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Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s. It is a sound that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music and often contain catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines and vocals. They are also very similar tempos to early 1990s NYC house tracks. Etymology The word ''kwaito'' originates from the South African slang "kwaai," which conveys the meaning of "cool" or "bad" in a positive context. The term "kwaai" itself is rooted in Afrikaans, where it initially signified "angry" or "fierce." However, within the framework of South African youth culture, its connotation had shifted to represent something fashionable or noteworthy. Kwaito led a post-Apartheid township subculture into the mainstream despite the fact that the Afrikaans language is associated with the apartheid regime and racial oppression, Afrikaans words are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro House
Afro house (also written as Afro-house or Afrohouse) is a Music subgenre, sub-genre of house music mainly developed in South Africa. The genre emerged in the 1990s. This musical style fuses elements of traditional House music, house with African rhythms and sounds, incorporating instruments such as the saxophone, piano and synthesizers, as well as vocals in various Languages of Africa, African languages. Characteristics and etymology Afro house may have emerged after or at the same time as Kwaito started to appear in South Africa. The music genre is principally a blend of traditional House music, house, kwaito, mbaqanga, deep house, tribal house, and soulful house. It can feature the various Languages of South Africa, South African languages within the music. The Beats per minute, BPM commonly shifts between 80 and 122 and, in some instances, can even reach 160 BPM. The etymology of the name uses the prefix 'afro' (meaning anything relating to Africa and Culture of Africa, Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Shaka
Boom Shaka was a pioneering South African kwaito music group consisting of Junior Sokhela, Lebo Mathosa, Theo Nhlengethwa and Thembi Seete. They released their first single "It's About Time" in 1993, and subsequently released their debut LP, titled "Kwere Kwere" in 1994. Boom Shaka was one of the most successful bands of the mid-1990s in South Africa. Their music was the soundtrack for many young people in the newly democratic South Africa. The group was viewed as representing "the hopes and dreams of a people after liberation". Boom Shaka also achieved international success in London, among other places. Boom Shaka, being one of the leading kwaito groups in South Africa, had a strong effect on their young audience. The group was purposefully put together to appeal to a younger audience through their distinctive sound, unique visual style and dance moves. The Boom Shaka name is aimed at recognising the power of the king of the Zulu nation, Shaka Zulu, and combining it with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Mafokate
Arthur Mafokate (born 10 July 1969) is a South African kwaito musician and producer. In 1994, he released his debut album, ''Windy Windy'', which included the hit "Amagents Ayaphanda". He became known as the "King of Kwaito" with many hit singles such as Kaffir, Oyi Oyi, Mnike, Twalatza, Zombo, Koti Koti, Poppe Dans, Seven Phezulu & Sika Lekhekhe. Early life and career Sello Arthur Mafokate was born on 10 July 1969. He is the son of Olympic equestrian and philanthropist Enos Mafokate and the brother of the late kwaito star Oupa Makhendlas Mafokate. He was born in Soweto, Gauteng Province,Mojapelo, Max. ‘’ Beyond Memory: Recording the History, Moments and Memories of South African Music’’, African Minds (2008) – but his family later moved to Midrand. As a child, he took piano lessons, and had a keen interest in soccer , dance and music. Mafokate worked as a model, winning the title 'Mr Soweto' in 1992. He worked as a music producer and sound engineer for several p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trompies
Trompies is a South African music group formed in 1995 who specialise in kwaito music. The members Spikiri, Mahoota, Donald Duck, Jakarumba & Mjokes grew up together in the Soweto township and agreed to form a band after they had all completed their music studies in college. Beginning to make music in the mid-1990s, they released their debut album ''Sigiya Ngengoma'' in 1995. Trompies have since sold over half a million records and have become very successful in producing and managing other artists as well through their record label Kalawa Jazmee. History On 1 January 2014, their 10th studio album ''Delicious'' was released. At the 21st ceremony of South African Music Awards was nominated for Best Kwaito Album. At the 2021 Music Kwaito and House Music Awards they received 4 nominations includes: Best Kwaito/Gqom Group, Best Kwaito Single, Best Kwaito Song and Best Collaboration. Trompies' influences Kwaito groups such as Trompies routinely rap vernacular forms of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of South Africa
The music of South Africa exhibits a culturally varied musical heritage in conjunction with the multi-ethnic populace. Genres with the greatest international recognition being mbube, isicathamiya, mbaqanga, afrofusion, kwaito, South African pop music, afro house, South African hip hop, Shangaan electro, bacardi house, bolo house, gqom and amapiano. The country's most internationally recognised and prominent musicians include Solomon Linda, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Stimela, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Ray Phiri, Abdullah Ibrahim, Wouter Kellerman, Brenda Fassie, Seether, Die Antwoord, Jeremy Loops, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Lucky Dube, Lebo M, Goldfish, Freshlyground, Black Coffee, Anatii, Zakes Bantwini, Master KG, Nomcebo Zikode, Nasty C, and Tyla. Pre-20th-century history Early records of music in South Africa as well as Southern Africa indicate a fusion of cultural traditions: African, European and Asian. Modern country's early musician Enoch Sont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gqom
