ACHISA

6 friends brought together in a boy's home in the town of Langa, close to the airport of Cape Town.

There was only one other Rap band in the Cape - Prrophets of da City" and when London based Sheldon Isaac came to the City he went on to produce this album which was finished with the assistance of Greg Hunter and Kris Weston in London in 1995.

Bill Of Rights (BW2114)

It's been a rocky road for the six young men of Achisa who grew up together in a Baptist orphanage in Langa, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town. They begun their career together singing R&B, but following their fateful meeting with Simpiwe Matole of Amampondo begun developing their own style. By the time they started recording their debut album, 'Achisa', their music was fusing traditional African rhythms with contemporary technology and their message had become more direct, political and better delivered in a rap, hip hop style. Tracks such as 'Say No To Guns' and 'Stop The Violence' attracted the attention of the South African Non Violence Project and they were invited to perform before Nelson Mandela.

Africa Meltdown Volume Two

An eclectic and highly personal choice of tracks by Robert Trunz featuring the cream of MELT artists and collaborations like:

SAAFI BROTHERS & AMAMPONDO, SHANA (Simply Hot and Naturally African), MTHANDENI MVELASE, MOSES TAIWA MOLELEKWA, MADALA KUNENE, GREG HUNTER, JUNO REACTOR, SMADJ, GREG HUNTER'S ALIEN SOAP OPERA, SANSCAPES 2 REMIXES BY THE BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI, BUSI MHLONGO, SKELETON, BRICE WASSY, LUNGISWA,ROBERT DOC MTHALANE & TRIBAL ELDER AND HEAD OF THE SAN FAMILY - !GUBE TIETEI

AFRICAN MELTDOWN VOLUME ONE - PADARE (MZA 032)

MOOD AFRIC -Africa has been my source  of musical and spiritual inspiration since  early manhood, ever challenging my inner  ear in search of the musical energy. Africa is where I found the roots of all the music on this album compiled by Mario Cee with my help and mastered by chief Chris Lewis during long days at my home mastering facility. The choice of both traditional and contemporary world music, jazz, kwaito and a variety of electronic remixes on this full length CD represent my deepest feeling for what I call m.e.l.t music - musical energy and loud truth. Purists will no doubt be challenged by the intermingling of aesthetics and techniques. But from quite literally, Cape Town to Cairo, African music is becoming a forum, a meeting place if you like of older wisdom testing the flexibility of the new instruments, closing the spiritual and the digital divide as only music can do. So join our imbizo (gathering) and enjoy some time away from the ordinary.

HOMELESS (BW2140)

THIS ALBUM IS FOR THE YEAR 2000 AND WAY BEYOND. IT'S TRUE TRIBAL DANCE AND ALTHOUGH PARTLY INFLUENCED BY MY HOME COUNTRY, BRAZIL, THE MUSIC HAS NO BORDERS OR FRONTIERS - IT'S TRULY HOMELESS !"

Airto MoreiraThe Brazilian master of percussion enters the 21st century with HOMELESS, a new album on MELT 2000 after 8 years of absence as a solo artist - a long time, but certainly worth waiting for! HOMELESS is co-produced and co-composed by daughter Diana and her husband Krishna Booker of Eyedentity who recently released their own album "SEE" on Electric Melt. Homeless is influenced by a strong mutual desire by the artist and myself to go beyond the boundaries of today's commercial music and to present generations of dedicated dance fans with a truly organic and tribal dance album drawing from centuries of global rhythms.

KILLER BEES (BW041)

There is no way in the world that the God-like names featured could be gathered together on one album. No way, that is unless your name is Airto Moreira. So how did 'Killer Bees' come into being? Airto was originally commissioned to write a 'Brazilian' album for a major label. He saw this as an opportunity to return to his jazz roots and explore some freeform playing ideas that had been kicking around for a while.