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iMbaula Podcast, Springs (2025)

29/12/2024

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Happy Festively Holidays!

It’s a blessing that we have been graced to have made it to one year filled with amazing adventures, achievements, challenges, and heading to the final episode as new beginnings will begin again. This is Obscure Expressant and we welcome you on our 7th instalment.

We are very pleased to have a second visit from Nathilocks, who’s based in Mbombela, Mpumalanga (SA). His a highly known Disc Jockey with the passion that has been so deep as the style of Deep House in his collections. With a career spanning over two decades, Nathilocks has been captivating audiences with his unique sound since 2002. And he will be taking us through the Residential Tape Hour.

And on the second hour (of the Essential Tape Hour) we have - Thee ILLUMINATOR - one of the talented DJ based in the Vaal (Gauteng), who is also a Music Producer and a Podcaster. He is highly known with his avant-garde approach to his art work and his Podcast titled, “INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION,” which focuses on everything cosmic and underground. With his diverse work as a Producer is influenced by great artists such as, Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltrane, Floating Points, Atjazz, Flying Lotus ,J Dilla, 2000Black, IG Culture and Osunlade just to mention a few.

And we close up the year of 2024 with the Radioshow Tape hosted by yours truly, Simon Tshabalala. On this show he has featured artists like, Soulfreakah, Yaggilocco, Deep Essential and many more.

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09/11/2024

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Greetings! And we hope that you have been great, and that your November is going well thus far… Well, it will get much greater as we present the 6th instalment of Obscure Expressant. As we draw closer to the festive season, we thought it would be best to get some chilling and relaxing instalment episode for you and yours. Let us get started with our first guest, shall we..?

Meet Dogz Playing, a dynamic musician that blends sounds with heart and art; fusing with Funk, Neo-Soul, Nu-Jazz, and Hip-Hop to create an infectious, groove-driven sound. With a shared passion for pushing boundaries, Dogz Playing delivers high-energy performances that leave audiences craving more. His not only the best in selections for sets and tapes but also an amazing producer for more than a decade in creating beats and music for various of world known artists. To get more of the feel, that describes who Dogz Playing is, we would like to give you the residential tapestry and a platform that has more of his music, “beatstars.com.”

And as chilled as we have been from the first hour, chillism has never been more therapeutic and sound than our 2nd guest taking us through the essentials parts of this installation.

Meet, nuhohm…, known best through his musical project that have been creating waves everywhere. Real name, Tshegofatso Mathebathe, is a musician and DJ born and raised in Soweto (township of Jo’burg). Tshegofatso's wide spread influence can be heard by the versatility of his music, even though Tshegofatso describes the nuhohm project as genre fluid endeavour, the influnces of other genres is not hard to pick, genres like Kwaito, Hip-Hop, House, Bruk, Jazz and Eloctric Muisc are very prominent. Same applies to his DJ Set(s), we just couldn’t wait to have him on board, as he gives you the essential tapestry. Do check out his music on “nuhohm.bandcamp.com.”

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22/10/2024

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Greetings to Everyone!

We believe that all is well and good with each of you all. Our Radio Show has been doing much than we anticipated. By now, we probably know that we release the Radioshow Mix once a month filled with exclusive music you should look out for on all the digital platforms. So, without wasting any time…, we would like to welcome you to the show!

We present to you the 5th instalment for The Radioshow Segment on Obscure Expressant hosted by Simon Tshabalala, as he takes you through the best local records that are creating waves thus far. Please do grab the copy on the link provided below.

If you’d like to access extra content and exclusive updates, please subscribe/follow iMbaula Podcast on the webpage.

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Please do enjoy this exclusive episode, and all blessings for the new month ahead, where we have amazing guest DJs you’ll be pleased to know them, on our 6th instalment that will be released in November.

With that being said, Um’lilo Ongana Smogo!

21/09/2024

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We hope that this finds you in good spirits and health. We would like to present the O.B.E SHOW 005, proudly created by iMbaula Podcast, LLC. With that being mentioned, let us introduce our Guest DJs and their work of art.

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Meet M.JAY as our (No. 14) Essential Guest, born and raised in a small town of Grootvlei, in the Western Side of Dipaleseng (MP), South Africa. His a dynamic DJ and well known as a creative genius with Events Management and exclusive Music Compiler, especially Afro House music that resonates with Soul Essentials as a style. M.JAY has been renowed for infusing cultural rhymes into enegertic beats.

M.JAY, an uprising star to lookout for, will be blessing us with an immersive 01 Hour Tape that will take you to the African Atmosphere as the ultimate journey towards the electronic soundscape crafted with art and heart. As much as we loved his offering, we hope it leaves an indelible mark on the world of music and yours.

Link available on the comments sections…

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31/08/2024

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Um’lilo Ongana Smogo / Serving Everything With Fire

12/08/2024

As we kick off the O.B.E — SHOW 004 after a worth while of everything, we pass warm greetings and hopefully have been all right. And without any waste of time, let’s get to know our Guests DJs and their work of art.

