[2] The Brother Moves On is known for their multi-disciplinary live shows described as "tradition-trouncing trans-Atlantic Afro-centric futuristically ancient fusion"[3] in which core members and invited performers take on various roles combining story telling, theatre, drawing, video installation and other experimental media.
[7] Nkululeko, Siyabonga and Zelizwe Mthembu grew up together in Kempton Park Tembisa in the East Rand of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Later that week the band was booked for a performance at Mam' Busi Mhlongo's memorial and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown Eastern Cape.
The six-track unmastered EP was performed and recorded at the SABC media park for a live studio audience and tells a fictional tale of a young South African villager named Mr. Gold.
The self-produced EP was re-released and mastered in 2015 with an additional three tracks and sees the movement from being a DIY band to being an art collective.
A performance artist/dancer, Kyle De Boer, also featured on a track entitled "The Black Diamond Butterfly" (which incidentally is the name of the character he plays for the piece).
ETA was produced by Paulo Chibanga, drummer of 340ml[8] and director of the Azgo Festival (Maputo), and engineered by Gavan Eckhart.
Track 2, "Ya’khalimbazo", is an ode to the self-defence unit (SDU) that used to police Caleni "Kalambazo" section in Tembisa between 1990 and 1993.
Titles including Duffel Bags Full of Dough, Game-Changing E-Minor and Fuck What You Heard and Zen or Die were thrown around before the band settled on A New Myth.
In a review for South African music website PLATFORM, Kevin Minofu said: "The Brother Moves On is the most important band in the country" and gave the album a score of 90 out of 100.