Multi-award-winning songstress and Standard Bank Young Artist for Music 2023, Zoë Modiga, presents “The Vault: Album Launch Live at the Market Theatre. Brought to you by the creative and cultural hub Yelloewax, this new wonder world era will take place on the 23rd of April, staged at the iconic John Kani Theatre. “To our audiences, see you in the magic! Thank you to Standard Bank, Yelloewax.” Says Zoë Modiga
“The Vault” is Modiga’s self-written and produced fourth album, characterised by an experimental, alternative-soul sonic landscape. It is a love-themed time machine with 20 years’ worth of unreleased music dating from 2007 to 2025, composed alongside some of the career-defining songs in her discography.
“I have been able to make impactful music that resonates with my music lovers since 2017, and I am always trying to find new ways for us to make memories, make magic, and move through the ebbs and flows of life. Each one of my albums has been forged in love, fire, and a lot of life. I am excited for this new chapter in my creative life and am always honoured to serve my people through the gift and joy of music”.
She explains, “Our 4th album is a genre-bending, self-composed, arranged, and produced experimental album that explores the many themes and faces of love over 2 decades. This is work made alongside our audience’s favourite songs, tucked away in the vault like a treasure waiting to be dug up. It is a vulnerable and explorative record about self-love, romantic love, familial love, life-love, and God-love. Agape love”.
“The vitality of one’s creative autonomy and expression is the betterment of society. ” She continues. “If art is the mouthpiece of our human experiences, then being able to express oneself with freedom and without fear will have a powerful domino effect on society. Expression is where our stories are, our sense of self. My new era is about human freedom, joy, vulnerability, and exploration. It is about the importance of celebrating how multifaceted, layered, complex, and
beautiful, we are.”
An authentic, compelling artist challenging the status quo, Modiga is steadily creating an immortal legacy of cultural impact through music, fashion, and storytelling. The quintessential artist represents the present and future of South African music. Drawing from the human experience, worldbuilding, and identity, she has created a distinct sound in each era of her recording career.
The lively, transcendent performer is a musical chameleon with training in classical, jazz, and theatre. Known for enchanting audiences into another world while exuding an evocative individualism in fashion and imagery, she communicates a modern, evolving African story without losing its essence.
Her award-winning discography is three albums in, with her self-produced debut album, “Yellow:
The Novel” (2017), co-produced sophomore album, “Inganekwane” (2020), and her co-produced third album, “nomthandazo” (2024), under her label Yelloëwax. Her widely anticipated fourth album is released in (2026 in partnership with her Standard Bank Young Artist Award (2023). This is a self-produced, experimental, alternative soul work.
She has been invited to speak at stages as a keynote speaker and has mentored students from primary schools, high schools, universities, and other higher education institutions on storytelling, disenfranchised communities, the creative industry, cultural preservation, world-building, and global impact as an African creative. Tickets available at Webtickets.