Cape Town band Bateleur create a tonic of instrumental, progressive music that sounds like it’s wandering around the wilderness, getting lost but never losing its way.

Image: Laura McCullagh

Bateleur have just released their new Cargo Cults EP, which features five original tracks and a B-side with remixes by local producers.
 

 
The EP would make good elevator music, but there would always be the risk that people might just stay in the lift rather than get out at their floor to go to work. We would then have elevators full of people just chilling, smoking peace pipes and giving each other shoulder massages.

 

Stream the EP above or from their Bandcamp page – you can also purchase it in the form of a mini wooden disk and flash stick.

image: Paul Ward

image: Paul Ward

image: Paul Ward

image: Paul Ward

images: Paul Ward, Laura McCullagh