please don't yell at me for saying so, but the melody of some of the backing vocals in "emakhaya" reminds me of bob sinclar's "world, hold on"
― dyl, Monday, 19 October 2020 00:03 (three years ago) link
don't think even Simmy is going to yell at you, she retweeted several tweets like this:
Simmy- Emakhaya (feat. Da Capo, Sun-El Musician)That "World hold on" humming partđđ. pic.twitter.com/28aBpTP0C9— Thyophò (@aphumelele_m) October 16, 2020
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 06:13 (three years ago) link
Another one I posted on the Baby Are You Coming? thread, but I feel people here could do with some amapiano relaxation as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWo9vo9ZgvAKota Embassy ft. Cue ⢠Sugar Mama
(this possibly outvibes even DJ Stokieâs âSenoritaâ)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 October 2020 14:39 (three years ago) link
oh thank goodness! xp
― dyl, Monday, 19 October 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
lovely video for "Emakhaya":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kkdRc4FCs0
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 October 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
fun fact: Simmy calls herself (or at least her albums) âTugela Fairyâ because sheâs from Tugela Ferry in KwaZulu Natal province, a town named after the ferry across the Tugela River that operated here and has since been replaced by the steel bridge you see in the video.
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 October 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Wow that's the heart of Zululand, it's not far off Isandlwana, and I checked, the area is King's land (Ingonyama). She's basically in the homelands stepping on the skulls of dead British soldiers :D
― Nabozo, Saturday, 24 October 2020 16:26 (three years ago) link
lol the Sun-el album is 159 mins long
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Saturday, 24 October 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
he is probably the only person right now whose 159-minute-long album i would actually anticipate listening to
― dyl, Saturday, 24 October 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
...and another one (found out through forks' October favourites list):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K09EbOCfoGUSun-EL Musician ft. Julia Church ⢠Garden
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
in songs I like better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWKoDuyuzVsMthandazo Gatya ft. DJ Manzo SA & Comado ⢠Senzeni
(reminder: the non-edited version is 6'24)
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
This folky one is very pretty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tu2Wsd3AjESbahle ⢠Emlanjeni
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:19 (three years ago) link
brand new video for a track from last year's S-Tone *EP* (as opposed to this year's S-Tone *album*):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYw9dfVd_ocS-Tone ft. Simmy ⢠Vuka Africa
― Welcome to Nonrock (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Sha Shaâs voice is so soothing to me on this awful day
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
"senzeni" is really good
fully expecting the sun-el album to be too much, 31 tracks/2.5 hours is totally ridiculous
― ufo, Thursday, 5 November 2020 07:08 (three years ago) link
in case you donât have no plans for tomorrow night:
@simmymusicsa launches her album tomorrow!!, đđ at Pmb.. Alongside @azanamusic and myself!!Tugela Fairy ( Made of Stars) has Arrived!! pic.twitter.com/4r1ATmOMXA— NobuhleMusic (@NobuhleMusic) November 5, 2020
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Thursday, 5 November 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
ooh it's out here now and sounding great
― ufo, Friday, 6 November 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
"konke"!
― ufo, Friday, 6 November 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
well that's my friday listening all day then
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 6 November 2020 05:44 (three years ago) link
listened to this once this morning, now going for seconds. itâs sounding very good indeed. it really gets going from track 5 (âImihla nezoloâ). that whole middle section is fire - a warm, comforting fire.highlight of the first go-round for me might have been âNgiyahambaâ with Mthunzi.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 6 November 2020 17:05 (three years ago) link
âKonkeâ is very good as well, itâs the only track produced by Claudio (of x Kenza fame) xp to ufo
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 6 November 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
another track from the Sun-El album dropped:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a90xU2bQEZ0Sun-El Musician ft. Ami Faku ⢠Mandinaye
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Sunday, 15 November 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
geez
that album's gonna be so good isn't it, even if it's a long double album
― dyl, Sunday, 15 November 2020 22:19 (three years ago) link
Was curious initially that this and the Simmy albums were dropping in fall/winter and then I realized in South Africa it's spring/summer - the perfect time for these records.
