Various – Gumba Fire (Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie In 1980s South Africa) Various - Gumba Fire (Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie In 1980s South Africa) album cover More images
Label: Soundway – SNDWLP124
Format: 3 x Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2018
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Soul, Disco, Boogie, Bubblegum
TRACKS:
A1 The Survivals – My Brother
A2 Stimela– Mind Games
A3 Hot Soul Singers– Hlala Nami
B1 Zoom – Wayawaya
B2 Ashiko– Gumba Fire (Madlakadlaka)
B3 Monwa & Sun – Heartbeat
C1 Ntombi Ndaba– Do You Trust Amajita?
C2 The Black Five – Selallane
C3 Starlight – Picnicing
D1 Zasha– Hayi Ngodlame
D2 Joshiba– Gloria
D3 Sabela – Africa
E1 Condry Ziqubu– She's Impossible
E2 Peter Maringa– Listen To Me
F1 Zasha– Arrow Dub
F2 Ozila– Wola Wola
DESCRIPTION
Great compilation with sought after tunes from South Africa by heavy weight artists like Stimela, Ashiko, Zoom, Ntombi Ndaba, Condry Ziqubu and more.. Tip!!
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.
Compilers Miles Cleret (Soundway) and DJ Okapi (Afrosynth
Records) present a selection of 18 rare, handpicked 1980s cuts that highlight the period that nestles in between the ‘70s (where American-influenced jazz, funk and soul bumped shoulders with local Mbaqanga) and the ‘90s when Kwaito and eventually house-music ruled the dancefloors of urban South Africa.
Alongside French-Caribbean Zouk this kind of music has
slowly been making its way into the DJ sets of many of the
most open minded selectors around the world. This
compilation is in many ways a sister release to the hugely
popular compilation of Nigerian boogie and disco that Soundway released in late 2016 : “Doing it In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980s Nigeria”.
The album takes its name from the band Ashiko’s track of the same name Gumba Fire that features on the compilation.
The term is derived from gumba gumba, the term given to the booming speakers of the old spacegram radios that
broadcast music into South Africa’s townships and villages.
The phrase later evolved into Gumba Fire to refer to a hot party. Put this record on and feel the heat!