Tag: mbaqanga

• Cultures of Soul deliver a peerless selection of pop on ‘Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits’ – drawing politically-driven classics from now priceless vinyl – out in the new year

  

  Cultures of Soul have another essential compilation set for release in the new year – Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits – and having heard the selection, we at WTM (South African music obsessives) are once again blown away. The label identifies soul classics from all over the world, specialising in South Africa, the…

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  December 22, 2020

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  African techno-pop, Black Five, boogie, bubblegum, Cultures Of Soul, diva, Italo-disco, jazz-fusion, Madonna, Margino, mbaqanga, Nelson Mandela, NYC electro, NYC electro sounds, pop, Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits, Soundburger, South Africa, Space Cats, Varikweru

• Soundway to drop ‘Gumba Fire’ – expertly curated by Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi

  Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi have handpicked a killer selection of bubblegum soul and synth boogie and have further built on the South African canon. All tracks have never been reissued or available digitally before on Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa. This Soundway compilation covers music that evolves from the…

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  January 31, 2018

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  Afrosynth, Ashiko, bubblegum, DJ Okapi, Gumba Fire, kwaito, mbaqanga, Miles Cleret, pantsula, Rush Hour, Soundway, South Africa, synth-boogie