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01. Garth Erasmus - Gwaing Reverie
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02. Garth Erasmus - Lucelle: Sista Of The Soil
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03. Garth Erasmus - Mantis Praise
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04. Garth Erasmus - Amaseh Amen
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05. Garth Erasmus - For Peter & Ruth
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06. Garth Erasmus - Terug Blik 01:18
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07. Garth Erasmus - Threnody For The KhoiSan
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08. Garth Erasmus - Ambient Khoi
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09. Garth Erasmus - Mcinci Song I
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10. Garth Erasmus - Morenga
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11. Garth Erasmus - Evidence Of Things Unseen
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12. Garth Erasmus - Lockdown Duet: Milano-Cape Town
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13. Garth Erasmus - Roesdorp Requiem
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14. Garth Erasmus - The Ascension Of Milford Graves
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ARTIST
ERASMUS, GARTH
TITLE
Threnody for the KhoiSan
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TAL
CATALOG #
TAL 031LP
TAL 031LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
6/21/2024
Garth Erasmus
is an artist and musician based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Threnody for the KhoiSan
is his first album under his own name. Since 1985 his artistic interests have broadened to include music-making, designing and making his own instruments based on indigenous KhoiSan knowledge. From 1999 to 2012 he was a member of the South African First Nation activist group
Khoi Khonnexion
. In the past couple of years Garth Erasmus has also been a pivotal part of various international performance pieces and exhibition projects which brought him regularly to Europe. Most of these activities were developed and performed in collaboration with the Hamburg based band
Kante
and his band Khoi Khonnexion. His works in music are predominantly characterized by a restless quest for alternative forms of expression and materials including self-build instruments, field recordings or various electronic music devices. In this context the music on
Threnody for the KhoiSan
takes on a primal and metaphorical meaning. Rather than a formal, physical initiation, this process is more spiritually inclined, yet it is a spirituality which is consistently put into action. All instruments which appear on
Threnody for the KhoiSan
are products of a process of discovery starting from square one. All this is based and founded on the beauty of simplicity and minimalism as symbolized by the single string Khoisan musical bow and arrow as trance musical instrument. In this sense it soon became manifest for Garth Erasmus to combine the bow instruments with various electronic instruments. Besides developing his own unique language in music, he also shared an expressed interested in experimental sound aesthetics, avantgarde composition and free jazz. However, his non-academic approach towards sound and music was always fueled by the desire for a reconnection to the land and to the indigenous knowledge of the KhoiSan, whose struggle for First Nation status continues.
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