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Mad about music: Sudanese musician Jantra, whose name translates as “craziness”, with his trusty blue Yamaha keyboard, playing at a party in DarGoog in Sudan recently. His album Synthesized Sudan was released by Ostinato Records earlier this year. Photo: Janto Koité/Ostinato Records
SYNTHESIZED SUDAN

The hidden music of Africa is a whole ‘nother reissue

Record labels that bring us sounds which fly under the radar This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is…

  • Charles Leonard
1 min read
Helping hand: The Strut record label relaunched the career of Ethiopian musician and arranger Mulatu Astatke, who is considered the father of Ethio-jazz. Photo: Alexis Maryon
AFRICAN MUSIC

Move over, Indiana Jones

The reissuing of African music is far more than merely an exercise in nostalgia and ‘retromania’

  • Charles Leonard
6 min read
Off air: Count Basie appeared on the BBC in 1968, but that’s unlikely to have been allowed at the SABC. Photo: David Redfern/Getty Images
JIM REEVES

Inside the minds of the censors

Decisions about what music to ban at the SABC were inconsistent, and – what’s worse – random This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account…

  • Charles Leonard
1 min read
Record time: Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness bring the excitement of their performances to their records, including the latest, ‘Millions of Us’.
AHMED BEN ALI

Records that got me in a spin

Short reviews of some of the recent vinyl purchases that have made me smile

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
Few can confidently ignore the culture reset that happened when Compton-born emcee Kendrick Lamar released his critically acclaimed and creatively ambitious concept album ‘good kid, m.A.A.d city’ a decade ago
HIP HOP

The vinyl countdown

Enhance the festive feeling by choosing from this carefully curated vinyl collection, courtesy of Tseliso Monaheng

  • Tseliso Monaheng
8 min read
To date, Matsuli Music has resurrected sixteen important recordings for a new and growing audience of vinyl collectors.
ARCHIVING

The Portfolio: Matsuli Music

Independent record label Matsuli Music is passionate about finding and re-issuing South Africa’s historilcal music moments on vinyl

  • Matt Temple
  • Chris Albertyn
2 min read