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, pre-order Taduma (AFS053) here: https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/taduma

'Mhane' - E & S Brothers

This is a mixtape of beats I compulsively wrote over a period of 2 weeks to fight a creative block working on a drone EP (there’s more tracks that didn’t make it on this one and the EP is ready)

It includes collected field recordings over a period of 2 years(e.g a neighbor that blasted “Indian?” music from across a river every evening early summer 2021, a traffic jam on the Saida corniche, a random conversation with a friend about using a device to record his piano jams…) a bootleg of Sheikha Rmitti’s “N’ta Goudami” and an excerpt from an interview with Nahla Chahal talking about the never ending struggle of life.

sssaarry // Soft (mixtape)

One Way Or Another

Berlin

Bjork - Ritual (Fossora Sessions)

Là-bas chez nous est l’expression utilisée par des générations d’immigrés du Maghreb pour mettre des mots sur leur mal du pays. Ce concept mets en avant le manque qui nous rends parfois nostalgique d’un “là-bas” qui fut autre fois chez nous. Ce set a été construit à partir de morceaux qui nous font vivre cette nostalgie tout en ayant le regard rivé vers un avenir rempli d'espoir qui nous réunis tous grâce à la musique. This is the volume 2. Enjoy my friends.

Tracklist: https://radioflouka.com/shows/la-bas-chez-nous-vol-2-with-disco-makrout-09-11-2022

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La-bas chez nous vol 2 with Disco Makrout - 09/11/2022

Habitually | Charley Damski

DJ & music supervisor Taylor Rowley forages for the forgotten musical past every month, uncovering soundtracks, psych rock & other treasures.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-windmills-of-your-mind/episodes/the-windmills-of-your-mind-23rd-february-2023

The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley 230223

Alex Kelman pays tribute to living legends once a month live from Los Angeles. Too often are masters of their craft celebrated when they pass on to the next realm. This show focuses on hard working individuals that are Architects of culture, creativity, and sound.

https://www.nts.live/shows/architects/episodes/architects-14th-march-2023

Architects w/ Alex Kelman - Chaka Khan special 130323

Monthly sessions alternating between DJ Nico Motte & Zaltan, the mind behind Paris-based leftfield dance, electronic & downtempo imprint Antinote. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/zaltan/episodes/zaltan-7th-september-2023

Antinote w/ Nico Motte 070923

integration sounds from the source; an invitation into the shadow. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/molinaro/episodes/molinaro-27th-december-2023

Habitually | Charley Damski

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