Author: LIVING SOULS

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 01-02-2008

Details: In their quest for separation of the races, the former Apartheid regime in South Africa inadvertently laid the basis for an archive of some of the most beautiful music on the planet. The original thinking behind the recordings made by the South African Broadcasting Corporation was to divide the black population along racial and tribal lines through the use of music. As the state controlled the airwaves, the SABC became a tool for its propaganda and set up various regional stations that were known as Radio Bantu, the regime's term for the oppressed majority. PFor struggling musicians during the Apartheid era, the opportunities to record their music was lure enough. Record companies that serviced the black community were few and far between and the major labels, to their eternal shame, focused more on selling to the affluent white community. As a result, SABC's mobile studio visited every corner of the country recording the whole glorious range of music available across the country. As a result, the SABC's archives were bursting with everything from stately traditional choirs to the electrifying sound of the urban Mbhaquanga sound. The music on this release has been treated with respect but given a new lease of life. Ambient Africa is a revelation, a new dawn.

UPC: 826992007922

EAN: 0826992007922

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood