Marumo - ModiehiWe were first introduced to Marumo's 'Modish' album via DJ Okapi's amazing resource the 'Afrosynth' blog, which archives South African bubblegum disco from the 80s & early 90s. Aside from this blog, this music would otherwise remained unknown outside of South Africa, apart from the most hardcore of digger and record collector. 'Modish' was originally released on Spades Record in 1982 and was recorded by producer West Nkosi, who was a member of

Waltz For Love 7

rock to classical music

he already lived in Madrid with his parents

It also include a version of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee"

As that substance was growing sparse on her planet

the remaining original members

an anxious Debmaster beat underpins Bazz's visceral hedonism bending his rhymes in double and half-time and wrenching his voice gymnastically over 808 booms and claps

represents one's golden years

Technically challenging yet full of poetry

at turns calling to mind the spacefaring operatic rock of Electric Light Orchestra and the high drama of an Ennio Morricone film score

Different Problems

And yet his beginnings lay in chamber music