Shangaan Electro 180 BPM South African Dance

[Soiree]

By far one of my favorite releases from last year, http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=36711







This shit is BONKERS!

just got these... http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=38643&CatID=124

[finji]

listening will edit

EDIT: l0l, Afrojuke? cool stuff

[Herbimore]

Feeling this! Still think I prefer Angolan Kuduro though.

Check out the second track on this - madness!! http://boomkat.com/vinyl/437000-various ... nt-bazzerk

[jugo]

you might like this too
more south african electronica than the stuff you posted, but really addictive tune.
very simple, but funky

[Herbimore]

Yes Jugo that's what I'm talking about!!! Reminds me of early house music!

[jugo]

Yes Jugo that's what I'm talking about!!! Reminds me of early house music!

innit - there's a tune it really reminds me of, but can't remember what it is lol

[pkay]

second one sounds like music from Secret of Mana

[3za]

Not feeling the tunes in the OP tbh...

But this tune, is huge.

[fractal]

^was stoked when it finally made it to wax last year!

love the very first song in the OP

pure fire

[ruckus49]

i wanted to make a thread about this a while ago but i guess ill ask here. why is it that black people can dance effortlessly in sync with each other off the cuff while white people can only dance in sync if they were given explicit instructions in a music video?

i know the tribal roots and all, but since white people have adapted almost everything from black culture, you think some would have caught on by now...

[jugo]

i wanted to make a thread about this a while ago but i guess ill ask here. why is it that black people can dance effortlessly in sync with each other off the cuff while white people can only dance in sync if they were given explicit instructions in a music video?

you realise you're being being very offensive right?

'black people' can't all do anything - it's not something that depends on what colour your skin is.
it's something that naive white people think (like every other 'black people' stereotype)

it's all down to your cultural background.
it you're encouraged to enjoy dancing when you're young, and spend a lot of time with your mates doing routines you get good at it.
wherever you find a culture that encourages dancing together you'll find people are good at it - all over the planet.

same thing happens in running. being black and jamaican doesn't magically make you a good sprinter. training from when you're young does though.

i'm guessing you don't have a very mixed community where you live...

[ruckus49]

i did realize after posting that, that other ethnic groups have done synchronous dances traditionally. i'm talking more about dancing to popular music though. i took african music and folk music (world music) classes in college that were taught by an african teacher. If I asked him that question in class I don't think he would get offended. Its just a simple cultural question, I'm not trying to put anyone down

[noam]

you might like this too
more south african electronica than the stuff you posted, but really addictive tune.
very simple, but funky

yeh bought this tune whilst scanning boomkat, its cool

[Soiree]

...ruckus49
You have WAY TOO MANY posts to be THAT far off the mark.

[pkay]

i did realize after posting that, that other ethnic groups have done synchronous dances traditionally. i'm talking more about dancing to popular music though. i took african music and folk music (world music) classes in college that were taught by an african teacher. If I asked him that question in class I don't think he would get offended. Its just a simple cultural question, I'm not trying to put anyone down

to be honest it has more to do with what caucasians do in their households and their culture and identifying parts of music which are overly important to their cultures.

I grew up listening to an INSANE amount middle eastern music, dancing to said music, and to this day our family values our cultures music as a massive part of our existence.

Outside of Irish folks, deep southern families in the US, and New Orleans folks, western caucasians really don't have music as a vital part of their existence as other cultures.

I've never been to a white persons house where they were playing music that was solely identified as white folks music. Think that's honestly part of it

[NilsFG]

I dig this thread, that mzo bullet tune is mental.

[noam]

i did realize after posting that, that other ethnic groups have done synchronous dances traditionally. i'm talking more about dancing to popular music though. i took african music and folk music (world music) classes in college that were taught by an african teacher. If I asked him that question in class I don't think he would get offended. Its just a simple cultural question, I'm not trying to put anyone down

to be honest it has more to do with what caucasians do in their households and their culture and identifying parts of music which are overly important to their cultures.

I grew up listening to an INSANE amount middle eastern music, dancing to said music, and to this day our family values our cultures music as a massive part of our existence.

Outside of Irish folks, deep southern families in the US, and New Orleans folks, western caucasians really don't have music as a vital part of their existence as other cultures.

I've never been to a white persons house where they were playing music that was solely identified as white folks music. Think that's honestly part of it

thats because you cant call music 'white music' because when you start dissecting what 'white' is, you realise that the term makes no sense

its another negative stereotype

trying to make a point about what a billion people all stand for in their culture is quite ambitious

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet



tell me 'white' people cant dance

oh and ofcourse how could i forget



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[Phigure]

i remember this one being on rama/pearson's fabric 56 mix

[pkay]

not saying white people can't dance

saying white people, because their culture has become, like you implied, hard to identify, that they don't grow up with an identifiable type of music in their culture.

i've tried explaining this to my friends before. I can literally find any 4 lebanese people on the planet earth and dance dabke with them. 12 years old, 30 years old, 60 years old, 90 years old. Americans who have never been to lebanon, whatever. Every lebanese person knows that dance. Period. It is an identifiable piece of our culture.

Now, since you've admitted that 'white' folks are fairly mixed in their cultures, how exactly do you pick out something indentifiable from your anscestory?

Not saying its not possible for white people to grow up like that, just as a whole it's not nearly as common because you have not retained as much of your culture.

[noam]

not saying white people can't dance

saying white people, because their culture has become, like you implied, hard to identify, that they don't grow up with an identifiable type of music in their culture.

i've tried explaining this to my friends before. I can literally find any 4 lebanese people on the planet earth and dance dabke with them. 12 years old, 30 years old, 60 years old, 90 years old. Americans who have never been to lebanon, whatever. Every lebanese person knows that dance. Period. It is an identifiable piece of our culture.

Now, since you've admitted that 'white' folks are fairly mixed in their cultures, how exactly do you pick out something indentifiable from your anscestory?

Not saying its not possible for white people to grow up like that, just as a whole it's not nearly as common because you have not retained as much of your culture.

im sayin 'white' folk doesn't really exist, and when you break down someones ethnicity you can find the element of their culture that is relevant

just like 'black' folk doesn't really exist

i dont actually care what the census says when you're asked to 'tick a box'

if there's a black girl do you just expect her to be able to pop her ass?? what if she grew up listening to jazz and the blues?? what about if she grew up listening to symphonies? what if she grew up listening to speed metal??

its people's culture's, not their skin colour... if a white kid grows up in a black neighbourhood listening to hip hop/rap since he was barely out of nappies it doesn't mean he's a hip hop head because the people around him are black, he's a hip hop head because the people around him are also hip hop heads

this isn't some washy liberal 'we're all the same' argument, its an argument that i think is really overlooked in the race-row, culture isn't just about skin colour or nationality, its about identity, if you wana validate your identity and culture with your skin colour or ethnicity then fine, but i think its sad people feel they have to do that, sad and divisive (not particularly aimed at anyone btw, just in response to you)

in direct response to you, i think you may be being a little harsh on old whitey... i didn't say they were all mongrels, i said that 'being white' means you can be a Slav from Yugoslavia or a Viking from Norway... who would say those two cultures have anything naturally in common?? its bizarre, yes, they both have white(ish) skin and would be called white. the same way a black guy from Philly has pretty much NOTHING in common with a black guy from the Congo... as in, NOTHING, the black guy from Philly i'd say has more in common with the Slav than he does the Congo dude

the idea of white and black and yellow and whatever should have been shot in the head a long time ago, its a throwback from a racist, stupid age, one we've pretended is over but has never changed.