WEBVTT - Music with Mandisi Dyantyis

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<v Speaker 1>It is thirteen minutes to three o'clock. Now, if you

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<v Speaker 1>are a lover of music, you're in for a treat.

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<v Speaker 1>Multi award winning artist, composer and producer man Dec d'antis's

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<v Speaker 1>returning to the stage at this time. He's bringing something

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<v Speaker 1>really special. Known for his electrifying performances and unique fusion

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<v Speaker 1>of jazz, Western, classical, and African sounds, and you c

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<v Speaker 1>is taking things to a whole new level level next weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>two nights only, only two nights, Mandyci will be performing

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<v Speaker 1>with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and a spectacular concert

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<v Speaker 1>titled Symphonic Celebration. And it's all happening at the Artscape.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is the eleventh and twelfth of July. Man Dec,

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<v Speaker 1>good to have you with us this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for having me. Good afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>How did this incredible collaboration with the Cape Town Philharmonic

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<v Speaker 1>Orchestra come about?

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<v Speaker 2>How it was always coming? You know, it's always hard

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<v Speaker 2>to put this together. We needed to be ready with

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<v Speaker 2>the music, you know, because it's a to arrange it

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<v Speaker 2>and in this manner takes some time. But also they

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<v Speaker 2>needed to be ready with time and just being keen

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<v Speaker 2>and doing it. It's something that I've always wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 2>It's always hard to work with orchestras, and because they're busy,

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<v Speaker 2>and they're expensive and all of those things. But after

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<v Speaker 2>we spoke to them, actually they came to us at

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<v Speaker 2>the time when when we're thinking of going to them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, as these things always happen, and and and

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<v Speaker 2>and so now we're here and walk away from from

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<v Speaker 2>it happening.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's called symphonic Celebration, which sparks an awful lot

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<v Speaker 1>in one what does that name mean to you personally

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<v Speaker 1>and musically?

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<v Speaker 2>It really is a celebration of where we started, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the in a lot of people who know our

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<v Speaker 2>music know that we started playing for fifty people, sixty people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, even thirty people instead of playing in small

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<v Speaker 2>venues around Cave Town. And we've own around the country

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<v Speaker 2>with people supporting us and loving the music and what

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<v Speaker 2>we were bringing. And so this especially with the two albums,

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<v Speaker 2>previous albums, So Mancha and Dwaka, you know, we've been

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<v Speaker 2>walking the journey with the audiences and and and in

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<v Speaker 2>these nights we celebrating that, you know, to say, look,

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<v Speaker 2>look where we are. You know, a sort of a

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<v Speaker 2>look mom I made it type moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow Wow, How how has it felt hearing your music

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<v Speaker 1>reimagined with a with a sixty five piece symphony behind you?

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<v Speaker 2>It is it is spec petular, you know, more than me.

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<v Speaker 2>The the core band that I play with, which is

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<v Speaker 2>five or six people, and and each and every one

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<v Speaker 2>of them called me and they said, wow, We've never

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<v Speaker 2>thought and I was. I was happy because they were

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<v Speaker 2>impressed even more, you know, I just got scared and

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<v Speaker 2>I got chills in my in my spine when when

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<v Speaker 2>I heard it, and and even now I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the music and thinking, how did we get here? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I used to look at this music and written for

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<v Speaker 2>five five piece and now it's written for sixty two

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<v Speaker 2>piece orchestra, you know, full on orchestra, and and and

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<v Speaker 2>everyone is involved. You know, it's really really, really really

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<v Speaker 2>written for the orchestra. It's not like the orchestra is

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<v Speaker 2>is just an edit, aren't. Yes, Yes, we've reimagined. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we've reimagined the music. So what's going to be interesting

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<v Speaker 2>for me is seeing the audiences and listening to it

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<v Speaker 2>like like they're listening to it for the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's things that they will gravitate to ards,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's things that were really new to them, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of how the music has been put on you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be remarkable, as you say, to have

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<v Speaker 1>for you as a performer and as a composer to

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<v Speaker 1>to hear that, and for audiences as well. But what

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<v Speaker 1>exactly can audience is expect on the night without giving

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<v Speaker 1>too much away, are they going to be hearing newial?

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<v Speaker 1>Can they also look forward to some favorites from from Somandra?

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<v Speaker 1>What what can I look forward to?

