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Mandela

by Mashabe Band

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Despite notable forays into the global sounds of rock and disco, the local heart and soul of Zambian popular music in the 20th century lies in the Kalindula sound. With it’s ceremonial tribal roots on homespun guitars, traditional double bass and percussion, Kalindula evolved into a modern, electric sound over the course of the Zamrock years in the 1970s and lived it’s golden age as Zambia’s most popular groove in the 1980s. There to document the prodigious outpouring of creativity was Zambia Music Parlour, the independent outfit that had launched the likes of WITCH, Ngozi Family and Amanaz a decade earlier.

One of the label’s principal Kalindula talents was the Mashabe Band, led by songwriter James Chisenga. Deeply Afrocentric with a name that refers to mystical spirits, the Mashabe Band often performed in traditional dress with body paint. Of the band’s three albums and numerous singles issued by ZMPL, Mandela from 1987, named to honour the political prisoner who would go on to lead South Africa’s first democratic administration in 1994, is the group’s most compelling point of entry and an excellent primer for the Kalindula style as a whole.

Restored from the master tape vault of the Zambia Music Parlour label, Sharp-Flat Records presents an essential slice of Zambian music history from a period ripe for investigation and rediscovery. Complex African rhythms with crisp electric amplification and tribal roots presentation, the Mashabe Band formula is mesmerising and infectious.

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released February 4, 2022

Composed by Mashabe Band
Recorded at dB Studios, Lusaka
Recording Engineer: Peter Musungilo
Producer: B.D. Nyati
Director: E.G. Khuzwayo

Produced for Reissue by Calum MacNaughton and Jason Connoy
Tape Transfer by Rob Allingham
Mastering by Richard Vossgatter
Executive Directors: Humphrey Khuzwayo and Billie David Nyati

Cat. No. ZMPL 74
℗ 1987 Zambia Music Parlour
© 2022 Zambia Music Parlour Legacy

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Zambia Music Parlour Ndola, Zambia

Zambia's most prolific independent record label during the 1970s and 80s, ZMP is home to a treasured catalogue of Zamrock and Kalindula recordings.

Official "Legacy Series" and international licensing managed by Sharp-Flat Records (South Africa) and Strawberry Rain Music (Canada) in exclusive partnership with label directors in Zambia.

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