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Born in 1951 and raised in Alexandra township (north of Johannesburg), young Condry learned the guitar from his older brother and went on to play in groups such as The Anchors, Flaming Souls, and Flaming Ghettoes. After his son’s unexplained death in 1980, he accelerated his initiation as a “Sangoma” (spiritual healer) and (after slaughering a cow to appease the ancestors) joined the famous Harari in 1981. Following the break-up of Harari he assembled a backing band for exiled artists such as Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya and toured with Harry Belafonte. His extensive travels even earned him a spot on the apartheid government’s national security watchlist. The late 1980’s saw Mr. Ziqubu launch a successful solo career.

On edit duties is Swedish rising star @LeoAfEkenstam . In his own words;

“This edit came about during a very studio intensive period as I was working on an EP and an album at the same time. I always tended to fall back to this edit in between songs to break from that dreamy state of mind you find yourself in when working on original ideas. When I found this song I immediately fell in love with it. There are so many segments that are absolutely golden. All it needed for my sets was a bit more energy and restructuring. I ended up spending a lot of time on it, and so I thought it’d be worth sharing with others instead of just keeping it to myself. It goes without saying that all credit goes to the legend, Condry Ziqubu.”