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

i don't doubt the album will be really good even if this track is a little more understated than one might have expected from a 'first single' (not that 'understated' is necessarily a bad thing in sun-el's hands)

yeah same on all points

I agree that it’s not as good as a “Sonini” or “Ntaba ezikude” (leaving “Akanamali” out of this, because hors catégorie), but I still think it’s gorgeous.

What puts this song over the top for me is Azana’s vocal - so earnest and affecting.
She seems to be new, she has no footprint (voicetrail?) on Spotify at all, but her Twitter tells me she has an album out in May; the snippets suggest a slightly more jazzy vibe than for instance Simmy.

But maybe y’all wanted Simmy on this?

pic.twitter.com/smpKKYLfWj

— Simmy (@simmymusicsa) April 16, 2020

Sweet. What I find funny with this video, is that where we hear house music (and look for certain qualities) South Africans are hearing "their" music under all the lush tapestry, chimes etc.

Btw breastcrawl if you're still learning Zulu, Simmy gives her own translation of Ngihamba Nawe (or I Choose You) in the YT comments.

oh nice, will have a look! (I’m not actively studying, but I’m much more alert to song titles and stuff, so I do google-translate a lot)

i want simmy on basically everything.

co-sign

cross-posting with the Moloko thread:

“Sing It Back”, repurposed by Samthing Soweto as a gospel workout, lyrics slighly tweaked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxuqpXRNuUM
Soweto Central Chorus of the Salvation Army ft. Samthing Soweto • Bring It Back

Much better to watch the performance itself, starting from 55:12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJxmbsgD-Fc

Don’t know if this version predates the much more faithful (!) Sha Sha cover or not (it looks like it was recorded last year as well) - Samthing and Sha Sha are only one step removed from each other obviously.

(Samthing is on two more (consecutive) songs earlier in the concert, “Bawo” and “Mzalwane”, from 11:28 onwards)

I don't much care about Moloko, but that was extremely dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA9sHZoOnok

More from Azana - Your Love which will serve as the first single of her INGOMA album. I think we had a snippet already.

that's just lovely! my first encounter with her, iirc, but stoked for the album now

ah I see she's the singer on that slightly controversial Sun El track

This has been around for ages, but it's such a pretty song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6T-jmm8SH8
Sithelo ft. Skye Wanda • Forever

new single on the way, this sounds nice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k41_1rDhxpM

Msaki!

ubomi abumanga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu02NYBdsbI

oh wow the horns on this are lovely

absolutely love it

yeah, i fuck with this for sure

DJ set by Sun-El, featuring a number of new tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6NxWLBqdE

thanks!

Azana’s second – ‘your love’ turns into ‘true love’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlCN9YS8f4
Azana • Uthando Lwangempela

live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oh4eNjyQ_c

For those who can’t wait for the Azana album…

…welcome to snippet heaven!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4lmfem6zuA
Azana feat. Sun-El Musician - Ngize Ngifike

Belatedly, "Your Love" is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard.

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