{"id":905,"date":"2016-10-20T20:10:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2016-10-20T20:10:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:10:22","slug":"rs-388-various-artists-the-indestructable-beat-of-soweto-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=905","title":{"rendered":"RS: 388: Various Artists, The Indestructable Beat of Soweto – Vol 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

#388<\/p>\n

Various Artists The Indestructable Beat of Soweto- Vol. 1
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Release Date:<\/strong> 1985
\nPreviously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No
\nFirst Time Listen:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I would say, yes, this beat is quite indestructable <\/a>” by Source. Licensed under\u00a0Fair use<\/a>\u00a0via\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Impressions: <\/strong> Looking forward to this one. Well, not speaking the language, it loses a little in translation for me. But it’s chockful of catchy, quirky tunes that are light, funky and don’t have a ton of “world music” baggage. Rubbery basslines, bouncy reggae beats, obviously the predecessor to Paul Simon’s Graceland<\/em> and where he found Ladysmith Black Mambazo (who I ran into warming up before a show at the Old Town School Of Music, one of the few instances of me actually meeting someone on this list.) I’m sure Vampire Weekend<\/em> gave this a ton of spins also. Crazy keyboards and a guy who sounds like a South African Wolfman Jack. Fun tunes, much more loose and go-for-broke than Graceland<\/em> which Mr. Simon probably sanded off the edges of this kind of music to fit his style. A nice change up from most of the albums on this list and an super enjoyable listen. I would say, yes, this beat is quite indestructable…and occasionally repetitive, but it grooves. <\/p>\n

Starred Songs:\u00a0<\/strong>“Awungilobolele,” “Nansi Imali,”
\nSneaky Track:<\/strong> “Thul’ulalele”
\nShould this album be on the\u00a0list? <\/strong>Yes. A surprising entry.<\/p>\n

Will You Listen To This Again: <\/strong>Yes
\nVerdict: <\/strong>Breakthrough effervecent South African guitar pop tunes anthology delights listener completely and set foundation for Graceland<\/em>, Vampire Weekend and maybe some unfortunate “World Music” (not their fault.)<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#388 Various Artists The Indestructable Beat of Soweto- Vol. 1 Release Date: 1985 Previously Owned:\u00a0No First Time Listen: Yes Impressions: Looking forward to this one. Well, not speaking the language, it loses a little in translation for me. But it’s chockful of catchy, quirky tunes that are light, funky and don’t have a ton of … Continue reading RS: 388: Various Artists, The Indestructable Beat of Soweto – Vol 1<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,24,229,10,228,227,9],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rolling-stone-top-500-albums","tag-54","tag-4-stars","tag-anthology","tag-first-time-listen","tag-ladysmith-black-mambazo","tag-paul-simon","tag-unowned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}