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

“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?

that’s wonderful. according to the YouTube comments the other singer is Masiano. he is also on “Yekela”, that Mlindo track from earlier this year (it’s somewhere upthread).

Gwamba himself is from Malawi btw.

found all of five more credited features on Spotify, of which I like this recent one the best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65hr9-jbC4
Meez ft. Masiano & DJ Mdix • Syavana

(there are a few more tracks on YouTube, with Meez and others. he’s also a producer, this is a rap track he did, with himself on the hook.)

ha, this just in: the new DJ Mdix features Mlindo and is produced by... Masiano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz5KpadE7Wc
DJ Mdix ft. Mlindo the Vocalist • Cloud 9

But is any of this on a par with “Yaz Abantu”? The answer, I would think, is no, so please to proceed accordingly.

(don’t get me wrong, DJ Mdix is great: check “Ngiyazfunela” with Mpumi (2020) and Kaylow’s “Isgubhu” (2017) (both posted on this thread), or the brilliant “Umvulo” with Zanda Zakuza (2016))

Good sleuthing, thanks!

In just less than 24hrs the pre-order of my upcoming album #TTWB will drop with its 3rd single “Never Never ft @nobuhlemusic

16.10.2020#NeverNever #30songs #ttwb pic.twitter.com/q8kePIxbtz

— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) October 15, 2020

#30songs !!!

New Simmy album on the way as well

fuckin' a.

both on friday?

no, Friday it’s just the new Sun-El single. albums are open for pre-order, no release date given yet.

sorry for causing overexcitement

still a reason to stay on this cruel planet

“Never Never” is lovely, such a gorgeous slow build.

well, here’s your Taking Sides for this Friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ao-_htTBpk
Sun-EL Musician ft. Nobuhle • Never Never

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqdvi8AO-04
Simmy ft. Da Capo & Sun-El Musician • Emakhaya

(I’m going with Simmy here, for now)

<3 that simmy tune

now listening to “Never Never” less cursorily, and yes, while not nearly as immediate as the Simmy track it’s gorgeous in its understatedness. the way everything swells up with the organ towards the 4-minute mark and then culminates in those horn blasts, wow!

(sure, take this out of context if you must)

both good but i especially like "emakhaya"

Emakhaya is amazing

they’re both amazing, is where I’m at right now

Simmy, Tugela Fairy (Made Of Stars), 16 tracks, out Nov 6

Sun-El Musician, To The World And Beyond, 31 (!) tracks, out Dec 4

Nobuhle live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Om1iPPfex4

(the first song hasn't been released yet)

i think i might prefer "never never" for now! but they're both essential and i can't wait for their albums

both gorgeous. this and the rolling afropop thread have opened me up to the best new stuff since I’ve been on ilx - thanks!

please don't yell at me for saying so, but the melody of some of the backing vocals in "emakhaya" reminds me of bob sinclar's "world, hold on"

don't think even Simmy is going to yell at you, she retweeted several tweets like this:

Simmy- Emakhaya (feat. Da Capo, Sun-El Musician)

That "World hold on" humming part😭😭. pic.twitter.com/28aBpTP0C9

— Thyophò (@aphumelele_m) October 16, 2020

Another one I posted on the Baby Are You Coming? thread, but I feel people here could do with some amapiano relaxation as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWo9vo9ZgvA
Kota Embassy ft. Cue • Sugar Mama

(this possibly outvibes even DJ Stokie’s “Senorita”)

oh thank goodness! xp

lovely video for "Emakhaya":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkdRc4FCs0

fun fact: Simmy calls herself (or at least her albums) “Tugela Fairy” because she’s from Tugela Ferry in KwaZulu Natal province, a town named after the ferry across the Tugela River that operated here and has since been replaced by the steel bridge you see in the video.

Wow that's the heart of Zululand, it's not far off Isandlwana, and I checked, the area is King's land (Ingonyama). She's basically in the homelands stepping on the skulls of dead British soldiers :D

lol the Sun-el album is 159 mins long