TZ Junior - 'Sugar My Love' (1985)

From the album 'Starlight' (AFS054)
Composed and produced by Emil Zoghby & John Galanakis
© 1983 Heads Music
℗ 2023 Afrosynth Records
Out in early 2023. Pre-order here: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/starlight-5

Starlight

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'Jah Jah Love' - Starlight

(Gamble, Huff) Mighty Three Music

© 1991 ON RECORD
℗ 2023 AFROSYNTH RECORDS

Out in mid-2023 on Afrosynth Records, distributed by Rush Hour.
Pre-order here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/living-city-1

Living for the City

'Love is the Message' - Citi Express

Composed by D. Bridgens/N. Mohale
Published by Roi Music
Produced by D. Bridgens
Recorded at Kitchen Sync, Johannesburg
Engineered & mixed by D. Bridgens
© 1991 AZANIA RECORDS/MUSIC TEAM
℗ 2024 AFROSYNTH RECORDS

Distributed by Rush Hour - pre-order AFS056 here: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/pt-house

Big World

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'Big World' - PT House

Composed by D. Bridgens/N. Mohale
Published by Roi Music
Produced by D. Bridgens
Recorded at Kitchen Sync, Johannesburg
Engineered & mixed by D. Bridgens
© 1991 AZANIA RECORDS/MUSIC TEAM
℗ 2024 AFROSYNTH RECORDS

Distributed by Rush Hour - pre-order AFS056 here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/pt-house

2024

'Rebatla Muzik' - PT House

05/04/24

'Qinisela' - PT House

(T. Mkhize) Kato Music
From AFS045
© Music Team/CTV 1987
℗ Afrosynth Records 2024

pre-order here: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/music-team-sampler

'Candy' - Isaac 'Cool Cat' Mofokeng

(H. Lebona) Roi Music
From AFS045
© Music Team/Spinna 1986
℗ Afrosynth Records 2024

pre-order here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/music-team-sampler

'My Love Is Yours' - Jappie Lebona

Toward the end of the 1980s South Africa's recording industry was booming. Searching for a sound that could cross over to all in the country's segregated society while also eyeing international success, a new duo emerged that quickly rendered its 'bubblegum' predecessors obsolete. Drawing on international trends and crafting lyrics for local ears, J.E. MOVEMENT — a duo made up of James Nyingwa and Elliot Faku — exploded onto the local scene with their debut album, 'Ma Dea Luv'. The future had arrived.

A talented bassist and composer, Nyingwa was at the time employed as an in-house producer at TRS Studios in Plein Street in downtown Johannesburg, run by two Greek immigrants, George Vardas and Chris Ghelakis. Together they formed a close bond as friends and musical partners at what would become CSR Records, recording original hits with acts like the NEW AGE KIDS and SIDNEY, while also cashing in on cover versions as BLACK BOX. 

The six tracks on J.E. Movement’s 1988 debut give firm nods to UK Street Soul, New Jack Swing and Stock Aitken Waterman's 'Hit Factory' sound and infuse them with an African rhythmic flair and homegrown lyrical sentiment. Though not expressly political, the title track was received by many as a play on words referencing then-jailed and banned Nelson Mandela (coming after the similarly styled 'I'm Winning My Dear Love' by Yvonne Chaka Chaka in 1986 and 'We Miss You Manelow' by Chicco in 1987), giving it an added potency for those in the know. 'Jack I'm Sorry' was an underground hit in the townships, while 'Marco', 'Friends', 'Funkytown' and the eponymous closer are similarly bass and drum-driven, with hiphop-styled vocals.

Afrosynth Records is proud to release J.E. Movement's groundbreaking ‘Ma Dea Luv’, out in mid-2025 on vinyl and digital platforms. Buy the record here via Rush Hour: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/ma-dea-luv

Buy AFS060 on vinyl

'Ma Dea Luv' - JE Movement

Adey Omotade, a sound artist and cultural cartographer rooted in Lagos and shaped by diasporic experiences in Paris, Johannesburg, Berlin and Ivory Coast, brings a rare sensibility to this work: walking between worlds, bringing with him the cadence of home and the dissonance of diaspora. In his hands, sound becomes ritual: a migration of soul, an assemblage of bells, melodies and chants woven from Ifa shrines, river banks and Yoruba festivals. Playing the dual role of griot and cartographer, Omotade, who works across acoustic ecology, experimental music and sound design, builds each track like a shrine: layered, intentional, alive with breath and blood, each track a libation, each break an invocation. Each track unfurls like aso-oke, the celebratory fabric of the Yoruba people: drums that speak in polyrhythms, synths bending like waves, incantations layered like memory, fading then returning, gently like the water at the banks of the Osun River. 

The influence of experimental sound design is evident throughout, but ‘Ni'ran’ is no cold abstraction. It pulses with life, with the heartbeat of talking drums, the breath of ambient textures and the warmth of the voices of babalawos, priests of Ifa, invoking ire (blessings) on all. 

