Masike 'Funky' Mohapi - The Slums
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LINER NOTES

 

Special thanks to the Horn section "Teaspoon & Company", to Graham Handley for spiritual engineering, to my "Old Lady" for patience and understanding, my family "Dispontso", "Mafa", "Mpontsheng" and Elizabeth for loving care during the recording of this album, and special thanks to my fans for their support.

Fan Club letters to:
MASIKE FAN CLUB
P.O. Box 93503
Yeoville
2143
 

MASIKE 'FUNKY' MOHAPI
THE SLUMS


recorded 1982c
issued 1982
Raintree Records
Rainbow Records & Tapes
made in South Africa
produced by Masike 'Funky' Mohapi, Graham Handley
published by City Beat, City Light, Rainbow Music
RAH 3004
matrix RAH 3004 A
matrix RAH 3004 B
33 rpm
first issue
cover printed by Printcraft
source: Flatinternational Archive

TRACK LISTING

 

1.1Hamba Sibali Wami

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

1.2Funky Firetrack

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

1.3Humnana

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

2.4The Slums

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

2.5I

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

2.6You

(Masike 'Funky' Mohapi)

ARTISTS

 

MASIKE 'FUNKY' MOHAPI - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards, drums, synthesisers
BONGANI - keyboards
VUSI KHUMALO - drums
BAKITHI KHUMALO - bass
TEASPOON & COMPANY - horn section

NOTES

 

Guitarist Masike 'Funky' Mohapi was a member of the classic 1970s group Harari, before moving onto a successful solo career in the 1980s. The Slums, I believe, is his second solo project after Gomora, both being issued in 1982. "Humnana," stands apart from Masike’s other funk/rock tracks in having a somewhat somber, 'easy-listening' quality, but after the entry of horns it builds to an ecstatic almost religious apex. The album is excellent, but this track is sublime! Sadly Mohapi passed away in August 2014 after sustaining injuries from a hit-and-run accident in Soweto.