Revolution is a house band formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, consisting of twin brothers George and Joseph Mothiba.
[2] Featuring popular tracks such as Zim Connection, a collaboration with Zimbabwean jazz musician Andy Brown, it also went double platinum, selling more than 100,000 copies by February 2004.
[11] For 2005 album Roots the duo enlisted the services of actress (notably appearing in Muvhango) and singer Maduvha, who they also signed to their record label Four Sounds Productions, penning the song Light of My Life.
Featuring eclectic partnerships with artists such as Antonio Lyons and Don Laka it was described as a "proudly Pan African fruit cocktail of stunning soul vocals, kwaai jazz grooves, glorious gospel anthems, fly slam poetic raps, and authentic maskandi filters" by critic Miles Keylock in a laudative review.
Led by the popular single Teka Munike – a Portuguese language song with Rubygold – and producing credits ranging from Jazz great Themba Mkhize to car mechanic Randy it was well received by critics.
[19] The following year, in 2013, the brothers released a follow-up album, Evolution Delux, stating that "the idea behind this album is to take you around the world from Lana Del Rey to Nigeria" as it ranged from a tribal remix of Del Rey's Young and Beautiful to the song Jola with Senegalese singer Ndeye in the scarcely spoken Jola language.
it contains features from a diverse array of musicians from the late Andy Brown and Kelly Petlane (both of whom they had worked with previously) to "newer artists" like Msaki on the single Springtide.
[3] They credit entertainment figures such as Ghetto Ruff founder Lance Stehr or Selimathunzi producer Baby Joe for instilling in them the notion that their "industry is not about the glitz and the glamour" but rather culture and specially South African music.
[18] To explain their staying power, they point out to their "distinct support base who follow our music all the time", and whose feedback they take on board to craft their sound.
[4] Similarly, this connection to the mainstream public is said to help them "keep in touch, as does deejaying around the SADC region" which means they are able to notice recent trends before the rest of the industry catches up.