Spoek Mathambo’s documentary ‘Future Sounds of Mzansi’ profiles a new genre of underground music that has taken South African ‘hoods by storm, writes Zanele Mji.
The “I’m famous like brown bread!” DJ, Machepies, needs no introduction on the streets of “Little Miami” – otherwise known as Atteridgeville – in Pretoria. Like his friends, DJs Mujava, Panyaza and Spoko, Machepies is known for pioneering his own brand of house music dubbed bacardi (because it’s loved like the alcohol brand) or sgubhu saPitori, a subgenre of electronic music that rocks spin parties, where locals gather to let loose and show off tricked-out cars.
Though bacardi’s fame has spread to Europe and the United States, it hasn’t been as popular in the rest of South Africa. Bacardi is among a number of subgenres surfacing in the electronic music movement. And the movement is part of a bigger conversation that is mapped and explored in Future Sounds of Mzansi, a documentary by local rapper Spoek Mathambo (Nthato Mokgata) and Lebogang Rasethaba, of Egg Films, and produced by Black Major, an artist management company.
The documentary premiered at the Durban International Film Festival, and Cape Town and Johannesburg screenings will follow.
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PHOTO CREDIT: ‘Future Sounds of Mzansi’, a documentary by Spoek Mathambo and Lebogang Rasethaba, explores the world of South African electronic music. (Justice Mukheli)
