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1. THE APARTHEID BOYCOTT
In the 80s, the world – rightly – stepped up its boycott against South Africa’s apartheid government.

But this had unexpected and sometimes adverse consequences for South Africa’s music professionals and consumers.

Musicians still needed to work live shows both at home and abroad, and to make and sell records. The youth still aspired to clubbing and partying at the weekend after hard, poorly paid jobs under the thumb of an oppressive government. Music was their sanctuary: specifically, African- American inspired soul, jazz, boogie, disco and funk.

2. UNIQUE DIVERSITY
Producing musical excellence was nothing new for South Africa, even in the 80s: both traditional and jazz music of various genres had been performed, showcased and recorded for decades with the assistance of some of the most skilled and ingenious sound-engineers
and producers in the world, the jazz players rivalling their American peers in many cases.

But what makes Mzansi 80s popular music unique is that it had to – and, for the most part, did- appeal to a multi-ethnic, multilingual population almost like no other in the world, for its geographical size.

There may have been many tribal and political differences between Zulu, Sotho, Xhosa, Tsonga and others day-to-day, but when it came to the weekend, those differences often melted away for a while on the dancefloor. Paul Ndlovu had kwaZulu fans as well as
Shangaan followers; Black Moses and the Soul Brothers had followers and fans with everyone… and so on.

And everyone -detractors and lovers alike- were content to settle on the monicker ‘Bubblegum’ as a general description.

3. MZANSI TOOK DISCO- AND SLOWED IT DOWN A BIT…
…exactly as 90s and early 2000s South African DJs and mixers took House- and slowed it down a bit to develop Kwaito, Gqom and – later Amapiano.

The Roland TR-707 sampler came along in 1985 – at just the right time for the flowering of Mzansi disco and boogie. And in the artful hands of arrangers, engineers and producers such as Peter “Hitman’ Moticoe, whose work figures on several of the tracks here, it became
something unique to South Africa.

‘Yebo! Rare Mzansi Party Beats from Apartheid’s Dying Years’ compiled by John Armstrong is out BBE Music on x3 vinyl set in a gatefold sleeve, CD, and across digital platforms for download and streaming.

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Sacrifice (E. Live Remix)

The Vapor Caves & E. Live - Sacrifice (E. Live Remix)

I revamped this great classic disco song and mean no disrespect to the original masterpiece .Patrick Juvet was a Swiss model and singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in Europe. While his early career was focused on making pop records, he found international success as a disco music performer in the latter half of the 1970s. His biggest hit, "I Love America". In 1978, he worked with noted disco producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, who also produced Village People and The Ritchie Family, among other acts. As a result, Juvet soon experienced international success with the disco tracks, "Got a Feeling" and "I Love America"made the top twenty in France, Sweden and the UK, and the top ten in the US disco chart.the song was written by   Patrick Juvet / Jacques Morali and Victor Willis of the Village People.

I Love America -  Patrick Juvet  (Summerfevr's  Livin Great In America Mix)

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Millie Jackson - We Got To Hit It Off (SLY Edit)

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@djspen's @quantize-recordings has been on fire recently delivering quality from Paris Cesvette, Rapson, Steal Vybe & Dawn Tallman among many others.

Next up label don DJ Spen teams up with production legend @john-morales under the moniker Spencer Morales and as you might expect the result is spellbinding. Featuring Phebe Edwards on vocals they have delivered a sublime rendition of Stephanie Mills’ 1979 soul classic, ‘Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin’.

This is a about as good as it gets on the vocal disco house front an absolute masterclass from start to finish.

Morales has gone to town on the remix front with the M+M Main mix, M+M Vocal Breakdown and Instrumentals covering all bases.

Our premier today is the main mix and it's everything that vocal disco house should be in 2023 simply exuding class.

Check it here and jump over to LV for more on the release via: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/spencer-morales-whatcha-gonna-do/

Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin (M+M Main Mix)

LV Premier - Spencer Morales ft Phebe Edwards - Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin (M+M Main Mix)

Nice mix of old and new over on the Patreon this month for all my funky monkeys. Quality edits of some new jams plus heading old school with this soulful disco number.

