SA: Msaki to play Platinumb Heart gig at Lyric Theatre

The event will mark the first event of the Bassline Live concert series at The Lyric Theatre this year. The concert is titled Platinumb Heart gig was inspired by Msaki’s sophomore double album Platinumb Heart Open and Platinumb Heart Beating, which was released in November.

Msaki will be supported by fellow local artist Vinnie Mak from ALTBLK Continua. The show will also feature a collaboration with dancer and choreographer Kristi-Leigh Gresse.

“I am excited to perform again at Bassline Live at the Lyric Theatre. Our performance last May was one of my favourite shows of the year,” Msaki said. “It's always great to work with the Bassline family. For this show, I will collaborate with dancer Kristi-Leigh Gresse during my set, and my brother Vinnie Mak, from the ALTBLK Continua community, who recently moved from the Eastern Cape to Jozi, will open the show with his Buffalo City Blues.”

Msaki's latest album is a double-sided, boundary-breaking collection accentuating her singer-songwriter acoustic style on the one end and her electronic and producer ability on the other. The album has garnered millions of streams globally and achieved success on the local radio charts.

Gresse said: “Now more than ever we feel the distance between ourselves and the rest of the world. A collaboration such as this one provides a space for two or more individuals to explore their shared experiences in a creative space – learning from one another, inspiring innovation and adding to the collective consciousness. And thus, for me, the work develops into a performance that can potentially be both mesmerising and transformative for anyone who gets to experience it.”

Bassline creative director Paige Holmes said: “Audiences and fans of Msaki are in for such a treat, getting to see and hear her performing in all her glory within a live creative space that truly can’t be replicated or felt through the digital space. We are also so amped, with restrictions having been lifted, allowing decent audience numbers. The artists and audiences can sense and feel that live performance electricity – so sorely missed over the past two years.”

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