THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists

Only half-joking, I’m afraid. I do find the division between beauties and bangers to be somewhat... academic? I mean, these tracks mix well enough and belong to adjacent subgenres and sometimes even to the same genre. So maybe just maybe we need a SA thread? Or a dedicated Amapiano thread? Idk.

Not sure about academic, but I’m aware it’s not at all clear-cut and a bit arbitrary. Still, and very still, I’d argue that this particular thread (which wasn’t even started by me, so who am I to talk) has kept a remarkably unified musical feel over the years. It’s never become a catch-all thread for SA music, people seem to know what fits and what doesn’t and seem to appreciate it all the more for it - and that’s the beauty of it (pun pretty much intended). I’m thinking it should stay that way?

And yeah, it’s kinda ironic. I was quite resistant towards balkanising the Rolling thread for the longest time and now here I am splitting hairs about differences within genres from one country.

The thing is tho, most of these threads start almost organically, and while a Rolling SA thread would be very nice in principle, we already have this thread and the BAYC? one doing what they’re doing and/or ready to be repurposed.

I do definitely want to start a dedicated thread for “eMcimbini” tho lol!

(and in case this was somehow misunderstood, afaic “Friends With Benefits” feels right at home on this here Sun-El thread)

Let’s start an emcimbini thread, then! We can put all of the Kabza stuff in there AND lobby for it as song of the year in time for the next poll. Win win! Lol

piano! piano!

have something in the works, should be up this evening

xp

Pi-ano! It’s a celebration:

🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for “eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro

Claudio x Kenza are signed to Sun-El’s label. They’re producers in their own right, but this track from their upcoming album seems to have the Sun-El touch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0E4cfXRd-U
Claudio x Kenza ft. Mpumi • Yasha Imizi

it warms my heart in these days of Simmy shortage

This is mind-blowing stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9KcFMrcnd0
The Scientists DJ ft. Aymos • Imphumelelo

(The artwork just says "The Scientists" btw - Aymos is the OTHER voice on "Emcimbini")

The Amapiano Remix is its own spectacular thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9KcFMrcnd0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5B17Lb1OGE

yasha imizi is a sugar cloud

Sorry (not sorry) for spamming these threads with Aymos material (see the 🎹thread🎹), but he’s on some really good tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKGUTz8-dYw
DJ C-Live ft. Aymos & Gobi Beast • Potential

Made a pseudo-pan-African-pop/not-pop playlist for the rolling afro 2020 thread and all Afro-adjacent threads, generously defined. It’s already 105 tracks deep, so enjoy!

ILM rolling ✳️all-inclusive✳️ afro 2020

Other relevant South African threads:

THE HOUSE OF SUN-EL: Sun-El Musician, Simmy, Mlindo The Vocalist, and other related artists
Thread for the AmaPiano awesomeness that is “Baby Are You Coming?” by Zero12finest feat. ThaMagnificent2
🎹🎹PİANO! PİANO!🎹🎹 - a song appreciation thread for ”eMcimbini” by Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa ft. Aymos, Samthing Soweto, Mas Musiq & Myztro
Gqompetition time: two songs, two videos - QDOT vs SHADO M

The Claudio x Kenza album is out, featuring actual Simmy vibes on “Ziyon”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTguCvsLk28

dang, i will be getting that album now.

Posted about Mhaw Keys’s fantastic The Outcast EP on the “Baby Are You Coming?” thread - deeep amapiano house.

But in a surprising twist, Kabza is on the only non-piano track (with Sha Sha):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo27b3bQSn0
Mhaw Keys ft. Kabza De Small, Howard & Sha Sha • Lebala Kanna

i'm amazed i still haven't listen to the sha sha ep, i ought to fix that asap

A new Mlindo song - it's been a while:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcfLCn9acU

Mlindo The Vocalist ft. Masiano & Vusi Nova • Yekela

that's an odd one.

in what say?

way

Feels self-consciously folksy and radio friendly. also, not very good?

Sha Sha live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVOhfXnC7BI

just for the vibes

any and all vibes much appreciated at this time

Two current favourites:

DJ Ex ft. Imasterz & Freeza Beats • Yini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqmFamjk2Kg

Donald ft. Mvzzle • Black Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PNRdHs2Y0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn5ilPuC2KE

King Monada ft. Madumane, Kabza De Small & Sha Sha • Lerato Fela

some good news:

San’bonani! Hope your’ll safe & ready for my new single Ngihamba Nawe feat. Sino Msolo coming this Friday! 🌻☺️ #NgihambaNawe #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/HjmdxO0Bb6

— Simmy (@simmymusicsa) March 25, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaaiX3FEpRw

Simmy ft. Sino Msolo • Ngihamba Nawe

need to catch up on this and the general afro thread but the new simmy track is lovely. about 90 seconds in when it really fills up is wonderful

beautiful

that's really lovely

I don't remember which thread had Prince Kaybee's "Uwrongo" on it, but that is also sounding balm-like this morning

so much of this music has that effect!

have you tried the DJ Neptizzle Amapiano Mix that longneck posted on the “Emcimbini” thread?

not yet, but I will right now :)

Liking this, and I missed the "Uwrongo" recommendation initially so thanks for that Rob!

uwrongo is the fuckin' jam

some kind of wonderful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnPExiWK6Gg
Mobi Dixon & NaakMusiQ ft. Nichume & Blomzit Avenue • Camagu

well holy crap, is this good enough to make me cry

who's the 1st guy singing? killed it

That would be NaakMusiQ.

It’s an unfortunate choice of words though (not that you would have known), as the female singer on this, Nichume, committed suicide a year ago. I had heard about it, but didn’t realize it was her on this track until just now.

(to make matters worse, Mobi Dixon’s treatment of her -he was her label boss- apparently was a factor in this. damn, I wish I hadn’t known)

ugggggghhh. Thanks for the info tho.

so there's a "Mzansi House" playlist on Apple Music that seems to be all this sort of stuff. Is that just their name for the playlist or is that a recognized genre name?

"Mzansi" stands for South Africa.

to quote a Wikipedia quote:

"Mzansi is another black urban vernacular term popular with the youth and standing for South Africa."

thanks again! (I did do a brief google and only saw that it was an obsolete term for someone who yells)

DJ Mdix ft. Mpumi • Ngiyazfunela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viGvEnWMT-8

Sanibonani! It’s official - on Friday the 17th of April I will be releasing my new single titled #Uhuru
17.04.2020
Please save the date #uhuru #azana✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/PD8kUS9i0H

— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) April 6, 2020

excited to hear it, certainly an intriguing title