wait is this on the album too?
― omar little, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Ubala is really excellent, one of his best though it's not on the album
― ufo, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
never mind it's on a mix he put out with the same name:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fDVG1Prfg8
― omar little, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:04 (six years ago) link
album tracklist:1. With You (feat. Desiree Dawson) 2. Akanamali (feat. Samthing Soweto)3. Sengimoja4. Life We Live (feat. Les-Ego & Nontu X)5. No Stopping Us (feat. S-Tone)6. Goodbye (feat. DJ Charl & Lelo Kamau)7. Umalukatane (feat. S-Tone)8. Sonini (feat. Simmy & Lelo Kamau) 9. Ntaba Ezikude (feat. Simmy) 10. Random11. The Wave12. Bamthathile (feat. Mlindo the Vocalist)13. Yere Faga (feat. Oumou Sangaré) [Sun–El Musician Remix]
― ufo, Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
if there is even 1 song on here that's half as good as sonini then this'll probably be my favorite album of the year
― brendon urine (diamonddave85), Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
super excited for this, but it doesn't seem particularly available yet? (at least in Canada)
― rob, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
it's out on the 20th digitally (which it is here) but when I posted this thread I thought it had been released digitally a few days ago since it seems to have gotten a surprise physical release then in South Africa
― ufo, Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
Oh, lol, it's in Denmark as well now. I don't think they accounted for summer time.
― Frederik B, Friday, 20 April 2018 00:15 (six years ago) link
excited to hear this! "akanamali" is still achingly beautiful
― dyl, Friday, 20 April 2018 03:16 (six years ago) link
I really love the interplay between the scatting vocals and the brass on Sengimoja
― ufo, Friday, 20 April 2018 05:10 (six years ago) link
this album is exactly what i could've hoped for, about an hour of songs that scratch the same itch as akanamali
― bhad bhabie...you gon' hurt your bhack (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 April 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
been looking forward to this, haven't heard it yet
― Dan S, Friday, 20 April 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
really quite impressed on first listen. the back half might be my favorite, with the two purely instrumental cuts toward the end being big highlights, "the wave" in particular.
"akanamali" really deserved to conquer the world. as much as i hate to keep singling it out for praise, it deserves all of it and more.
― dyl, Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:50 (six years ago) link
for whatever reason the follow-up single to "akanamali", "bamthathile", has not clicked with me tho
― dyl, Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:52 (six years ago) link
oh man i love bamthathile. loving this so far
― Heez, Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:03 (six years ago) link
This is great.
― Tim F, Sunday, 22 April 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
good timing for summer around the corner
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Sunday, 22 April 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
what a good album
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 April 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
god bless a record that goes out of its way to make me feel like i'm on a boat
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 22 April 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
aw :)
Yeah, this album is really good.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 22 April 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
Hate to make this comparison, but some of this sounds like an Innervisions release or something I expect Dixon to be remixing.
But yeah, enjoying this a lot anyway.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 23 April 2018 08:45 (six years ago) link
Haha yeah I remember Culoe de Song’s early stuff sounded a lot like this.
― Tim F, Monday, 23 April 2018 08:58 (six years ago) link
Nothing off this has stood out as much as Akanamali, which is a one-in-a-million amazing song, but it's neat so far.
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2018 13:29 (six years ago) link
If you ever get to go on a sunset drive down the motorway, whack that song tout-de-suite
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Monday, 23 April 2018 13:30 (six years ago) link
this is amazing
― Nourry, Monday, 23 April 2018 22:17 (six years ago) link
Okay so I still think Akanamali is a unique piece of work that towers over p much everything here. About 50% of the rest of this sounds like passable vocal house and doesn't really interest me. I definitely prefer the stuff that's more obviously African/South African styling but I need to listen a few more times.
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:46 (six years ago) link
It may be classic vocal house, but I like its light-luminous-breezy character so imo it compares favorably to classic house (a genre I've only brushed admittedly). Akanamali will likely remain the crowd favorite, but the rest is really consistent and agreeable, with some glorious layers and a great sense of melody. I haven't bought a CD in ages, but I'd buy this to play it in the car yeah. Impressive debut.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 10:45 (six years ago) link
I'll say it's a bit unfortunate to open with With You given some of the tracks that follow, it'd have made more sense to have Simmy instead of the American accent of that Canadian chick. I'm also questioning it because the latter part of the album (from Sonini to Bamthathile) sounds so strong to me, though I can't complain about Akanamali - No Stopping Us - Goodbye.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:05 (six years ago) link
If you like Akanamali, this one is for sure the closesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CedK4VtxLEI
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:29 (six years ago) link
I'm kinda addicted to 'Sengimoja' and 'Goodbye'.
― Nourry, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:49 (six years ago) link
Nabozo OTM. With You is kind of hedging its bets, but overall it's a pleasant (sometimes erring on the safe/generic side) listen. The last part of the album is much more like it as far as I care so far. This'll make great BBQ music whatever happens
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
With You is one of the weaker tracks but it's still nice for the vocal loop that comes in at the end.