― octobeard, Monday, 16 November 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
Good god Emakhaya is so gorgeous. Sun-el really has that magic touch as a producer. I cannot wait for his to drop soon. Gonna be really really nice to have some of his warmth for this cold and dark winter.
― octobeard, Monday, 16 November 2020 01:22 (three years ago) link
"mandinaye" is fantastic, wow. i sure hope he's able to keep it up for the entire 2.5 hours lol
― ufo, Monday, 16 November 2020 02:24 (three years ago) link
âDecemberâ is a really big thing in SA, itâs the festive season and the summer holidays rolled into one, so everyone is on a quest for the biggest December song.xps
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 November 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
I'm just getting around to the Simmy album, and it is of course excellent. This year is honestly too much...
― rob, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
It took me awhile but Simmy's Tugela Fairy LP COMPLETELY got its hooks in me over the past two weeks, making it hard to listen to anything else. There are a few clunkers ('We Were Here' and 'Time After Time') but it's pretty unassailable as a complete album. Much the same as the first one though, it required regular repeat plays to fully sink in... songs like 'Wamuhle' and 'Mabhungu,' which now feel indispensable, were kinda blah on first listen.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 19:45 (three years ago) link
That said, I would still say 'Emakhaya' is the best of the bunch. And I'm still loving 'Yaz Abantu'! I feel like both are legit worth pushing as best of the year songs.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
ladies x gentlemen, Claudio x Kenza:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcKHw0rtWssClaudio x Kenza ft. Omi Kobi ⢠Pot of Goldsee them perform ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMWGGKsfntYQ Twins ft. Claudio x Kenza ⢠Vumahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tz7ngRcC9wNobuhle ft. Claudio x Kenza ⢠Phezulu (not yet released, live performance)
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
...and oh hey, I got a little samthing for ya:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhVc2wq5JAsSamthing Soweto ft. De Mthuda ⢠Weekend
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Friday, 20 November 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
this new Simmy record đąđąđąđąđąđąđą
― winters (josh), Saturday, 28 November 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
I think âImihla Nezoloâ is my favourite track - that bass, those âhey, heyâs.Also, Sun-El & Ami Fakuâs âMandinayeâ keeps growing and growing on me. Itâs so beautiful.
― Running up that hill but fleeting (a deal with Gop) (breastcrawl), Saturday, 28 November 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
yes the simmy album is really good, shame on me for taking so long to get to it
― dyl, Saturday, 28 November 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link
I went to listen to the Simmy on hike today, typed in Simi by accident and lo and behold I like her too! (Updated highlife from what I've gathered so far)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 29 November 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
just leaving this here: an online launch event for the Sun-El album that starts in 10 hours (23h15 until midnight SA time). itâs free, but you have to register your info at some event ticketing/payment company platform in order to validate your ticket, which made me decide to pass on this opportunity, but ymmv:
#ToTheWorldAndBeyon #ttwab Donât miss out the virtual concert tonight 03/12/2020 (23:15).Register for free at: https://t.co/QsLuV7lQ3oFollow the commander @sunelmusicianza for more info.— Sphiwe Aaron Zwane  (@Sphiwe_Zwane) December 3, 2020
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 11:06 (three years ago) link
btw Sun-El has dropped four more new tracks in the past four days. I now feel confident enough to make the following predictions for the album:⢠there will be loads of great music on it⢠and plenty of less than great music as well⢠1+1=2: it will be much too long
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
i expect that at the very least it'll be possible to carve an excellent ~hour of music out of it
― ufo, Thursday, 3 December 2020 12:41 (three years ago) link
oh for surealso: it's unlikely i'll be able to sufficiently listen to it before the end of January
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
i will not have enough time to listen to the whole thing before i should sleep so i think i'll just start w/ vol. 1 tonight
opener is v epic... i think that's a "nature boy" interpolation for a few seconds?... despite being relatively unmoved by some of the preview tracks i'm not especially confident in that prediction breastcrawl. but we shall see!
