Great mix AJ.... any chance I can get a private DL? I missed it here and also on Afropop. Cheers. Chris G

Let's go 50/50! What a Bomb! Thanks A.J. for sharing your summer hits from ten years ago! pretty valuable :)

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SPHEctacula And DJ Naves serve up a NYE worthy 30 min Yanos mix for 2021. Enjoy! 
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AJ's mix 'BETTER LIFE FOR ALL' has reached it's soundcloud download limit. 
However you can still DOWNLOAD HERE: http://www.afropop.org/wp/18214/afropop-premiere-a-j-holmes-classic-kwaito-mix/ for a limited time.

It maybe a bit misleading - however - check on where it says 'DOWNLOAD' on the widget, put your email address in where it asks you to, click return... it should reply 'Thanks…' that means it's sent you a download link to the email address that you entered. Follow instruction from there…and ENJOY!

20 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICAN / 20 YEARS OF KWAITO.

20 years ago - on the 27th April 1994 - 'Nelson Mandela took office as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.  The removal of the political and economic sanctions greatly transformed the South African music industry. In the backdrop of a transforming South Africa, Kwaito took shape in the township Soweto'  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwaito

For me this mixtape marks a personal 10 year reflection; since I first heard this mid 90's / early 00's Kwaito - South African Hip Hop - music. Which became a big part of the 2004 Summer sound track for me and my friends, after my friend João Orecchia returned from South African the previous year with a plastic bag filled with cassettes.

I was recently having a bit of a spring clear out and come across these cassettes. As much as I was really into them at the time; I somehow wasn't surprised to discover that they sound even better to me now then they did all those years ago!

I think it's time to 're- discover' - or even 'discover' for the first time (you lucky person if that is the case!) - this amazing dance music. 20 years after some of it was made and -  to me - this music sounds as relevant as ever.

I would love to go to a club that played this music. So if anyone wanted to invite me to play a set of hissy old Kwaito cassettes from this gold era of South African dance music; I'd be well up for it!

I've creamed off some of my favourite tracks to make this mixtape. Most of which can be bought on the great compilation - Kwaito: South African Hip Hop: www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info.php?id=STEW42CD

So here's to a 'better life for all'!

Track list

Mandoza - 50/50

Jimmy B - Make Em Bounce

TKZee - Magesh

Spokes 'H' - Wara Wara

Aba Shante - Come get me

Brenda Fassie - Qula

Arthur - Kaffir

Better Life For All - A Classic Kwaito mix(download in the description)

Another one of my 20 min mixes from my radio show, #ThePrepartySA. Its called #1SPHEctaculaMix. And we went kwaito with this one. Bag of tricks galore! Enjoy!!!

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My 20min mix on our radio show, The Kings Drive, Mon-Fri, 3-6pm, on GagasiFM...

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SPHEctacula goes through some of the singalong 2020 heat on this 20 min mix especially prepared for the #TheKingsMix on his and DJ Naves' The Kings Suite radio show on MetroFM...
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A Festive 2020 SA Vocal House Mix

Something from the Kings of the weekend to YOU as you make your way to 2021. Happy New Year to YOU.
Wishing you the very best in the new year…..

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A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a Musician, DJ, Recordist, Big fan of Pan-African music, Lover of 20th Century Architecture and Founder of The Hackney Empire (band)

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