James van Minnen and Guy Collins have both been in the music scene for years, mostly somewhat under the radar, fuelling the backline in some of the more well-known outfits around. Mahala Review (voted in the top 25 artists of 2012 by IMR Magazine) “James van Minnen can extract a beat from a feather and a shoe if it were asked of him seated at his drums he appears as a blur of limbs and crashing steel from which infectious rhythms emanate in metronomic waves…he infuses African and Middle Eastern rhythms into songs with hypnotic effect” The long distance groove from somewhere in the American south, Howlin’ Wolf on Highway 49, beamed into the living room. His interest really took off when he was 15 on a warm day. Like its name-snake, mean with a smile on its face.īorn on the southern tip of Africa, Guy Collins has been playing guitar for most of his years. Gritty & hard hitting, the music winds you off the floor and twists you to your feet. This is afro swamp gospel, this is blues n’ roll.
Words of humor and hope sliding between writhing riffs and the insistent thump of a cowhide drum. Mean Black Mamba: Raw foot stomping roots music that grooves your body and soul.
