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Tumi & The Volume
Tumi & The Volume
are Apathy is Boring artists.
Tumi and the Volume formed in early 2002. Dave, Jerah and Paulo were session musicians at the Bassline when it was still Melville. Former manger Eric Motloung had organized open mic sessions two Sundays a month and had the three of them to play backing music for the mc that used to perform. It was from one of these sessions that the three musicians met Tumi, an mc whom they connected to more than any other they had played with. They started playing some gigs together for a book that Tumi was launching. Then came the Phat Joe show were they first decided that they were the hip hop band ‘Tumi and the Volume’. Jerome decided to jump ship and in that same breath they called Tiago and came up with a set for the show. After the show they did other performances around joburg and people started coming to their shows as the gospel of a live hip hop band started spreading around town. Then in late 2002 they recorded Live At The Bassline in Melville.
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Show MoreTumi and the Volume formed in early 2002. Dave, Jerah and Paulo were session musicians at the Bassline when it was still Melville. Former manger Eric Motloung had organized open mic sessions two Sundays a month and had the three of them to play backing music for the mc that used to perform. It was from one of these sessions that the three musicians met Tumi, an mc whom they connected to more than any other they had played with. They started playing some gigs together for a book that Tumi was launching. Then came the Phat Joe show were they first decided that they were the hip hop band ‘Tumi and the Volume’. Jerome decided to jump ship and in that same breath they called Tiago and came up with a set for the show. After the show they did other performances around joburg and people started coming to their shows as the gospel of a live hip hop band started spreading around town. Then in late 2002 they recorded Live At The Bassline in Melville.
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Show MoreTumi and the Volume formed in early 2002. Dave, Jerah and Paulo were session musicians at the Bassline when it was still Melville. Former manger Eric Motloung had organized open mic sessions two Sundays a month and had the three of them to play backing music for the mc that used to perform. It was from one of these sessions that the three musicians met Tumi, an mc whom they connected to more than any other they had played with. They started playing some gigs together for a book that Tumi was launching. Then came the Phat Joe show were they first decided that they were the hip hop band ‘Tumi and the Volume’. Jerome decided to jump ship and in that same breath they called Tiago and came up with a set for the show. After the show they did other performances around joburg and people started coming to their shows as the gospel of a live hip hop band started spreading around town. Then in late 2002 they recorded Live At The Bassline in Melville.
They formed the group because they felt they had found a niche in the South African hip hop market. They weren’t one of the many new alternative bands popping out the trees and their mc didn’t plug in an instrumental to bust rhymes over. Tumi and the Volume have a synergy and really enjoy playing live because it helps them offer more in their music and lyrics.
Each member contributes to the music they make. They each come with something then work together to make their special brand of hip hop. That’s why there is no leader, each one of them is the master of their craft and together they lead their army. This gives them freedom to do whatever they want and it works because of their passion and talents.
The bands unique sound is an amalgamation of their various influences. Their albums have strings of hip hop, funk, afro- jazz and metal, each intensified by Tumi’s witty verbalism.
The forming for the band was not their plan but it had to happen because it was bigger than them.
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Interview
What music are you listening to these days?
Ali Farka Toure, Mayra Andrade, Concord Nkabinde and Zubz Art ... JM Coetzee and Wole Soyinka are monsters.
Why should people, especially youth, vote?
This is especially important for me living in South Africa where the ballot is still a new voice for previously disadvantaged folks. I feel our democracy has not developed to a point where one cannot vote as a statement. It is also important to note that if you decide that you support the idea of democracy, then voting or not voting is not enough, it is your responsibility as a citizen or member of the community to be active in its functioning, know your mayor, your counsellor, even your librarian. Where you go to complain about your lights, your roads, your government's involvement in some smokey dealings with war criminals, know who represents your interests in parliament and lobby.
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Show MoreWhat music are you listening to these days?
Ali Farka Toure, Mayra Andrade, Concord Nkabinde and Zubz Art ... JM Coetzee and Wole Soyinka are monsters.
Why should people, especially youth, vote?
This is especially important for me living in South Africa where the ballot is still a new voice for previously disadvantaged folks. I feel our democracy has not developed to a point where one cannot vote as a statement. It is also important to note that if you decide that you support the idea of democracy, then voting or not voting is not enough, it is your responsibility as a citizen or member of the community to be active in its functioning, know your mayor, your counsellor, even your librarian. Where you go to complain about your lights, your roads, your government's involvement in some smokey dealings with war criminals, know who represents your interests in parliament and lobby.
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Show MoreWhat music are you listening to these days?
Ali Farka Toure, Mayra Andrade, Concord Nkabinde and Zubz Art ... JM Coetzee and Wole Soyinka are monsters.
Why should people, especially youth, vote?
This is especially important for me living in South Africa where the ballot is still a new voice for previously disadvantaged folks. I feel our democracy has not developed to a point where one cannot vote as a statement. It is also important to note that if you decide that you support the idea of democracy, then voting or not voting is not enough, it is your responsibility as a citizen or member of the community to be active in its functioning, know your mayor, your counsellor, even your librarian. Where you go to complain about your lights, your roads, your government's involvement in some smokey dealings with war criminals, know who represents your interests in parliament and lobby.
For you, is there a connection between art and democracy? What is it?
Well, I suppose art and democracy require a serious dedication and commitment from its patrons. An active commitment.
Why do you care about community, when it is so easy not to?
Everyone lives on the block with their kids unless you got the kind of dough to be out there with the combs'. I feel like instead of trying to get your kid to that other good school across town, let's fix the school in town.
What do you expect from your local politician?
I expect from politicians the same as I expect from a good mic and room, a clear transmitter of my hopes and dreams for my community.
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