Asher Simiso Gamedze

Kings Place is proud to present the debut London headline show for the South African drummer and composer, on the back of his International Anthem-released albums Turbulence and Pulse and Constitution

Asher Gamedze is a South African drummer, composer, scholar and bandleader based in Cape Town. His music is a profound mixture of various musical traditions from Southern Africa, free improvisation and jazz and radical social and political thought.

A self-taught musician, Gamedze gained recognition over the years for his work on the drums with the likes of Angel Bat Dawid, Nduduzo Makhatini, and as a session player for many other South African artists, before releasing his critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Dialectic Soul’ in 2020. Named one of the best jazz albums of the year by various publications including The New York Times, it was followed in 2022 by the duo release ‘Out Side Work’. His latest album ‘Turbulence and Pulse’, released in 2023 through a special collaboration between International Anthem and Mushroom Hour Half Hour sees him coming back to the musicians and the political and historical questions of ‘Dialectic Soul’, infusing them with renewed significance.

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Asher Simiso Gamedze

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