E & S Brothers - Taduma (2022)
BAND/ARTIST: E & S Brothers
- Title: Taduma
- Year Of Release: 1985/2022
- Label: Blue Tree Records
- Genre: World, African, Disco
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 36:55
- Total Size: 87; 238 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Highly sought after S.A. LP from 1985 - diggers delight. E & S Brothers’ 1985 album Taduma holds a unique yet overlooked place in the history of South African dance music. When Shadrack Ndlovu and Ernest Segeel teamed up with Dane Stevenson, owner of Blue Tree Studio in downtown Johannesburg, and journeyman producer Taso Stephanou, South Africa’s bubblegum era had just begun, spurred on by the success of Shangaan disco. The relative success of their debut 12” ‘Don’t Bang The Taxi Door’, marketed aggressively at taxi ranks throughout the country, helped put the Blue Tree label on the map and E & S were invited back to record a full album: Taduma, featuring on keyboards Dr Buke, an in-demand session player from Soweto. Rooted in Africa, yet purely electronic, Taduma was a moderate hit, spurred by tracks like ‘Taxi Door’ and ‘Mhane’, its hypnotic refrain ‘Mhane, famba na wena’ meaning ‘Mother, I am going to you’. Other tracks like ‘Mapantsula’ and ‘Be Careful’ place Taduma within the street-savvy ‘pantsula’ style and dance synonymous with consecutive waves of music from disco to kwaito, house and beyond, while ‘Sikele Masike’ repurposes a traditional Shangaan work song. Vocally E & S are closer to rapping than singing, in a combination of English and vernacular – predating other credited pioneers of kwaito in SA like Senyaka and Spokes H. Driving the music instead of vocals are waves of searing synths over rudimentary but explosive drum machine sounds – the word ‘Taduma’ meaning the sound of the drum. Remastered from the original tapes and reissued for the first time, Taduma will be available on vinyl and digital platforms from early 2022 via Afrosynth Records.
Tracklist:
1.01 - E & S Brothers - Mapantsula (4:44)
1.02 - E & S Brothers - Mhane (5:01)
1.03 - E & S Brothers - Taduma (5:05)
1.04 - E & S Brothers - Sikele Masike (5:47)
1.05 - E & S Brothers - Be Careful (5:53)
1.06 - E & S Brothers - Taxi Door (5:02)
1.07 - E & S Brothers - Muzamani (5:23)
Tracklist:
1.01 - E & S Brothers - Mapantsula (4:44)
1.02 - E & S Brothers - Mhane (5:01)
1.03 - E & S Brothers - Taduma (5:05)
1.04 - E & S Brothers - Sikele Masike (5:47)
1.05 - E & S Brothers - Be Careful (5:53)
1.06 - E & S Brothers - Taxi Door (5:02)
1.07 - E & S Brothers - Muzamani (5:23)
Year 2022 | Funk | World | Disco | FLAC / APE
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