← more from
Black Acre Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Ode to the Wizard feat. Smiles, Matambo & Guy Hobley

from Ode to eSwatini by Sydney

supported by
couscous1976
couscous1976 thumbnail
BBB
BBB thumbnail
feelip
feelip thumbnail
djdbrice
djdbrice thumbnail
khalab
khalab thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    12" Vinyl with full colour sleeve

    Includes unlimited streaming of Ode to eSwatini via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    5 remaining
    Purchasable with gift card

      £8.99 GBP

     

about

ODE TO THE WIZARD:

This track is a celebration of the Smilerphone and its creator, Smiles. This Wizard is a very interesting and talented man that I had heard about during the beginning of my time in eSwatini. Ralph was the one who introduced me to him and essentially made this whole thing happen. Recorded at Matambos house “sandwiched in-between in the mountains and the famed area of Msunduza on the outskirts of Mbabane, were the real shuffling urban spirit of eSwatini lives”. Matambo can be heard projecting poetry in this track. “A gathering always comes with friends, soup and herbal tea from Matambo’s endless kitchen garden and quality smoke from the countless purveyors passing by that furnish a mood of seriousness and ritualistic intent whilst we set up the Smilerphone in the bamboo house. Smiles’ music is serious music, the repetition, and cyclical nature puts one deep in trance whilst he accents and punctuates the Kalimba and percussions with his voice, the Smilerphone, and flute. The man, like his music, is an enigma, he lives in a form of magic realism that is both poetic and tragic, strong yet vulnerable and it’s infectious like his charisma.” - Ralph Smit.

credits

from Ode to eSwatini, released May 3, 2019
Smiles, Matambo & Guy Hobley

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Sydney image

Sydney Bristol, UK

The latest signing from Black Acre and graduate of Gilles Peterson’s Future Bubbler program, Sydney is Bristol based producer merging world sounds with loose earthy beats.

contact / help

Contact Sydney

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Sydney, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now