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Anton Sergeev Publishes First Book

Moscow-based 2012 OneBeat alumnus Anton Sergeev published his first book, Your First Track. The book offers a guide for beginner musicians through all the steps of creating a composition from scratch, from ideas and selection of online tools and software to the release of the work online. According to Anton, “the task of the book is to lead you from the first sound to the first track: with music theory, arrangement, mixing, mastering…to the next step: what to do when the track is released, the first critics appear and procrastination begins.” Read more about Your First Track here.
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Tariro neGitare Performs at TEDx Harare

Tariro neGitare performed at the TEDx conference in Harare this fall. The OneBeat Alumna performed her song ‘Mazuva ese hafanane – no two days are the same’. She followed the performance of the song, which mixes indigenous Zimbabwean folk sounds and Afro Soul, with a powerful speech about some of the pressure she faced as a woman in a music industry that has been male-dominated. Tariro was also invited to speak about her organization, Magitare Africa Trust, which focuses on using the creative arts as a tool for engagement with different communities. Watch the musical performance below.
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BLK JKS Releasing Sophomore ‘Album Abantu: Before Humans’

Johannesburg-based BLK JKS, which feature 2013 Fellow Mpumelelo Mcata, announced their long-awaited sophomore album Abantu: Before Humans — out February 29th — and shared the first single ‘Harare’, featuring fellow South African and traditional Sesotho musician, Morena Leraba on vocals. The new album comes 10 years after the release of their genre-bending, award-winning debut album After Robots. The band also announced they will be performing at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin in March 2020 to promote their new music. Listen to ‘Harare’ here. Read AFROPUNK’s piece about the album here.