{"id":100570,"date":"2022-03-03T18:37:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=100570"},"modified":"2022-03-03T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:40:26","slug":"bubblegum-es-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/bubblegum-es-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubblegum music makes its comeback with E&#038;S Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Johannesburg-based label Afro Synth has announced a reissue of the duo, purely electronic yet un-mistakeably rooted in South African 80s disco.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When Shadrack Ndlovu and Ernest Segeel teamed up with label owner Dane Stevenson and journeyman producer Taso Stephanou to create the E&amp;S Brothers, South Africa\u2019s bubblegum era had just begun, spurred on by the success of Shangaan disco. The sound, funky, extasic and synth-heavy, would become the trademark of timeless icons such as Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Brenda Fassie, and the soundtrack of an entire generation of Black South Africans living under Apartheid. Released via Blue Tree, E&amp;S Brothers\u2019 debut 12\u201d <em>Don\u2019t Bang The Taxi Door<\/em> had a relative success across the country\u2019s taxi ranks, notorious for their key role in spreading popular music. The follow up to the project was the recording of a full album: <em>Taduma<\/em>, featuring Dr Buke on keys, an in-demand session player from Soweto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2955624731\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/afrosynth.bandcamp.com\/album\/taduma\">Taduma by E&amp;S Brothers<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When <em>Taduma<\/em> released in 1985, the album was a \u201c<em>moderate<\/em>\u201d yet consequent hit, propelled by tracks like like \u201cTaxi Door\u201d and the hypnotic chorus of \u201cMhane\u201d (\u201c<em>Mhane, famba na wena<\/em>\u201d, meaning \u201c<em>Mother, I am going to you<\/em>\u201d). South African label Afro Synth is now reissuing the project and has unveiled the title track, giving a perfect example of the duo\u2019s soundscape: joyful and danceable, with heavy influences of disco and a prophetic kwaito touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, vocally, Ndlovu and Segeel are closer to rapping than singing, and use a combination of English and vernacular. Tracks like \u201cMapantsula\u201d and \u201cBe Careful\u201d also place the duo within the street \u201cpantsula\u201d style, closely associated with the rise of kwaito and hip-hop in South Africa. Driving the music with vocals are waves of euphoric synths over explosive drum machine sounds, the word \u201cTaduma\u201d meaning the sound of the drum. Following <em>Taduma<\/em>, Shadrack Ndlovu went solo in 1988 with his album <em>Makhala Njalo<\/em> in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rushhour.nl\/record\/vinyl\/taduma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taduma<\/a> <\/em>by E&amp;S Brothers, out via Afro Synth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-1010x995.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-1010x995.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-759x748.jpeg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-661x651.jpeg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-465x458.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-375x369.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-85x85.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers-73x73.jpeg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taduma-par-ES-Brothers.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back.jpg 399w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back-375x376.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ESBrothers-Back-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg-based label Afro Synth has announced a reissue of the duo, purely electronic yet un-mistakeably rooted in South African 80s disco.&nbsp; 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