― ufo, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:21 (six years ago) link
Sengimoja is the one.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link
I was listening to Sonsini and thinking how amazing it would be to be dancing to this song at sunrise and then the soft rock guitar came in and just slayed me. That one might actually be better than Akanamali.The rest of this album = let vibes be unconfined.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 08:03 (six years ago) link
Sonini slightly reminds me of Time is Over (for sheer technoish sky-suspended brilliance). Qamata sonini.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 12:20 (six years ago) link
Okay I listened to the whole album twice while driving this morning and it's really growing on me. Still not a big fan of the first track but the rest is wonderful. Definitely great in the right context
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 April 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
since I rinsed Akanamali last year, I find starting on track 3 works really well
― rob, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 14:27 (six years ago) link
Testing the waters with the Sun-El fandom: I posted this slightly trippy SA gem on the Afropop thread, but over there no one’s biting.https://youtu.be/J1ednPRrNH0Zinaro ft. JB (of Thee Legacy) & Dust, “Dali Wami”
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 10 May 2018 10:51 (six years ago) link
As for the S-EM album, “No Stopping Us”, which didn’t do much for me when it dropped in February alongside “Bamthathile”, really shines in the album context. It wears its generic Robin Schulziness extremely well.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 10 May 2018 10:52 (six years ago) link
Every English-language voice on this is kind of unwelcome even when the music is amazing - that first track is a case in point, when she drifts into the background and the vocal loops come in it's completely sublime but before that nah.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 10 May 2018 11:38 (six years ago) link
Agree on “With You” (but it’s as much the melody and the vocal itself as the English) and maybe “Life We Live”, but I’m fine with the English on “No Stopping Us” and “Goodbye”. NSU feels to me like an open invitation to play Janelle’s “Screwed” next.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:18 (six years ago) link
is there a way of buying this album without having to go via iTunes? I don't want a stupid iTunes format file, I want an MP3 or pref a FLAC/WAV?
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
I don't know if it's available digitally in FLAC/WAV anywhere but Google Play has it in 320 mp3
― ufo, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link
“Sonini”, the track with Simmy and Lelo Kamau, is the new single and has a video to go with it: https://youtu.be/cFr81MqoTKw
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
i think that's my second favourite after Akanamali
― Hire Planes (dog latin), Thursday, 24 May 2018 08:20 (six years ago) link
The entire run from Sonini to the end is absolutely faultless and glorious.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 24 May 2018 10:09 (six years ago) link
i'm looking forward to this being my sunny road trip album this summer
― dyl, Saturday, 26 May 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
Album of my summer. Particularly the second half. I do wish it was available physically.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 16 July 2018 08:24 (five years ago) link
Bumping for the Bank Holiday weekend.
― Jeff W, Saturday, 25 August 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
I liked this from the git-go, but I had it on the other day and realized that it's really sunk in for me without me realizing. So many great tracks.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 25 August 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
The Danko! Medley is amazing! Highlight for me― octobeard, donderdag 17 december 2020 3:43
― octobeard, donderdag 17 december 2020 3:43
there's a video now, just in time for Xmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdJ0FcjMGD8Samthing Soweto ft. Mzansi Youth Choir • The Danko! Medley
#joytotheworld
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
This is an amazing uplifting clip. Love this new blue lipstick trend.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 20 December 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
Watched it 10 times already. Now want them to cover every Amapiano song in existence.
― Nabozo, Monday, 21 December 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
more beauty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdj7a221c0UFka Mash ft. Just Bheki & Da Muziqal Chef • Zamalobolo
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 15:00 (three years ago) link
happy new year!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FFDwGxQtB4Black Coffee ft. Maxine Ashley & Sun-El Musician • You Need Me
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Thursday, 31 December 2020 19:56 (three years ago) link
finally got around to the Claudio x Kenza album and I think it's maybe better than both Simmy's and Sun-El's albums this year
― ufo, Friday, 1 January 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
new Mthunzi track - with Sun-El:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctin-RLO91oMthunzi • Elentulo
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
reminder that most of the current South African musical action is now taking place here:MZANSI MUZIQ 2021 🇿🇦 Rolling South Africa thread
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 28 February 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
Nobuhle, best known for her feature on Sun-El’s “Never Never”, has a new song out, “Phezulu”, produced by Kenza (no Claudio):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUSpgPm9OUE
This is how she sung it live back in June:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tz7ngRcC9w
(I can't help but miss this thread, but see the post above - the beauty is still on duty, it just moved to a different location!)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
I made a Spotify playlist with (almost) everything posted in the MZANSI MUZIQ 2021 🇿🇦 Rolling South African thread as well as South(ern) African tracks posted this year on other threads, like this one:ILM rolling 🇿🇦 Mzansi MusiQ 2021 🇸🇿 🇳🇦
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
Kenza (without Claudio) with Ami Faku --->>
"Sihlobo Sami": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3I6WvQGwFA
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
love that track.
