A CONFIDENT indie outfit from Edinburgh are embarking on a musical journey to pay homage to an album as culturally significant as it was controversial.

A bootleg cassette tape was the catalyst that sparked the revival of a bereft-of-confidence Paul Simon in the early 1980s.

Sinking further into a depressed state as his marriage collapsed and his music was disregarded on a commercial stage, he turned to a hostile environment in the heart of South Africa’s politically-charged landscape in the years of apartheid.

After tracking down the artists behind the tape, he flew to Johannesburg to partly record and produce a sound immersed with various musical styles, yet to fully be appreciated by a worldwide audience. Graceland emerged from the sessions and went on to achieve mass critical acclaim upon its 1986 release.

Years passed and the album’s success held up, with numerous bands drawing inspiration from the Simon’s most successful studio record to date.

Bwani Junction are one such band, who, in the summer of 2015, decided they needed a project to keep them occupied.

Appearing at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall this Saturday, the band – comprising Rory Fairweather (vocals and guitar), Jack Fotheringham (drums and vocals), Dan Muir (lead guitar) and Fergus Robson (bass and vocals) – have released two albums since their formation, with Fully Cocked (2011) and Tongue of Bombie (2014) drawing comparisons to the likes of Vampire Weekend and Two Door Cinema Club, with a third album very much on the way.

They will be supported by Dunfermline's very own Moonlight Zoo.

The performance starts at 7.30pm with tickets still available at a cost of £20 via www.onfife.com.