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Current Edits List

The Weekend ft PLayboi Carti & Madonna - Popular
Yung Bae ft Nile Rodgers - Awesome Ways
Ric Wilson, Chromeo & A-Trak - Moving to LA
Coke Escovedo - I Wouldn't Change a Thing
C.L. Blast -Love Don't Feel Like Love No More
Arrested Development - People Everyday
Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Khruangbin - The Number 4
Caleb Hawley - Can't Steal My Heaven
XV and Mike Summers - Ambrosia feat John Givez
Dj Pierre - Wet Dreams
Jamiroquai - Alright
Technotronic - Pump Up the Jame (Acapella Outro)
Say She She - Fortune Teller
Adi Oasis - Naked
Chromeo - Words With You
Gorillaz - Dare
Little Simz - Gorilla
De la Soul - Keep the Faith
Roy Ayers - Everybody
Jay Z - NY State of Mind
Phife Dawg - Game Day
Jurassic 5 - If Only You Knew
Soul II Soul - Back to Life
Kamasi Washington - Street Fighter Mas
John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - I Can't Stop
Chaka Khan - Eye to Eye
Arrested Development - Mr Wendal
Mary J Blige - All Night Long
Atlantic Starr - Lets Rock n' Roll
Grant Green - Sookie, Sookie Live
Dj Pierre - Get Ya Buzz On
Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
Jesse Rogers - One Monkey Don't Stop
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
Michael Kiwanuka - One Night
Thundercat - Them Changes
Samm Henshaw - Church
First Choice - Let Me Down Easy
Cyclades - Fire to Desire
Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone
Chantay Savage - I will Survive
Zhane - Hy Mr Dj
Count D Bass feat Snoop Dogg - Too Much Pressure
Vicki Sue Robinson - Common Thief
Candy Bowman - I Wanna to Feel Your Love
Lemon - Suzie Q
Jamiroquai - Canned Heat

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Founded in 1996 by Peter Adarkwah, Barely Breaking Even (BBE Music) started life as a London club night, taking its name from the eponymous Disco record by the Universal Robot Band.

The label grew from the vibrant early 90's club scene with its first release, Stop & Listen compiled by Dr Bob Jones in 1996, opening the door to iconic series' such as All Back To Mine & Late Nite Tales.

A tonne of releases followed, ranging from Disco to Funk, Jazz to House. In the year 2000, the label celebrated Masters at Work's 10th Anniversary with a mighty box set that featured near 80 tracks.

A year later BBE Music spawned the Beat Generation Series of artist albums, notably introducing J Dilla (Welcome 2 Detroit) & a young Will.I.Am's first solo outing, alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, Madlib & DJ Spinna, all of whom contributed to this seminal set of long players.

A quarter of a century and well over 500 titles later, having worked with Mark Ronson, Roy Ayers, Questlove, Hugh Masekela, DJ Premier, Dimitri from Paris, Joey Negro, Kon, RZA, Laurent Garnier, Black Coffee, DJ Shadow, David Rodigan and John Morales among many others, BBE Music looks to the future, celebrating its rich heritage while continuing to release a bounty of fresh titles.

The label’s most recent projects include an expansive reissue series from pioneering Nigerian label Tabansi, new imprint ‘Batakari’ in association with Boddhi Satva and the critically acclaimed ‘J Jazz’ Japanese Jazz multi-album project, not to mention the recent landmark 500th label release: a brand new version of 'Barely Breaking Even', featuring Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams and Louie Vega.

In 2021 BBE Music is celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the label is offering up some special projects, from the 20th Anniversary edition of J Dilla’s ‘Welcome 2 Detroit’, through David Bowie tribute album ‘Modern Love’, to a special new ‘Worldwide’ compilation from old friend Gilles Peterson. BBE Music will also be looking to the future with more exciting original artist projects, plus merch collaborations events and more...

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