S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa ( buy ) Time for some South African sounds now, because the footy World Cup finally starts there today. And also because Kuya Hanjwa is such an infectuous instrumental of course. Jive and score!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =jWFOLyjqb28 Soweto, the most infamous apartheid stronghold, has received the brunt of attention from crate-diggers panning for gold via the largely unknown outfits that perfected their craft in isolated township halls. Described by "trombonist Jonas Gwangwa as the "soundtrack for knife fights between local and visiting criminal gangs," the bands culled for the Next Stop...Soweto series not only faced guns and steel, but a systematic oppression from an Afrikaner government that in 1963 passed a "separate Amenities Act," prohibiting integration, particularly when liquor was involved. Stripped of the [...]
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by judy denchenstein ► With the World Cup going down in June, it's a good time to highlight South African music. Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding successfully compiled an album of classic South African music from the 60's and 70's. Next Stop ... Soweto [...]
So for the past some-odd days I've been throwing up some African music inspired by the latest issue of Wax Poetics . Amazingly, I'm not out of new stuff yet. In fact, today I've got an advance track from a compilation that's due out in a couple of weeks. When African music comes up, typically it's the sounds of West Africa that spring to mind, led by Fela Kuti at the forefront of course. Truth be told though, there is a whole lot more to the continent's music than Highlife and Afrobeat though. Travel down to the [...]
Time to clear out a bunch of e-mails. There is some tasty African stuff from a couple of Strut Records compilations, some new Poirier and Bonobo from NinjaTune, a couple of remixes by SirBilly and Decalicious, and an oldie from Killing Joke from a new compilation. Then there are a couple of tasty items from the personal collection to round off the funk for your Friday...DJ Cam - SuccessPoirier -
S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa. Look, I'm not the guy to sort out all the political, social, sociopolitical, and other implications of the indie fascination with South African, and specifically Sowetan, music. There's a lot to say about it, especially when it comes to the long American history of appropriation, and there are no easy answers. I will say this: I love that first Vampire Weekend record, but I think the band's characterization of their music as "Upper West Side Soweto" was pretty obnoxious. And when I saw Tune-Yards in Boston last fall, their bassist...
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Strut Records just sent over a killer track "Kuya Hanjwa" from their South African compilation Next Stop Soweto Volume 1 due out February 2nd. Next Stop Soweto is a three-part series exploring underground South African music during the late '60s and '70s. Volume 1 focuses on the township jive sound, Volumes 2 and 3 , released across Spring and Summer 2010, cover rare South African soul, funk & Hammond R&B and the country's jazz scene. MP3: S. Piliso & His Super [...]
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