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AFS 040EP
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Obed Ngobeni and his backing singers the Kurhula Sisters were among the originators of Shangaan Disco, a genre that helped shape South Africa's bubblegum sound of the '80s. The group emerged in 1983 with "Kuhluvukile Ka Zete," a hit that later gained international recognition as "Kazet." In 1984 Ngobeni followed this with the album Gazankulu, which included the irresistibly catchy "Ta Duma," pioneering in its fusion of traditional and electronic -- a sign of things to come. Heads Music boss Emil Dean Zoghby also cooked up a disco version of the track with producer Peter Moticoe and engineer Phil Audoire for release as a 12" (with a dub, of course), replacing the original version's guitars with another layer of stinging synths and a proto-house beat to drive the song's emphatic call-and-response chorus. Ta Duma, the latest release on DJ Okapi's Afrosynth Records, brings together all three versions of this massive track for the first time -- a tribute to the roots of bubblegum. On the B-side, "Xikhobva" offers a more traditional bass and guitar-driven groove over simmering drums. This one's hard!
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AFS 037LP
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Afrosynth Records present a reissue of Night Force & The Tom Cats' Dance, a South African disco album originally released in 1981. The title track "Dance", written by Belgian composer Frank Degrijse, was released by Night Force and became a hit throughout Europe in 1980. In South Africa the song was released with permission at a slower tempo (the original 45rpm was "officially" slowed down to 33rpm). Added to this are four tracks by Music Team's in-house production team, the Tom Cats -- including dub reworkings of Afrosynth releases "Burnin Beat" (AFS 034EP, 2017) and "Searchin", here released as "Hot Stuff" and "Search For Love" respectively. Synth-heavy oddities "You Are My Fire" and "Shake Shake" make up the rest of the track list.
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AFS 036LP
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Tomorrow is a six-track anthology of South African singer Ntombi Ndaba, featuring two songs from three of her solo albums: Mina Ngiljaji (1988), Mama Nature (1989), and Why Me (1991). Ntombi Ndaba first rose to fame in 1985 with Ntombi & Survival, becoming one of the most popular singers of the bubblegum era. After setting up the independent label Anneko with her producer A.T. "Rubber" Khoza in 1988, she went solo. Following Khoza's death in the early 1990s, Ndaba never recorded again. Includes Nbada's in-demand tune, "Tomorrow". Mastered by Wouter Brandenberg.
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