so, i'm far from versed in this sound, but a lot of what i've heard is fantastic, the beats are really infectious and fun to dance to
i'll post a couple i like, but i know some of you guys can drop some knowledge on a fella. let's have em!
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:16 pm
by mIrReN
LOL just funchecked but I actually like it, a lot, what is it? Apart from great music
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:17 pm
by fractal
it's a style of house music from south africa, if i'm not mistaken
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:15 pm
by alex bk-bk
FIY Kwaito is mostly the vocal stuff like "sister betina" above etc, as far as im aware
Most of the stuff that I really love and play is just called house or sometimes "afro house"
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:17 pm
by alex bk-bk
some of the really cracked-out sounding, stripped down and abstract stuff is labelled Afro Electro, check out Stevie Boy !
diffrent lextrix always reminds me of that genre
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:23 pm
by noam
copped that tune Casablance by MZO Bullett but cant work out how to fit it in a mix, time signature seems bare weird, but im probably just being retarded
either way i like what i've been hearing so far
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:34 pm
by alex bk-bk
yea a lot of these tracks dont follow very straightforward 8/16 bar structures
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:42 pm
by elmaria
wasnt there already a thread with loads of clips in it? still, the more the better
check out http://www.afrodesiamp3.com, you can get tons of this stuff there, good luck digging cause its a lot!
alex bk-bk wrote:some of the really cracked-out sounding, stripped down and abstract stuff is labelled Afro Electro, check out Stevie Boy !
diffrent lextrix always reminds me of that genre
nice, will look into it!
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 11:15 pm
by noam
alex bk-bk wrote:yea a lot of these tracks dont follow very straightforward 8/16 bar structures
so when you're mixin it do you just keep it goin until you get to a bit which seems 'right' to take one of the tunes out or what??
actually its blatantly just knowing a break in the tune where you can cut to when its ready...
Re: Kwaito
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:39 pm
by fractal
i need more of this stuff in my life...
someone please drop some knowledge on me!
Kwaito/African House
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:04 pm
by soulkids
really feeling that stuff, but hardly know any artists. any recommendations? those drums and minimalistic beats always get me movin' africa's music scene is really underrated, not to mention the Hyperdub Boomslang 12''
I'm not even sure if I've classified it right, Kwaito is South African EDM innit? I could really see this stuff crossing over (if it hasn't already), more bassheavy tracks but the same tempo
gwaan so!
Re: Kwaito/African House
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:19 pm
by dj_donga
good call man. i've heard djs like Deadboy, Doc Daneeka and Gongon dropping this stuff in sets amongst house, funky and garage. i love what i've heard
i call it kwaito too. i'm in the process of trying to educate myself on this. names like Big Nuz have come up
this one's quite a smooth vocal tune but still great imo
hard to find on wax so far, but picked this up a couple of years back - bit of a classic
And this is my favourite, compiling kudoro from Angola. Kudoro used to be very, very dark (after all it was born after a civil war), but there are quite a few upbeat dancy bangers here.This one's my favourite: