POPS MOHAMED


Pops Mohamed is at the helm of the current world music movement. He experiments with global sounds and digital electronica to create a fusion of tradition and modern technology. Pops successfully combines a deep-rooted African sound with contemporary instruments and electronics. His accessible sound is blend of indigenous music with a dance base.

Pops Mohamed Meets The London Sound Collective was released in August 2000 and is a collaboration with the underground drum 'n bass outfit LSC. It is a fusion of East London urban sounds with indigenous instrumentals, which brings traditional music into the sphere of modern dance music. Pops was involved in recording the raw sounds of the San Bushmen on The Bushmen of the Kalahari CD, released in August 2000 as the result of his visit to the Kalahari in 1995. Some of the recordings provided the backbone of Pops' acclaimed album How Far Have We Come?

The albums Kalamazoo, 1992 and Sophiatown, 1993 were both nominated Best Jazz Album in South Africa's OKTV Awards. Pops produced the late Moses Molelekwa's award winning album Finding Ones Self, in 1996. He has toured all over the world both as a producer of indigenous music and as a performer.