Various Artists

GUMBA FIRE: BUBBLEGUM SOUL & SYNTH BOOGIE IN 1980S SOUTH AFRICA (3X12 LP)

Soundway

SNDWLP124 / 05156691

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Soundway Releases New Compilation Of Rare 1980s South African ‘bubblegum’ & Boogie 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. Compilers Miles Cleret (soundway) And Dj Okapi (afrosynth Records) Present A Selection Of 18 Rare, Handpicked 1980s Cuts That Highlight 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.