Gqom () (igqomu (), gqom tech, sgubhu, 3-step or G.Q.O.M) is an African electronic dance music genre and subgenre of house music, that emerged in the early 2010s from Durban, South Africa, pioneered and innovated by Record producer, music producers Naked Boyz, Rudeboyz, Sbucardo, Griffit Vigo, Nasty Boyz, DJ Lag, Menzi Shabane, Distruction Boyz and Citizen Boy. Unlike other South African electronic music, traditional gqom is typified by minimal, raw and repetitive sound with heavy bass but without the Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor rhythm pattern. Music industry personnel who were pivotal in accelerating the genre's international acclaim in the genre's initial developmental phases included the likes of South African rapper Okmalumkoolkat, Italian record label Gqom Oh owner Nane Kolè, as well as other South Africans, including event curator and public relations liaison Cherish Lala Mankai, Afrotainment record label owner DJ Tira, Babes Wodumo, Mampintsha and Busisw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground Clubbing (subculture), club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat. By early 1988, house became mainstream and supplanted the typical 80s music beat. House was created and pioneered by DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, Chip E., Joe Smooth, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Marshall Jefferson, Phuture, and others. House music initially expanded to New York City, then internationally to cities such as London, and ultimately became a worldwide phenomenon. House has a large influence on pop music, especially dance music. It was incorporated into works by major international artists including Whitney Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandla Mofokeng
Mandla Daniel Mofokeng (born 11 September 1967) is a kwaito musician, singer and producer known as "Spikiri" from Meadowlands, Soweto and a member of the Kwaito group Trompies He started his career as a dancer in 1985, under the tutelage of South African musician Sello "Chicco" Twala. He later formed a disco group called MM De Luxe with friend M'du Masilela in 1988. This duo recorded two successful albums in 1989 and 1990 and introduced what came to be known as township kwaito today. His passion for music led Mandla to enroll at Fuba Music School in 1991 to study engineering and piano. In the 1990s he was producing music for the likes of Chimora, Kamazu, Senyaka and Fatty Boom Boom better known as Tsekeleke. Known for his unassuming demeanour, Mandla Mofokeng is a founder member of the seminal kwaito group Trompies, which has released a number of albums, some of which are regarded as classics of the genre. He is also a founder member and co-director of the influential record lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebo Mathosa
Lebohang Precious Mathosa (17 July 1977– 23 October 2006) was a South African kwaito singer. Mathosa started her career as a founding member of the popular South African band Boom Shaka in 1994 at the age of 17, after she caught the eye of music producer Don Laka at a club in Johannesburg. She was well known for her dyed blonde hair, her live shows, her hoarse voice, her constant reinvention, her energetic dance moves and outrageous stage outfits, and was openly bisexual. She was frequently compared to the South African singer Brenda Fassie who influenced her career, who died in 2004. Mathosa won the ''Style'' Best Dressed Woman of the Year Award in 2001, and was nominated by '' FHM'' magazine as one of Africa's sexiest women. Mathosa died in a car crash after a great performance, aged 29 when her driver lost control of the vehicle, a Toyota Prado, in which they were travelling on the N3 Highway in the East Rand. Early life Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton, a townsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangaan Electro
Tsonga electro is a dance movement and musical style born from a 21st-century reboot of local folk traditions in South African townships, Tsonga Disco and Kwaito House. The movement has been spearheaded by DJ Khwaya and the producer Nozinja in recent years, who has turned it into an iconic Afro-futurist strain of electronic dance music. Tsonga electro is also called "Shangaan Electro" in the Limpopo province of South Africa and was described as "the footwork-y highlife sound" by Red Bull Media House's, writer Chris Parkin. History Previous to releases by Honest Jon's in the late 2000s, the Shangaan Electro movement has a vast catalogue of cassettes, CD-Rs and DVDs released locally in South Africa via Nozinja Productions. The style has since gained international attention through the release of the compilation ''Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa'' via Honest Jon's which showcased the production work of Nozinja and the vocal/dance crews he had establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsotsitaal And Camtho
Tsotsitaal is a South African vernacular dialect derived from a variety of mixed languages mainly spoken in the townships of Gauteng province (such as Soweto, Soshanguve, Tembisa), but also in other agglomerations all over South Africa. ''Tsotsi'' is a Sesotho, Pedi or Tswana slang word for a "thug" or "robber" or "criminal", possibly from the verb "ho lotsa" "to sharpen", whose meaning has been modified in modern times to include "to con". The word ''taal'' in Afrikaans means "language". A tsotsitaal is built over the grammar of one or several languages, in which terms from other languages or specific terms created by the community of speakers are added. It is a permanent work of language-mix, language-switch, and terms-coining. History The tsotsitaal phenomenon originates with one variety known as Flaaitaal or Flytaal, and then Tsotsitaal, which became popular under this latter name in the freehold township of Sophiatown, west of Johannesburg, in the 1940s and 1950s. Tso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thembi Seete
Thembi Seete (born 25 March 1977) is a South African actress, singer-songwriter, media personality and model. She is best known as a member of former kwaito group ''Boom Shaka''. She played the role of "Gladys" in the Mzansi Magic telenovela '' Gomora''. from its debut in 2020 to its finale in 2023. Early life Seete was born on 25 March 1977 in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. Her father died in 2014. She grew up in Sebokeng in the Vaal with her aunt and uncle. Her mother Rebecca Seete succumbed to a brain tumor in July 2021. She has a son, born in 2018, with businessman Collen Mashawana. Career In 1993, she became one of the members of the kwaito supergroup called ''Boom Shaka''. She continued to perform with the group until the group split in 2000. Then in 2000, she made her debut film role starring in ''Hijack Stories''. Thereafter, she joined the SABC1 drama series '' Yizo Yizo''. Simultaneously, she featured on TV series' soundtrack with the release of "''Sure Ntombazana' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
