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Various Artists - Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years Compiled by John Armstrong '2023

Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years Compiled by John Armstrong
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Album name Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years Compiled by John Armstrong
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Date 2023
Genreelectronic africa
Play time 60 min
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 142; 389 MB
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THE APARTHEID BOYCOTT In the 80s, the world – rightly - stepped up its
boycott against South Africa’s apartheid government. But this had
unexpected and sometimes adverse consequences for South Africa’s music
professionals and consumers. Musicians still needed to work live shows both at
home and abroad, and to make and sell records. The youth still aspired to
clubbing and partying at the weekend after hard, poorly paid jobs under the
thumb of an oppressive government. Music was their sanctuary: specifically,
African- American inspired soul, jazz, boogie, disco and funk. 2. UNIQUE
DIVERSITY Producing musical excellence was nothing new for South Africa, even in
the 80s: both traditional and jazz music of various genres had been performed,
showcased and recorded for decades with the assistance of some of the most
skilled and ingenious sound-engineers and producers in the world, the jazz
players rivalling their American peers in many cases. But what makes Mzansi 80s
popular music unique is that it had to – and, for the most part, did-
appeal to a multi-ethnic, multilingual population almost like no other in the
world, for its geographical size. There may have been many tribal and political
differences between Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa, Tsonga and others day-to-day, but when
it came to the weekend, those differences often melted away for a while on the
dancefloor. Paul Ndlovu had kwaZulu fans as well as Shangaan followers; Black
Moses and the Soul Brothers had followers and fans with everyone... and so on.
And everyone -detractors and lovers alike- were content to settle on the
monicker ‘Bubblegum’ as a general description. 3. MZANSI TOOK
DISCO- AND SLOWED IT DOWN A BIT... ...exactly as 90s and early 2000s South
African DJs and mixers took House- and slowed it down a bit to develop Kwaito,
Gqom and – later Amapiano. The Roland TR-707 sampler came along in 1985 -
at just the right time for the flowering of Mzansi disco and boogie. And in the
artful hands of arrangers, engineers and producers such as Peter
“Hitman’ Moticoe, whose work figures on several of the tracks here,
it became something unique to South Africa. 'Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from
Apartheid's Dying Years' compiled by John Armstrong is out BBE Music on x3 vinyl
set in a gatefold sleeve, CD, and across digital platforms for download and
streaming.

Tracklist:
1.01 - The Angels - Johnny Boy (7:38)
1.02 - Black Moses - Crocodile's Rock (5:29)
1.03 - Richie S - I Was Born in Africa (6:23)
1.04 - Mafika - Don't Follow Me (4:47)
1.05 - Babsy Mlangeni - Special Angel (5:18)
1.06 - Tools & Figs - Blackout (4:08)
1.07 - Dieketseng - Dayshift (6:20)
1.08 - Sky Jinx - Pusa Twala (4:40)
1.09 - Joe Masunga - Nwananga Washanesera (6:19)
1.10 - Obed Ngobeni, The Kurhula Sisters - Ku Hluvukile Eka Zete (3:49)
1.11 - Chicco - Chomesa (5:09)

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