80s & 90s African synth-pop, disco, house, etc

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i'm looking for 80s & 90s synth sounds from Africa. i know tons of it exists, but it's tough to find. i really dug these 2 tapes from Awesome Tapes From Africa:

http://awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com/2010/04/penny-penny-shaka-bundu-side-1.html

http://awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com/2007/10/ata-kak-obaa-sima-side-obaa-sima-moma.html

and of course that shangaan electro compilation was great. i found a few shangaan/tsonga disco tracks from artists like Paul Ndlovu, Peta Teanet, etc... but are there really no comps featuring this kind of stuff?

akaky akakievich, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:21 (thirteen years ago)

this William Onyeabor album from the mid-80s http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/426365-01.htm was discussed elsewhere on ILM (and it was just re-released) , but as you might tell form the cover, it's got synths a-plenty for ya.

beta blog, Thursday, 2 June 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago)

nice suggestion... i just snagged that one + a record called hypertension from 1982.

akaky akakievich, Thursday, 2 June 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago)

Wow, great blog!!

Deremiah Was a Bullfrog (u s steel), Thursday, 2 June 2011 20:52 (thirteen years ago)

two years pass...

can we revive this thread & make it pop off? I'm digging for more in the vein of this excellent mix: https://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/dj-gioumannes-afro-cosmic-club/s-9tnmy

William Onyeabor has his own thread I know. that stuff is blowing my mind & I saw noisey just dropped a 30 minute documentary on him.

this podcast was kinda cool: https://soundcloud.com/afropop-worldwide/afro-tech

awesome tapes from Africa is obviously an amazing resource for this stuff. that Ata Kak tape linked above really is the best thing ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW28iwIikq8

anyone with knowledge of this zone wanna drop some gems?

Captain Maximus, Saturday, 1 March 2014 19:01 (eleven years ago)

there is good stuff here

http://afrosynth.blogspot.co.uk/

soref, Saturday, 1 March 2014 19:04 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP0t-NeB8Uc

I saw a copy of this album in a second hand shop recently and I bought it because I like the cover and it's good! They're South African

soref, Saturday, 1 March 2014 19:08 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdaJwKkC7xE

this guy is really good, twangish country disco

tonga, Thursday, 6 March 2014 14:43 (eleven years ago)


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