BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness)
Schedule
Fri Jul 04 2025 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Cobalt Studios CIC | Newcastle Upon Tyne, EN
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Start your Ouseburn Festival weekend as you mean to go on. Many of you already know BCUC, if not, simply we think they're one of the best bands in the world!
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Afro psychedelia indigenous funk, punk rock energy, gospel trance healing music to fill your soul and shake your bones – and then some!
“guaranteed to touch untapped corners of your soul” – Okayafrica
“without a doubt the best live act I saw” - Gilles Peterson
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BCUC, also known as Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness sees their music as a hedonistic trance, but also as a weapon of political and spiritual liberation. They mash up ancient & modern waves of sound, pitching rolling bass and frenetic rhythm against hypnotic chanting and Zulu vocals.
A stone’s throw from the church where Desmond Tutu organised the escape of the most wanted anti-Apartheid activists of Soweto, BCUC rehearses in a shipping container-turned-community restaurant, where their indomitable outspokenness echoes in a whole new way. Like its elders, Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness sees its music as a hedonistic trance, but also as a weapon of political and spiritual liberation.
The seven-piece band has been mesmerising audiences both locally and globally with its indigenous funk and high-energy performances that have fast made it one of South Africa’s most successful musical exports. Artistic heirs to Philip “Malombo” Tabane and Batsumi, they give contemporary voice to the ancestral traditions of indigenous peoples. In addition jazz sounds of 1970s and ‘80s productions replaced by hip-hop influences and punk-rock energy, taking the listener on an intriguing epic journey, sharing their controversial yet interesting views on modern Africa.
They tackle the harsh realities of the voiceless, especially the plight of the uneducated workers at the bottom of the social food chain. BCUC taps into the elusiveness of the spirit world of ancestors by which they are inspired. The Africa portrayed by BCUC is not poor, but rich in tradition, rituals and beliefs.
“We bring fun and emo-indigenous Afro psychedelic fire from the hood,” - BCUC vocalist Kgomotso Mokone
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Where is it happening?
Cobalt Studios CIC, Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
