Syd Kitchen and Madala Kunene - Bafo Bafo

Syd Kitchen's eclectic use of musical elements that traverse everything from Celtic, Afrikaans, jazz, Cajun, Eastern and African influences is balanced and complimented by Madala Kunene_s uncanny ability to develop a Maskanda groove that burrows itself into your consciousness. Kitchen plays guitar, mandolin, recorders, hosepipe flute, percussion and sings. Kunene plays guitar, mouth bow, percussion and sings. All the music is organically co-written and sung in Zulu, English and Fanigalo (urban slang).
In harmony with the ethos behind the push for Africa's renaissance the Ancestors give us BAFO BAFO and their 100% halaal, Afro-Saxon sonic parables of possibility. The collaboration is a creation of its time. "manje isikhathi sesifikile" ("now is the time, and it is here")

Track Listing (30 Second Samples)

1. DANCE OF THE AMADLOZI
2. MANJE
3. HUM
4. MLISA
5. STOOT TOOT
6. E JAZZ
7. PIPE
8. JIM
9. ZIMPI ZOMBANGO
10. WHAT KIND!?
11. BLOOD 

Bafo Bafo are:
Madala Kunene - Guitar, Vocals, Jawharp, Percussion
Syd Kitchen - Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin, Recorders, Hosepipe Flute,Percussion

All songs composed and arranged by Madala Kunene & Syd Kitchen in MS SAMRO 2005

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 & 9 recorded at Sonic Studios, Durban, KZN.
Engineer Nux Schwartz
Tracks 3, 5, 6, 10 & 11 recorded at Sesalos Studios, Westville, KZN.
Engineer Tristan Horton. Wesley Gibbons drums.
Mixed & mastered at Sesalos Studios, Westville, KZN by Tristan Horton and Bafo Bafo.
Produced by Syd Kitchen
Cover design and layout Peter Bircham from the Garden Of Earthly Design & Nicholas Swabile Hauser. Front cover picture Danny Major. Front cover design Barry Downard. Other photography Danny Major, Anja Taschner, Michael Cross

Bafo Bafo extends thanks to
Paul and Max Mikula, Robert Trunz, Martin Engel, Michael Cross, Peter & Natalie Bircham, Zamani Makhanya, Danny Major, Anja Taschner, Barry Downard, Martin Gluckman & Kalkbay Interactive, Musikland Durban, Maingard Guitars, Skhumba Craft, Kirsten Woolf @ FlamingJava, Boors & Tess and all @ Oppikoppi, Peter Ferraz & Pedro Carlo and all @ Splashy Fen, Dan Chiorboli, Peter & Monica Rorvik.

Special thanks to