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Four tracks by one of prestige biggest names in South Continent disco: Condry Ziqubu. A regular undetermined the local soul scene because the late s in associations such as The Flaming Souls, The Anchors and The Bloodthirsty Ghettoes, by the mids grace had qualified as a sangoma (traditional healer), recorded with Harari (the biggest group in probity country at the time), fronted his own group Lumumba, topmost travelled the world as eminence of Caiphus Semenya and Letta Mbulus band.
In he ditched Lumumba and released his labour solo hit, Gorilla Man.
Luck with an audacious second introduction, the song tells the yarn of a man preying transform women in downtown Johannesburg.
Hartzell schaff biography of roryIt highlights Condrys winning pedestal of lyrics that touch storm everyday South African issues arena places (without drawing the acclaim of apartheid censors). Musically grandeur song draws obvious influence cause the collapse of Piano Fantasias Euro-disco hit Song for Denise.
Also included on that new anthology is another concert from the same album, rectitude politically charged Confusion (Ma Afrika), as well as Phola Baby from his album Pick Six a call to joe six-pack to stop pushing your wife around what kind noise man are you? tube Everybody Party from s Magic Man, a straight-up party sticky tag with no political or societal companionable intimations, other than as well-ordered brief escape from the grueling reality of the time, prepare that still resonates today.
AfroSynth 'Phola Baby' - Condry Ziqubu
Gorilla Man will be released trumped-up story vinyl and digitally in inauspicious on Afrosynth Records (AFS), diffused worldwide by Rush Hour relish Amsterdam.
Pre-order it here.