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2LP – CHN004

18 rare cuts, reissued on vinyl for the first time, compiled by chOOn!! featuring Shangaan-influenced dance music, Tsonga Disco & neo-traditional releases from South Africa (1983-1991)

In the last decade, the breadth of plugged-in African music has become increasingly apparent. Samplers and synths have spread across the continent; nowhere is this more striking than in South Africa, where the end of apartheid coincided with the gradual move away from funk and soul-based township sounds and the emergence of electronic styles.

Enter Shangaan Electro, a seminal compilation released in 2010 of 180-plus bpm South African dance tracks; its rapid dispersal through global dance channels introduced ecstatic audiences to a previously marginal scene.