tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400063036260543724.post9199743098108546899..comments2024-03-20T18:08:32.554+00:00Comments on ElectricJive: Sea Water: minimal mbaqanga (1972)Chris Albertynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201820803406421446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400063036260543724.post-18825692210100955912013-10-09T23:43:00.610+01:002013-10-09T23:43:00.610+01:00amazing...thank you!amazing...thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400063036260543724.post-58038186962562485722013-02-07T12:39:27.971+00:002013-02-07T12:39:27.971+00:00Many thanks for the appreciation aperson.Many thanks for the appreciation aperson.Chris Albertynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201820803406421446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400063036260543724.post-90964585877279306822013-02-07T09:03:55.696+00:002013-02-07T09:03:55.696+00:00This is really quite a find. Amazing, rare, never-...This is really quite a find. Amazing, rare, never-before-heard album!<br /><br />I really really like the "arrangements" -- that is to say, the lack of arrangements. As you note, it's as basic and simplified as mbaqanga can get, which really brings out the essence of the genre. Makes me wish that ALL mbaqanga tracks were made this way, just instrumentals with crisp individual instruments clearly audible.<br /><br />It really almost functions as a sort of karaoke record, for people to play as backing music as they try to sing on top of it.<br /><br />Of all the tracks, the standout hit to me is not the title track but rather "Flat Foot" on side 2. If I was a DJ on a pirate station in 1972, that's the track I would have played over and over!<br /><br />The universe thanks you for preserving this lost gem.apersonnoreply@blogger.com