This week’s show features my favorite house music from South Africa between 2012-now. Of course, there is much more to South African house than Black Coffee and Amapiano. I’ve traveled to SA (Joburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, etc.) for the last two decades with a mission—to exchange music and listen. To witness.

Some might say house music began in the 90s with kwaito music, some might reference Hugh Masakela’s Techno Bush album, and others might cite The work Miriam Makeba does with her voice as a technology of South African folk-jazz. All of it matters to what is known as South African house today.

The show also features music from Osunlade, Marc Mac (4Hero), Atjazz, Da Capo, Vincemo/Patricia Edwards, and more. This week I was thinking about the importance of honoring house music with all its sub-genres and what Black folk have done with it across diaspora.

Finally, I share a special song. In 1997, Robin S dared to cover Phyllis Hyman’s “You Know How to Love Me,” and covered she did, she and @kingbritt created a version masterpiece. Find the song now. We miss you, Phyllis.

Cheers to @1btnradio for hosting my research.

The Black Atlantic/Black Fantastic

SH- tpt, midi keys+drums, samples, mixing 

abelton live
jan-dec '23

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Masayoshi Fujita - Bird Ambience - Noise Marimba Tape
GloRilla - Let her Cook 
Cardi B - Dead (feat. Summer Walker)
Michael Jackson - They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version)
Donald Lee Roland II - DJ-Kicks- Theo Parrish - Simba’s Theme
keiyaA - hooke’s law - stupid prizes
keiyaA - hooke’s law - break it
keiyaA - hooke’s law - be quiet!!!
Charles Mingus (Narrator: Jean Shepherd) - The Clown
Susanne Boshammer: Schweigen - WDR 5 Das Philosophische Radio 
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Oh Snap - Oh Snap 
Whodat & Sophiyah.e - DJ-Kicks- Theo Parrish - Don’t Know
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Oh Snap - I am a volcano
Steven Julien - TIME EP - UP
ZelooperZ - Dali Aint Dead - Shrooms
Danny Brown & 8485 - Stardust - Flowers
UMAN - Chaleur Humaine -  البشري الحرارة
Masayoshi Fujita - Bird Ambience - Stellar
Cecile McLorin Salvant - Oh Snap - Second guessing
Audre Lorde - On her collection The Marvelous Arithmetic of Distance (Berlin)

Notes from my MP3 (2025)

afterparty (feat. MrE)

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"East Coast" is about finding yourself in this wild world

East Coast

tracklist:

00:00 - better call saul (little barrie flip)
01:45 - sunshine (roy ayers flip)
04:18 - volare (domenico modugno flip)
06:18 - deep shadows (little ann flip)
07:48 - interlude (bill monroe flip)
08:43 - dargie hula (john k almeida flip)
11:29 - take a walk on the mild side (loud reed flip)
13:52 - we lift up to the lord (key & peele flip)





samples:

little barrie - better call saul theme
roy ayers - everybody loves the sunshine
domenico modugno - volare
little ann - deep shadows
bill monroe - i hear a sweet voice calling
john k almeida - dargie hula (hawaiian hula tempo)
lou reed - take a walk on the wild side
key & peele - the great choir fight

flips (full beat tape)

candlestick

tunes, beats, words, trumpet, keys

text + time
ongoing + synchronous

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