17th of July ✨This Friday! 👑 pic.twitter.com/yWQlmQSZYz— Azana (@azanamusic) July 15, 2020
It's out now!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
very hyped. not yet on US spotify tho'.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
give it 5h30
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:27 (three years ago) link
brace yourself for the new Niniola track as well
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
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― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
pretty fucken psyched for this one (will check the Niniola after I'm done relistening to Smile)
― rob, Thursday, 16 July 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
you're not gonna believe this but the Azana is beautiful music
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 17 July 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
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
― rob, Friday, 17 July 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
reminded me of 90s downtempo in spots, strangely enough
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 17 July 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
"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 (?)
― rob, Friday, 17 July 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
I’m at “Bafazi” and holy fuck
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 July 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
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
― rob, Friday, 17 July 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
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.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 July 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
thinking we should redirect the Jessie Ware posse to this album
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 July 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
I need another listen, but I do wonder if this doesn't deserve its own thread
― rob, Friday, 17 July 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
this thread is goodness overglowing, so maybe yes
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 July 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
overglowing? yes that and/or overgrowing, but I meant overflowing obv
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 17 July 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
impossible not to close your eyes and let the ~vibes~ wash over on bafazi
― Spottie, Friday, 17 July 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
Isn’t that just perfectly timed? Video for “Uhuru”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AAsYxpiJkSun-El Musician ft. Azana • Uhuru
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 18 July 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
Azana - Ingoma
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 20 July 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
azana album is gorgeous of course
― ufo, Monday, 20 July 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
ufo, I teleported you to the Azana thread in spirit (with your permission I hope!)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 18:29 (three years ago) link
Love this a lot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoEYmTQYlUMalome Vector ft. Blaq Diamond • Dumelang
yeah that's great, can see that going straight onto replay for awhilewhat's the sun-el connection if any?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
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.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:01 (three years ago) link
it's awesome!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
Extracurricular track by Sun-El "to celebrate the 60th year anniversary of radio station Ukhozi FM".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBtozvy3jESun El Musician ft. Simmy & Khuzani • Emoyeni
Simmy's voice...
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 July 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
It's so cool to hear Sotho again (Malome Vector), I like their harsh Rs which strangely remind you of Afrikaans.
― Nabozo, Friday, 24 July 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
“Emoyeni” is beautiful
― Tim F, Friday, 24 July 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
"Dumelang" shot right into my summer playlist thx
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Friday, 24 July 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
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-9Pv3Qo8Nobuhle • Always With Me
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 July 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
nice
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 25 July 2020 15:31 (three years ago) link
Guys ! We've been sleeping, this is top material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvTAFIK31B4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6PF7FwYioAubrey Qwana from this year and the last
― Nabozo, Sunday, 2 August 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
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)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 2 August 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
There's an unplugged version as well. Close to Blaq Diamond and SamthingSoweto.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN_9DJ1fV14
― Nabozo, Sunday, 2 August 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
replacing dead link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3s_GmZdD4Sun El Musician ft. Simmy & Khuzani • Emoyeni
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
amapiano that was tailor-made for this thread:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gevLbx68mAVico Da Sporo ft. Sandile • Luthando
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:06 (three years ago) link
yeah, that's lovely
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 12 August 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
ooh gorgeous!
― rob, Friday, 14 August 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
hmm...tbc I am not cat-calling this song, I just think it's pretty
― rob, Friday, 14 August 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
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_gMpumi 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!??!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 August 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
will fire this up shortly.as to why we can't dance, do I have some bad news for you...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 20 August 2020 15:34 (three years ago) link
please forks don’t hurt me
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 August 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
but as I was gonna say:SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT 🚀🚀🚀🚀SEKUMNANDI(GoogleTranslate it!)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 20 August 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
Hypnotic track from last year I’m into right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IRzGlgFk4EInsane Malwela ft. Mtanami & Micky • Beng'hlel Nomuntu Wami
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 21 August 2020 21:59 (three years ago) link
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
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
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)
― rob, Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
“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.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 August 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
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.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 August 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
^^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
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 August 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link