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shangaan electro - New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Ask us about Shangaan Electro a week ago and we'd ask you to speak slower. Ask us this week and we'll rave about one of the most astounding records we've heard this year. The erstwhile and intrepid ears of Honest Jon's Mark Ainley and Hardwax/Basic Channel legend Mark Ernestus have been following this niche style from Soweto, SA, for a hot minute, long enough anyway to pick out twelve extraordinary examples of 180bpm, marimba-laden, afro-dance diamonds hewn from rickety drum machines and keyboards shaped into dazzling fillips of pure dance energy. We almost couldn't believe our ears on first listen, or the tenth. It was perhaps only when we witnessed the accompanying videos on youtube that it started to settle into place, watching liquid hipped Shangaan dancers scuttle and stomp like folk possessed by something untold but completely comprehendible. It's not a large punt to draw distinctions between this and Chicago footwurk or Caribbean Soca styles, from the high tempo velocity to use of basic equipment all deployed with the intention of eliciting faster and more furious dance moves from the participants. Essentially this is a continuation of traditional styles, only plugged in at the studio of Nozinja Music Productions to become utterly electrified and electrifying. But these aren't simply instrumental rhythms, they're also songs with passionate, soul wrenching vocals and head-rushingly sweet synth melodies. Four exemplary contributions from the scene's lynchpin Zinja Hlungwani are worth the entry price alone; from the gripping hypertension of 'Ntombi Ya Mugaza' to the warbling duet of synthesized and human soul in 'Nwa Gezani My Love', or the alien harmonics of 'Nwa Gezani', you're paying to experience a mesmerizing sound that you simply can't hear anywhere outside of Limpopo or low-res youtube clips. Nozinja is responsible for the breakneck speed of Shangaan Electro, responding to public demand for faster rhythms since opening his studio in 2005, even creating "boy bands" like the boiler-suited and clown mask-wearing Tshetsha Boys and producing for the rest of the artists included here. To be fair, this music is still a totally niche prospect, but initial reactions from friends we would never expect to like it have been as immediate as the music itself and there's no denying this will be one of the years most lauded albums among adventurous listeners. This is genuinely some of the most exciting music you'll hear this year, and alongside the Footwork/Juke craze currently taking hold, you'll have heard little like it before. ESSENTIAL PURCHASE!
Nueva Cumbia Argentina: The Buenos Aires Implosion
Soot
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DJ/Rupture compiled collection of fresh-out-the-barrio takes on the traditional sound of Cumbia.
Ayobaness! The Sound Of South African House
OutHere Records
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Definitive guide to current Kwaito, joining the dots between DJ Cleo, Mujava, DJ Clock & Pastor Mbhobho!
The World Ends Afro Rock And Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria
Soundway Records
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Soundway Records presents an incredible look at Afro Rock And Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria.
Bombay Connection
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The King Of History: Classic 1970s Benga Beats From Kenya
Sterns
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Wicked compilation of rare Kenyan dance music from the 1970s.
Soundway Records
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First released in 1974, 'The Kusum Beat' was a very popular album in The Sweet Talks' native Ghana.
Mental Groove
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KILLER comp of Kuduro from a diaspora of Angolan, Portuguese, French and South American artists.
Jarvis Cocker Supports Finders Keepers: Make Do & Mend 01
Finders Keepers Records
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Cocker kicks off a collectable series of bargain-priced Finders Keepers comps - Highly Recommended!
Soundway Records
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After nearly 40 years languishing in the Afro-beat annals, Hedzoleh's seminal album finally reissued!
Radioclit presents: The Sound Of Club Secousse Vol.1
Crammed Discs
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Crucial comp, up there with anything Honest Jon's have offered in the last few years. Recommended!!!
Soundway Presents Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots In Colombia 1975-1991
Soundway Records
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21 tracks from the northern coasts of Colombia!
New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Honest Jon's Records
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Genuinely mindblowing Mark Ainley/Mark Ernestus compiled 180bpm, marimba-laden, afro-dance diamonds.
New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Honest Jon's Records
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Genuinely mindblowing Mark Ainley/Mark Ernestus compiled 180bpm, marimba-laden, afro-dance diamonds.
SHAKE SHAKIR / ONI AYHUN / SHANGAAN ELECTRO
Honest Jon's Records
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Second in this remix series, featuring reworks from Shake and Oni Ayhun.
SHAKE SHAKIR / ONI AYHUN / SHANGAAN ELECTRO
Honest Jon's Records
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Second in this remix series, featuring reworks from Shake and Oni Ayhun.
Paint, Straw And Bubbles / Maze (Long Version)
Honest Jon's Records
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Mighty, mighty new twelve from Actress for Honest Jon's...
MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO / DIGITAL MYSTIKZ
Honest Jon's Records
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Moritz and co with a brand new track and a Mala remix, serious.
PEVERELIST / VILLALOBOS & LODERBAUER
Shangaan Shake: Villalobos/Loderbauer & Peverelist
Honest Jon's Records
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The series continues - this time with Peverelist, Ricardo Villalobos and Loderbauer at the controls.
ABDEL HADI HALO & THE EL GUSTO ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS
Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra Of Algiers
Honest Jon's Records
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Amazing Moorish Andalusian music mixed down and mastered by the great Moritz Von Oswald....
VARIOUS / HONEST JON'S RECORDS
Honest Jon's Records
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Juju, apala, afrofunk, highlife and classic fuji!
Shangaan Shake: Mark Ernestus Meets BBC
Honest Jon's Records
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Hugely influential Berlin lynchpin meets Afro-Futurist Dance-Pop in the 1st of the Shangaan remix series.
Honest Jon's Records
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Mastered by Moritz Von Oswald, excellent album from the mighty Calvin Bubbles Cameron.
VARIOUS / HONEST JON'S RECORDS
Honest Jon's Records
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CLASSIC compilation focussing on killer dancehall vocal and dub's from the Unity Sounds crew - DON"T MISS!
VARIOUS / HONEST JON'S RECORDS
Honest Jon's Records
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32 intensely beautiful recordings made in Istanbul during the the first three decades of the 20th century...
Honest Jon's Records
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Something like a cross between Stina Nordenstam (in the vocals) and the Cocteau Twins (in the textures)...
Crammed Discs
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The long long awaited second album proper from one of the most exceptional, visceral bands in the world.
Man Recordings DJ-Picks #1: Schlachthofbronx
Man Recordings
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Munich's Schlachthofbronx duo dip into Man Recordings' heaving bag of party-starters.
Now Again Records
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Includes strange and soulful renditions of Kraftwerk's 'Das Model' and Michael Jackson's 'Rock With You'
Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds And Nigerian Blues
Soundway Records
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Second volume of incredible Nigerian Highlife from the archives...
Masters Of Traditional Chinese Music - Zhan Yongming: Dizi
China Record Corporation
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Tradi-Mods vs Rockers Vol. 1 (Alternative Takes On Congotronics)
Crammed Discs
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A frankly stunning array of remixes, reworks and cover versions of the influential Congotronics crew.
Kindred Spirits
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Terrific pair of proper Afrobeat/Ethio-funk recordings from a group of Dutch teenagers!
Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes
Soundway Records
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Soundway have compiled easily one of the most brilliant collections of Colombian grooves in existence.