Out in late 2025 on Afrosynth Records. Pre-order AFS060 now: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/eero-eesu

Eero Eesu

'Ni'ran' - Adey Omotade

Adey Omotade, a sound artist and cultural cartographer rooted in Lagos and shaped by diasporic experiences in Paris, Johannesburg, Berlin and Ivory Coast, brings a rare sensibility to this work: walking between worlds, bringing with him the cadence of home and the dissonance of diaspora. In his hands, sound becomes ritual: a migration of soul, an assemblage of bells, melodies and chants woven from Ifa shrines, river banks and Yoruba festivals. Playing the dual role of griot and cartographer, Omotade, who works across acoustic ecology, experimental music and sound design, builds each track like a shrine: layered, intentional, alive with breath and blood, each track a libation, each break an invocation. Each track unfurls like aso-oke, the celebratory fabric of the Yoruba people: drums that speak in polyrhythms, synths bending like waves, incantations layered like memory, fading then returning, gently like the water at the banks of the Osun River. 

‘Oori : Ogbe’ invokes the sacred Odu Ifá — a divination verse that speaks of beginnings, clarity and destiny. 

Out in late 2025 on Afrosynth Records. Pre-order AFS060 now: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/eero-eesu

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'Oori Ogbe' - Adey Omotade

In ‘Ofo : 'Nkantation’, polyrhythms unfold like verses, each beat a coded message inviting listeners to reflect on destiny and alignment...

'Ofo 'Nkantation' - Adey Omotade

'Ace 1' - Mr. Ace (1992)

This is an old unmastered rip of the song featured on AFS035. Apologies for poor sound quality.

Tshigubu Tshanga

'Vanonyana Lava' - Volcano (1993)

Ahi Sona

'Swa Misavha' - Sister Pinky

'You Are The One' - Ntombi & Survival (1985)

'Be Careful' - E & S Brothers

From the six-track album 'Tomorrow' out now on Afrosynth Records (AFS036).

Buy the record: http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=100754
Digital: https://afrosynth.bandcamp.com/

Tomorrow AFS036

'Tomorrow' - Ntombi Ndaba

From the six-track album 'Tomorrow' out now on Afrosynth Records (AFS036).

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Digital: afrosynth.bandcamp.com/

AFS036 Tomorrow

'Heart Attack' - Ntombi Ndaba

written by E. Ndlela/ M. Horwitz 
1981 CTV/Music Team
2018 Afrosynth Records AFS037

AFS037 Dance

'Search For Love' - Night Force & The Tom Cats (1981)

Ta Duma

Ta Duma (12" instrumental) - Obed Ngobeni and the Kurhula Sisters (1984)

Think More About Me / You Are The One

'Think More About Me' - Ntombi & Survival

Composed by: S. Cooks, D. Coka, S. Phiri & A. Sibanda
Produced by: Steve Cooks (exec: Ronnie Robot)
From the album 'She’s a Witch (Tikoloshi'
1988 On Record
2019 Afrosynth Records AFS042
Pre-order here: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/shes-witch-tikoloshi

She's A Witch (Tikoloshi)

'Hlabalaza' - The Bees

Written by: Thapelo Khomo, Danny Malewa & Mandla Mofokeng
Producers: Thapelo Khomo & Mandla Mofokeng 
Co-producer: Danny ‘Kamazu’ Malewa
Engineer: Ian Osrin 
From the album Ghetto Style (Teal Records, 1997)
Reissued by Afrosynth Records 2019
Pre-order AFS043 now: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/korobela

AFS043 Korobela

'Mjukeit' - Kamazu

B3. Siya Makuzeni Sextet - 'Out Of this World'

A2. Thandi Ntuli - 'Cosmic Light'

A1. Benjamin Jephta Quintet - 'Evolution, Pt. 2'

'Turn It Up (instr)' - Adaye

From the upcoming 4-track album 'Gorilla Man'(AFS047)
Originally released on the 1988 album Pick Six (CCP Record Company)
Composed & arranged by Condry Ziqubu
Engineers: Fab Grosso, Fernando Perdigao & Neville Holmes
Mixed by: Richard Mitchell

'Phola Baby' - Condry Ziqubu

Composed, arranged and produced by Condry Ziqubu & Selwyn Shandel
CCP Record Company 1986
Reissued by Afrosynth Records - AFS047 out in early 2021. 
pre-order here: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/gorilla-man-0

'Gorilla Man' - Condry Ziqubu

Composed by Moses Mafiri
Produced & Arranged by Selwyn Shandel
Digital Editing: S. Shandel & F. Grosso
Engineer: Fab Grosso
1985 CCP Records/EMI
From the upcoming Afrosynth reissue AFS046
more details: http://www.afrosynth.com/2021/01/captin-mosez-fly-cherry-fly.html
Pre-order via Rush Hour: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/fly-cherry-fly

'Fly Cherry Fly (Extended Vocal)' - Captain Mosez

Composed by Moses Mafiri
Produced & Arranged by Selwyn Shandel
Digital Editing: S. Shandel & F. Grosso
Engineer: Fab Grosso
1985 CCP Records/EMI
From the upcoming Afrosynth reissue AFS046, out in March 2021.
more details: http://www.afrosynth.com/2021/01/captin-mosez-fly-cherry-fly.html
Pre-order via Rush Hour: www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/fly-cherry-fly

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