link to The Creator), ‘City Lights’ (a cathartic call to tend to our roots in the face of the loneliness of modern life) and ‘Tribute To Johnny Dyani’ , which hails the legendary Blue Notes bassist & Don Cherry - collaborator for his musicality but also for his efforts to promote emancipation as a member of a mixed race band under apartheid.
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