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Music Team Sampler

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Selection of all winners from the Music Team label - mid 80s to early 90s gems on here! One of South Africa’s biggest independent labels for more than a decade, Music Team offered working musicians a shot at fame via access to top studios, producers, songwriters and session musicians, as well as distribution via a number of imprints: CTV, Red Label, Solid, Spinna, Mambo Music and others. Artists in the stable who tasted success would typically release a few albums over as many years before moving on to other labels or falling off the radar as times changed. At their peak, according to label boss Maurice Horwitz, Music Team was selling a million records a month, and was at the forefront of South African pop music as it evolved from soul to disco and beyond. Afrosynth Records’ ‘Music Team Sampler’ dusts off six rare and long-forgotten gems from the Music Team catalogue, originally released between 1986 and 1992. Four are typical of the label’s take on the popular ‘bubblegum’ sound of the day — Isaac ‘Cool Cat’ Mofokeng’s ‘Candy’, ‘I Won’t Let You Go’ by Linda Oliphant, Jappie Lebona’s ‘My Love is Yours and ‘Instant Love (Eyami Lendoda)’ by Thandi Zulu (aka TZ Junior). Two instrumentals — Mr. Ace’s ‘Ace 1’ and ‘Axe Chop’ by The Hard Workers, a studio project by Music Team’s in-house producer Tom Mkhize — meanwhile hint at the imminent rise of kwaito and house. Forged in the fire of a cruel and volatile political system that was gradually unraveling, instead of addressing political realities these indelible pop songs sought to provide an escape to a world where love and music were all that mattered.

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Release Date

25.10.2024

Cat No

AFS045

Tracklist

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Track 3
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Tech House
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12"
Various
10.95 €
Muna Musik 010 Muna Musik
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House
12"
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Various
10.95 €
Muna Musik 010 Muna Musik
Electro House
2-LP
Various
14.00 €
Hardhop + Trypno Moonshine Music
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House
2-LP
Various
14.00 €
Hardhop + Trypno Moonshine Music
House
12“
Various
16.95 €
Remember Your Days Telomere Plastic
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House
12“
Various
16.95 €
Remember Your Days Telomere Plastic
Indie / Alternative
LP
Various
36.95 €
Break The Glass, Burn The Cage (Ltd. Edition) Pavilion
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LP
Various
36.95 €
Break The Glass, Burn The Cage (Ltd. Edition) Pavilion
Wave
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2-LP
Various
30.95 €
La Contra Ola: Synth Wave & Post Punk From Spain '80-86 (2025 RP) Bongo Joe
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Rock / Pop / Indie
2-LP
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Various
30.95 €
La Contra Ola: Synth Wave & Post Punk From Spain '80-86 (2025 RP) Bongo Joe
Soul
2-LP
Various
47.95 €
Paul Weller Presents That Sweet Sweet Music Ace
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2-LP
Various
47.95 €
Paul Weller Presents That Sweet Sweet Music Ace
House
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12“
PT House
16.95 €
Big World Afrosynth
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House
12“
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PT House
16.95 €
Big World Afrosynth
Disco
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12“
Citi Express
21.95 €
Living For The City Afrosynth
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Disco
12“
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Citi Express
21.95 €
Living For The City Afrosynth
Afro Disco
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LP
Starlight
21.95 €
Starlight AFROSYNTH
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Afro Music
LP
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Starlight
21.95 €
Starlight AFROSYNTH
Afro Jazz
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LP
Ayanda Sikade
22.95 €
Umakhulu Afrosynth
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Afro Music
LP
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Ayanda Sikade
22.95 €
Umakhulu Afrosynth
Afro Disco
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LP
E&S Brothers
20.95 €
Taduma Afrosynth
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Afro Music
LP
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E&S Brothers
20.95 €
Taduma Afrosynth
Jazz
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2-LP
Various
22.95 €
New Horizons 2 Afrosynth
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Jazz
2-LP
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Various
22.95 €
New Horizons 2 Afrosynth
Soul-Jazz
LP
Sade
16.00 €
Stronger Than Pride Epic
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Jazz
LP
Sade
16.00 €
Stronger Than Pride Epic
Italo Disco
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12“
Whodamanny
17.95 €
Volveran Biloba
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Disco
12“
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Whodamanny
17.95 €
Volveran Biloba
80ies Funk
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12“
Various
20.95 €
Música Para Boliche Maledetta Discoteca
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Funk/Soul
12“
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Various
20.95 €
Música Para Boliche Maledetta Discoteca
Arab
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EP
Khaled Barkat & Cheb Tati & Asif
17.95 €
Maghreb K7 Club - Disco Singles Vol. 3 Les Disques Bongo Joe Sofa Records
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World
EP
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Khaled Barkat & Cheb Tati & Asif
17.95 €
Maghreb K7 Club - Disco Singles Vol. 3 Les Disques Bongo Joe Sofa Records
Afro Disco
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12“
F.lli Paradiso
18.95 €
La Danza della Giungla La Sirenetta
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Afro Music
12“
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F.lli Paradiso
18.95 €
La Danza della Giungla La Sirenetta
Reggae / Dub
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12"
Mystic Jungle
17.95 €
Words Of Love Periodica
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Reggae / Dub
12"
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Mystic Jungle
17.95 €
Words Of Love Periodica