Tag: Dave Durbach

• Citi Express is next on Afrosynth Records – ‘Living For The City’ is a fantastic snapshot of early house and US garage infused music made in South Africa

  

  Afrosynth Records has been a world leader in celebrating past masterpieces of South African music since 2017 – this time the label is reissuing a classic from 1991, as the end of apartheid began to dawn. Citi Express and Living For The City is clearly influenced by the global house music wave of the time, as…

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  July 13, 2023

  Afrosynth Records, South Africa, Uncategorized

  Afrosynth Records, bubblegum, Citi Express, Dave Durbach, Gamble & Huff, garage, Gary Vonqwest, house, Kelli Sae, kwaito, Living For The City, pantsula, Quentin Foster, Reissue, Ron ‘Robot’ Friedman, Sorell Johnson, South Africa, Steve Proctor

• Captain Mosez is celebrated by the essential Afrosynth label – ‘Fly Cherry Fly’ and ‘Hey Hey Hey!’ – further define South Africa’s bubblegum sound from 1985 on this first-time reissue

  Afrosynth reissue the essential Fly Cherry Fly – by South African musician Captain Mosez – alongside Hey! Hey! Hey! from 1985 and once again are able to further highlight the range of international influences on the bubblegum sound, such as Italo disco, electro-funk, even rock. These killer cuts are re-issued for the very first time.…

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  March 24, 2021

  Afrosynth Records, South Africa, Uncategorized

  Afrosynth Records, Blondie & Pappa, Brenda & The Big Dudes, bubblegum, Captain Mosez, CC Beat, CCP Records, Cheek to Cheek, Chicco, Condry Ziqubu, Dave Durbach, diggers, disco, Discogs, DJs, EMI Studios, Gorilla Man, Italo, Johannesburg, Moses Mafiri, Selwyn Shandel, South Africa, Stax, Steeledale, Steve Kekana, Supa Frika, The Proud People’s Band, The Winners, Yvonne Chaka Chaka