I'm 3/4 into the Sun-El and I find it ridiculously consistent and pleasant. I guess it's the kind of fuck you artists can give to music nerds obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks that can go into ILM polls. South Africa's obsession with Aaliyah's "Try Again" is funny.
― Nabozo, Monday, 14 December 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
🤔
― obsessed about quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Monday, 14 December 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
So is no one listening to the new Samthing? Try “Tilili” at least, folx!(please don’t tell me y’all are too wrapped up in the noms bizz. December is part of 2020 too, the busiest part in SA in fact when it comes to new releases)
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:25 (three years ago) link
The songs are a little bit too squarely in the amapiano norm: not a problem as background to his fantastic voice but lacking the dynamics of his hits. Tilili is the best but the track still moves like a slug you could find at the end of any KDS album.
Yesterday I listened to every Dj Manzo SA / Comado / Mthandazo Gyata song and these guys have true potential.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 15 December 2020 19:57 (three years ago) link
yeah the samthing EP (lol that 36 minutes is now an EP with amapiano track lengths) is decent but sometimes feels a little too amapiano-by-numbers and isn't as strong as last year's album. still pleasant though
― ufo, Wednesday, 16 December 2020 09:58 (three years ago) link
The Danko! Medley is amazing! Highlight for me
― octobeard, Thursday, 17 December 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
im v late to this party but this is some of my favorite music ever rn
― discourse stu (m bison), Saturday, 19 December 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Uwrongo is on Obama’s EOY list lol
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
herighto
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 December 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
he went with the edited version, very unpresidential imo
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 13:19 (three years ago) link
it’s summer in Mzansi:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AagjAUE8U8sBlaq Diamond • SummerYoMuthi
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 13:22 (three years ago) link
Love Mlindo's loopy vocal on this album cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gSrvQZUyTMSenzo Afrika ft. Mlindo The Vocalist & Alie Keys • Ngiyajola
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Sunday, 20 December 2020 22:42 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
just listened to this <33333
― class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 19 September 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
great tune
― nxd, Sunday, 19 September 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
oh it's gorgeous
― dyl, Monday, 20 September 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
Very uplifting comedown music
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 20 September 2021 20:53 (three 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 (two years ago) link
one of my favs ❤️
― terence trent d'ilfer (m bison), Saturday, 3 September 2022 15:11 (two years 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 (two years 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 (two years ago) link