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Please meet and get to know our 1st Guest, Sifiso Tshabalala… well known with his stage name , STOZ DA AFRIKANA, born in the early 90’s is a special and an undeniable talent he is. He chose the life of a DJ, and later became a Producer over everything. Down to earth with pure love of House Music and other melodies from the early 20’s. He began collecting House Music and Compilations from the likes of, Vinny Da Vinci and DJ Fresh (just to mention a few).

Stoz Da Afrikana is also the Co-founder of the newly established entity, Afrikana Movement, of which it consists of his other two partners. Through passion and being the best, he has been booked alongside Sculptured Music, Chymamusique, June Jazzin, DJ Christos, Griffith Malo, C-Blak, DJ Jaivane, Mick Man, Sam Deep, Murumba Pitch, Thobs, Dav Risen, Thabo Tonick, Bandros, Mr JazziQ and Njelic.

His set on The Residential Suite displays one of the best sounds, with few of his unreleased tracks included. We couldn’t be more excited to have him on our Show, as the Guest DJ of the 1st Hour.

Link available in the comments section…

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As the 2nd Hour of O.B.E blends in, we’d like to present the curator that will be taking us right through to the final hour. Please meet Nathi Tshabalala, highly respected and known as Nathilocks, based in Mbombela, Mpumalanga (SA). Nathilocks’ art and work is seen as a seasonal Disc Jockey with the passion that has been so deep as the style of Deep House in his collections. With a career spanning over two decades, Nathilocks has been captivating audiences with his unique sound since 2002.

Throughout his life in being the best, Nathilocks has been a Freelance DJ for Groova Records, where he had the privilege of sharing the stage with notable artists like DJ Sdunkero, and many more legends from the rising sun landscapes. Currently, at 40 Years of Age, Nathilocks never seems to be the best amongst many that continues to pour out the heart and soul into his craft. We present to you, the rhythmic exploration and emotional depth led by Nathilocks, as our Essential Guest.

Link available in the comments section…

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15/07/2024

O.B.E Radio Show 003 | PoE Verified
Hosted by Simon Tshabalala

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We’re actually rarer than unicorns! Hot chocolate, wool(len) socks, crisp white days with a warm fire crackling in the background - as we know the iMbaula atmosphere - and everything seems so clean and neat. Despite the cold, we bundle up for Obscure Expressant (The Radio Show) w/ No. 009, as Simon Tshabalala (Co-founder) adds more layers for your space to feel the finesse!

To get warmed up and for more information, please check the links in the comments section…

26/06/2024

O.B.E Radio Show 003 | PoE Verified
The Essential Mix by UMfundo aka Fura

Meet Phumelela Mfundo Kuse, also known as Fura, from Soweto Meadowlands. He has been an active Music Collector for numerous of years and fell in love with the artistry work of the likes of Vandal M and Collen Cohen that shaped his line of taste within the House Music Culture.

Early in 2017, he began following the well known Music Podcasts like, “Supreme Sessions,” and “Meet Me Underground,” that influenced his style as a Music Selector. Months later, he expanded his brand as a Music Producer and expanded to genres such as, Amapiano (Private School) and grew more into his first love, Afro Tech and Dub Music.

UMfundo Fura Kuse released his first EP Project titled, “Vhatisana,” under a record label “Music Lab” in 2022, that created waves in various stages of the club culture scene. He has never looked back ever since as he is currently signed under a record label “The Universo Sounds Ent,” that caters most of the popular genres in the Southern Hemisphere of Africa - created by diverse and talented artists - including the label manager, “Theo Sopela”, also known as Sthelza.

We are honoured to have such great talent on our show, as our Guest Selector on The Essential Mix Hour. He also included few of his tracks that will explain why he is the best upcoming young talent South Africa has been waiting for.

Please find the attached link for the O.B.E 003 Show on the comments…

09/04/2024

O.B.E Show 002

… and it doesn’t seem right, does it? That we find a pattern, fall into a routine, become comfortable, only to be disrupted – to suddenly realize that we have to change our shorts for pants and our lemonade for tea. With or without our consent, they change. And we try our best to hold on to ourselves through these changes: through the allergies, the colds, the closing of the windows, the turning off of the fans. Yet, bundled up, we are somehow not the same. Thus why on the second show of Obscure Expressant, as an experiment, is divided‭ ‬into two parts: part‭ ‬one involves the designing and constructing the ‭imbaula‬ for a fine-balance combustion as we bring you our residential music collector on the first hour chill.

Beqor Da Inno

Bhekizizwe Hlumbani (also known as Beqor Da Inno) was born and raised in Dipaleseng, an offspring cosmos city in Mpumalanga (South Africa). His dedication to his musical travels has inspired many individuals who share similar sentiments within the House Music Culture. His presence provides high-energy throughout the entertainment scene, and builds memorable experiences to never cease to forget as joyful noises. He has been an exceptional Pioneer for 16 years and still does what he does best.

