THE Cnky Siwela Flute Institute's newest EP brings light and colour.
The project, titled The Experimental, was released on 11 December and it brings different musicians together.
Founder of the group Sinky Siwela spoke to SunBuzz about the EP.
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"The EP consists of five beautiful tracks which are a rare blend of contemporary mix, jazz influenced flute melodies, and the soulful vocals into neo-soul jazz. It captures the vivid light and colour that makes up life.
"This is the sort of infectious neo-soul jazz project that many desire to make, but few can. Music lovers can expect feel good songs that are mostly about love on the EP," he said.
The musician said the aim of the project is to help prepare music students. "This new EP contains five songs for the year 2022/2023. The project will be recognised as a programme of high distinction with strong academic, scholarly and music values that prepare students for the ever-changing world of music. It is currently available worldwide on music platforms including ITunes, Spotify, Deezer, and other digital platforms," he said.
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Sinky also shared about how the flute Institute came about. "The Cnky Siwela Jazz Flute Festival connects young people, ages six to 35, with music education using South African roots music.
"The programme offers free music lessons by C'nky Siwela, as well as his fellow musicians. It's all about helping musicians realise the importance of African roots music, everything from marabi and kwela kwela and mbaqanga, Afro jazz, and Afro gospel," he said.
