France 2007 and again in 2010...fear not

2007 Netherlands. Pictures by Luc Velu Vekeman and Kwani Experience

2006. Cape Town Jazz Festival and Oppikoppi

Oppikoppi 2006 'Rock, Paper, Scizzors'...yes we were at that one too..Kwani has been doing the Oppikoppi Festival for 5 years. Lifetime Membership.

Kwelagobe, Po or Po Box, rapper..Kwani Experience performing at the 2006 Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Great Festival.

THE BIRTH OF THE MUDALAND FUNK. Recording, 2005.

Early morning to studio, SABC. February 2005. in front: Frank, bass (Left) and Bafana Nhlapo, percussionist/vocalist (Right). Pic by Vatiswa Ruselo

Left: Madite Moalusi, drummer (2003-2007) and Frank Magongwa, bass taking a break during the recording of Kwani's debut album, The Birth of the Mudaland Funk. SABC M2 Studio. Johannesburg. February 2005. Pic by Vatiswa Ruselo

Gontse's hands. Picture by Vatiswa Ruselo

We promise to get you more pictures from this recording scattered all over the universe...
hee hee

2005 Flyers..there's more where these came from...a LOT MORE

Kwani Experience Collabo Sessions featuring DJ Kenzhero, Jawz and H.H.P, 2005. The day after this collabo session Kwani did one with Pro-Kid. BRING BACK THE COLLABO SESSIONS!!
Flyer design by Keegan Murray.

Kwani Experience (Tngs&Times, Pretoria City or Bassline, Joburg) with Kenzhero, 2005. This flyer used the debut album's front cover artwork.

K.E. could have just been the resident band for Bassline, TOO MANY shows done there.

The JHBLIVE Inna City Concert...performing on the balcony@ Colour Bar, 44 Stanley, Milpark, Joburg. 2005

There's a LOT more flyers and posters..will D.I.T.C for them.

2005 Surprise

It was a bit of a surprise when Kwani Experience stepped onto the scene. A group of ambitious black youth breaking musical boundaries and bridging the generation gap with a fusion of musical influences they called 'Mudaland Funk'. Funk driven movement, with rap, soul, 6/8 African indigenous sounds. 2005 was a really good year for Kwani, all over the media and award nominations.
Gontse, percussionist ('04-'08), Nosisi, female vocalist ('04-'07), Pobox, rapper, Frank, bass and Jambo, saxophone ('04-'07). Performing at the Bassline, Newtown, Joburg. South Africa, 2005

Horror Café, 2004/5? Time flies at 120bpm

Left: Nosisi Ngakane, singer (2004-2007), Right: Frank Magongwa, bass player, performing with Kwani Experience at the legendary concert venue and creatives hang out, Horror Café. The venue was home to the popular Thursday Ragga Night, Jazz acts, Hip-Hop concerts, Punk and Rock concerts, Poetry gigs and Blackalicious films. Picture by Vatiswa Ruselo

Rehearsals, 2004

Jambo, Saxophonist (2004-2007) rehearsing with Kwani one Saturday afternoon in 2004 at the Songwriters' Club, Newtown, Johannesburg. South Africa

End 2004. Standard Bank Contest

Front: Gontse Makhene, percussionist (2003-2008), Back: Kwelagobe Pobox Sekele, rapper, Madite Moalusi, drummer (with cap, 2003-2007). Plotting an industry take over at the Standard Bank Jazz contest that won Kwani Experience a recording deal. Picture by Vatiswa Ruselo