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
Simmy's album Tugela Fairy is supposed to be out sometime in the near future. hopefully there's more songs as great as Ubala on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYT1YZxG-OU
― ufo, Sunday, 26 August 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
can confirm that this album is excellent sunny road-trip listening!!
― dyl, Sunday, 26 August 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
"ubala" is really nice
― dyl, Sunday, 26 August 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
ain't no stopping us the sun is out let's have some fun https://2c.zol-img.com.cn/product/29_1200x900/744/ceIJSwLhp0LM6.gif
― dyl, Sunday, 26 August 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
i'm glad simmy will be putting out her own album
i also love lelo kamau's vocal on "goodbye" especially
― dyl, Sunday, 26 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
yesss "sengimoja" has a video now too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lhMWpUZVg
def another album highlight
― dyl, Saturday, 8 September 2018 03:18 (five years ago) link
Mlindo The Vocalist, the... singer who’s featured on “Bamthathile”, has his own album out (he worked with DJ Maphorisa though, not with Sun-El).
“AmaBlesser” is the hit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWwuUeXQRg
― breastcrawl, Friday, 5 October 2018 07:11 (five years ago) link
Simmy dropped three tracks of her upcoming album. Very hard to choose between them, they’re all gorgeous, but I’m picking “Umahlalela”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1c8eD6NZyA
― breastcrawl, Friday, 9 November 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
This seems as good a place as any to post this majestic Heavy K track that's in a similar (but perhaps more euphoric) vein:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoR2UVK8OPc
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 November 2018 11:14 (five years ago) link
Yes, that’s a good one.But damn it, I can’t not post “Ngiyesaba” also. Bring it on, Simmy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koOMqVjHcKg
― breastcrawl, Friday, 9 November 2018 11:44 (five years ago) link
the Simmy album is out 16 November, super excited for that, all the singles are fantastic
― ufo, Friday, 9 November 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
the three simmy tracks are all rly impressive. and "ubala" ofc is gorgeous. anticipating the album!
― dyl, Saturday, 10 November 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
“Umahlalela” is the highest scoring song of the year in The Singles Jukebox:http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=26580
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 15 November 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
Tugela Fairy is divine, especially loving Njalo (Ufikile) and Vele Kungcono
― ufo, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Jealous of your ears, ufo! I trust it to be on Spotify by tomorrow.Meanwhile, in a similarish vein, Bucie also dropped an album this week, Rebirth. It didn’t really grab me on first listen, but “Soz’ Uphinde” (which I posted on the Afropop thread a while back) is very good, and closing track “Glory” stood out as well. The highlight for me is “You Chose Me” with Yemi Alade, an unexpected delight:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xsp4IzlGsc
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 15 November 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
“Umahlalela” is the highest scoring song of the year in The Singles Jukebox:― breastcrawl, Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:52 PM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I guess I'm disappointed this is not a cover of Mahlalela (by Letta Mbulu). Though I think it's still a traditional South African "chant". I wish there was a list / anthology somewhere of these folk songs. At least ever since I heard the soundtrack of Sarafina (which I can't resist to post two from).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGpOVquHkH0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGy8utYD0Q
― Nabozo, Thursday, 15 November 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
those simmy tracks are great
― nxd, Friday, 16 November 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
The album is on spotify now. It's good.
― Frederik B, Friday, 16 November 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
yeh it is cheers, this is lovely friday afternoon stuff
― nxd, Friday, 16 November 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
Such a wonderful album. The whole stretch from “Hamba Juba” to “Ngonile” is flawless.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 18 November 2018 22:23 (five years ago) link
Such a beautiful album.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
just been listening to it all week
― nxd, Friday, 23 November 2018 09:37 (five years ago) link
ummm so i was at my 10-year high school reunion tonight (lol) and fucking "akanamali" was on the playlist at the bar where it was hosted. i freaked out slightly and actually briefly asked around as to who put the playlist together. fess up, which one of you was it?!?
― dyl, Saturday, 24 November 2018 06:55 (five years ago) link
Listening to this again after a few days’ hiatus, and me totally otm:
The whole stretch from “Hamba Juba” to “Ngonile” is flawless.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 21:23 (five years ago) link
ditto
― nxd, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
Video for Simmy’s “Umahlalela”:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1-TgYur4g
― breastcrawl, Friday, 30 November 2018 11:53 (five years ago) link
Sun-EL’s video for “Ntaba Ezikude” (featuring Simmy!) is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttO-lvil80w
― breastcrawl, Friday, 14 December 2018 06:51 (five years ago) link
Tugela Fairy also happens to be the perfect Xmas album
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
Have yourself a Simmy little Christmas!
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 03:07 (five years ago) link
so much great music across these albums
― dyl, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 05:47 (five 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