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At this Point in Time: Voices in Volumes

by Herbie Tsoaeli

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Umntu 07:27
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Palama 07:30
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Siwa Sivuka 06:21
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Siyabulela 04:07
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Sithunyiwe/Ndithunyiwe Ngaba Dala Bathi Zesingabalibali Ngoba nabo Bathunyiwe Ngaba Khulu Baholo x 2 Ngoba nabo Bathunyiwe Baholo Bathi!!! Zesingabalibali Thunyiwe Baholo × 2 Bathi Zesingabalibali Ngoba nabo Bathunyiwe Ngaba Khulu Baholo Bathi Inkingaz'ipheli/iingxak'azipheli Emhlabeni Usal'uwedwa Bath'ubumnand' abupheli Emhlabeni Bath' ezibuhlung' azipheli Bath'ubumnand' abupheli Emhlabeni Usal'awedwa
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Siwa sivuka Sizami Mpilo Mahland' enyuka Mhlabeni Sincengi Mpilo Mahland'e nyuka Mhlabeni

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“At this Point in Time: Voices in Volumes is Herbie Tsoaeli’s second studio album. To create mood and anticipation, the songs in this album utilise varied musical patterns and clusters. With arrangements that allow one instrument to play tacet before other players and voices come in, the bassist is able to create interplays of musical envelopes. While the recording contains variation in style, with some songs melancholic and others joyous, At this Point in Time: Voices in Volumes is rooted in heritage. Sometimes there is a need to pause, sit still, reflect and reconnect. In the middle of this stillness, the role of artists is to turn up the volume of their voices against ills in society. ”With some songs melancholic and others joyous, At this Point in Time is rooted in heritage.”
- Dinga Sikwebu

“An exploration of the realities of black personhood, At this Point in Time is an extension of Herbie Tsoaeli’s African Time philosophy.”
- Kelebogile Motswatswa

“African Time necessitates a rethinking of our notions of time. It speaks to the temporality of freedom - that colourful negotiation between the present and past. Herbie Tsoaeli’s approach is, therefore, an expression of a simultaneously modern and ancient confluence in music, which is culturally bound to the historical mission of ushering in a different time and sensibility. Ultimately, African Time is a set of value systems expressed in and through the music. Contrary to the contemporary injunctions that have reduced our cultural expressions to mere decorative instruments of submission and pleasure, African Time elaborates the need for social responsibility and moral rectitude. It heightens our senses by the very way it occupies multiple temporal registers in time and space. So, in the face of public pressure to hastily move on and forget, African Time asks us to pause and reflect. To reassess - to remember! African Time inhabits the present, haunts it, as a maligned conscience.”
- Athi Joja

“Our sound is hours sound” - Herbie Tsoaeli

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released November 5, 2021

Herbie Tsoaeli Bass/Vocals
Andile Yenana Piano
Yonela Mnana Piano
Sisonke Xonti Tenor saxophone
Steven Sokuyeka Trombone
Sakhile Simani Trumpet
Tshepo Tsotetsi Alto Saxophone
Ayanda Sikade Drums

Accompanying Voices
Busisiwe Sibeko, Khumbuzile Dhlamini, Bongani Nikelo, Sakhile Moleshe,
Gontse Makhene and Sisonke Xonti

Composed, arranged, directed and produced by Herbie Tsoaeli.
Recorded at SABC M3 Studio & Moya Sound Solutions, March & June 2021
Recording Engineers: Evert De Munnik & Goran Josipovic
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Peter Pearlson
Executive Producer(s): Herbie Tsoaeli, Mduduzi Godlo, David Njuki, Moeketsi Boikanyo
Album cover Photography: Lindo Mbhele
Album Artwork: Mzwandile Buthelezi
Liner notes: Dinga Sikwebu, Athi Joja, Kelebogile Motswatswa
Other Video & Photography: Ts’eliso Monaheng, Solomon Moremong, Caswell Lengoabala
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Herbie Tsoaeli Johannesburg, South Africa

The quintessential South African jazz man, Herbie Tsoaeli is a largely self-taught bass virtuoso from Nyanga East, in Cape Town – one of the more politically charged black locations in the Western Cape.

Coming from this community at the forefront of producing South Africa’s rich jazz legacy,
Rooted in his biographical experiences, his music is a nuanced expression of the black community.
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