Amaswazi Emvelo

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Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama 03:55 Tools
Thul'Ulalele 03:40 Tools
Indodo Yejazi Elimnyama 03:56 Tools
Jabula Mfana 04:06 Tools
Utshwala Begazati 03:46 Tools
Siwuhambile Umhalaba 00:00 Tools
Thul'ulalele (Just Stop and Listen) 00:00 Tools
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama [The Man in the Black Coat] 00:00 Tools
Thul'ulalele [Just Stop and Listen] 00:00 Tools
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama - Amaswazi Emvelo 03:56 Tools
Thul'ulalele - Amaswazi Emvelo 03:40 Tools
Izulu Elimnyama 03:39 Tools
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama (The Man In The Black) 00:00 Tools
U Nowa 03:33 Tools
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama (The Man in the... 00:00 Tools
Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama (The Man in the Black Coat) 00:00 Tools
Jambula Mfana 00:00 Tools
Thul’ulalele 00:00 Tools
Mama Ka Nomvula 03:47 Tools
Siwuhambile Umhlaba 04:42 Tools
Ubokhuluma 03:16 Tools
Utshwala Begazati - Amaswazi Emvelo 03:46 Tools
Jabula Mfana - Amaswazi Emvelo 04:04 Tools
Amasw Azi Emvelo: Jabula Mfana 00:00 Tools
Bafana Abancane 03:24 Tools
Just Stop And Listen 00:00 Tools
Ithuna Likamkhulu 03:56 Tools
Siwuhambile Umhalaba - Amaswazi Emvelo 00:00 Tools
Musani Ukungithunuka 04:18 Tools
Zangiluma Izinja 00:00 Tools
Ekhaya Kuse Nkulungwane 00:00 Tools
The Man In The Black Coat 00:00 Tools
Nanka Amanxeba Ezandleni 00:00 Tools
Amantombazane Akulendawo 00:00 Tools
Unowa 00:00 Tools
E Soweto 00:00 Tools
Jabula M'Fana 00:00 Tools
Ipiki Nefosholo 00:00 Tools
Ubaba Washona Kudala 03:29 Tools
Nkosi Yami Ngihawukele 00:00 Tools
Jerusalema 04:18 Tools
Akangalanga U Nomasonto 00:00 Tools
Sengiyakushiya Nalomuzi 00:00 Tools
Intaba Zasenketheni 00:00 Tools
Zonke Sezendile 00:00 Tools
Wafa Waphela Umuzi Kababa 00:00 Tools
Khuzani Umfowethu 04:03 Tools
Akekho Noyedwa Owaziyo 00:00 Tools
Akafuni Ukulobola 03:13 Tools
Ukuluma Izindaba 00:00 Tools
Sewuyangishiya Nonhlanhla 03:36 Tools
Sengikala Izinyembezi 05:13 Tools
Intombi Yami 00:00 Tools
Asambeni Sonke 03:58 Tools
Zimbili Emhlumba 03:31 Tools
Ngikhala Isililo Sokwaliwa 03:43 Tools
Ukwenza Kuyashiyana 00:00 Tools
Mzala Wami 00:00 Tools
Thul' Ulalele 00:00 Tools
Nomvula 00:00 Tools
Thuthukani Maswazi 00:00 Tools
thululalele 00:00 Tools
Izintaba Azihlangani 00:00 Tools
Bekezela Ungumakoti 00:00 Tools
Yegogo 00:00 Tools
Yamuka Inyoni Yami 00:00 Tools
U Themba Wangixosha 00:00 Tools
I'Sizwa Zodwa 00:00 Tools
Umkhovu 00:00 Tools
Imikhuba 00:00 Tools
Indodo Yejazi Elimnyama (The Man in the Black Coat) 00:00 Tools
Ukulunga Kwami 04:33 Tools
Jabu Ngikwenzeni 00:00 Tools
I'Nkomo Zika Gumede 00:00 Tools
Mamncane 02:53 Tools
Vumelani Abantwana 00:00 Tools
Mngane Wami Uyangilandela 03:12 Tools
Mus'ukudlala Ngomsebenzi 00:00 Tools
Senziwa Yini 00:00 Tools
Nangu Uyabaleka 00:00 Tools
Amasiko 00:00 Tools
Awusuke Eduze Kwami 00:00 Tools
Sewuyahamba Uyangishiya 00:00 Tools
Mus'ukukhala Ntombi Yami 00:00 Tools
Isililo Sika Mama 00:00 Tools
Angiqonywa 00:00 Tools
Mkhuzeni 00:00 Tools
Thul'ulalele (Just Stop and Listen) 00:00 Tools
Indoda Yjazi Elimnyama 00:00 Tools
Ngiyamesaba U Malume 00:00 Tools
Libuyile Ihuzu 00:00 Tools
Ngizalwa Esithenjini 00:00 Tools
Nginokuthula 00:00 Tools
Siphuma Eswazini 00:00 Tools
Indodemnyama 00:00 Tools
Wozani Wozani 04:13 Tools
Kwamntanami Waya Waya 00:00 Tools
Thulalale 03:36 Tools
Ngalahlekelwa Umfowethu 04:17 Tools
Ngalahlekelwa Umfowethu 00:00 Tools
Mam'omncane 00:00 Tools
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Amaswazi Emvolo were the sound of Soweto under apartheid - pulsating township jive with a heavy bouncing bassline and ringing guitars. Formed in the early 1970s they came to Western attention on the compilation LP "The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto" with the song Thul'ulalele. Along with Abafana Busequdeni and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens they represent the golden age of South African pop. '60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences of African American R&B, jazz, and blues into their traditional, indigenous music. New styles such as township jazz, pennywhistle street music, Kwela, and marabi were formed. Eventually, these myriad styles coalesced to create a new hybrid pop music that came to be known as mbaqanga. Though mbaqanga employs the traditional instrumentation of Western pop (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals), the approach to song structure and rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrasing is uniquely African. Recorded between 1981 and 1984, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO is the first (and arguably the best) of a slew of South African pop recordings that soon followed. Characterized by insistent, rhythmically complex beats, elastic, burbling basslines, tight, ska-sounding guitar accompaniment, and thick, multi-part vocals, this music is as intriguing as it is appealing. Groups with such names as Udokotela Shange Namajaha and Amaswazi Emvelo serve up bright, infectious melodies and percussively insistent tracks that are clearly intended for dancing. Though this "pop" may at first seem strange to Western ears, repeated listens reveal its true nature: rich, individual, joyous, and simply wonderful music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.