The Pan African Space Station (PASS) is a 30-day music intervention from September 12 - October 12, on radio and the internet, as well as venues across greater Cape Town.

It is an opportunity for Capetonians and visitors to engage up-close with the rich and complex web of creative expression which binds Africans across the globe.

PASS is also an exploration of and an intervention into spatial and cultural ghettos in the city and how to link them physically (through the music venues) and conceptually (on radio and the internet).

Now in its third year, PASS continues its cross-cultural and cyber-spatial exploration, bringing together diverse pan-African sounds from ancient grooves to future hip-hop.

PASS radio, a unique freeform radio station, is back with 30 days of cutting edge music streamed live online. The station features themed shows, live performances and readings, debates, sound art, speeches, interviews and much more.

From October 1 - 4 2010, PASS III plays host to genre-busting music outfits from global Africa dedicated to exploring new musical territory.

Watch this space...

PASS is a creation of the Heliocentrics in partnership with the

with the kind support of :

Website: François Naudé & Stacy Hardy

The Heliocentrics are Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga. They work with sound, space, situation, word and image.

TheAfrica Centre is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of contemporary African arts and cultural practices. In addition to the Pan African Space Station, the Africa Centre conducts three annual festivals in Cape Town: Spier Contemporary (art), Infecting the City (performance art), Badilisha Poetry X-change (poetry) as well as an artist-in-residency programme based in Senegal, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa - SPARCK - Space for Pan-African Research, Creation and Knowledge.