New Album Release – Sun People
Sun People is everything that makes African music great: soulful vocals, scintillating guitars, vivid whistles and warm reeds, pulsating marimbas, and stately African strings, and a whole lot more. With an altogether fresh and optimistic conception of African music...
New Album Release – Kwaito House vs Hip Hop
Popular producer Mtezman delivers 11 very powerful and edgy urban bangers with trademark quirky riffs and Kasi upbeats. Great for sports, ads, youth programming and even drama – you've never heard Kwaito House quite like this – or is it Hip Hop? You gotta love the...
Happy Xolaki – Afro Whistle Mania from Mama Dance
The Magic is happening more and more often. This time it was a chance meeting at Kirstenbosch gardens between Freshly Ground founder member Aron Turest- Swartz, and owner of Mama Dance, Craig McGahey, who’s had a close relationship with the band over the past 10...
Less is often more with music for picture
Cape Town based composer, Nic Paton, has released his 5th album on the popular home-grown Mama Dance ! Music Library. The latest album, called Pianism, has been described as “Elegant, minimal, flowing piano themes to create space, style and expansiveness, to calm and...
New Album Release – Happy Xolaki: Afro Whistle Mania
Freshly Ground founder member Aron Turest- Swartz and star producer Mr Mallum deliver an extremely smiley, warm and quirky album with plenty of care free whistling, very infectious fun South African melodies and grooves PERFECT for advertising and TV – HAPPY GO LUCKY!...
Mama Dance signs innovative new UK music library
Mama Dance continues to cherry pick the finest new production music labels from around the world. Its latest signing is UK based In-spired production music, a very high quality, fresh and sophisticated library set up by renowned producer Tim Geraghty in 2006. Tim’s...
New Album Release – Pianism: Elegant Minimal Piano Themes
Elegant, minimal, flowing piano themes to create space, style and expansiveness, to calm and cleanse, to uplift and affirm, yet hinting at deeper, darker wells of emotion and intrigue. Call Your Name Spring Hearth and Home
New Album Release – Afro Jazz Time ! South Africa
Nothing screams South Africa like SA Jazz! Soulful Saxophones, punchy brass stabs, lilting piano and swinging rhythms immediately give one a nostalgic, warm, patriotic feeling that gives a solid nod to a long freedom struggle as much as conveying the positive spirit...
New Album Release – Epic Journeys: Beautifully Cinematic
A truly epic collection of inspiring and emotive orchestral pieces perfect for the big screen. This beautifully arranged album from Composer / Producer Gideon Murray will take you on a journey like no other. It’s melodic, heartfelt and highly compelling - simply...
New Album Release – Afro Ambient: Remix yo Mama 3
Thoughtful but with an edge – chilled but slightly trippy – sometimes dubby always deep – this one’s another leftfield Mama Dance release perfect for progressive projects. Red African Sky Afro Dub My Big Love
Mama Dance powers ahead in SA production music business
Mama Dance ! Music library is growing fast – in fact they have released 17 new African production music albums with compositions from over 30 South African composers in the past year. Their catalogue which is online and distributed worldwide consists of 63 albums...
New Album Release – African Stories: Ivory & Ebony
An eclectic mix of memorable evocative and inspirational tracks perfect for African storytellers and productions. This well-produced album features predominantly piano-based tracks with some more traditional African gems thrown in. A Must-Listen album! Shangani...
New Album Release – Evoke: An Electronic Classical Fusion
Classical piano and string arrangements meet contemporary electronic production to create an album jam-packed with emotion. Perfect for inspirational ads and programming that have beauty as their essence and are designed to awaken the heart. Sheer musical poetry!...
New Album Release – Beautiful African Folk 2
Another superb album from popular composer Matthew Gair! It’s filled to the brim with foot-tapping, head-bobbing, smile-on-your-dial, acoustic African tracks played on guitar, marimba and ukulele. These catchy tunes will definitely bring some light-hearted fun to...
Mama Dance ! Music used in huge SARS “Touching Lives” campaign
We're delighted to see that a lot of Mama Dance music has been used in the recent SARS campaign - "Touching Lives". The campaign was conceived as a way to thank taxpayers and to show how they're making a positive difference to society in a real and emotional way....
New Album Release – Remix yo Mama Vol 2: Easy in Summer
A friendly uplifting and often quirky selection of Mama Dance favourites remixed for 2013 by electro "Super-Producer" Wim Kock. Shimon's Jive Holy Cow Easy One Two