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

All three of these Azana singles are great.

dig the light touch of Jill Scott "He Loves Me" interpolation in Ngize Ngifike

damn "ubomi abumanga" is incredible wtf... afrobeats rendered in the worldview of air france

"Zwakala", the new Tresor, is very good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvc-wq4nQ6w

good stuff!

it's just another Azana Friday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSP5Tqlssw8
Azana ft. Sino Msolo • Umaqondana

she's amazing

god they sound great together, this album is promising to be stunning

Now do yourselves a favour and listen to “Uhuru” again.

I will def revisit that when the Sun-El album drops (iirc I wasn't as anti as others). Speaking of, are we looking at albums *this summer* from: Sun-El, Azana, Burna Boy, and WizKid?! Should Simmy be on that list too?

oh man throw Tresor on that list too, wth

Not sure about Simmy, but we’ve already had Kabza (I know). Davido also promised another album in July.

...but yes, that new Azana track. “Umaqondana” might be my favourite so far.

came across this playlist on Spotify, looks like a perfect match with the music on this thread: Sunday Kind of Love by Filtr South Africa.

New Heavy K, “second single”** from a new project that is promised for 31 July. It sounds great and I'm keeping my fingers crossed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG9aNx4y9zE
Heavy-K ft. Natalia Mabaso • Uyeke

(**meanwhile previous single “Tsamaya” with Professor has disappeared from Spotify. Don’t know what’s going on between Heavy and Spotify: the tracks he dropped last year never reached it or have disappeared again, and his 2018 album and 2017 classic "Inde" are no longer there either)

that's really nice (not surprisingly for him). even the part that semi-reminded me of phil collins "another day in paradise", lol

And guess who the public darling this year at BET is
https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2020-06-29-taking-yano-to-the-world--zimbabwean-amapiano-star-sha-sha-wins-a-bet/

very nice. no idea who votes in these things, but their respective international profiles being the way they are I would not have expected her to beat Rema.

☀️My new album TO THE WORLD AND BEYOND #ttwb will be dropping this Spring with a diversity of sound and exciting new features. This album is a colorful continuation of my debut album AFRICA TO THE WORLD. I would like to welcome you to a new chapter 📖 pic.twitter.com/JkLi2ZjsjU

— Sun-EL Musician (@sunelmusicianza) July 9, 2020

did a double take when I read this, but quickly adjusted my hemispherical bias.

Lol same

17th of July ✨This Friday! 👑 pic.twitter.com/yWQlmQSZYz

— Azana (@azanamusic) July 15, 2020

It's out now!

very hyped. not yet on US spotify tho'.

give it 5h30

brace yourself for the new Niniola track as well

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pretty fucken psyched for this one (will check the Niniola after I'm done relistening to Smile)

you're not gonna believe this but the Azana is beautiful music

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

reminded me of 90s downtempo in spots, strangely enough

"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 (?)

I’m at “Bafazi” and holy fuck

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

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.

thinking we should redirect the Jessie Ware posse to this album

I need another listen, but I do wonder if this doesn't deserve its own thread

this thread is goodness overglowing, so maybe yes

overglowing? yes that and/or overgrowing, but I meant overflowing obv

impossible not to close your eyes and let the ~vibes~ wash over on bafazi

Isn’t that just perfectly timed? Video for “Uhuru”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AAsYxpiJk
Sun-El Musician ft. Azana • Uhuru

Azana - Ingoma

azana album is gorgeous of course

ufo, I teleported you to the Azana thread in spirit (with your permission I hope!)

Love this a lot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoEYmTQYlU
Malome Vector ft. Blaq Diamond • Dumelang

yeah that's great, can see that going straight onto replay for awhile
what's the sun-el connection if any?

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.

it's awesome!

Extracurricular track by Sun-El "to celebrate the 60th year anniversary of radio station Ukhozi FM".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meBtozvy3jE
Sun El Musician ft. Simmy & Khuzani • Emoyeni

Simmy's voice...

It's so cool to hear Sotho again (Malome Vector), I like their harsh Rs which strangely remind you of Afrikaans.

“Emoyeni” is beautiful

"Dumelang" shot right into my summer playlist thx