SPAZABASS – “Kwaito Dilla Jazz” EP

https://amf.didiermary.fr/spazabass-kwaito-dilla-jazz-ep/

Kwaito Tribute to J Dilla by South African collective SPAZABASS. This South African music collective consists of a DJ / Producer and various live session musicians.

James Dewitt Yancey (1974 – 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, rapper, and composer.

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Mandoza - Tsotsi Yase Zola
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2pLLGQB8Q
#music #nowplaying

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Er ist leider schon tot, hat aber einige coole Sachen gemacht. Im #kwaito style

Mandoza - Tsotsi Yase Zola

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TKZee – Magesh

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TKZee is a South African Kwaito music group formed in the 1990s by three school friends, Tokollo ‘Magesh’ Tshabalala (RIP), Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala.TKZee is one of the pioneering groups of Kwaito, Mapantsula and electronic music in South Africa.

The group shot to prominence in late 1997 with their singles “Palafala” and “Shibobo.” […]

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Mandoza – Nkalakatha

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Kwaito star Mandoza, aka MDZ, born Mduduzi Tshabalala, died in 2016 at the age of 38. One of the most notable Kwaito artists, with 10+ studio albums, many of his singles turned hits and he received multiple awards.

“Nkalakatha,” on Mandoza’s eponym second album, was at the time an anthem for all South Africans. It […]

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JE Movement – Ma Dea Luv

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Before Kwaito, in 1988, JE Movement released Ma Dea Luv, the first album of the duo formed by James Nyingwa et Elliot Faku. It’s dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop. The eponym track is considered a wordplay on Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time.

Toward the end of the 1980s […]

#80smusic #Apartheid #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #HipHop #Funk #RnB

JE Movement - Ma Dea Luv - African Music Forum

JE Movement - Ma Dea Luv - Dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop, released in 1988, before Kwaito.

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Saturday Fever – Jivaro

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Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, les quatre membres de Jivaro ont été actifs à la fin des années 1980. “Saturday Fever” est sorti en 1989.

"One of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece 'Saturday Fever,' the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly […]

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Saturday Fever - Jivaro - African Music Forum

Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, Jivaro a été actif à la fin des années 1980. "Saturday Fever" est sorti en 1989.

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Still time to discover GQOM!

https://amf.didiermary.fr/faka-south-africa-gqom/

If you loved Kwaito, GQOM is its sibling: ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style.

FAKA “is a South African performance art duo, founded by Desire Marea and Fela Gucci, dealing with issues of the black queer body.”

#AfroHouse #GQOM #Kwaito #LGBTQ #Soundcloud #SouthAfrica #Electro

Still time to discover GQOM! - African Music Forum

Still time to discover GQOM! - "ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style." FAKA "is a South African performance art duo."

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Shangaan goes global…

https://amf.didiermary.fr/shangaan-goes-global/

South Africa has been for many years at the forefront of tradi-modern music, mixing ancient music styles and electro, House music mainly (e.g. Kwaito).

From traditional Shangaan music was born Shangaan Electro with producers like Nozinja, seen in this short documentary…
A dance movement and musical style born from [...]

#Documentary #Kwaito #ShangaanElectro #SouthAfrica #Electro

Shangaan goes global... - African Music Forum

Shangaan goes global... - From traditional music was born Shangaan Electro as seen in this short documentary...

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Classic Kwaito mixed - African Music Forum

Classic Kwaito mixed - 32 tracks in KWAITO EDITION III ( classic ) mixed by Club Banga - Graphic design: strumandesigns

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