About Melt
THE MUSICAL WORLD OF M.E.L.T. 2000

Melt Music South AfricaM.E.L.T. 2000 releases a carefully selected choice of World Music-, Jazz- and Acoustic recordings of artists from the UK, Brazil, Cuba but mainly from Southern Africa. The site features well known names like Byron Wallen, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Fourth World, Madala Kunene, Bernard Mndaweni, Amampondo, Busi Mhlongo and Mabi Thobejane. Recent recordings and filming of new and exciting artists include L.A.P. (Live African Percussion), Castro B., Vivid Afrika, Greg Georgiades, Ashish Joshi, Della Tamin, Thabang Tabane, Syd Kitchen, Johnny Fourie, Carlo Mombelli, Ernest Mothle & Ntombe Thongo's African Band. ELECTRIC M.E.L.T. is undertaking several new projects in conjunction with local South African- and European remixers to be released under the Music With No Name series.

M.E.L.T. 2000 has a vast library of video recordings spanning more than a decade, the footage is being transferred and edited for DVD and Video download release during the course of 2007 & 2008.



MELT "Musical Energy & Loud Truth"

Robert TrunzA unique recording label originally set up by Swiss born Robert Trunz. The seeds for MELT 2000 were sown in September '93 in a mixed-race music bar in Durban KwaZulu Natal - James & Son. Brazilian percussionist, Airto Moreira, was playing his first ever gig in Africa with Flora Purim, guitarist José Neto and their band, Fourth World. After the show, Airto and Robert visited the bar to be greeted by the owner with wise and prophetic words: 'Nobody comes to South Africa without a mission'.

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