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Saturday Night: South African Disco Pop Hits

Cultures Of Soul
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The 1980s were an epoch of upheaval and rapid change in South Africa. The decade began with the country’s apartheid government fighting to maintain its institutionalized racial segregation in the face of global protests and demands for the release of human rights activist Nelson Mandela, who had been jailed since the early 1960s. By 1990, Mandela was free, and apartheid was on the way to being dismantled. On the music front, things were changing too; At the beginning of the decade, the main music style of black South Africans was the jazzy indigenous jive of mbaqanga, a provincial style that had held its place as the sound of South Africa since Mandela was first imprisoned. By the end of the decade, South African music stars were making international waves with bubblegum, a flashy variety of Afro-techno-pop. On this album, Cultures of Soul explores this period of change, and the intermediary forms that filled the gap between mbaqanga and bubblegum. The years when South African musicians and producers wrestled with the incursion of foreign disco and formulated their own style of homegrown disco-pop. Starting from the early 80s, when bands like Varikweru, Black Five and Soundburger essayed local attempts at boogie and jazz-fusion, through experiments like the Madonna-cloned diva Margino, who domesticized the burgeoning Italo-disco and NYC electro sounds, up through the massive breakthrough of Brenda and the Big Dudes, who arrived at the right mix between native and international influences to point the way forward for South African pop.

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Release Date

24.02.2021

Cat No

COS031LP

Tracklist

Track 1
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Track 2
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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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Track 7
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Track 8
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Track 9
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Track 10
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Tech House
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House
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2-LP
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50.95 €
Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968-2019 Two-Piers
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2-LP
Various
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Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968-2019 Two-Piers
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Sachsentrance X DURCH Sachsentrance
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2LP
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Sachsentrance X DURCH Sachsentrance
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CD
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Someone Like Me Efficient Space
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CD
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Someone Like Me Efficient Space
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2-LP
Various
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Someone Like Me Efficient Space
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2-LP
Various
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Someone Like Me Efficient Space
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12"
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The Very Polish Cut Outs Sampler Vol. 10 The Very Polish Cut Outs
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12"
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The Very Polish Cut Outs Sampler Vol. 10 The Very Polish Cut Outs
Disco
7"
Betty Griffin
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Free Spirit Cultures Of Soul
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7"
Betty Griffin
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Free Spirit Cultures Of Soul
Disco
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Wild Fire
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Dance Hits Cultures Of Soul
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LP
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Wild Fire
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Dance Hits Cultures Of Soul
80ies Funk
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LP
Various
31.95 €
Tanamur City - Indonesian AOR, City Pop & Boogie Cultures Of Soul
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Funk/Soul
LP
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31.95 €
Tanamur City - Indonesian AOR, City Pop & Boogie Cultures Of Soul
Funk
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7"
Christian Harmonizers & Gospel Travelers
12.95 €
Troubles Of The World / Jesus Is Watching You Cultures Of Soul
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Funk/Soul
7"
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Troubles Of The World / Jesus Is Watching You Cultures Of Soul
Funk
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7''
Pearl Farano And The High Lites Of Joy / Zella Jac
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Who's Your Boss / Days Are Just Like People Cultures Of Soul
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Funk/Soul
7''
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Pearl Farano And The High Lites Of Joy / Zella Jac
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Who's Your Boss / Days Are Just Like People Cultures Of Soul
Funk
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7''
Birmingham Travelers / Gospel Ambassadors
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Call Me Answer (FEAT. Henry Burton) / This Little Light Of Mine Cultures Of Soul
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Funk/Soul
7''
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Nu Funk / Nu Soul
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7"
Milk Talk
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Wagamama Riso (XL Middleton Remix) MoFunk
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Funk/Soul
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Wagamama Riso (XL Middleton Remix) MoFunk
Neo Disco
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EP
A Band Called Flash
17.95 €
A Band Called Flash J4J
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Disco
EP
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A Band Called Flash
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A Band Called Flash J4J
Boogie
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Moniquea
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Yes No Maybe MoFunk
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Disco
LP
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Moniquea
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80ies Funk
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The NM Band
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She Wants Isle Of Jura
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Funk/Soul
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She Wants Isle Of Jura
Disco
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MACH
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Funky Mix / On And On Remix
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Disco
12“
MACH
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Funky Mix / On And On Remix
Re Edit (Disco)
12“
Black Walrus Unlimited
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Barry Ransom
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