Condry Ziqubu
Gorilla Man
Boomkat Product Review:
Heat-seeking first international issue of a sought-after session from South Africa, 1986 by the legendary Condry Ziqubu ov Harari fame
One of the biggest names in South African disco, Condry’s career had already seen him play with seminal acts since the ‘60s including The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Flaming Ghettoes, plus a stint with the biggest band in the country in the mid ’80s, Harari - leading him to be listed on the apartheid government’s national security watch list - by the time he penned ‘Gorilla Man.’
The title track sets the scene with brilliant intro of the type you might find on a modern-day YouTube video, before rolling out the stickiest sort of SA disco boogie groove, and ‘Confusion Ma Africa’ follows with a more harrowing scenario of wails, choppers, and gunfire that gives way to a more brooding sort of SA groove, sealed with Condry’s killer vocal. ‘Kati’ is more in bubblegum flavour of SA dance music, and the slick, proto-deep house/boogie of ’She’s Impossible’ is the one for us (“She say my mother is the ugliest thing in town”, looool).
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Boomkat Product Review:
Heat-seeking first international issue of a sought-after session from South Africa, 1986 by the legendary Condry Ziqubu ov Harari fame
One of the biggest names in South African disco, Condry’s career had already seen him play with seminal acts since the ‘60s including The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Flaming Ghettoes, plus a stint with the biggest band in the country in the mid ’80s, Harari - leading him to be listed on the apartheid government’s national security watch list - by the time he penned ‘Gorilla Man.’
The title track sets the scene with brilliant intro of the type you might find on a modern-day YouTube video, before rolling out the stickiest sort of SA disco boogie groove, and ‘Confusion Ma Africa’ follows with a more harrowing scenario of wails, choppers, and gunfire that gives way to a more brooding sort of SA groove, sealed with Condry’s killer vocal. ‘Kati’ is more in bubblegum flavour of SA dance music, and the slick, proto-deep house/boogie of ’She’s Impossible’ is the one for us (“She say my mother is the ugliest thing in town”, looool).
Boomkat Product Review:
Heat-seeking first international issue of a sought-after session from South Africa, 1986 by the legendary Condry Ziqubu ov Harari fame
One of the biggest names in South African disco, Condry’s career had already seen him play with seminal acts since the ‘60s including The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Flaming Ghettoes, plus a stint with the biggest band in the country in the mid ’80s, Harari - leading him to be listed on the apartheid government’s national security watch list - by the time he penned ‘Gorilla Man.’
The title track sets the scene with brilliant intro of the type you might find on a modern-day YouTube video, before rolling out the stickiest sort of SA disco boogie groove, and ‘Confusion Ma Africa’ follows with a more harrowing scenario of wails, choppers, and gunfire that gives way to a more brooding sort of SA groove, sealed with Condry’s killer vocal. ‘Kati’ is more in bubblegum flavour of SA dance music, and the slick, proto-deep house/boogie of ’She’s Impossible’ is the one for us (“She say my mother is the ugliest thing in town”, looool).
Boomkat Product Review:
Heat-seeking first international issue of a sought-after session from South Africa, 1986 by the legendary Condry Ziqubu ov Harari fame
One of the biggest names in South African disco, Condry’s career had already seen him play with seminal acts since the ‘60s including The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Flaming Ghettoes, plus a stint with the biggest band in the country in the mid ’80s, Harari - leading him to be listed on the apartheid government’s national security watch list - by the time he penned ‘Gorilla Man.’
The title track sets the scene with brilliant intro of the type you might find on a modern-day YouTube video, before rolling out the stickiest sort of SA disco boogie groove, and ‘Confusion Ma Africa’ follows with a more harrowing scenario of wails, choppers, and gunfire that gives way to a more brooding sort of SA groove, sealed with Condry’s killer vocal. ‘Kati’ is more in bubblegum flavour of SA dance music, and the slick, proto-deep house/boogie of ’She’s Impossible’ is the one for us (“She say my mother is the ugliest thing in town”, looool).
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Boomkat Product Review:
Heat-seeking first international issue of a sought-after session from South Africa, 1986 by the legendary Condry Ziqubu ov Harari fame
One of the biggest names in South African disco, Condry’s career had already seen him play with seminal acts since the ‘60s including The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Flaming Ghettoes, plus a stint with the biggest band in the country in the mid ’80s, Harari - leading him to be listed on the apartheid government’s national security watch list - by the time he penned ‘Gorilla Man.’
The title track sets the scene with brilliant intro of the type you might find on a modern-day YouTube video, before rolling out the stickiest sort of SA disco boogie groove, and ‘Confusion Ma Africa’ follows with a more harrowing scenario of wails, choppers, and gunfire that gives way to a more brooding sort of SA groove, sealed with Condry’s killer vocal. ‘Kati’ is more in bubblegum flavour of SA dance music, and the slick, proto-deep house/boogie of ’She’s Impossible’ is the one for us (“She say my mother is the ugliest thing in town”, looool).
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