Link: https://hearthis.at/imbaulapodcast/002-obscure-expressant-the-residential-mix-by-beqor-da-inno-poe-verified/

… while the second part involves the testing of imbaula for thermal and emissions performance, the essential guest is that one person taking us through it.

MattMa (M.M.M)

Muzwandile Mathonsi (also known as Mzwah aka MattMa) from KwaZulu and has been a DJ for more than 10 years and still gives things that are hard to find in catalogs. His highly respected by the experimental taste in different sub-genres of House Music and nurtures how the culture should be.

Link: https://hearthis.at/imbaulapodcast/002-obscure-expressant-thr-essential-mix-by-mzwa-aka-mattma-poe-verified/

Nevertheless, we wait for rebirth. We wait for the ground to thaw and for the grass to peak through. We wait for the dead, frozen leaves to decompose and give the flowers room to grow. We exchange our heavy coats for t-shirts, hesitantly. As if we are still expecting the cold. We watch the change, and we see the beauty… as we all chill around the fire filled with warmth good music!

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Um’lilo Ongana Smogo!

11/03/2024

Yo’, it’s been a long time coming and we are here with our very first program titled, “Obscure Expressant,” with an abbreviation social tag of that will be used as the main tag for this particular program. I welcome you all to iMbaula Podcast.

To break the ice, it’s worth the time and space to inform all our new followers and friends on the exclusive program that we have launched, that carries the atmosphere of great tapes curated by various and talented music selectors with an hour long duration of great music they have been playing in their whereabouts. This is the great platform to stay updated with the latest tracks from the variety of music producers based in the Southern Hemisphere of Africa, to other parts across the globe.

Here’s what to expect from us in the future. The first hour will be hosted by different kinds of radio personalities in the likes of, Palesa Polile, Goodman Nhlapo and Kamohelo Hlasa (to mention a few), but today Kamohelo Hlasa will be taking you throughout the adventure of great music as we assemble around iMbaula. Then the second hour will be the residential space of our own music selectors that will be bringing you nothing but expensive records that you might be sleeping on. And last but not the least, in the third hour we will be bringing you a surprise guest selector that will also bless us with an hour long tape of music and more.

So… without wasting any time, the second hour (The Residential Mix) is by Lunga-Lolo our beloved Music Collector and DJ based in Heidelberg (GP), as he will be blessing us with something sweet and spicy for the Soulful House enthusiasts…

Apple Podcast Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/imbaula-podcast/id1717482820?i=1000648601157

Original Link: https://hearthis.at/imbaulapodcast/001-obscure-expressant-the-residential-mix-by-lunga-lolo-poe-verified/

… and our guest this month is Leko On Pluto, real name Siyabonga Dube is a multi-genre music producer from Pietermaritzburg [Kwa-Zulu Natal]. A musical journey tracing all the way back to as early as 2007. Leko started making music at the tender age of 14, highly inspired by great music producers DJ Cleo, Black Coffee, DJ Clock and DJ Kent to mention a few. Growth was more developed by listening to various compilations on circulation at the time by the likes of DJ Fresh, Vinny Da Vinci, DJ Terrance, DJ Claude & Glen Lewis as much as deep and soulful tone was on the horizon, and that lead as a factor in the upbringing of Leko.

Fascinated by Space & Galactic sounds, Leko’s sound is shaped around of an unearthly feel, creating a manifestation of a place eyes can’t see but can feel, providing direct teleportation to the planet Pluto & Galaxy beyond. Fusing inspirational energies from the likes of Atjazz, Culoe De Song, Fouk, Juju & Jordash, Vakula, Roberto Rodriguez, Stimming, Ofuren, K15, A5, PJOTR & Huerco S to mention a few, Leko creates his own definitive sound from his own personal vision and detail. His tape blends perfectly with the second hour tape as Leko closes the program with an hour long tape…

Apple Podcast Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/imbaula-podcast/id1717482820?i=1000648601944

Original Link: https://hearthis.at/imbaulapodcast/001-obscure-expressant-the-essential-mix-by-leko-on-pluto-poe-verified/

… and it’s ntil next month, tell everyone that Obscure Expressant was Live on iMbaula Podcast. As for myself, I’ll be doing the most yet again. Love and Light!

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09/03/2024

The rumour has it that our first program for our podcast has been approved and will be released this coming week on Monday w/ Kamohelo Hlasa as the host for the first hour offering. He will be bringing you some exclusive sounds creating waves on the House Culture scene that got released around January / March.

The second hour offering is from our beloved Music Collector and DJ based in Heidelberg (GP), as he will be giving us something sweet and spicy for the Soulful / Deep House enthusiasts. The last but not the least, we have a guest on the third hour offering based in Kwazulu. His known for his music production worldwide and topped the House Music Charts on Traxsource with his timeless EPs.

Guested our curators? Stay tuned for more content as they will be revealed this coming Monday on our very first program titled, “Obscure Expressant (O.B.E),” from the exclusive and expensive — Um'lilo Ongana Smogo — the best Radio Podcast Show that has ever done it.

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