Music

MUSIC IN SA - get down!

Get lost and found, feel safe and sound, get high and grounded – music makes our world go round.
From chilled to jivey, traditional to funky or melodic to dancey - it’s in our blood and itching in our feet. You can feel the rhythm of South Africa everywhere, from street corners where buskers hang out to blaring boomboxes from passing taxis. Kwaito, reggae, rap or jazz, it's wild and often LIVE, from urban township shebeens and trendy nightclubs, to dusty shanty towns or cultural villages, bushveld festivals and even concerts at botanical gardens.

The recorded sounds of the rainbow nation are the most diverse in Africa, ranging from centuries old indigenous African tunes to countless Afropop styles. South Africa’s recording industry is one of the powerhouses of African music, stretching back more than a hundred years. Most folk around the globe are familiar with the lilting violins of the Soweto String Quartet, the iscathamiya vocalizing of Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the African reggae of Lucky Dube (we miss you, Lucky!) But if you’re young, urban and out there then Afropop, hip-hop and kwaito is the beat that gets you grooving. Hybridised from Chicago house, kwaito’s downbeat vibe fuses with tsotsi taal, (incorrigibly rude and sexy gangster bad-boy lingo), local melodies and DJ rap.
Get more? Check out the musical history of South Africa at www.southafrica.info. Find out about the influences on indigenous music, genres and styles starting with the Khoi-Khoi ramkie improvised guitars of the 1700s to marabi, gospel, mbaqanga jazz, boeremusiek and bubblegum right up to the 21st century rolling hypnotic beat of kwaito, house, hip hop and Afropop.

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Hola Cape Town	KB	The Goema Captains of Cape Town
Listen Now    "Hola Cape Town"(1998) was the first compilation of Kwaito tracks from the surrounding ghettos and remains a collector's item.	Listen Now     KB's award winning debut album "Beautiful Vibrations"(2002) was the biggest selling album from Cape Town in a long time. It had three chart topping singles that instantly launched her as one of the country's top new artists.	Listen Now     2004 saw a collaborative Afribeat/Mama Dance release of "Healing Destination" by Cape Jazz Super group, The Goema Captains of Cape Town. The album was released in Germany.

Music courtesy of   MAMA DANCE! music solutions

In the past 10 years this Cape Town based label has released more number one hits and developed more successful artists than any other label in Cape Town. Their strength is a sound that appeals to both the South African youth as well as to an international world music market. Mama Dance tracks continue to be licenced by compilations worldwide as well as generating substantial sales in South Africa.  Now the largest library of fresh new South African production music, the Mama Dance! Music Library is one of the most popular libraries used by South African TV producers, ad agencies and film producers. All the tracks are composed and produced by the finest of South Africa’s musical talent that gives their users that proudly South African edge.