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That album cover reminded me of another I used to play back in the day.
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That's a banger right there - guitar solo near the end is dynamite
Keeping to my theme of "bangers, but blatant" here's this
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Have we done this yet?
https://youtu.be/yW8kv98ehqo
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Bought a copy of this a few years ago:
https://soundcloud.com/boogizm-sounds/tom-boogizm-sgebengu-inombolo-yokuqala-side-a
https://soundcloud.com/boogizm-sounds/hotta-tapes-004-tom-boogizm-sgebengu-inombolo-yokuqala-side-b
’Sgbengu inombolo yokuqala’ translates from Zulu as ’Number one thug’, a nickname bestowed upon Tom by crowds in the townships he toured over a pair of three-week stints during 2015-2016, where he established a mean local reputation for his DJing and smoking skills, and where all the tunes in this killer mix come from. His skills and selections surely passed muster with the demanding crowds in Soweto’s Rockerfella club, where he endured a baptism by fire, playing on 1210’s with the pitch locked off at +4, but managed to hold it down and earn the enviable nickname and pick up the slow style of dancefloor pressure caught on this tape.
For the Kwaito layman or anyone who wasn’t listening when it broke thru into UK circles around 10 years ago thanks to Night Slugs et al, Kwaito is the slow (usually around 110bpm) deep house-compatible bridge between SA’s ‘80s bubblegum flavours and current Gqom styles. It’s still massively popular in the shebeens, yard parties and after-hours spots of SA townships such as Mafeking where Tom also played, driving between townships on long car journeys soaking up the local radio and swerving the tourist experience to properly immerse in the local culture.
More recently Kwaito has been highlighted in reissues from the likes of the Afro-synth label and comps on Strut, but you can trust that Tom cuts layers deeper into tunes rarely heard beyond the borders of the Southern hemisphere’s most populous country. You’ll have to shake him down for a tracklist, but if you copped any of the previous Shotta Tapes you’ll well know this one is practically essential, too.
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And for some real spiritual drum vibes from the classic Count Ossie album:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0PIT4NsuOA&ab_channel=atreyuow
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This thread is reanimating my algorithms. Thank you!
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Same. My new and improved algorithm gave me this tune the other day:
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During lockdown I got into a Vice wormhole and watched this doc about Sudan (old Vice, actually decent not clickbait):
Which had this song all the way through it:
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Get on this yewchewb channel which seems ideally suited to this thread: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwUtCe5v4BTUCCf0jyUWpw/videos
^ Hang on, channel started a day before this thread. Hmmmm...
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The slam years indeed 😎
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Just heard this little belter...
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Ghanaian artist moved to New York and did a major label album with Bernard Purdie on drums and produced by the guy who did BT Express albums. I was actually angry I never heard this until last week.
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North Africa via France all the Acid Arab stuff is ace and Weatherall was a fan
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