shangaan electro 180 bpm from soweto makes the summer after the massive neo disco movement of the last month it’s now official : we have a new hype movement (hype in a positive sense !!!)…..shangaan electro..made his way from the townships of south africa over the uk and the states to germany…….after baile funk..and cumbia…this movement shows….that consumer are listening more than ever globally…..the remix of cultures and rhythms and traditions is one of the key long term trends of the future…:call it hyper ethnic….or ethnotica or what ever you like … but have fun with shangan electro….the best cd is available over the label honest jons:
http://www.honestjons.com/label.php?pid=36711
expect….one billion bpm, it’s definitely made for the most lithe dancer, lots of nice little blunted hi-hat rolls and toy synth sounds..its fast, its happening and its smashing…..
SEE THE MUST SEE VIDOES HERE .. ITS AWESOME : give THE VIDEOS 30 seconds to grow and ENJOY PURE JOY
Tshetsha Boys-Nwa Pfundla…CLICK ME
SHANGAAN CLIP 2…CLICK ME
aan electro is the street level dance
aan electro is the street level dance
shangaan electro is the street level dance phenomenon from south africa that went global in 2010 on the back of a series of viral youtube clips (2 million hits and counting) and an acclaimed
compilation on honest jon’s that introduced the movers and shakers in this fast emerging micro-genre.
shangaan electro replaces shangaan music’s traditional instrumentation with midi-keyboard sounds, re-pitched vocal samples and jacking four to the floor beats, then amps things up to breakneck speeds of over 180bpm. this is hyper-kinetic digital dance music custom made for weekly dance offs in soweto, and it’s getting ever faster…
this summer shangaan electro is hitting european festivals/clubs for the first time ever. based on a soweto street party, the live show will feature the stars of the honest jon’s compilation – producer/mastermind and vocalist nozinja aka ‚dog‘, the clown-masked tshetsha boys, alongside tiyiselani, nkata mawewe and the fastest shangaan dancers around.
READ MORE ABOUT THE NEW SOUND AT THE SITE OF the fader..here: