Another look at the music culture of South Africa – this time from the front seat of a cab. Taxijam presents cute and crazy recordings in a taxi. Un-edited, no expensive equipment, just straight in your face: honest, beautiful and mad…!
Radical rhymes and raps by RATTEX:
The madness of Die Antwoord:
The wild style of Ill-Literate-Skill (a.k.a. Ill Skillz):
Lovely Gazelle and his even lovelier company:
The beautiful voice of Lindiwe Suttle:
More on Taxijam.co.za.
Michael Spahr is a web editor of norient.com. He is the co-director of the Norient Musikfilm Festival. He is a media artist specialized in video art and audio-visual performances. He also directs and produces films. Michael Spahr has studied history, philosophy and media science in Bern (Switzerland) and Amsterdam (Netherlands). After his master’s degree at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam he started working for Dutch and Swiss TV companies. Since 2003 he has been running his own media and art companies. At the moment he works part-time as news editor for the community radio station Radio Bern RaBe.
Website: www.rhaps.com
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