Nike Sportswear x The FADER’s Pitch Perfect Mixtape No. 6: Africa by Spoek Mathambo

Nike, Fader and Siggi Eggertson are working on an awesome project called the Nike x Fader Pitch Perfect program. Basically they are creating a unique mix and accompanying artwork for six of the seven continents. This is Volume 6 – Africa mixed by Spoek Mathambo.

We posted all 6 waiting to see what Africa had in store and we’re amped to see it’s by the one and only Spoek Mathambo

ABOUT THE PROJECT

“As part one of Nike Sportswear and The FADER’s Pitch Perfect program, we will be posting six mixtapes featuring music from six continents (sorry, Antarctica). Each mixtape will include brand new artwork by Siggi Eggertsson, eventually available as limited edition screen-printed posters. Stay tuned for mixtapes from Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Africa over the next two weeks.” Source Fader.com

As the inspiration for the entire Pitch Perfect series, Africa is a continent that cannot be conveyed in simple descriptions of geography or statistics, its significance to the next millennium impossible to define in few words, and the efforts of its citizens hardly something that can be communicated through a handful of songs. But, as 2010 is a pivotal moment in Africa’s history on many levels, not the least of which is music, this is our attempt to jumpstart the conversation. From the tip of Tunisia to the cape dividing the Indian and Atlantic, Africans are defining the sound of tomorrow. One in particular, Johannesburg’s Spoek Mathambo, is approaching the future from multiple angles, combining kwaito, electro, hip hop and his own unique vision into new music that is truly global, yet unquestionably local. For his mix, Mathambo focused on his home country’s newest and best (including some of his own new jams), but ventured north for some extra continental craziness.

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TRACKLIST

• Tim Turbo f. Spoek Mathambo and Gnucci Banana, “Linyora” (SA)
• DJ CNDO, “Terminator” (SA)
• DJ Mujava f. DJ Menace, “Tshwara” (SA)
• BB Ramazani, “Fouka Fouka” (Cote D’ivoire)
• Dirty Paraffin, “Aha” (SA)
• Pastor Mbhobho, “Ayobaness” (SA)
• Shanaka, “2010 Football” (Cote D’ivoire)
• Spoek Mathambo, “Mshini Wam” (South Africa)