Morena Leraba

Slow Club proudly presents: MORENA LERABA

Morena Leraba is a musician from Lesotho who stands for the Lesotho sound like no other internationally! Morena himself, born in a village (Ha-Mojela) in Lesotho, spent much of his childhood as a shepherd in the mountains of Lesotho. Although the rest of his life took him out of this mystical world, he and his music are still influenced by this time: "If you're from Lesotho, being a shepherd is a common thing,...Growing up I was a shepherd, but I also went to school and then university. ...Being alone in the mountains you create your own stories every day, and I developed an awesome communication with nature and animals. ...These are memories of old and here lies our strange truths - stories from our grandmothers, of underworld waters, villages and other-worldly beings - and you have seen this before (arcane ways of our people). Our futurism - old riddles have become new."

Morean Leraba plays Famo music (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famo_(music)), a sub-genre of the rich and varied traditional Sesotho music: "I understand Famo, ...However, because we also have influences from elsewhere musically, I've always re-imagined Famo. I've always re-imagined Sesotho traditional music. So, coming to Johannesburg and meeting all the musicians that contributed to our journey so far, was the manifestation, perhaps, of that re-imagination."

There would certainly be so much more to say about him, but you can only really experience a musician by listening:

https://thegoodtimesco.bandcamp.com/album/morena-leraba-fela-sa-ha-mojela-ep
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/6NF6Ki3XR2Ua3wn7FQB0W6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7Q4K6i8aM
https://www.facebook.com/morenaleraba

In the organizer's words:

Slow Club proudly presents: MORENA LERABA

Morena Leraba is a musician from Lesotho who stands for the Lesotho sound like no other internationally! Morena himself, born in a village (Ha-Mojela) in Lesotho, spent much of his childhood as a shepherd in the mountains of Lesotho. Although the rest of his life took him out of this mystical world, he and his music are still influenced by this time: "If you're from Lesotho, being a shepherd is a common thing,...Growing up I was a shepherd, but I also went to school and then university. ...Being alone in the mountains you create your own stories every day, and I developed an awesome communication with nature and animals. ...These are memories of old and here lies our strange truths - stories from our grandmothers, of underworld waters, villages and other-worldly beings - and you have seen this before (arcane ways of our people). Our futurism - old riddles have become new."

Morean Leraba plays Famo music (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famo_(music)), a sub-genre of the rich and varied traditional Sesotho music: "I understand Famo, ...However, because we also have influences from elsewhere musically, I've always re-imagined Famo. I've always re-imagined Sesotho traditional music. So, coming to Johannesburg and meeting all the musicians that contributed to our journey so far, was the manifestation, perhaps, of that re-imagination."

There would certainly be so much more to say about him, but you can only really experience a musician by listening:

https://thegoodtimesco.bandcamp.com/album/morena-leraba-fela-sa-ha-mojela-ep
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/6NF6Ki3XR2Ua3wn7FQB0W6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7Q4K6i8aM
https://www.facebook.com/morenaleraba

Price information:

16,00 € / 18,00 €