Custom stems & backing tracks · Dublin / Worldwide
South African Jazz,
Minus the part you play.
Professional backing tracks and custom stem splits for South African Jazz — so vocalists, horn players, pianists and gigging bands can practise, perform and record with a full band behind them.
Singer? Mute the vocals. Sax player? Mute the horns. The band plays on — that's the service.
Who this is for
Built for working musicians
If you've ever needed the band without the band — for rehearsal, a gig, a service or a recording — this was made for you.
Vocalists & Choirs
Perform classic South African jazz and gospel repertoire with a full backing mix — vocals removed, key intact, arrangement true to the original feel.
Horn & Solo Players
Sax, trumpet, trombone, EWI: practise and perform with the rhythm section behind you. Solo over the changes the way the music deserves.
Bands, DJs & Broadcasters
Missing a member for the gig? Need clean stems for a live set, remix or radio segment? Get individual parts you can drop straight into your rig.
The songbook
The music of the legends
Backing tracks and stems from the golden repertoire of South African jazz — the songs every audience knows and every performer wants to own on stage.
Miriam Makeba
Pata Pata · The Click Song · Malaika
Hugh Masekela
Grazing in the Grass · Stimela · Thanayi
Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)
Mannenberg · The Wedding · Water from an Ancient Well
Letta Mbulu
There's Music in the Air · Nomalizo · Kube
…and the wider songbook: marabi, mbaqanga, Cape jazz and gospel standards. If it's South African and it swings, ask me for it.
How it works
Three steps. 48-hour turnaround.
Send the song
WhatsApp or email me the track you own or the song you need, plus your instrument or voice part and the key you want.
I build your mix
Using professional AI stem-separation plus a musician's ear, I split, clean and balance every part — checked by someone who actually plays this music.
Play with the band
You receive high-quality WAV/MP3 files: the full backing mix plus 5 individual stems, ready for rehearsal, stage or studio.
Pricing
Simple, per-track pricing
Your track, separated
- You supply the audio file
- Split into 5 clean stems (drums, bass, piano/keys, horns/other, vocals)
- Balanced "minus-one" backing mix of your choice
- WAV + MP3 delivery in 48 hours
Custom backing track
- Everything in Stem Split, plus:
- Key change or tempo adjustment to suit your voice or horn
- Extra polish: cleaned bleed, smoothed intros/endings
- Count-in added for live performance
- One free revision
Who's behind this
Split by software. Checked by a musician.
I'm Sello Moeketsi — a Dublin-based multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, piano, EWI, percussion), composer, bandleader of the ensemble Imvelo, and broadcaster. I grew up inside this music: marabi, mbaqanga, Cape jazz, gospel, and the amapiano wave that carries them forward today.
Anyone can run a file through an algorithm. The difference here is that every stem is checked by ears that know how a South African rhythm section is supposed to breathe — where the bass sits, how the piano cycles, what the horns mean. If a split doesn't serve the music, it doesn't leave my studio.
Credentials
- Professional performer — weddings, events, live TV
- Bandleader, Imvelo
- Broadcaster & DJ, JOZI RADIO
- Founder, Sello Media — IMRO-registered label
- Music business workshop facilitator
Ready when you are
Order your first track
Message me the song, your instrument or voice part, and which package you want. I'll confirm the price and delivery time before you pay — payment by PayPal or Revolut.
Tracks are prepared for your personal practice, live performance and rehearsal use. For commercial release of any recording that uses these stems, licensing of the underlying song remains the responsibility of the client — I'm happy to point you in the right direction.