by Dale | May 19, 2020 | Composers, Music Library
Gugulethu based producer, Mtezman, has a loooong history with Mama Dance that goes back to before we even had 1 album on the now 230 album strong Mama Dance Music Library. From his early days with renowned kwaito group DIMKOP to producing tracks for our first album...
by Dale | Apr 23, 2020 | Composers, Latest Albums, Music Library
Realising the dire need for dramatic urban music beds for South African TV series, Mama Dance created a new production music series called “SA Urban Drama”. The two albums in the series so far focus on the Tension and Suspense moods and here are some of...
by Jeff Moffatt | Apr 20, 2020 | Composers, General, Industry, Video
DAY 3 The Busarafestival always impresses me with their strong calling out of sexual harassmentthroughout the festival and a general focus on capacity building. This year itincluded a programme that provided opportunities for woman to gain stagemanagement skills and...
by Dale | Apr 14, 2020 | Industry, Music Library
The Atomica Music Library is one of the first libraries Mama Dance had the privilege of representing in South Africa (going back almost 10 years now) and is year on year one of the most popular amongst our clients. Their offering has increased over the years to...
by Jeff Moffatt | Mar 31, 2020 | Composers, Industry, Music Library
Ronan at work. As a mainstay of the SA music scene for quite some time we were very excited to sit down with master percussionist (and apparently excellent chef) Ronan Skillen to find out a bit about his musical journey so far… Tell us a little bit about yourself:...
by Dale | Mar 18, 2020 | Latest Albums, Music Library
We are thrilled to welcome Jambaar Muzik to the Mama Dance family and thought we’d take the opportunity to get to know this French library a bit better by having a quick chat to the founder, Bachir Sene. MD: Can you give us a quick overview of your library? JM:...
by Craig McGahey | Mar 11, 2020 | General, Industry
When Inoticed that my favorite African music festival was the day after my musicpublishers meeting in Jhb last month, I impulsively decided to head to Zanzibarfor 10 days of the fantastic East African live music, workshops, networking anda spot of Kite surfing! And...
by Dale | Jan 31, 2020 | General, Industry
I was in Los Angeles at the end of last year for a music conference and realised that Africa still has some way to go in becoming main stream in music consumers’ minds instead of just the go to for humanitarian videos, but again thankfully there are more and more... by Jeff Moffatt | Sep 6, 2019 | Latest Albums, Music Library
An exciting mix of African percussion, Synths, Electric Guitars and traditional African Instruments that instantly add energy to any production. From sports promos to reality shows, action films to retail sales, this is the album you need. Available on the Mama Dance... by Jeff Moffatt | Aug 21, 2019 | Latest Albums, Music Library
A captivating and energetic mix of Afro Tech and Tribal House with pounding drums, pulsing basses, and exotic melodies infused with the pulsating beats of tribal deep house. Ideal for advertising, entertainment, sports, fashion, youth, and lifestyle productions or...