GUMBA FIRE: BUBBLEGUM SOUL & S
BUBBLEGUM SOUL & SYNTH BOOGIE - LP

SOUNDWAY RECORDS

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UPC: 5060571360007
Label: SOUNDWAY RECORDS
Format: LP
Release Date: March 9, 2018
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A compilation of 16 rare 1980s cuts from South Africa, made available for the first time on digital and first time on vinyl outside of their original release. Handpicked by Miles Cleret (Soundway) and DJ Okapi (Afrosynth Records), this style of music has been making its way into the DJ sets of many of the most open-minded selectors around the world. In 1980s black South Africa, a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated. It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths, keyboards and drum machines, and overlaid with the kind of deeply soulful trademark vocals and harmonies that South African music is famous for. "Gumba Fire" highlights the period that nestles in between the '70s (where American-influenced jazz, funk and soul bumped shoulders with local Mbaqanga), and the '90s, when Kwaito and eventually house music ruled the dancefloors of urban South Africa.

TRACK LIST:

A1 The Survivals – My Brother 4:46

A2 Stimela– Mind Games 5:35

A3 Hot Soul Singers– Hlala Nami 4:13

B1 Zoom – Wayawaya 5:32

B2 Ashiko– Gumba Fire (Madlakadlaka) 5:41

B3 Monwa* & Sun – Heartbeat 4:51

C1 Ntombi Ndaba– Do You Trust Amajita? 3:50

C2 The Black Five – Selallane 3:32

C3 Starlight – Picnicing 4:02

D1 Zasha– Hayi Ngodlame 4:39

D2 Joshiba– Gloria 5:02

D3 Sabela – Africa 4:59

E1 Condry Ziqubu– She's Impossible 5:57

E2 Peter Maringa– Listen To Me 7:51

F1 Zasha– Arrow Dub 4:50

F2 Ozila– Wola Wola 9:10