V/A - Gumba Fire - 3LP

1.
The Survivals - My Brother 04:46
2.
Stimela - Mind Games 05:35
3.
Hot Soul Singers - Hlala Nami 04:14
4.
Zoom - Wayawaya 05:31
5.
Ashiko - Gumba Fire (Madlakadlaka) 05:42
6.
Monwa & Sun - Heartbeat 04:52
7.
Ntombi Ndaba - Do You Trust Amajita? 03:50
8.
The Black Five - Selallane 03:33
9.
Starlight - Picnicing 04:03
10.
Zasha - Hayi Ngodlame 04:41
11.
Joshiba - Gloria 05:02
12.
Sabela - Africa 05:02
13.
Condry Ziqubu - She's Impossible 05:58
14.
General Peter Maringa - Listen To Me 07:53
15.
Zasha - Arrow Dub 04:50
16.
Ozila - Wola Wola 09:10

*16 rare cuts selected by Miles Cleret and DJ Okapi - available for the first time on digital, and first time on vinyl outside of their original release*

- "The real, real sound of South Africa" MOJO
- "Unsurprisingly this is amazing. Beautiful, uplifting sounds." Alexander Nut (Eglo Records/NTS Radio)

In 1980s black South Africa a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated. It was often ubiquitously described as Bubblegum - usually stripped-down and lo-fi with a predominance of synths, keyboards and drum-machines and overlaid with the kind of deeply soulful trademark vocals and harmonies that South African music is famous for.

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