340ml

340ml
Origin	Maputo, Mozambique Now based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Genres	Experimental Tropical Pop, Dub, Alternative
Years active	2000 – present
Labels	Sheer Sound 340ml Music Arame Farpado
Associated acts	Tumi Molekane Tumi & The Volume
Members	Paulo Jorge Chibanga (Drums) Rui Soeiro (Bass) Tiago Correia-Paulo (Guitar) Pedro Pinto (Vocals and Melodica)

340ml (pronounced: three forty mil) is an African musical group who originate from Maputo, Mozambique, but are now based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have therefore jokingly been described by some as being "Jozambican". The band incorporates many different elements into their music including Dub, Jazz, Ska, Afro-jazz and Reggae. It is therefore very difficult to attach the band to any specific music genre, as their style is rather unusual. The music that 340ml produces is often described as having a very relaxed African-feel to it, and also strongly incorporates elements of Latin music, and to a lesser extent, Marrabenta. Their music has also been described by Jean Barker (a music critic on "Channel24.co.za". ) as "sounding better than a cold beer opening on a hot day."

The four band members arrived in Johannesburg in the mid-1990s in order to pursue academic careers. Paulo Jorge Chibanga had intentions on becoming an architect, Rui Soeiro studied a Bachelor of Commerce, Pedro Pinto's career choices lay in Industrial Psychology and Tiago Correia-Paulo pursued a career in Economics. Paulo branched out into a different area of design, with his Dubstars clothing label which is reportedly becoming very popular within Johannesburg. Rui started working on releasing music compilations called Dubvaults through the band's label 340ml Music. Pedro ventured into jewelry design and other crafts. Tiago worked as a designer and illustrator for many years and now is more involved in film and video directing and producing.

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