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Weekend Music: Pitori House

Posted: February 13th, 2009 | Author: kamau | Filed under: music | 1 Comment »

So … in a previous edition of weekend music I labeled DJ Mujava’s song “Township Funk” as kwaito. That isn’t exactly correct. While Johannesburg is the home of kwaito and the local version of house that has morphed from it, a distinct strain of house (pitori) has been bubbling under in Pretoria for a number of years. DJ Mujava’s now global hit is the point of the spear breaking pitori house out of the clubs, streets and matatus of Pretoria, taking it to the rest of the world. for which i am most glad. Herewith a sampler of south african house including kwaito, pitori house and just plain old house.

The FADER Ghetto Palms: Kwaito and Pitori House Blend

Spoek Mathambo: H.I.V.I.P. Dezemba Liazonz Mix. This mixtape is really worth the gyrations one has to do on the zshare site to get to the music.


DJ Teakay and Maeli: Epitoli

 

One Comment on “Weekend Music: Pitori House”

  1. 1 house » Blog Archive » Weekend Music: Pitori House said at 5:25 am on February 14th, 2009:

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