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v/a - next stop soweto vol 2 - strut - vinyl

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Genre: African

1. J.K. Mayengani andThe Singwedzi Sisters - Khubani
2. The Monks - Blockhead
3. The Klooks - Nkulis Shuffle
4. Philip Malela - Tiba Kamo
5. The Mgababa Queens - Akulalwa Soweto
6. The Heroes - Funky Message
7. Bra Sello and His Band - Soul Time Nzimande Go
8. Mahotella Queens - Wozani Mahipi
9. The S.A. Move - Skophom
10. The Soul Prophets - Soul Imbaq
11. The Grasshoppers - I Am There
12. The Toreadors - Gwinyitshe
13. Down Tones - Back Home Soul
14. Bazali Bam - Bazali Bam
15. The Heroes - Come With Me
16. Flaming Souls - Mosquito
17. Electric Six - Can You Feel It
18. Philip Malela and The Movers - Intandane (Pt.1)
19. Soul Throbs - Little Girl
20. The Heshoo Beshoo Band - Wait And See
21. The Anchors - Last Time
22. Gibson Kente - Saduva

Strut continue their essential three-part excursion into the archives of South African music with the second volume of the 'Next Stop... Soweto' series. Check!

With international forms of music discouraged by the South African authorities during the 1960's, township jive or mbaqanga arose as innovative artists combined close harmony singing and traditional African styles with a bouncy township beat. Imported US music became strictly the domain of house parties, private record collections and underground shebeens.

Despite this, a small but healthy soul scene flourished with bands like The Movers adding marabi elements into their funk and early disco sound, The Klooks and the Anchors all directly inspired by US soul and R&B and the Hammond organ of Booker T and Jimmy Smith. From '69, a string of 3-minute blasts of energy surfaced on local labels like City Special, Soul Town, Atlantic City and Soul-Soul, often under the intimidating gaze of producer David Thekwane.

Volume 2 of Next Stop... Soweto also touches on mbaqanga and jazz artists who dabbled with soul and funk fusions during the early '70s - the Mgababa Queens and Mahotella Queens, and revered SA jazz combo The Heshoo Beshoo Group. Also featured is a rare psychedelic track from one of the only recordings made of playwright Gibson Kente's acclaimed theatre pieces, 'Too Late'.