― dyl, Friday, 4 December 2020 05:28 (three years ago) link
have only listened to the first disc so far but it's all gorgeous. only issue is when the album is 80 minutes long, the songs do blend together a bit, so it'll take a while to really wrap my head around it.
he's said the first disc is supposed to be his classic sound (he certainly succeeded there!) and the second disc is him experimenting and broadening his sound so i'm curious how different it will be. i didn't like "chasing the summer" much when i listened to it yesterday though.
― ufo, Friday, 4 December 2020 09:33 (three years ago) link
that virtual concert I mentioned the other day is now on YouTube, and serves as a wonderful good-old-fashioned-album-length introduction to this ambitious endeavour - 46 minutes to the albumâs 156:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5aPZ6-I71Yvery nice visuals too, and Tout EL World shows up - with the exception of Claudio x Kenza
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:23 (three years ago) link
listened to the whole thing yesterday, sorta let it wash over me in the semi-background. most everything sounded good at the very least. hope to discover some stunners when Iâll be playing it loud. (âLenganeâ with Simmy is probably one, itâs been around for a while).there was one immediate lovely surprise for me tho, the track I happened to play last of all: the very un-Sun-El-like âNo Dramaâ which has an amapiano-by-way-of-West-Africa feel.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
Listened to the first disc yesterday and the 2nd today. It's a lot more consistent than his last one overall, but the peaks are not nearly as high. There's no Akanamali or Sonini on this, despite the latter's vocalist Simmy guesting on 4(!) tracks. He's digging into a formula more, and while there's some interesting genre dabbling on the 2nd disc and the production remains quite impeccable, a part of me is worried he'll never touch the transcendence of those early singles again.
― octobeard, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:29 (three years ago) link
Despite the criticisms, there's a pretty amazing record here, especially if you edit it down to one disc, which I might end up doing at some point. Hard not to expect quite a bit of filler on an album 2 hours and 40 minutes long.
― octobeard, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
agree that those highest Himalaya highs are not there, but the four lead singles (âUhuruâ, âUbomi Abumangaâ, âNever Neverâ and âMandinayaâ) have all been amazing, and he could (should) have included âInto Ingaweâ as well. if you add the next-best gorgeous new tracks and one or two of those Sun-El instrumentals, plus the Niniola and âNo Dramaâ as bonuses youâd have a magnificent set. it becomes a lot less interesting when he features Sauti Sol, and âGardenâ-variety Sun-El is not where itâs at. a Chris Martin collab is probably inevitable tho.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
I feel the second album blues more with the new Simmy. itâs very good, donât get me wrong, but itâs just a folder with a lot of tracks to me, whereas the first Tugela Fairy was a relatively concise and perfectly balanced out album.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
oh btw, if you came here for the first new Sha Sha song in over a year, you can find it over here on the âeMcimbiniâ/Kabza & Maphorisa thread.itâs very dreamy.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Saturday, 5 December 2020 23:24 (three years ago) link
I feel the second album blues more with the new Simmy. itâs very good, donât get me wrong, but itâs just a folder with a lot of tracks to me
I need to revisit it again, but I feel similarly about hers as I do with Sun-El's - quantity over quality, but with a baseline of quality still present. If you edit it down it's great, but still a step down from her debut. I'm not feeling "blues" per se with these records, they're both still great. I suppose that sentiment only comes off due to the relative comparisons. It's hard for any artist to pull off that untouchable magic they both had a couple years ago a 2nd time in a row, let alone the rest of their careers. I would love to be able to see them perform at some point post-pandemic. I hope they can find broader success outside of Africa/S.A. and that in turn might evolve their sound.
― octobeard, Sunday, 6 December 2020 00:19 (three years ago) link