Alexander Hawkins Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 Thanks Flurin! I think perhaps I did forget to mention it...but we’re all very proud of this one. This was one of those magic nights that you can have at Café Oto, and thank goodness we had the microphones up..! Quote
Clunky Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 My copy arrived today along with the new Threadgills. Looking forward to spinning all three Quote
king ubu Posted May 30, 2018 Report Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Clunky said: My copy arrived today along with the new Threadgills. Looking forward to spinning all three Ha, same here! Three Threadgills actually as I was still missing out on "Old Locks" too. Quote
aparxa Posted November 19, 2018 Report Posted November 19, 2018 Bheki Mseleku - Celebration and Moses Taiwa Molelekwa – Genes and Spirits have been recently repressed by Matsuli Music! Quote
Niko Posted November 21, 2018 Report Posted November 21, 2018 like most of the Matsuli catalogue, these are also on spotify... the Molelekwa album is very much of it's time (late 90s) but definitely interesting... tragic life story... Quote
erhodes Posted February 10, 2019 Report Posted February 10, 2019 Following up on some older posts regarding the electricjive site, can anyone comment on their experience with mediafire? My malwarebytes explodes when I have tried to follow the download links, though I have done so much more recently than the posts that cited electricjive. Any comments or advice would be welcome. Quote
Dave Garrett Posted February 13, 2019 Report Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/10/2019 at 5:46 PM, erhodes said: Following up on some older posts regarding the electricjive site, can anyone comment on their experience with mediafire? My malwarebytes explodes when I have tried to follow the download links, though I have done so much more recently than the posts that cited electricjive. Any comments or advice would be welcome. I assume you have the premium version of MalwareBytes that provides real-time monitoring. I don't have much experience with that version, but if you're going to be accessing blog links to any of the various cloud storage services like Mediafire, you should be running two browser add-ins: uBlock Origin and an industrial-strength pop-up blocker like Poper Blocker. That combination will kill almost all of the more egregious attempts to inject ads that border on malware, unwanted redirects, and pop-ups that ignore the built-in pop-up blocking function in most browsers. You can still allow "good" pop-ups on a case-by-case basis. Quote
erhodes Posted February 14, 2019 Report Posted February 14, 2019 20 hours ago, Dave Garrett said: I assume you have the premium version of MalwareBytes that provides real-time monitoring. I don't have much experience with that version, but if you're going to be accessing blog links to any of the various cloud storage services like Mediafire, you should be running two browser add-ins: uBlock Origin and an industrial-strength pop-up blocker like Poper Blocker. That combination will kill almost all of the more egregious attempts to inject ads that border on malware, unwanted redirects, and pop-ups that ignore the built-in pop-up blocking function in most browsers. You can still allow "good" pop-ups on a case-by-case basis. Whew... Many thanks for this info, Dave. You are correct viz. MalwareBytes though I let my premium lapse. That's what initially alerted me to the problem, though. I'm going to follow your advice...and proceed with caution. Looking forward to hearing some of the material at electricjive. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted September 24, 2021 Report Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) I've been given this list of South African jazz artists (I suspect that some might be more mixed genre fusion/pop/mbaqanga) to check out. The list comes from a South African who was around at the time, and is noticeably different to the Abdullah Ibrahim / Blue Tones heavy lists you tend to get on the west or from émigrés. The Drive Sakhile Sankomota Mparanyana and the Cannibals Stimela Malombo Jazzmen Bheki Mseleku The Dark City Sisters Kalamazoo Black Disco Winston Mankunku Ngozi Zacks Nkosi Does anyone know their work or have any records of theirs to recommend? The only one I know is Mankuku Ngozi, who received an excellent reissue a whole back. Edited September 24, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote
mhatta Posted September 24, 2021 Report Posted September 24, 2021 Bheki Mseleku was a great pianist I admire (he also could play good sax and guitar), but I think he style was more "mainstream" than South-African flavored. My personal favorite is Beauty of Sunrise (Polygram, 1997), but couldn't find it on YouTube, so... When I was young I enjoyed Zacks Nkosi's A Tribute To Zacks Nkosi (1975) since a British radio DJ in Japan recommended it on his program. Not so thrilling or "jazzy", but have a good, relaxed African vibrations. Quote
Rabshakeh Posted September 24, 2021 Report Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, mhatta said: Bheki Mseleku was a great pianist I admire (he also could play good sax and guitar), but I think he style was more "mainstream" than South-African flavored. My personal favorite is Beauty of Sunrise (Polygram, 1997), but couldn't find it on YouTube, so... When I was young I enjoyed Zacks Nkosi's A Tribute To Zacks Nkosi (1975) since a British radio DJ in Japan recommended it on his program. Not so thrilling or "jazzy", but have a good, relaxed African vibrations. Thank you. The list was given because I had mentioned the classic South African jazz musical King Kong, which launched so many careers in jazz-adjacent South African pop. I'm therefore not all that sure of how many of the names on the list really are jazz, South African pop or just pop. Either way, I love a list. I will certainly check out those two that you kindly mentioned. Edited September 24, 2021 by Rabshakeh Quote
mjazzg Posted September 25, 2021 Report Posted September 25, 2021 I only know Bheki too, well worth investigating. I'll be interested to hear your impressions as your investigations proceed Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 25, 2021 Report Posted September 25, 2021 On 24/09/2021 at 3:09 PM, Rabshakeh said: I've been given this list of South African jazz artists (I suspect that some might be more mixed genre fusion/pop/mbaqanga) to check out. The list comes from a South African who was around at the time, and is noticeably different to the Abdullah Ibrahim / Blue Tones heavy lists you tend to get on the west or from émigrés. The Drive Sakhile Sankomota Mparanyana and the Cannibals Stimela Malombo Jazzmen Bheki Mseleku The Dark City Sisters Kalamazoo Black Disco Winston Mankunku Ngozi Zacks Nkosi Does anyone know their work or have any records of theirs to recommend? The only one I know is Mankuku Ngozi, who received an excellent reissue a whole back. I have four albums of The Drive. They're very, very good at their best, which is frequent enough. And at least moderate at their worst. I put one of their track on a BFT and it fooled everyone I think... MG MG Quote
Rabshakeh Posted September 25, 2021 Report Posted September 25, 2021 Which The Drive record is your recommended starting point? Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 25, 2021 Report Posted September 25, 2021 If you're after specifically JAZZ material, then Tribute to Henry Sithole (RCA) will fit the bill. But if you want a bit of soul jazz, then it's Slow drive to Soweto (Atlas City) Let it be me is the cut I put on the BFT. I see you can't get either on Discogs... Oh well. MG Quote
mjazzg Posted December 22, 2021 Report Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, aparxa said: The reissue is out! Ordered mine here https://madaboutrecordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/tete-mbambisa-tetes-big-sound Edited December 22, 2021 by mjazzg Quote
jk666 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Posted February 3, 2022 I've been a fan of Bheki Mseleku since hearing Timelessness in the mid 90s when he was on Verve. I was lucky enough to see what I believe was his only US headline appearance at SOB's in NY. Tapestry Works recently released a collection of solo piano recordings that is well worth checking out. https://tapestryworks.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-stars Quote
Rabshakeh Posted February 4, 2022 Report Posted February 4, 2022 On 22/12/2021 at 11:15 AM, aparxa said: The reissue is out! I’d missed this! An excellent record that I will definitely get. Quote
mjazzg Posted June 29, 2022 Report Posted June 29, 2022 (edited) Another interesting looking reissue from Mad About Records https://madaboutrecordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/the-four-sounds-jazz-from-district-six Edited June 29, 2022 by mjazzg Quote
Rabshakeh Posted July 9, 2022 Report Posted July 9, 2022 There’ve been quite a lot of new releases recently. Does anyone who’s keeping up feel like recommending any? Quote
mjazzg Posted July 9, 2022 Report Posted July 9, 2022 I really rate these two https://www.discogs.com/release/20975248-Malcolm-Jiyane-Umdali https://www.discogs.com/release/23687426-Tumi-Mogorosi-Group-Theory-Black-Music Quote
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