Taking a break from posting for a while...

I am very very busy at the moment so this blog will be quiet for a few months as I sort out some things in the real world!
In the meantime I would like to point you to my Cygnet Mixes blog for a non South African song that I like:
David Bowie - Cygnet Committee
See you SA music lovers again soon!
Liezel
;-)

Big Sky - Waiting For The Dawn (1990)

Big Sky is actually the band name under which Cape Town's mellow rocker Steve Louw has been recording and releasing his five acclaimed albums to date. This song, the title track off his debut album, showcases the soaring rock ballads that epitomize his style. His second album, 'Horizon', won the 'Best SA Rock Album' SAMA award and 'Decades' is his excellent 'Best Of' collection. If anyone has the mp3 of Strange Room, please let me know, thanks! ;-)
File available at savefile: Big Sky - Waiting For The Dawn

John Ireland - I Like (1982)

One of those almost forgotten early 80's classics. This one comes from John Irelands' 1982 album titled John Ireland. It is probably still his best known song.
From rock.co.za: He was born John Griffith on the 24th August 1954 in Ireland (some sources say Boksburg). He attended Boksburg High School in the mid-70s. In 1977 he and Jonathan Handley formed the band Slither and were based in Springs. He studied medicine with Jonathan at Wits University and they both became doctors. Slither later became The Radio Rats. John has musical training in classical piano to an advanced level and also plays guitar and drums.

File available at FileSave: John Ireland - I Like

Marcalex - Quick Quick (1989)

Diepkloof's finest pop twins, Marc and Alex Rantselli, burst on to the late-'80's South African pop scene with a dynamic live act and some slickly-produced and hooky songs and albums. 'Quick Quick' is still their finest moment and sounds as fresh today as when first released. That song appeared on their debut Tusk album, 'Marcalex'. Their second, 'Boys B Boys', earned a prestigious Stock Aitken and Waterman remix.

Many thanks to Half Hearted Dude from http://halfhearteddude.wordpress.com/ for the generosity in supplying me with the mp3 file.

File available at savefile:
Marcalex - Quick Quick

André Schwartz - Ek Wil Jou Nooit Weer Sien (1989)

From his 1989 album "Lief Vir Alles Hier", Afrikaans singer André Schwartz recorded this catchy track "Ek wil jou nooit weer sien". The music video in itself was a hit as well and features none other than 1988 Miss South Africa, Michelle Bruce as well as comedian/actors Casper de Vries, Tobie Cronje and Pierre Knoesen.... in drag!
File avaiable at SaveFile:
André Schwartz - Ek Wil Jou Nooit Weer Sien
and watch:

Clout - Substitute (1978)

Clout were originally a five-piece, South African million-selling all-girl rock group formed in 1977, best known for their song "Substitute". "Substitute" was a cover version of an obscure Righteous Brothers' song, composed by Willie Wilson. Clout's version reached number two in the UK singles chart for three weeks in June 1978, and number one in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and South Africa. It reached only number sixty-seven in the US for one week in September 1978, but stayed in the Billboard chart for ten weeks altogether.

"Substitute" was then recorded by Gloria Gaynor for single release in the US, but radio and club DJs preferred the B side which became the worldwide hit: "I Will Survive".

File available at zshare: Clout - Substitute

Abdullah Ibrahim - Little Boy (1976)

Adolph Johannes ('Dollar') Brand from Cape Town, South Africa is a worldwide known jazz pianist composer and performer. He first went to Europe in the early 60's still as Dollar Brand. In the mid 70s he returned briefly to Cape Town as Abdullah Ibrahim after converting to Islam, and recorded amongst a few albums in South Africa, The Voice of Africa. This track, Little Boy, comes from the album.

File available at savefile: Abdullah Ibrahim - Little Boy

Koos Kombuis - Blameer Dit Op Apartheid (1997)

Koos Kombuis (born André le Roux du Toit, November 5, 1954) is a South African musician, singer, songwriter and writer who became famous as part of a group of anti-establishment Afrikaans musicians, who, under the collective name of Voëlvry, toured campuses across South Africa in the 1980s.
The song Blameer Dit Op Apartheid ("Blame it on Apartheid") is essential listening for anybody who understands Afrikaans and knows something about South African political history. He is generally as politically incorrect as he can possibly be. Essentially Kombuis blames the social ills at the time (and today) on apartheid and all the people and events associated with it.
It is irony, ofcourse..
File available at savefile: Koos Kombuis - Blameer Dit Op Apartheid