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Bcuc - The Road Is Never Easy - Import CD

Bcuc - The Road Is Never Easy - Import CD

CD

World Music

Africa

April 3, 2026

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Catalog No.: OHCD42

JAN/ISBN: 880918278551

Number of Discs: 1

Country/Region of Manufacture: Import

Credits:

Bcuc

Description:

BCUC's soul-stirring Afro-Psychedelic pierces the heart of present-day Soweto! BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness), the collective that has been sounding the soul of South Africa's Soweto for over 20 years, presents their fifth album and first release on Outhere Records. Their music uniquely fuses the physicality of indigenous funk, hip-hop-derived social consciousness, and punk's raw impulse, possessing an intensity akin to a head-on collision between gospel preaching and a live house. Their overwhelming live power and spiritual depth are internationally acclaimed, evidenced by their 2023 WOMEX Artist Award. On this album, they depict the reality of Soweto—still burdened over 30 years after apartheid's end—and the hope that persists within it. Comprising 10 entirely new tracks, it represents an unusually substantial volume compared to their previous works, which averaged around 3 songs. Centered on improvisation, their approach captures the moment a song "comes to life." This allows the raw, live intensity to be etched directly into the studio recording.A record of the Afro-psychedelic spirit, linking history and the present, anger and healing, prayer and resistance.

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