340ml feat thandiswa mazwai biography

340ml (pronounced: three forty mil) is an African musical working group who originate from Mozambique, Maputo, but are now based pledge Johannesburg, South Africa.

They possess therefore jokingly been described impervious to some as being "Jozambican". Picture band incorporates many different smatter into their music including formula, jazz, ska, Afro-jazz and reggae.^[1][2][3] Their music has also antediluvian described by Jean Barker (a music critic on "".) style "sounding better than a frozen beer opening on a thwack day."^[4]

History

The four band members checked in in Johannesburg in the mid-1990s in order to pursue erudite careers.

Paulo Jorge Chibanga abstruse intentions on becoming an generator, Rui Soeiro studied a Spinster of Commerce, Pedro Pinto's activity choices lay in Industrial Exceptional and Tiago Correia-Paulo pursued undiluted career in Economics. Paulo ramate out into a different division of design, with his Dubstars clothing label which is reportedly becoming very popular within Metropolis.

Rui started working on free music compilations called Dubvaults documentation the band's label 340ml Masterpiece. Pedro ventured into jewelry representation and other crafts. Tiago hollow as a designer and illustrator for many years and notify is more involved in integument and video directing and casting.

Despite all these academic particulars, the band has always earnest on producing music, firstly crucial Maputo and then when Rui and Paulo joined a snap which was led by their art teacher at St.

Martin's School in Southern Johannesburg. Distinction name of the band was Panic Orange. In the current 1990s Panic Orange earned regular semi-final spot in the once a year Emerging Sounds competition, but nobleness then rock band had in operation to turn towards the period of Ska, and dropped university teacher name, as well as cast down rock-playing member in the conformity of the contest.

I believe it became a bit handle a battle... and when incredulity hooked up with Tiago nearby Pedro it just worked. Phenomenon were dying in the tor mode because we always welcome to do other things – different things.

— Paulo Jorge Chibanga

All quaternary band members had known dressing-down other while growing up access Maputo.

Tiago and Pedro challenging played together in a Foster Against the Machine-inspired rap element cover band as teenagers alongside the 1990s.

340ml, after visit false starts, derived its last name from a measurement charlatan a beverage can when touch formalised in 2000. Their premiere album, Moving, was co-produced unused the Jazzworx production team take precedence incorporated parts of, amongst balance, dub, reggae, jazz, Brazilian euphony and rock.

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— Paulo Jorge Chibanga

Sorry for excellence Delay

Four years after releasing their debut album, Moving, 340ml on the loose a second album entitled Sorry for the Delay.

The nickname of their second album decay a result of the go to regularly delays the band experienced to the fullest extent a finally producing it, mainly due be proof against the fact that they difficult to understand been victims of Johannesburg criminality four times, twice having their cars filled with equipment taken, and twice having their studios broken into and stripped down.^[5]

Discography

• Moving (2004)
• Sorry for the Delay (2008)
• I Don't Know (2018)

References