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The 2nd Installment of the 9II5SoundSystem featuring vocalist UMAAH at the COLLECTORS’ COLLECTIVE RECORD BAR.

9II5SoundSYstem

Is a DJ/Vocalist presentation. An interactive performance, with a jam session type of feel. The basis of the presentation is a curated DJ set that features live vocals, creating a dynamic energy in the room that is accessible to the audience. Anchored by Producer/DJs 2daXha & RobthaBanka, SoundSYstem is the latest incarnation of the 9II5 experience…

UMAAH

The Umlazi born, Joburg based mystic singer/songwriter known as Umaah arises from the van-guard of new black artists in South Africa blooming in tandem across a vast array of creative disciplines aiming to reconfigure Africa’s narrative. Her up-bringing in the animated Umlazi Township was swollen with the sounds of Zulu folk music, Motown and Afro-jazz, cultivating her first palette of reference to music.

With time, she nomadically gravitated toward R&B, neo-soul and hip-hop influences eventually settling in the emergent leftfield electronica scene erupting in South Africa’s larger cities. She now creates a cornucopian blend of emotive electronic music rooted in hip-hop, neo-soul brazed with Afro- Caribbean rhythmic influences. Through the genre-bending medium of electronica, she delicately interweaves ethnocentric elements into her songs including those of her native oral tradition. Her raspy voiced harmonies are evocative of the guttural chants of the Nguni spiritual doctors common to her homeland.

Umaah’s compelling range as a live performer has escorted her to a wide variety of coveted local stages, playing unforgettable sets at festivals including Splashy Fen, Awesome Africa, Smoking Dragon and Moshito Beat and Interpret Durban. Umaah’s collaborations as a recording artist have been equally eclectic with acts such as fellow Durbanite indie artist Moonchild Sanelly, Raheem Kemet, , Ian Kamau (Canada), Young Nations(US) , Faka (Italy) and Micr.Pluto adorning her list of past collaborators. In the winter of 2018 she released her first official EP titled SHEILA, a futrospective EP is a matriarchal themed eulogy to her grandmother.

Check out some of her performances, music videos and interviews;

Umaah SCREAMINGSUN - Waterfall (Prod. by Wes My Meds) [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (youtube.com)

Cutting the Was presents Umaah - Sheila (3/3) (youtube.com)

Umaah SCREAMINSUN part 2 - YouTube

Umaah Screaming Sun- Part 1 (youtube.com)

Ummah Screaming Sun on Vimeo

Nuff said…

Date: Saturday 26 OctoberVenue: COLLECTORS’ COLLECTIVE RECORD BARTime: 2pmCover Charge: R100 Pre-sale | R150 Door

The event is cashless, parking is limited… please use E-Hailing services.

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