Tumi and the Volume

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Afrique 02:27 Tools
Reality Check 02:42 Tools
Floor 04:04 Tools
What It's All About 05:03 Tools
Signs 04:34 Tools
Bus Stop Confessions 05:02 Tools
Johnny Dyani 02:46 Tools
The Story Behind the Pain 02:40 Tools
Learning 04:34 Tools
Smile, You On Camera 01:47 Tools
Oslo 04:01 Tools
Asinamali 03:10 Tools
In a Minute 04:53 Tools
Basement 04:53 Tools
Bergman's Theory 01:04 Tools
These woman 12:42 Tools
Sticks and Stones 12:42 Tools
Limpopo 04:21 Tools
Through My Sunroof 04:37 Tools
Number Three 04:15 Tools
La tête savante 00:30 Tools
Ellof 17:45 00:40 Tools
Moving Picture Frames 03:43 Tools
Light In Your Head 03:06 Tools
Ladies and Gentlemen Up Next It Be the Raw, the Live, Known Affectionately As 02:22 Tools
Volume Trials 02:39 Tools
Enter The Dojo 03:23 Tools
Play Nice 09:43 Tools
Of Parties And Stars 00:00 Tools
Made No More 00:00 Tools
Ellof 00:39 Tools
Play Nice (Includes Hidden Track "Tine Blues") 00:00 Tools
La Tete Savante 02:24 Tools
Ellof - 17:45 00:39 Tools
People, People 04:58 Tools
Never Deny You 03:58 Tools
Yvonne 02:40 Tools
My Posters 02:45 Tools
Welcome 02:13 Tools
Celebration 00:50 Tools
The Story Behind The Paint 01:40 Tools
She spirit fancies 03:59 Tools
Ladies and Gentlemen 02:22 Tools
Chameleon 03:06 Tools
People Of The Light 04:58 Tools
Four 02:39 Tools
What You Got For Me? 04:27 Tools
Ladies & Gentlemen 02:23 Tools
76 05:13 Tools
Elof - 17:45 05:14 Tools
'76 05:14 Tools
Ladies and Gentleman Next Up It Be The Raw, The Live, Known Affectionately As 02:23 Tools
Ellof 17-45 00:40 Tools
Whats It All About 00:40 Tools
Ellof 17:45. 00:39 Tools
Johnny Dvani 00:39 Tools
POWA (Kanye West "Power" Remix) 00:39 Tools
Signs (are all around us) 00:39 Tools
Bergmans Theory 00:39 Tools
The Powa Mixtape 43:59 Tools
Limpopo (South Africa) 04:22 Tools
Ladies and Gentlemen, up Next Will Be the Raw, the Live, Known Affectionately As 04:22 Tools
Ladies and gentlemen up next 04:22 Tools
01 Ellof 17-45 04:22 Tools
Crossroads feat. John Mayer 04:22 Tools
How Low feat. Jose Gonzalez, Chen Lo and Zubz 04:22 Tools
Tumi and the Volume - Afrique 04:22 Tools
The Butcher By Radiohead Feat. Proverb 00:00 Tools
What you got for me 00:00 Tools
Ladies and Gentlemen Up Next It Be the Raw, The Live, Known Affectionat 00:00 Tools
01 Yvonne 00:00 Tools
Number 3 00:00 Tools
Ladies & gentlemen up next it be the raw,the live,known affectionately as.. 00:00 Tools
Afrique (FIFA 08 Soundtrack) 00:00 Tools
People of the Light (feat. Pebbles) 00:00 Tools
La tęte savante 00:00 Tools
Ladies and Gentleman 00:00 Tools
Ladies And Gentlemen Up Next It Be The Raw, The Live, Known 04:19 Tools
Four f/Marcus Wyatt 04:19 Tools
76 f/Pebbles 04:19 Tools
In A Minute (feat. Fifi) 04:19 Tools
People of the Light f/Pebbles 04:19 Tools
La tкte savante 04:19 Tools
Ladies & Gentlemen Up Next It Be The Raw, The Live, Known Affectionately As 00:00 Tools
05 - What it's all about 00:00 Tools
Pick A Dream (Album Sample) 08:50 Tools
09 What You got for Me- 00:00 Tools
04 Celebration 00:00 Tools
08 Four 00:00 Tools
07 76 05:14 Tools
10 She Spirit Fancies 00:00 Tools
Sings 00:00 Tools
07 - Afrique 00:00 Tools
02 - Floor 00:00 Tools
08 - The story behind the pain 00:00 Tools
03 - Bus stop confessions 00:00 Tools
Floor [2006] 00:00 Tools
POWA Remix 00:00 Tools
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Tumi and the Volume is a popular and innovative musical act from Johannesburg, South Africa, known for combining Jazz and Hip Hop with complex and highly politicized lyrics. The group is composed of members of the band, 340ml, and Tumi Molekane. Drawing heavily on the legacy of apartheid, as well as the realities of life in today's South Africa, The Volume has quickly become one of South Africa’s most eclectic music acts. In just over a year the group has managed to create a distinct musical accent that includes blends of samba, reggae and poetry that speaks to the unique reality of the South African experience. Tumi and the Volume are made up of four members. Tumi Molekane (vocals), the centerpiece of the group, is an accomplished South African poet from Johannesburg. In 2002, he met Tiago and Paulo Chibanga and Dave Bergman, who were playing backup for MCs at the Bassline, in Melville, Johannesburg. Tiago and Paulo are both members of the Mozambiquean, South African-based band 340ml. For the production of their first album, At the Bassline the group added Kyle Rose Smith, a violinist, to complete The Volume. On their second album, the self-titled studio release, Smith is featured but she left the band in early 2005 to join Freshlyground. Tumi and the Volume was founded when then-solo emcee Tumi Molekane met The Volume, a backup band at the Bassline. The first collaborative project, which evolved into At the Bassline, began in the beginning of 2003. Yet since before the release of their first album, Tumi and the Volume have been performing across southern Africa and Europe. Their first year together, 2002, saw them mostly tour South Africa and contribute to music festivals across the country, as well as open for bigger international groups performing in Johannesburg and Cape Town, such as Positive Black Soul, from Senegal, and Blackalicious, from the United States. The release, and following critical acclaim of, At the Bassline, shot them onto a bigger stage, as the group performed at the Quart Festival in Norway, alongside with The Roots and Coldplay. 2005 through 2006 saw the successive releases of their second album--and first studio album--Tumi & the Volume, in first South Africa, and then Europe and North America. Through June and July of 2006, the band traveled to Canada and performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival. In August of 2006, their first album was re-released on Apple iTunes Music Store. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.