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<v Speaker 2>No, definitely, definitely favorites from some Mandra and Taka, because

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's about that. It's about the celebration of those

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<v Speaker 2>two albums. But also we are moving forward very I

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<v Speaker 2>think this is the year where wed we add the

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<v Speaker 2>next chapter, which is in Cambu. Lula will be going

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<v Speaker 2>in the studio very soon after these concerts, and so

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<v Speaker 2>we will there'll be a sneak preview of that as well,

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<v Speaker 2>which which is also exciting. You know, to hear these

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<v Speaker 2>songs that have not really been released and played in

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<v Speaker 2>this in in this manner is actually a tough task.

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, no, we made them because now the

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<v Speaker 2>audiences might expect them like this. You know. I was

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<v Speaker 2>just like, you know what, you only live once. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>do it, you know, let's just play them. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be that it's a celebration of the

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<v Speaker 2>two albums. But we need to look forward. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Talk to me a little bit. You say that you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to be going back in to the studio. I

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<v Speaker 1>imagine that must require two very different mindsets to move

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<v Speaker 1>between live performance, particularly a performance like this, which is

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<v Speaker 1>so vast to the intimacy and intricacy of studio.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for that question. Oh I'm so

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<v Speaker 2>happy to ask you that, because that is exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>I've been going through for the past three months. Literally,

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<v Speaker 2>I have to divide my day into two, so two

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<v Speaker 2>when at nine o'clock, from nine o'clock to two o'clock,

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<v Speaker 2>it's that the symphony works. And then from two o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>I forget about it and I go into this. I

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<v Speaker 2>got into this, and then I write all these songs

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<v Speaker 2>that I've written so far, and there's about eighteen twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three of them, and I go no. Unit twelve, at

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<v Speaker 2>least eleven of them, and then and then that happens,

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<v Speaker 2>and then it's just you know, and then and then

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<v Speaker 2>I have to go, no, remember why you were the songs?

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<v Speaker 2>Why did you write the songs? You're not part of

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<v Speaker 2>the songs. You didn't compose the songs. You were given

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<v Speaker 2>the songs. Sure, you know, there for a reason, and

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<v Speaker 2>they have a certain message. Stop putting yourself in the center,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and so and so all of that intense

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<v Speaker 2>emotional work that is required for you to be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in the in the music is what I've

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<v Speaker 2>been doing on the other side, and also having to

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<v Speaker 2>learn this music for and so, yeah, it's a very

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<v Speaker 2>interesting time.

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<v Speaker 1>That's fascinating to me that you say that these aren't

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<v Speaker 1>your songs and that they're gifted to you. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think what you almost become the conduit, the vessel, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that is that is that it's incredibly humble,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's an incredibly beautiful way of viewing it. And so,

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<v Speaker 1>going back to the Philharmonic, I wonder, how how do

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<v Speaker 1>you release music to a collective that began with the individual?

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a do you just have to get to

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<v Speaker 1>a point where you say I give it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>You have to It's like it's you know what they

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<v Speaker 2>say when you're when you're running, they say, look look down,

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<v Speaker 2>don't don't look back, you know, just concentrate on each

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<v Speaker 2>and on one step at a time. And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>I do. I I believe that I'm I'm diligent enough,

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<v Speaker 2>and I work hard, and I try my best to

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<v Speaker 2>listen to the messages that come and portray them as

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<v Speaker 2>best at that as I can. And so I don't

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<v Speaker 2>worry about how, you know, the other things happen, because

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<v Speaker 2>I think that all of those things are in the process.

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<v Speaker 2>How the audiences receive the music is based on how

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<v Speaker 2>honest I am in delivering it, you know, and how

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<v Speaker 2>you know, how hard we work as a collective, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>in order for us to be ready, you know, on

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<v Speaker 2>stage when we when seven o'clock or seven thirty hits,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone is ready and they know they're there at least

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<v Speaker 2>their parts, you know, and and and every and and

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<v Speaker 2>then the magic happens in between that I am.

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<v Speaker 1>So looking forward to coming and seeing the Magic Hatter. Folks,

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that you get your tickets. Please web tickets

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<v Speaker 1>for Mandy ci Dante's Symphonic Celebration, happening eleventh and twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>of July. As I say, web tickets is where you

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<v Speaker 1>need to head. It's been an absolute pleasure to have

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<v Speaker 1>you on the show and thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 1>your time this afternoon.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, thank you, thank you.