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P R E S E N T S ] ██▓▓█▀▀ ░ ▓████▓▌ ░ ▐▓▀▀ ▓ ▐█████▓█ ▀ ░ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ Artist.......: VA ░▓ ▌ ▄▀██▓██▓▓▀ Album.Title..: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto Vol 2 ▓▓▄▀█▓▓▓▀ Label........: Earthworks/Virgin ░▓░ █▓▌ ▐█▓▓ ▀▓ Catnr........: CDEWV 1 ░▓▓▓ ▐█▓▓ ▓█▓▌ Genre........: World/South Africa/Mbaqanga ▓░ ███▓▓[z0o]░ ▐██░ ░ ░ ▄ ░▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▓█░▄ ▌ ░▓░ [ R E L E A S E . I N F O ] ▓░ ▓▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▓█▄▐▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓░ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ░ ░ ░ █▓▌▄▄▄ ▄▓ ░▓▓▓░ ░▓▓▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░▓▓░ ▐█▓▓ ░ ░▓▓░ rip.date....: Aug 20, 2002 ░▓▓ ▐███████▓▓▌ ░ ░░ ███▓▓ ▓▓░▓░ str.date....: 1987 ░▓▓░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▓▄▄▓████▓▓▄▄▄▄░▄▄ ripped.by...: Cimarosa ▓ ▐█▓▀ ░ ░▀█▓▌ ▀▓█████████████▓▓▓▀ quality.....: 192 kbps 44.1 kHz Full Stereo░▓▓▓ ▀▓ ░ ▀▓██████▓██▓▓▀ ▓░ grabber.....: Exact Audio Copy 0.9 ▓▓ ▀░ ░ ░ ░▓░ ░▀ ▀▓█████▓▓▓ ░░▓ encoder.....: Lame 3.92 ░▓▓░▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓░ ░ ▐███████▓▓▌░▓▓▓░ no.of.tracks: 13 ░▓▓▓▓▓ ▓░▓▓░░ ░ ▓███▀ ▀▓█▓▓ ▓░░ size........: 63,3 MB ░▒░ ░▓░ ░ ▐█▓▀ ░░ ▀█▓▌░ playtime....: 46:00 min ░ ▒ █▀ ░▓▓▓▓░ ▀▓ URL.........: n/a ░ ▀░ ▓▄▄▓▓▓▓▄▄█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓█▄▄▄ ░ ▄█▒████████▓▓▀ ▀▓██▓███▓▄ ▄▓██░██████▓▓█▀ [ T R A C K . L I S T I N G ] ▀▀▀▓██▓▌ ▓█████████▓▓█▀ ▐█▄██▓▀ ▐███▓██▀▀▓▀░ ██▓▓█▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ░ track title time ▐▓▀▀ ▓████▓▌ ▀ ░▌ ▓████▓▌ -01- Amaswazi Emvelo and Mahlathini - Utshwala [03:48] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Begazati ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -02- Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo - Thuto [03:37] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Ke Senotlolo ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -03- Dilika - Amazimuzimu [03:04] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -04- Abafakasi - Wakwami [02:57] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -05- Johnson Mkhalali - Sunshine Boots [03:05] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -06- Jozi - Phumani Endlini [03:40] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -07- Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo - Kwa [03:15] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Volondiya ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -08- Makgona Tsohle Band - Vula Bops [03:21] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -09- Amaswazi Emvelo - Jabula Mfana [04:03] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -10- Amaswazi Emvelo and [04:46] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mahlathini - Siwuhambile Umhalaba ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -11- Mahlathini Nezintombi [02:37] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Zomgqashiyo - Ngasebenza Ngedwa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -12- Malombo - Motshile [04:34] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ -13- Nganeziyamfisa No [03:13] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Khambalomvaleliso - Thandaza ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ [ A B O U T . T H i S . R E L E A S E ] ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ An exquisite South-African sampler, not to be ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ missed if you're into world music. Highest rating ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ possible at All Music Guide and full of mbaqanga ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music. This is the second cd in a six-volume series. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Vol 3 is concurrently released, which means ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ five of the six albums have been released. Volume 4 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ is no longer available unfortunately, it contains ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mostly songs from the Soul Brothers, the local big ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ men of mbaqanga. Ripper's favourite track on this ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ album is track 6: Jozi with 'Phumani Endlini'. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ CD-review from All Music Guide by Adam Greenberg ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5uq7g4fntvoz ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ (webaddress is actually review for vol 2, not vol 3 ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ as the title on that page mentions) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Part of the series on Earthworks of current urban ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ township style songs from South Africa, Thunder ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Before Dawn is volume two. Overall, a very nice ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ collection of works, predominantly in Zulu, from ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Soweto. Quite possibly, the main highlight of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ album is the music from Mahlathini Nezintombi ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Zomgqashiyo, a South African supergroup comprised ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ of Mahlathini, the quintessential groaner, the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mahotella Queens, and Marks Mankwane's Makgona ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Tsohle Band. The other nice surprise is the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ accordion work of Johnson Mkhalali. To find out ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ what's been happening in South Africa as far as ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music is concerned (before the end of apartheid, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that is), this series is a key. