sons of perdition confronts the historical anti-Black notion of being condemned or forsaken. The isiXhosa subtitle, umdyarho wamabuzi, translates to “the rat race” the desperate, inherited struggle for breath, land, dignity and memory.
Seti’s work refuses this condemnation. It is a profound act of spiritual and musical defiance that transforms the language of suffering into a call for communal affirmation. Amongst various inspirations, the music is rooted in African ancestral philosophy and the communal spirit of the Methodist hymn tradition, blended with the vibrant ethos of Ubuntu.
The result is a transformative musical experience where suffering turns into chant, mourning becomes rhythm and survival is a ceremony. The music is ultimately an insistence that Black life is not damned, but uncontainable, resurrecting, and full of defiant spirits.
About the Artists
Kitso Seti is a Khayelitsha based musician, writer, and performer whose sound is grounded in the raw, street-born energy of Spaza music. Emerging from Site C, Khayelitsha, his early exposure to hip-hop, poetry, and township storytelling laid the foundation for an artistic voice that is both sharp-edged and deeply observant. The Spaza genre shaped his worldview, informing a practice that values urgency, honesty, and experimentation that is geared towards true societal change.
Seti now builds on that foundation, drawing influence from spoken word and jazz improvisation and instrumentation, using these elements to push his sound in new directions. His music resists easy classification, blending spoken word, live instrumentation, and urban rhythm into a style that is unmistakably his own.
2020 EP, Lot’s Wife: The Curse of Hoza and Ngxobongwana. A project that aims to understand what Blackness entails in the post-apartheid moment of South Africa.
2018 Mixtape, eKhayelitsha. A reflection of township life attributed to the extensive hand of colonialism, which looks at the love and hate of the township.
Seti has performed on a range of stages across the country, sharing platforms with leading voices such as Thandeka Mfinyongo, Kujenga, Makhafula Vilakazi, Sabelo Soko, iPhupho L’ka Biko, Tankiso Mamabolo, Internet Athi, iNdlulamthi, and Enkosi Simelane. These collaborations and appearances have built strong
anticipation around this forthcoming debut album.
- Venue: The Black Power Station
- Location: The Old Power Station
- Ticket price: ZAR 120.00
- Programme type: The Fringe
- Genre: The Black Power Station Session
- Duration: 120 minutes
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