He’s 33 and comes from the Congo, but don’t expect Léon Malele to play rumba. With its resolutely Anglo-Saxon sound, his maiden album, Chocolate, could almost be taken for American soul.
They’ve performed their Bantu Groove at venues all round the world. Thirteen years after their first album, and despite losing several of the group’s charismatic members, Mascase are back centre stage. The band boasts a new line-up and some brand new tracks, but their desire to blend Bantu music with modern rhythms is unchanged.