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Info about Mbaqanga music from All Music Guide ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Mbaqanga was one of South Africa's most popular ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ native musical styles, originating in the black ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ townships in the late '50s and early '60s. At ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ first, mbaqanga was an instrumental music, an urban ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ outgrowth of the pennywhistle jive music (or kwela) ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ that groups of black street musicians had imported ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ from rural areas. When record companies began to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ record pennywhistle jive in the early '50s, more ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ elaborate arrangements and compositions began to ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ replace the simpler format of a lead melodic flute ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ soloing over harmonies provided by two or three ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ other flutes. Mbaqanga was born when the saxophone ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ replaced the pennywhistle as lead instrument on ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Spokes Mashiyane's 1958 single "Big Joe Special." ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ The music wasn't nearly as complex as jazz, since ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ most mbaqanga musicians learned to play through ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ feel, not by reading music; it was built mostly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ around simple melodies and rhythms that could be ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ easily repeated. As mbaqanga developed, electric ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bass was added to the rhythm section, and the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ percussion accompaniment became correspondingly ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ more powerful and danceable in order to keep pace. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Electric guitars completed the transition to fully ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ non-acoustic instrumentation in the early '60s, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ soon afterwards, vocals began to appear on mbaqanga ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ records, based on an Africanized version of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ American doo wop harmony that relied on five parts ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ instead of the customary four. As practiced by ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ pioneers Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, vocal ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mbaqanga (dubbed "mqashiyo") relied on female ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ vocalists to handle the intricate harmonies, and a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ growling, deep-voiced "groaner," as the male ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ vocalist came to be known, who provided a sharply ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ contrasting sound. This formula persevered into the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ '70s, and although Mahlathini & the Mahotella ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Queens retained their popularity, most new mbaqanga ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ bands featured only male vocalists. However, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ imported American soul and disco records were ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ capturing the younger audience by this time, and ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ had it not been for the international discovery of ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ mbaqanga in 1986 thanks to records like The ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Indestructible Beat of Soweto and Paul Simon's ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Graceland (which actually owed much more to Zulu a ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ cappella singing than mbaqanga), most of the ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ music's audience would have disappeared. ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ----- ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ZA = Domain suffix South Africa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Greetz to all world music enthusiasts in too many ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ groups to mention, ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ Cimarosa ▓▌ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ▓████▓▌ ▓▌ ▓ ▐█████▓█ [ A B O U T . U S ] ▓▌ ▀█▄▓████▓▓▄█▀ ▓▌ ▀██▓██▓▓▀ Our group consists of many rippers who are music enthu- ▓▌ ▀█▓▓▓▀ siasts. Justfun releases different kinds of music ▓▌ ▀▓ like indie rock, trip-hop, world, jazz, chanson, ▓▌ ░ electro and much more ... 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