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

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)

“Umuhle Ntombi” is the only other track I had checked out. It’s good, but I prefer “Luthando”.

Listening to his other tracks featuring Sandile now: “Buya” is all about the last two minutes when the harmonies really kick in, “Intokazi Yohlobo” is beautiful triphoppy amapiano, that beat is great. “Noyana” from *the other* album Vico da S released this year is also very very nice (wow at that vibraphone break), and “Ndod’mnyama”, Sandile’s Vico-produced solo single, is weirdly mixed but those muffled dubby handclaps remind me of the Peech Boys’ “Don’t Make Me Wait” (speaking of tracks with unexpected rock guitar!) and now I’m very happy.

btw Sandile is also on a track on one of the two (sigh) excellent amapiano albums released this year so far by Future Majestics.

It really is a shame how much good music is being released on a weekly basis in South Africa alone.

^^to be clear, this is not meant to be snarky, all this (potentially) great music that is being released within the various SA house genres is a blessing, but it’s quite literally impossible to keep up with

Update: just noticed Vico Da Sporo dropped *yet another album* over the weekend, 81 minutes, 17 tracks, 6 of which with Sandile. Needless to say, I haven’t had time to listen to it yet. Where does he find it?

Anyone in need of some Simmy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwoBQ0_1QWQ

This is beautiful too (from last year):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82bL0AqjJlI
Nombila • Inyawo

always more simmy please

This is gorgeous in every way but one:

https://youtu.be/zp0xrgdOCgw
Cassper Nyovest ft. Samthing Soweto • Friday Night

oh, YouTupaws...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp0xrgdOCgw

Okay, I will post the other Samthing track on CN’s new album too. There’s less of him this time, but I’ll take every bit of Samthing I can get and Nyovest is less intrusive on his own track here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOdtEKK8NnA
Cassper Nyovest ft. Samthing Soweto • Ngwanesu

huh, that guy also has Anthony Hamilton on this album! Unfamiliar with him.

he’s one of SA’s biggest rappers

now that you mention it, i think i remember ngud

he’s also on amapiano hits like Kabza’s “Phoyisa” and “Sponono”, and “Monate Mpolaye” by DJ Sumbody.

Sun-El has a credit on this track on the new Black Motion album - I'm posting the performance on music show Live Amp on SA television:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfO3iwFrQY
Black Motion ft. Sun-El Musician & Nobuhle • Hosana

(there are also tracks with Simmy, Ami Faku, Tresor and Nokwazi on the album btw, just to name a few)

Posted this on the amapiano thread, but it fits at least as well here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0YvDXksIw8
DJ Lace ft. Khanye • Izint Ezinhle

Mlindo the Vocalist on "Yaz Abantu" is absolutely fucking killing me right now, issa vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4afXKoaNIvA

anybody know who the other guy (not Gwamba) providing vocals on this track is?