Hidden Years Music Archive

Hidden Years Music Archive This collection contains irreplaceable material documenting the 'alternative' contemporary and indigenous music scene in Southern Africa between 1960 and 2005.

The Hidden Year Music Archive is an archival research project based at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The Hidden Year Music Archive Project (HYMAP) is an archival project based at the Documentation Centre for Music (DOMUS), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The bulk of the material was collected by David Marks, owner of the 3rd Ear Music Company and also includes various collections donated to him. Marks recorded wherever he went and has subsequently built up a vast collection of over 175 000 items representing concerts, events, theatre productions, political meetings and music festivals throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this project is to unpack, sort and catalogue this archive in order to make it accessible for national as well as international scholars.

Highly recommend! Vir gesond, rustig, en sterk wees die vakansie - kan daar iets beters wees as yoga in Stilbaai?
13/12/2023

Highly recommend! Vir gesond, rustig, en sterk wees die vakansie - kan daar iets beters wees as yoga in Stilbaai?

30/07/2023

All the photographs on this page are preserved in the Hidden Years Music Archive, Stellenbosch University. In 1971, a sound system arrived in South Africa, the first of its kind, that made possible the development of a unique South African music story. The history of this sound system has largely fa...

Interested in the Hidden Years Music Archive and the music and stories that can be found? Visit our website where you ca...
02/02/2023

Interested in the Hidden Years Music Archive and the music and stories that can be found? Visit our website where you can find content from the archive, films made about the music and much more! https://hiddenyears.co.za/

Attending the FIAT/IFTA international conference in Cape Town
04/10/2022

Attending the FIAT/IFTA international conference in Cape Town

Dear LiLa & the HYMAP team in Stellenbosch. I forgot..., Mountains of Men was issued, not released?... on this very day,...
06/09/2022

Dear LiLa & the HYMAP team in Stellenbosch. I forgot..., Mountains of Men was issued, not released?... on this very day, 6th September 1966. In fact Des (Lindberg) & Ian (Lawrence) helped it escape on a 7 inch single... tunnelling it's way out on to the LM Radio charts, at 17... HOWEVER... 6 Sept 1966 was / is also the very day in which Hendrik Verwoed was assassinated in Parliament by Tsafendus... and that’s the day that Master Jack happened to become a glint in my eye; as yet to be conceived… underground. Number 4 shaft St. Helena Gold Mine. (Please note... we should still discourage those who insist that Jack was actually Hendrik, not to injure themselves by jumping to unnecessary conclusions.😅😱) - Master Jack as about 3 minutes, not about Hendrik Verwoed. 😎... although, in fairness, he could be considered the dark spark.😁. Just saying.🥰🌈🎶

14. YOU TUBE - MOUNTAINS of MEN – DAVID MARKS & THE HIDDEN YEARS BAND (1964-1997) >> http://youtu.be/6gcXjYO9Ngk

David Marks’s photographs from the featured on CBS morning today
26/07/2022

David Marks’s photographs from the featured on CBS morning today

Half of our new online database design team .. updates to follow. We are SO exited!!!
09/11/2021

Half of our new online database design team .. updates to follow. We are SO exited!!!

To a beautiful life with dankie vir al die blomme! Nou maak ons ook vars camomile tee
07/11/2021

To a beautiful life with dankie vir al die blomme! Nou maak ons ook vars camomile tee

Exiting things to come!
01/11/2021

Exiting things to come!

22/09/2021

“Getting goosebumps from the music”, thank you for the fun day

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