“When the prices of everything went up ninety-seven times in one year, M’dhara Vitalis Mukaro came out of retirement to make the coffins in which we buried our dead. In a space of only six months, he became famous twice over, as the best coffin maker in the district and as the Mupandawana Dancing Champion.

Fame is an elastic concept, especially in a place like this, where we all know the smells of one another’s armpits. Mupandawana, full name Gutu-Mupandawana Growth Point, is bigger than a village but it is not yet a town. I have become convinced that the government calls Mupandawana a growth point merely to divert us from the reality of our present squalor with optimistic predictions about our booming future. As it is not even a townlet, a townling, or half a fraction of a town, there was much rejoicing at a recent ground-breaking ceremony for a new row of Blair toilets when the district commissioner shared with us his vision for town status for Mupandawana by the year 2065. Ours is one of the biggest growth points in the country, but the only real growth is in the number of people waiting to buy coffins and the lengthening line of youngsters waiting to board the Wabuda Wanatsa buses blasting Chimbetu songs all the way to Harare”.- The Mupandawana Dancing Champion

1. Minotaur Shock-The Broads
   Maritime (4ad, 2005)
2. James Yuill – This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Edit)
   This Sweet Love (Moshi Moshi Records, 2008)
3. Little Dragon – Feather
   Machine Dreams (Peacefrogs Records, 2009)
4. Wave Machines – Keep The Lights On
   Wave If You’re Really There (Neapolitan Records, 2009)
5. El Perro del Mar – Change Of Heart
   Love Is Not Pop (Control Group, 2009)
6. Memory Tapes- Plain Material
   Seek Magic (Acéphale, 2009)
7. The Radio Dept-Heaven’s On Fire
   Clinging To A Scheme (Labrador, 2010)

Before the colossal posts of Moka, I asked myself,  “Is there anyone who wants more music?… Seriously?”
But then, we all live in a “Consumer Society” (whatever that means) and… Springtime is finally here!!
Following that line of thought, there is no real reason why you shouldn’t sit back and allow yourself to enjoy this timely playlist which you can take by the hand and let you follow in any “spring-situation”.
Enjoy it.
Photo: Sakurako Kitsa