The Blackbowties commercialises a cappella

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Local religious music ensembles mainly practice a cappella music but vocal band The Blackbowties has commercialised the genre with a circular music approach.

The Blackbowties maintain a cappella style of vocals and beat boxing with some added twists such as Afro pop, soul and funk to their sound to make it more commercial. The four-member group comprises of Taboka Mantsee, Martin Siku, Gosego Mmaleforwana and Eric Kebarejang.

“When making our music we randomly start a melody and see how it comes up then we work on the lyrics aligning them with the melody,” said Mantsee who is the bass and baritone vocalist of the band.

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The Blackbowties commercialises a cappella

Local religious music ensembles mainly practice a cappella music but vocal band The Blackbowties has commercialised the genre with a circular music approach.