系譜エレクトロニック
クワイト
1990年〜 ・ 南アフリカ(ソウェト・ヨハネスブルグ)
代表アーティスト
- アーサー・マフォカテ(Arthur Mafokate)
- オスキド(Oskido)
- ブーム・シャカ(Boom Shaka)
- ムドゥ・マシレラ(M'du Masilela)
- TKZee
- マンドーザ(Mandoza)
音楽的特徴
- ハウスのレコードを約110bpmに落として生まれた
- ハウスより遅いテンポ
- 太いシンセのベースライン
- ズールー語・ソト語・アフリカーンス語の歌詞
- 会話や語りのようなボーカル
出典(本人談・評論)
- House → Kwaito:出典(it was born when two house DJs in Johannesburg, Oskido and Christos, slowed down some house and other records to a tempo of around 110bpm.)
- フランキー・ナックルズ(Frankie Knuckles) → オスキド:出典("I saw at that time a lot of Chicago DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Louie Vega, Marshall Jefferson, were remixing stuff," Oskido says.)
- Marshall Jefferson → オスキド:出典("I saw at that time a lot of Chicago DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Louie Vega, Marshall Jefferson, were remixing stuff," Oskido says.)
- オスキド → Kwaito:出典(it was born when two house DJs in Johannesburg, Oskido and Christos, slowed down some house and other records to a tempo of around 110bpm.)
- ムドゥ・マシレラ → Kwaito:出典(was possibly developed from the traditional or acoustic West African log drum by kwaito pioneer M'du (also known as Mdu Masilela).)
- アーサー・マフォカテ → Kwaito:出典(He became known as the "King of Kwaito" with many hit singles such as Kaffir, Oyi Oyi, Mnike, Twalatza, Zombo, Koti Koti, Poppe Dans, Seven Phezulu & Sika Lekhekhe.)
- ブーム・シャカ → Kwaito:出典(This group's combination of sounds from American hip hop, electronic dance music, and traditional South African styles was later acknowledged as the beginning of the kwaito genre.)
- TKZee → Kwaito:出典(TKZee is a South African kwaito music group formed in the 1990s by three school friends, Tokollo 'Magesh' Tshabalala, Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala.)
- マンドーザ → Kwaito:出典(Mduduzi Thembinkosi Edmund Tshabalala (17 January 1978 – 18 September 2016), also known as Mandoza, was a South African singer-songwriter and kwaito recording artist.)
- アーサー・マフォカテ → マンドーザ:出典(His talents were discovered by Arthur Mafokate, also known as the King of Kwaito.)
- Kwaito → Gqom:出典(Gqom is known for its beats which have a minimal, raw and repetitive sound with heavy bass as well as incorporations of techno, Durban kwaito, kwaito, maskandi, afro house, breakbeat, tribal house and broken beat.)
- Kwaito → Amapiano:出典(It is a hybrid of kwaito, deep house, gqom, jazz, soul, and lounge music characterised by synths and wide, percussive basslines.)
- ジャンルの成立年・地域・特徴:www.theguardian.com
もっと知る
- Kwaito: the sound of South Africawww.theguardian.com ・ 英語