#kwaito — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #kwaito, aggregated by home.social.
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Classic Kwaito mixed
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A 30-minute Kwaito mix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/classic-kwaito-mix/
Classic Kwaito mix from 2014 via Afropop Worldwide.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela taking office as the first post-apartheid leader of South Africa, A.J. Holmes has dropped a mix of classic tracks from the mid ’90s and early ’00s.
Holmes’ mix provides a great chance to explore the genre’s roots in the […] -
SPAZABASS – “Kwaito Dilla Jazz” EP
https://amf.didiermary.fr/spazabass-kwaito-dilla-jazz-ep/
Kwaito Tribute to J Dilla by South African collective SPAZABASS. This South African music collective consists of a DJ / Producer and various live session musicians.
James Dewitt Yancey (1974 – 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, rapper, and composer.
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TKZee – Magesh
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tkzee-magesh/
TKZee is a South African Kwaito music group formed in the 1990s by three school friends, Tokollo ‘Magesh’ Tshabalala (RIP), Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala.TKZee is one of the pioneering groups of Kwaito, Mapantsula and electronic music in South Africa.
The group shot to prominence in late 1997 with their singles “Palafala” and “Shibobo.” […]
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Mandoza – Nkalakatha
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mandoza-nkalakatha/
Kwaito star Mandoza, aka MDZ, born Mduduzi Tshabalala, died in 2016 at the age of 38. One of the most notable Kwaito artists, with 10+ studio albums, many of his singles turned hits and he received multiple awards.
“Nkalakatha,” on Mandoza’s eponym second album, was at the time an anthem for all South Africans. It […]
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JE Movement – Ma Dea Luv
https://amf.didiermary.fr/je-movement-ma-dea-luv/
Before Kwaito, in 1988, JE Movement released Ma Dea Luv, the first album of the duo formed by James Nyingwa et Elliot Faku. It’s dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop. The eponym track is considered a wordplay on Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time.
Toward the end of the 1980s […]
#80smusic #Apartheid #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #HipHop #Funk #RnB
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Still time to discover GQOM!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/faka-south-africa-gqom/
If you loved Kwaito, GQOM is its sibling: ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style.
FAKA “is a South African performance art duo, founded by Desire Marea and Fela Gucci, dealing with issues of the black queer body.”
#AfroHouse #GQOM #Kwaito #LGBTQ #Soundcloud #SouthAfrica #Electro
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Shangaan goes global…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/shangaan-goes-global/
South Africa has been for many years at the forefront of tradi-modern music, mixing ancient music styles and electro, House music mainly (e.g. Kwaito).
From traditional Shangaan music was born Shangaan Electro with producers like Nozinja, seen in this short documentary…
A dance movement and musical style born from [...] -
A quick selection of Brenda Fassie songs.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/brenda-fassie-songs/
In 1983, Brenda Fassie formed “Brenda and the Big Dudes” (with Blondie and Pappa Makhene), and that same year she had a breakthrough hit with “Weekend Special,” singing in the disco-flavored “bubblegum” [...]
#80smusic #90smusic #Disco #Documentary #Kwaito #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
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The politics of South African sound
From #Kwaito to #Amapiano, South African music is a bridge between past and present, where cultural memory, resistance, and reinvention collide on the dancefloor.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/03/the-politics-of-south-african-sound
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Saturday Fever – Jivaro
https://amf.didiermary.fr/saturday-fever-jivaro/
Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, les quatre membres de Jivaro ont été actifs à la fin des années 1980. “Saturday Fever” est sorti en 1989.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NF662aB93A
One of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece “Saturday Fever”, the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly encapsulate the post-boogie/proto-house movement that had taken over the country’s airwaves and clubs at the time.
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Kwaito mix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kwaito-old-school/
- President – Arthur
- King of Kwaito Uyagawula – Brothers of Peace
- Thobela – Boom Shaka
- We Miss You Boom Shaka – Brothers of Peace
- Siphitiphiti – Brothers of Peace
- Ginger – M’du
