Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats From Apartheid's Dying Years Compiled By John Armstrong

Since the mid-90s, South African House, Kwaito, Gqom, Cape Hop and Amapiano has swept the club dancefloors from Gauteng to Berlin. But the 80s starting-point for all of the above Mzansi party and dance music was ?Bubblegum?: lean, stripped multi-lingual synthboogie and disco inspired as much by Michael Jackson and Sugarhill as by Township Roots, the name borrowed from the USA 60s trend for sweet, teen-aimed ditties, but then ironically ?owned? by a generation of South Africans angry at injustice and hungry for the future.

Tracks

1~1~Tsakane - Paul Ndlovu
1~2~Johnny Boy - The Angels
2~1~Crocodile's Rock - Black Moses
2~2~I Was Born In Africa - Richie S
3~1~Don't Follow Me - Mafika
3~2~Special Angel - Babsy Mlangeni
3~3~Blackout - Tools & Figs Aka Lady Thuli & Mafika
4~1~Ximamane - Joy White
4~2~Dayshift - Dieketseng
5~1~Khombora Mina - Paul Ndlovu
5~2~Pusa Twala - Sky Jinx
6~1~Nwananga Washanesera - Joe Masunga
6~2~Ku Hluvukile Eka Zete - Obed Ngobeni & Kurhula Sisters
6~3~Chomesa - Chicco

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Various Artists
Release Date: 30 June 2023
Genre: World Music
Label: BBE Africa
Distributor: Rocket Group