Kwaito resources?

[baboon2004]

Gonna listen to this now - thanks! Purely out of interest, are you from SA? So difficult to get news of kwaito in Europe.

For eg, Just now realised I missed this (OK, it's last year now, but free drinks too???!?):

http://www.savibes.com/music/music-news/1093-sa-house-music-legend-blackcoffee-in-soho-london.html

Edit: loving the synths on this....

 

[rahjustify]

Purely out of interest, are you from SA?

No, Im from london but been living between here and new york. been working with a friend in new york who manages a producer from SA (Nozinja who does the shangaan stuff). It's through that connection that i get any info on things happening in SA- Nozinja is very close to spoko so i've been hearing (and digging) his tracks for a while now.

 

[routes]

there is no chance in hell that this will not be fucking sick.

 

[Aww Nein]

<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/13916870"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/13916870" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="">DJ SPOKO // GRAVE MIX</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/soundcities">SOUNDTRAVELS</a></span>

20 min mix showcasing 10 unreleased tracks by DJ Spoko.. Check it!!

Don't know if any of you guys have come across Spoko before- he's been active in the Pretoria House scene for a few years now. He hasn't had that much international exposure but he mentored and worked with Mujava helping him make (the now infamous..) Township Funk.

Spoko describes his current sound as 'bacardi house'- in my mind though.. this is proof that he owns the 'township' sound.

Be really interested to see what you guys make of this..

preeety good mix...

 

[Sick Boy]

there is no chance in hell that this will not be fucking sick.

From that link:

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This is sick. Loving the eski/early ruff sqwad accordian sounding synth. Got a kind of soca vibe to it too. Can you call this kind of shit kwaito though? It sounds a lot different from what I'd usually call kwaito.

 

[routes]

yeah love that track. not kwaito tho, more just zulu pop music. they call it shangaan.

 

[mistersloane]

there is no chance in hell that this will not be fucking sick.

wicked, nice one routes. tickets booked. i am soooo fucking there.

 

[rrrivero]

yeah love that track. not kwaito tho, more just zulu pop music. they call it shangaan.

yup, there's a thread about it on dissensus as well

http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php?10952-shangaan-stuff&highlight=shangaan

That Spoko mix is great btw, last track is sick

 

[routes]

this is pretty funny. Skeleton Magic Bounce are a dance/vibes crew/sound from Joburg.

 

[hopper]

anyone come across this one? really strange one, love the tune - but apparently the song was really controversial in south africa... the lyrics supposedly go across the line with misogyny - and the guy was imprisoned for child abuse
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[routes]

yeah big tune, it's in this thread about 3 times i think.. dunno about misogyny but a 'sister bettina' is that girl in the club that's been with all the boyz, has a drink and won't take no for an answer etc...

 

[hopper]

yeah big tune, it's in this thread about 3 times i think.. dunno about misogyny but a 'sister bettina' is that girl in the club that's been with all the boyz, has a drink and won't take no for an answer etc...

oh shit yeah it is, my bad!

 

[muser]

 

[hopper]

great track muser - never ceases to amaze me how much more honest and appealing all this stuff feels to me than most of what I'm hearing from the UK at the moment.

 

[routes]

jeez positiva are releasing ancient SA ghetto house classics?! lol ok then


never much cared for this tune tbh but i do quite like it... sounds to me like they've remixed/mastered it to FUCK tho.

 

[Ory]

^interesting. anyone know of any other somewhat recent vinyl releases/reissues? there was that mzo bullet 12" a while back but other than that...?

(kuduro 12" recommendations are also welcome tho this isn't really the thread for it)

 

[slackk]

jeez positiva are releasing ancient SA ghetto house classics?! lol ok then


never much cared for this tune tbh but i do quite like it... sounds to me like they've remixed/mastered it to FUCK tho.

that came out in like 2009 you know

very nice press that

 

[NKC]

yeh that's a big track..

new jumping back slash tracks out soon are soundin niiice

 

[denoir]

 

[muser]

^love that, where is more