{"id":97902,"date":"2022-01-28T10:31:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=97902"},"modified":"2022-01-28T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:31:10","slug":"jivaros-saturday-night-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/jivaros-saturday-night-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Jivaro\u2019s South African \u201cSaturday Night Fever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">London-based label Kalita has announced the reissue of this 1989 bubblegum disco masterpiece.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Jivaro is a bit of a mystery. A South African disco and bubblegum music band, its four members were active in the late 1980s. Their album <em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em>, originally released on Maurice Horwitz\u2019s Music Team label at the turn of the decade, features six nostalgic tracks that perfectly encapsulate the post-boogie\/proto-house movement that had taken over the country\u2019s airwaves and clubs at the time. London-based label <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/?p=58775\">Kalita Records<\/a> is set to reissue the project in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not much is known about the band, the label Music Team played an important role in the development of the music industry in South Africa. First established around 1970 as Cartridge Television, the structure imported video machines into the country at a time when television had yet to be introduced. Focusing more and more on music, the company evolved into CTV Music, and ultimately Music Team.<\/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=3884006168\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kalitarecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/saturday-fever\">Saturday Fever by Jivaro<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>The label\u2019s producers were also pioneers in terms of experimenting with electronic sounds<\/em>,\u201d says Horwitz. \u201c<em>We were the first people to use a drum machine. We called it Georgie. A lot of that stuff was done with Georgie as the drummer. Written on it, we said \u2018Georgie doesn\u2019t drink, he doesn\u2019t miss work, he\u2019s always on time\u2019. That\u2019s why we called it Georgie. You\u2019ll see on some of the albums it says \u2018drums by Georgie\u2019<\/em>\u201d. Listen to \u201cYour Way Is My Way\u201d or \u201cWhat Next\u201d, and you might hear Georgie\u2019s touch in the tracks\u2019 ultra-groovy sounds\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kalitarecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/saturday-fever\"><em>Saturday Night Fever<\/em><\/a> by Jivaro, a reissue out on February 18 via Kalita Records.&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=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-1010x1010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever-73x73.jpg 73w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jivaro-saturday-night-fever.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London-based label Kalita has announced the reissue of this 1989 bubblegum disco masterpiece. 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