Category Archives: african music

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Boxer Bikin’ Africa!

Dec
15
2016
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I did the music for this fun-filled romp filmed by Ziggy Hofmeyr in Guinea for the West African transport market. Chassis forte, tout puissant!    

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Heavenly Harmony – Evocative African Voices

Aug
30
2016
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“Heavenly Harmony – Evocative African Voices” is an album reinterpreting much of the very best African material from my Mama Dance output. Featuring the sumptuous voice of Ntutu Nyiki, it is both deeply and authentically […]

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Our Daily Ukulele – Cheek & Charm

Feb
24
2015
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“Our Daily Ukulele – Cheek and Charm” is a fresh new collection of music on Africa’s premier production library, Mama Dance, from composer/multi-instrumentalist Nic Paton. Featuring the hipster’s instrument of choice, these ukulele creations range […]

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How I spent 1988

Jul
23
2014
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So, 26 years ago I was a student in Jazz at the University of KwaZulu Natal with Darius Brubeck. This CBS documentary is the tour by the Jazzanians to the US at the end of […]

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“Sun People”: fresh music of a bright, warm, optimistic Africa.

Nov
21
2013
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Soulful vocals, scintillating guitars, vivid whistles, warm reeds, and stately African strings: “Sun People” is my 6th collection of media-friendly music for production library Mama Dance. A fresh and optimistic conception of African music and […]

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The Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards 2013

Nov
06
2013
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I scored the music for the Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards, which took place on Tuesday 5th November at a gala dinner at the City Hall, Cape Town. Filmmaker Marisa van Jaarsveld had this to say about […]

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Mama Dance Composer Interviews – Nic Paton

Aug
27
2013
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As part of the Pianism launch, there is a write-up on South African Industry portal Film Contact and a video interview by Mama Dance’s visionary founder, Craig McGahey.

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KFC Journey of Hope

Oct
05
2012
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Using the track “Wonder” from “Twana Toons”

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Sports Power – Africa Scores

Jan
25
2012
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My latest production-ready themes form part of a new compilation on Mama Dance (MDML045), called “Sports Power – Africa Scores”. This is a high energy compilation of South African sporting themes, geared at the “Big […]

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Symphony of Science : Children of Africa “Singabantwana beAfrika” Remix

Dec
29
2011
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These beings with soaring imagination Eventually flung themselves and their machines Into interplanetary space [Carolyn Porco] John Boswell’s  amazing anthropological melodisation mashup project “Symphony of Science” features many top scientific voices singing a stunningly fresh […]

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