Black Motion

Black Motion

Black Motion performing at the Blue Room[1]
Background information
Origin Pretoria, South Africa
Genres House, afro house, deep house
Instruments Vocals, sampler, percussion
Years active 2010–present
Labels Tribe Records, House Afrika Records
Associated acts
Website spiritmotion.co.za
Members
  • Robert Mahosana
  • Thabo Mabogwane

Black Motion is South African dance music duo, best known for their percussion driven electronic dance music productions and energetic performance routines. Formed in 2009, the duo is made up of Bongani Mohosana and Thabo Mabogwane.[2]

Early life and career

The duo entered the South African dance music scene by having their productions featured on house music compilations.[3] These included tracks such as Bhana Shilolo which was featured on DJ Tokzen's compilation album, Set Me Free featured on DJ QT's album, as well Banane Mavoko which was featured on DJ Oskido's album.[4] Banane Mavoko would later become a breakthrough single for the duo and would feature in their debut double CD album Taking To The Drum, which was released in 2011.[5]

Black Motion has released three albums with their 2014 Fortune Teller album reaching gold status in its first forty nine days and winning a 2015 SAMA award for Best Dance album.[4]

Discography

Albums

 Albums by Black Motion[6]
Title Album details
Talking To The Drums
Aquarian Drums
Fortune Teller
Ya Badimo
Rainbow EP

Awards and nominations

Year Award Ceremony Prize Work/Recipient Result
2011 Mungana Lonene FM Music Awards Best Dance House Song Banane Mavoko Won
2011 Metro FM Awards Best Dance Album Talking To The Drums Nominated
2011 Channel O Music Video Awards Most Gifted Dance Video Banane Mavoko Nominated[7]
2012 African Entertainment Awards Best Concert Black Motion Won[8]
2015 Metro FM Awards Best Dance Album Fortune Teller Nominated[9]
2015 21st South African Music Awards Best Dance Album Fortune Teller Won[10]
2015 MTV African Music Awards Best Group Black Motion Nominated[11]
2015 African Muzik Magazine Awards Best Group Black Motion Nominated[12]
2017 16th Metro FM Music Awards Best Collaboration Rejoice (featuring. Bucie) Nominated[13]
2017 16th Metro FM Music Awards Song of the Year Imali Nominated[14]
2017 23rd South African Music Awards Best Group/Duo of the Year Black Motion Won[15]
2017 23rd South African Music Awards Best Dance Album Ya Badimo Won[11]

Endorsements

Black Motion partnered with Ballantine's Whiskey. This partnership will see a year-long collaboration between Ballantine’s and Black Motion that kicks off with a powerful campaign across television, radio, print and online.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "The Blue Room in Pretoria". blueroompretoria.co za. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Introducing Black Motion". ResidentAdvisor. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Black Motion's Releases". Bimba.co.za. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "News: Black Motion ready to dominate season". iol.co.za. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Black Motion talks about Talking To The Drums". idm Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Black Motion Discography". Discogs. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Music Video Awards". Channel O. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Winners for the African Entertainment Awards". missgo2girl.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Nomination List for the 14the Metro FM Music Awards". METROFM. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ "News: Nomination List for the South African Music Awards". Channel24. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Nomination List for the African Music Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nomination List for the African Muzik Magazine Awards". notjustok.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Nominees for the 16th Metro FM Music Awards". mymtvnews. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Nominees for the 16th Metro FM Music Awards". Channel 24. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Here are all the 2017 Sama winners". Channel 24. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Black Motion partners with Ballantine’s Whiskey". idm Magazine. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
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