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Sweet and intoxicating, a few steps short of transcendental, really few. Love the vocals. There's also an extended mix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ1CgbfIYikSun-EL Musician - Portia's Chant
― Nabozo, Sunday, 15 August 2021 09:27 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkcF5lzN3kSun-El Musician - Higher feat. Simmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fXZqYgYfBASun-El Musician - (more) Higher feat. Simmy
― Nabozo, Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
just listened to this <33333
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
great tune
― nxd, Sunday, 19 September 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
oh it's gorgeous
― dyl, Monday, 20 September 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
Very uplifting comedown music
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
this is fucking good
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 September 2021 15:58 (two years ago) link
what a song. love everything they do together.
― Indexed, Friday, 1 October 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
i like side b ("ululate") of the single he just put out
― dyl, Saturday, 2 October 2021 04:17 (two years ago) link
this is so beautiful
"Wawundithembisile" - The One Who Sings ft. Sun-El Musician and Kenza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExkZRexTaiM
― Roz, Monday, 11 October 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
Sun-El's new album African Electronic Dance Music is out today, a little more palatable than the last one at "only" one hour & 3 minutes. The first four and last two tracks on initial contact seem like the highlights
― monotony, Friday, 5 November 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
ooh thanks! surprised this isn't getting more attention...
― Indexed, Friday, 5 November 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
The whole thing is great.
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 6 November 2021 01:17 (two years ago) link
need to listen to it asap
honestly, i slept on the last one. it's definitely way too long, but i really like disc 2 and disc 1 has several great tracks too
― dyl, Saturday, 6 November 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
I love him but his work is so samey it can be hard to pick out highlights. Not really a criticism but if I’m enthusing about him, I’ll still send friends to Akanamali first.
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 6 November 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
Or Emakhaya. Ok there’s a few…
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 6 November 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
yeah the last album definitely suffered from being nearly 3 hours, i'm sure it would have been much more enjoyable if you cut it down to the best hour or less, but getting to that point would be a real challenge
new one seems better on first listen, though the vocal tracks are notably stronger than the instrumentals
― ufo, Sunday, 7 November 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
love the album all the way thru
tho he has something of a signature aesthetic i don't know if it's quite fair to call his music samey. there are a few tracks on here that i would not have guessed were by him if they'd been in the middle of a mix/comp or something
― dyl, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
it's only really an issue over the course of a 3 hour album
― ufo, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
The number of tracks seems to come from a place of generosity, though, rather than “lack of quality control”
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 8 November 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
Three quarters of this - the first half and last few songs - are excellent. "Amateki," "Higher," and "Bestfriend" especially. "Amateki" is an immediate mood boost. "Higher" has a spiritual quality to it and is one of my favorite tracks of the year. The third-quarter of the album, which consists of instrumental afro-house tracks "Jozi", "Spiritual Bomb," and "Alone" I wish was about 10 minutes shorter.
― Indexed, Monday, 8 November 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
https://ra.co/features/3968
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 05:40 (two years ago) link
still the best thing Sun-El has been involved in this year:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k05g9_Yo7fIMiči ft. Sun-El Musician • Respond
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 3 September 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
one of my favs ❤️
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Saturday, 3 September 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
Sun-El doesn’t make amapiano (although some remarks and posts here and elsewhere suggest otherwise), but I’m hoping this poll I created might get the amapiano party started again on ILM, because we’re seriously logging… lagging behind. here’s your invitation - I hope you will all participate:drowning in a blissful ocean of log drums and keys: 🎹🎹 amapiano a-z 🎹🎹 an ilm poll
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 September 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
not Sun-El, but this is a production by fellow Afro House adept (and sometimes collaborator) Thakzin:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3o_c2pCtANana Atta ft. DJ Thakzin • Libalele(I haven’t listened to the rest of the Emakhosini EP it’s from yet)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 17 September 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
^^^ very good little EP. made me realise how little afro house I’ve been listening to in the past year or so (post-“Osama” perhaps?) - too much piano, too little time basically.I loooove “Nyoni”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO3W3YUH6zI
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTYV_8ef0a8Msaki ft. Sun-El Musician • Pata Pata Saguquka
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 September 2022 07:31 (one year ago) link
Hmmm, think I recognize the chorus of that from somewhere else? Possible cover?
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 September 2022 09:56 (one year ago) link
are you in jest, sir?https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/sa-miriam-makeba-featured-new-whisky-ad
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 30 September 2022 10:53 (one year ago) link
from the new Murumba Pitch album (which is otherwise firmly and delectably in the piano camp): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcJsdfOkr-oMurumba Pitch ft. Ami Faku & Sun-El Musician • Esikhathini
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 4 November 2022 14:28 (one year ago) link
not sun-el, altho a callaborator...has anyone listened to karyendasoul's 'we live 4 our music'? i havent really stopped listening to it for the last month
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2024 22:06 (three months ago) link
i dont know whats my favorite on this, but my shortlist is "juba", "mngani wam", "umthandazo", "umoya, "jacaranda" (which is half the album).
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkxvR5h7irQsPpq-AHY7QE3fb9KJ8bhxG
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2024 22:08 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31d8F0v4VWo
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2024 22:09 (three months ago) link
and not for nothing his collabs with zakes bantwini have been incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mu3D6FqyYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_O5pHq6myw
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 24 February 2024 22:14 (three months ago) link