Moses Taiwa Molelekwa Genes and Spirits

• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Tsala
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Spirits Of Tembisa
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Down Rockey Street
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Itumeleng
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Sogra (Mmatswale/Mamazala)
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Genes And Spirits
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Wa Mpona
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Kwaze Kwangcono
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Rapela
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Dance To Africa
• Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Ntatemoholo

• 1. Tsala
• 2. Spirits Of Tembisa
• 3. Down Rockey Street
• 4. Itumeleng
• 5. Sogra (Mmatswale/Mamazala)
• 6. Genes And Spirits
• 7. Wa Mpona
• 8. Kwaze Kwangcono
• 9. Rapela
• 10. Dance To Africa
• 11. Ntatemoholo

Genre-busting South African jazz and kwaito meets Cuba (Chucho Valdez), Brazil (Flora Purim), Cameroon (Brice Wassy) and Bristol (drum ‘n’ bass).

Inspired like many of his musical age-mates by the optimism of the post-liberation 1990s in South Africa, Taiwa crafted what he described as ragga with a kalimba groove; Tswana vocals over a programmed drum track; a duet with Chucho Valdez and more, across eleven tracks combining the talents of multiple South African and world musicians.

With Genes and Spirits, Molelekwa was stepping into the kind of genre-busting territory we associate today with players such as Robert Glasper, but he was doing it almost a decade earlier: asserting a new jazz identity that was young, popular and African. This re-release also includes one additional track, Wa Mpona, recorded for, but omitted from, the original release.

Presented in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.