'Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid's Dying Years' compiled by John Armstrong

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A1. Paul Ndlovu – Tsakane
A2. The Angels – Johnny Boy
B1. Black Moses – Crocodile’s Rock
B2. Richie S – I Was Born In Africa
C1. Mafika – Don’t Follow Me
C2. Babsy Mlangeni – Special Angel
C3. Tools & Figs aka Lady Thuli & Mafika – Blackout
D1. Joy White – Ximamane
D2. Dieketseng – Dayshift
E1. Paul Ndlovu – Khombora Mina
E2. Sky Jinx – Pusa Twala
F1. Joe Masunga – Nwananga Washanesera
F2. Obed Ngobeni & Kurhula Sisters – Ku Hluvukile Eka Zete
F3. Chicco – Chomesa

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1.	Paul Ndlovu - Tsakane 06:29	buy track
2.	The Angels - Johnny Boy 07:37	buy track
3.	Black Moses - Crocodile's Rock 05:29	buy track
4.	Richie S - I Was Born in Africa 06:22	buy track
5.	Mafika - Don't Follow Me 04:46	buy track
6.	Babsy Mlangeni - Special Angel 05:17	buy track
7.	Tools & Figs - Blackout 04:07	buy track
8.	Joy White - Ximamane 05:35	buy track
9.	Dieketseng - Dayshift 06:20	buy track
10.	Paul Ndlovu - Khombora Mina 06:12	buy track
11.	Sky Jinx - Pusa Twala 04:40	buy track
12.	Joe Masunga - Nwananga Washanesera 06:18	buy track
13.	Obed Ngobeni, The Kurhula Sisters - Ku Hluvukile Eka Zete 03:49	buy track
14.	Chicco - Chomesa 05:09
15.	Tools & Figs aka Lady Thuli & Mafika - Blackout (Sampology Edit) 06:19	buy track

about

1. 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.

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released June 30, 2023

Compiled by John Armstrong

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