Sofrito Super Singles – Soweto Disco EP

We are very proud to announce the launch of our Sofrito Super Singles series – the debut release celebrates the unknown Afro disco and boogie scene from South Africa – where Salsoul meets Soweto…

Sofrito Super Singles 001
The Soweto Disco EP
A1: Teaspoon & the Waves – Oh Yeh Soweto
A2: Teaspoon & the Waves – Saturday Night Special (Sofrito vs. Kilombo Edit)
B1: The Nzimande Allstars – Highway Sporo Disco (Edit)

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Teaspoon & the Waves – led by veteran alto player Teaspoon Ndelu – released one super rare LP in 1980, covering a mix of disco and funk sounds then popular on South African dancefloors. ‘Oh yeh Soweto’ is a cheeky version of Lamont Dozier’s classic ‘Going back to my roots’ – changing the lyrics and toughening up the beat, but with the same killer riffs! “Saturday night Special” is taken from the same LP and is a low-slung, spaced-out Afro Disco groove with great percussion and psychedelic synths. Here it is re-edited by the Sofrito team alongside John Armstrong (compiler of the “South African Funk Experience” album on Nascente).
The B-side features a track from The Nzimande Allstars – another mysterious group of session musicians. The drawn-out groove of ‘Highway Sporo Disco‘ fuses a heavy disco backing with jive guitar and stellar horns and organ for a unique taste of the underground dancefloors of the Cape.

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Sounds great. Can’t wait to get my hand on this and look forward to the rest of the series! Gilles dropped a track on his show last night too.

Comment by mrtin 06.16.10 @ 9:21 am

der aponaut macht blau…

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Trackback by Aponaut 06.20.10 @ 6:05 pm

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We are very proud to announce the imminent launch of our series – the debut release celebrates the unknown Afro disco and boogie scene from South Africa – where Salsoul meets Soweto…Sofrito Super Singles 001 – The Soweto Disco EP A1: Teaspoon &…

Trackback by Aponaut 06.20.10 @ 6:26 pm

YEAH! Killer Song

Comment by Max 06.22.10 @ 8:30 am

Craig Charles dropped Oh Yeh Soweto on his Funk and Soul Show on 6Music last night. First time i’d heard it, great track!

Comment by Jam5ie 07.11.10 @ 10:42 am

But…. how soon is “soon”??? can’t wait to get it!!!

Comment by lieven verstraete 07.12.10 @ 1:05 pm

Que sonidooo, que gana de tener ese disco yaaaa !!!!

Comment by El burda 07.21.10 @ 4:51 pm

Great Stuff i want it!

Comment by SY 08.04.10 @ 12:55 pm

Finally! and it is as great as the snippets made us hope!

can’t wait to hear more, and I wonder what you could do with “brasil”….

cheers,

L

Comment by lieven verstraete 08.16.10 @ 5:38 pm

stunning

Comment by Sid 08.29.10 @ 8:38 am

I bought that last august and since then every time I play this record ppl gets crazy. Big up!

Comment by RVDNS 02.16.11 @ 2:22 pm

heard you play this at rift valley festival a few months ago – love it – are you going to print any more? i just have to own this

Comment by jimbish 10.03.11 @ 7:53 pm

so really coolmec!

Comment by Buenavibra dj 10.17.11 @ 8:34 am

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