ORIGINS: Black Coffee | Resident Advisor

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For the latest edition in our film series with SONOS, we travelled to South Africa to hear how a national icon was made.

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Before we visited Johannesburg to shoot a Real Scenes film, we'd heard that Black Coffee was a big star in South Africa. But what we saw eclipsed anything we could have imagined. Nathi Maphumulo is a national icon—an artist who has come to embody the creative and professional potential for black South Africans in a post-apartheid world. For the last ten years, Nathi has been producing and playing house music that drips with soul. His style draws inspiration from the indigenous music of his homeland, blended with a love for classic hooks and songwriting. It's a blueprint that's helped him inspire a generation of South African producers.

All of which makes Nathi an ideal subject for ORIGINS. In order to tell the story of his formative years, we first travelled to Umlazi, a township outside of Durban where he developed a passion for music that would shape the rest of his life. We then spent time in Ngangalizwe, Mthatha, a township where, under the care of his grandmother, Nathi learned some of the harsh realities of rural living. This was also the place where, on the night Nelson Mandela was released from prison, Nathi was involved in an accident that left him without the use of his left hand. When Nathi visited his old high school, the frenzied reaction to his appearance showed just how large his story—one of success in the face of adversity—looms in the mind of young South Africans.

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Credits:
Director / Camera - Patrick Nation
Producer - Debbie Butts
Executive Producers - Ryan Keeling, Nick Sabine, Paul Clement
Graphics - Christian Olofsson
Dubbing Mixer - Guy Clarke
Colourist - Adam Clarke

Music:
100 Zulu Warriors - Black Coffee [Soulistic Music]
Turn Me On - Black Coffee [Soulistic Music]
Bana Ba Afrika (Feat. Uhuru) - Tumelo [Soulistic Music]
Even Though - Black Coffee [Soulistic Music]