LIRA’S  RETURN AT BASSLINE FEST also featuring NOMFUNDO MOH, MALEH & TANZANIAN & MORROCAN ACTS CELEBRATING AFRICA DAY 

Bassline Fest celebrates Africa Day with queen of Afro soul Lira on the 25th of May at Constitution Hill. This is an historic music moment, NOT TO BE MISSED, as it will be her first show with a full band, after two years recovering from a stroke to strength. Joining her will be South Africa’s Nomfundo Moh,  Maleh from Lesotho, Tanzania’s Kadilida and her Producer Jay Mitta and Moroccan Rita Kamale! 

 Bassline Fest is welcomes you, your family & your friends to come celebrate with song, dance, food and fun. There will be an African artisanal market selling all manner of exquisitely created African food, arts  and craft, as well as bars and other food and drink stalls to choose from. ” 

The Bassline Fest is grateful to its supporting partner the Department of Sport Arts & Culture for coming on-board in the support of the live music industry and in celebration of Africa Month and 30 years of Democracy, also its associate partner Castle Lite.

Come enjoy this powerhouse of female talent, from across our beautiful continent, ensuring that this year’s Africa Day Celebration stays true to its dedication to WOMEN, celebrating the mothers, sisters & daughters who have the resilience, nurturing, courage, creativity and tenacity that keeps them going, their families going and in so doing, the continent going. 

On stage will be South African Metrofm Best African Pop nominated, Nomfundo Moh, who releases her first single of 2024, on 4th April, titled UMUSA & featuring superstars Msaki and Cassper Nyovest.

Lesotho born, South African resident, Maleh is also on the Bassline Fest lineup. Maleh has over 20 years in the live music industry with her recent album, titled Lerato Laka which, was released in February 2022 and launched in London through her UK agent Utour. 

From East Africa comes Tanzanian “badass” MC Kadilida & her Producer Jay Mitta. Hailing from the vibrant city of Dar Es Salaam, Kadilida stands as a pioneering force in the realm of African electronic music. Together, they have become synonymous with the electrifying spirit of Singeli. With its blistering 300 beats per minute tempo, and, reminiscent of western electronic music genres such as gabber and happy hardcore, Singeli embodies the raw essence of African rave culture, pulsating with an energy that is both intoxicating and irresistible. In the words of one astute journalist, “if you don’t dance to this, you’re probably dead.” Indeed, Kadilida’s music pulsates with a vitality that transcends mere entertainment, serving as a powerful testament to the transformative power of rhythm and melody. 

Adding some more spice into the talent mix is Moroccan Rita Kamale who is a multi-disciplinary artist based between London and Casablanca (Morocco). Along with being a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, she is a DJ in parallel. Her sound is best categorised as Alternative RnB/Rap. An experimenter and true tempo traveller, each song is in its own realm. She describes herself as being “somewhere in between a singer and a rapper”, basking in Neo-soul and Moroccan ancestral melodies but unafraid to body an 808 heavy hip hop beat.  

Says Bassline Live’s Brad Holmes. “We also say thank you to our music industry partners, the Africa Rising Music Conference who are proud to be collaborating with Bassline Fest, for the second year in a row, in so doing staying true to their core mission of building bridges and creating opportunities for international acts to perform in South Africa during Africa Month. “This year, we are excited to announce Rita Kamale (UK/Morocco) as one of the featured artists at the Bassline Festival, further cementing our commitment to showcasing diverse and vibrant musical talent on a global stage.” States Sarah Jane Nicholson ARMC Founder.

The IGODA network which is the first African Festivals tour circuit to be created with Bassline as a founder member, bringing together the finest music festivals within primarily Southern Africa. IGODA enables the festivals in the circuit to have a wider diversity of artists and a better audience experience and an ease of opportunity for artists and fans to travel across the continent sharing their music. Music In Africa, who are and have been Bassline Fest supporters for many years. “What all this support does”, continues Brad Holmes, “is, aid the live music industry as a whole, as it creates work for the full live music industry eco-system from production, marketing,  service providers and of course performing artists. It also creates a place for festival goers to escape, while getting entranced by the artistic talent, and, to get entertained and have some fun!”