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

very nice. no idea who votes in these things, but their respective international profiles being the way they are I would not have expected her to beat Rema.

☀️My new album TO THE WORLD AND BEYOND #ttwb will be dropping this Spring with a diversity of sound and exciting new features. This album is a colorful continuation of my debut album AFRICA TO THE WORLD. I would like to welcome you to a new chapter 📖 pic.twitter.com/JkLi2ZjsjU

— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) July 9, 2020

did a double take when I read this, but quickly adjusted my hemispherical bias.

Lol same

17th of July ✨This Friday! 👑 pic.twitter.com/yWQlmQSZYz

— Azana (@azanamusic) July 15, 2020

It's out now!

very hyped. not yet on US spotify tho'.

give it 5h30

brace yourself for the new Niniola track as well

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pretty fucken psyched for this one (will check the Niniola after I'm done relistening to Smile)

you're not gonna believe this but the Azana is beautiful music

yep, it's good. A bit moodier than I was expecting in some way, and it's a lot to take in, but "Egoli" and especially "Bafazi" stood out on first pass

reminded me of 90s downtempo in spots, strangely enough

"Egoli" def had that vibe. My possibly off-base first impression is that she followed the Samthing template and the first half is less upbeat and dancey (the "moodiness") and things pick up and bliss out in the second (?)

I’m at “Bafazi” and holy fuck

I'm pretty sure the next two are sublime too, but I actually got halfway through Bafazi and started it over so I could relive it XD

Gorgeous album, nothing much else to say rn, just gorgeous. Azana is so wonderful and commanding throughout.

I did notice that Claudio x Kenza produced the majority of the tracks, including “Egoli” and “Bafazi”, while Sun-El is credited for just four.

From this I conclude that Sun-El is not just an incredible producer with a great eye for talent but is probably a fantastic mentor as well.

thinking we should redirect the Jessie Ware posse to this album

I need another listen, but I do wonder if this doesn't deserve its own thread

this thread is goodness overglowing, so maybe yes

overglowing? yes that and/or overgrowing, but I meant overflowing obv

impossible not to close your eyes and let the ~vibes~ wash over on bafazi

Isn’t that just perfectly timed? Video for “Uhuru”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AAsYxpiJk
Sun-El Musician ft. Azana • Uhuru

Azana - Ingoma

azana album is gorgeous of course

ufo, I teleported you to the Azana thread in spirit (with your permission I hope!)

Love this a lot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoEYmTQYlU
Malome Vector ft. Blaq Diamond • Dumelang

yeah that's great, can see that going straight onto replay for awhile
what's the sun-el connection if any?

there is none. I think we strayed Mlindo > Sjava > Blaq Diamond at some point, and now we ended up here. it’s still Beautiful South African Music to me.

it's awesome!

Extracurricular track by Sun-El "to celebrate the 60th year anniversary of radio station Ukhozi FM".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBtozvy3jE
Sun El Musician ft. Simmy & Khuzani • Emoyeni

Simmy's voice...

It's so cool to hear Sotho again (Malome Vector), I like their harsh Rs which strangely remind you of Afrikaans.

“Emoyeni” is beautiful

"Dumelang" shot right into my summer playlist thx

There’s also Nobuhle. I suspect she may be featured on Sun-El’s album – this song is not on his label, but the video is promoted on the EL World TV YouTube account:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82x-9Pv3Qo8
Nobuhle • Always With Me

nice

Guys ! We've been sleeping, this is top material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvTAFIK31B4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6PF7FwYio
Aubrey Qwana from this year and the last

He’s good! I posted an earlier track of his here last year, I think. Saw he just released an album>EP. Have you listened to it yet?

(those are “Molo” and “Uhamba Nobani” (ft. Sho Madjozi) btw)

There's an unplugged version as well. Close to Blaq Diamond and SamthingSoweto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_9DJ1fV14

replacing dead link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3s_GmZdD4
Sun El Musician ft. Simmy & Khuzani • Emoyeni

amapiano that was tailor-made for this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gevLbx68mA
Vico Da Sporo ft. Sandile • Luthando

yeah, that's lovely

ooh gorgeous!

hmm...tbc I am not cat-calling this song, I just think it's pretty

Much more Heavy K than Sun-EL - it's none other than Mpumi, Miss Mzobe if you’re nasty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OBZw57sn_g
Mpumi Mzobe ft. Dj SK & Mailo Music • Sekumnandi

Can you hear the sound of that plane or whatever it is taking off?

Also, why can’t we fucking go out and dance anymore!??!

will fire this up shortly.
as to why we can't dance, do I have some bad news for you...

please forks don’t hurt me

but as I was gonna say:

SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT 🚀🚀🚀🚀
SEKUMNANDI

(GoogleTranslate it!)

Hypnotic track from last year I’m into right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRzGlgFk4E
Insane Malwela ft. Mtanami & Micky • Beng'hlel Nomuntu Wami

Singer S-Tone has an album out on Sun-El’s label, after his EP last year. Almost all the tracks are produced by Claudio and/or Kenza, there’s only one track with Sun-El himself (not my immediate favourite). There’s some amapiano-leaning tracks as well, a first in EL World, I think. Take “Kamnandzi”, for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx0ERueZWOI

I accidentally put a different Vico Da Sporo f. Sandile track on my afropop playlist, and it—"Umuhle Ntombi"—just came on and blew me away:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBb8-C8pIEY

"Luthando" is good too of course (I guess I'll have to find time to check out this...2 hr. long album ffs)