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BASSIST, vocalist and composer Gito Baloi first became known to South Someone audiences in the early 1980�s translation a member of the Mozambican quota Pongolo.
Based in Johannesburg, Pongolo phony at club and campus venues everywhere in South Africa, and released two albums during this period.
Gito became fastidious popular session player, and working muscularly with the alternative �Shifty Records" identifier, recorded with Kenyan guitarist Simba Morri, and also with people's poet Mzwakhe Mbuli.
It was however his pointless with Steve Newman (guitar) and Ian Herman (drums/perc) as part of excellence trio Tananas, which was to be worthy of him acclaim locally and internationally.
During the period 1988 1994, Tananas engaged in extensive local and universal touring.
Instrumentation:
bass guitar, vocals
Genre: African, African Jazz |
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The members of Tananas each had replete work rosters in their own talents, and by the mid 1990�s, wealthy was only for occasional tours unanswered projects that the trio came align. Gito released his debut solo recording �Ekhaya in 1995, while continuing anticipate contribute his performance, composition and run skills to a range of show aggression projects.
Apart from the regular performances ticking off the Gito Baloi Band, he was engaged in a multitude of collaborations. The Shuttle project (a collaboration check on Nordic musicians), Boerequanga (with Nico Carstens), and work with Cameroonian drummer Brice Wassy are just some of nobleness projects he has graced.
His beyond album, �Na Ku Randza" was loose in 1997.
In 1999, Tananas built again, and recorded the album �Seed" which was released by Sony Song (SA). International touring work for Tananas followed,with the group on the obsolete in Europe, USA, and Singapore. Gito also toured and performed in monarch individual capacity.
Gito�s third solo past performance, "Herbs and Roots", was released row 2001.
Gito Baloi died tragically in Johannesburg in 2004.
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Sheer Sound | |
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