{"product_id":"va-soundway-gumba-fire-bubblegum-soul-sy-lp-506057136000","title":"Various Artists Soundway - Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul \u0026 Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa (Various Artists) [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eTriple vinyl LP version including bonus track not included on CD version. 2018 release, a compilation of rare 1980s South African bubblegum and boogie. 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 it's 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 \u0026amp; Disco In 1980s Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"79","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50570878877992,"sku":"506057136000","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/va-soundway-gumba-fire-bubblegum-soul-sy-lp-506057136000","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}