{"id":42572,"date":"2017-10-03T12:50:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T10:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-rare-90s-south-african-house-album-from-professor-rhythm\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:38:35","slug":"awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-rare-90s-south-african-house-album-from-professor-rhythm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/awesome-tapes-from-africa-releasing-rare-90s-south-african-house-album-from-professor-rhythm\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Tapes From Africa releasing rare \u201890s South African house album from Professor Rhythm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Awesome Tapes From Africa<\/a> reissues Professor Rhythm’s Funky dance music album Bafana Banfana, a masterpiece album of Kwaito. Via The Vinyl Factory<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Professor Rhythm is an alias of Thami Mduli, a prolific musician and producer in the Rainbow Nation, who was previously a member of Taboo and CJB.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mduli\u2019s trajectory mirrored the musical trends sweeping across the country at the time, when the pop bubblegum genre faded in popularity as kwaito \u2013 described by Mduli as \u201cclub music with a township style\u201d, essentially South Africa\u2019s spin on Chicago house music \u2013 took roots.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFans demanded to hear more of these backing tracks without vocals, so Mdluli began to make solo instrumental albums in 1985 as Professor Rhythm. He got the name before the recordings began, from fans, and positive momentum from audiences and other musicians drove him to invest himself in a full-on solo project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Listen to our ‘afro + electro’ playlist on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Deezer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The album was recorded using \u201ca Roland MC-500 sequencer and Yamaha DX7, Juno 60 and Korg M1 keyboards, with the extensive help of studio engineer Nick Heaton.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    Bafana Bafana<\/em>\u00a0is out October 20. Pre-order a copy\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0ahead of its release, listen to single \u2018Leave Me Alone\u2019 below :\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n