Hidden Conversations: The Bands

This Friday, Hidden Spaces gathers three powerful voices at 86 Public, Randburg — Kujenga, The Brother Moves On, and Lerato.Orchestral.Collective*. More than just a line-up, this night is imagined as a communion, a conversation across generations of sound and experience.

For the Hidden Spaces, the decision to bring these three together came naturally. “These are bands with important voices. The message they bring is urgent and necessary. Hidden Spaces is a place where we gather, heal, and confront complex issues, and music lets those messages breathe. It was easy to bring them together, because they each represent something we deeply need right now.”

That spirit of exchange is central to Hidden Spaces. “When we talk about The Exchange, it’s a conversation, not one-directional, but artists speaking to each other, and to their audiences. It’s communion. It’s evolution. We hope people walk away with a sense of questioning, but also with peace, healing, restitution. That’s what art does, it provokes, it consoles, it transforms.”

For Kujenga, the night carries both energy and history. “We want the audience to feel everything, energy, emotion, spirit. To be fully open to what’s coming. For us, it’s a historic moment, because it’s an intergenerational conversation. The Brother Moves On are like our older brothers, laying the foundation. We’re the present, carrying that forward. And L.O.C* represent the future, ready to carve their own path. It’s a beautiful thing for Black band music.”

L.O.C* speak with the urgency that defines their music. “Our sound is about being thrown into the moment, delivering it raw and with integrity. This lineup is something we dreamed of two years ago, and now it’s here. People can expect us to be unapologetic and honest. That’s the pure essence. We don’t water it down. We tell the truth.”

And then there’s The Brother Moves On, ever the shapeshifters, carrying ritual, story, and defiance into every stage they occupy, setting the context that makes this night not just a show, but a statement.

Together, these three bands remind us why Hidden Spaces exists: to make room for the music that heals, questions, and dares.

Friday, 5 September 2025 | 86 Public, Randburg | Doors open 18:30