{"product_id":"black-disco-black-disco-2024-reissue","title":"Black Disco - Black Disco (2024 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a Yamaha organ and a dream, Pops Mohamed started his musical journey in mid-1970s South Africa as the founder of Black Disco, creating a hip and innovative blend of chill-out jazz with spiritual overtones. Playing original compositions as well as reimagined soul and pop hits, the group appeared on producer Rashid Vally's As-Shams\/The Sun label alongside Abdullah Ibrahim and Harari.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the band's self-titled debut from 1975, Mohamed's cosmic organ is supported by two of the most sought-after session players on the South African jazz scene, Cape Town's sax and flute wizard Basil Coetzee, who had risen to fame in 1974 as one of the soloists on the hit “Mannenberg,” and Sipho Gumede, the young bass prodigy from the city of Durban. The album is a mostly downtempo affair with the drum machine on Mohamed’s organ laying down the beat while the trio soars in blissful improvisational territory. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBassist Peter Odendaal and drummer Monty Weber join Mohamed and Coetzee for \u003cem\u003eBlack Disco 3 \u003c\/em\u003ein 1976, preserving the New Age lounge aesthetic but allowing the group to flex their jazz chops more adventurously. “Spiritual Feeling” from the debut album is revamped as “Spiritual Feeling Riding the Blue” but the album opener\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“Dawn” is the centrepiece – a trippy, flute-driven awakening that unfolds over a period of ten minutes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReissued and available internationally for the very first time, Afrodelic's 2024 replica editions o\u003cem\u003ef Black Disco\u003c\/em\u003e (1975) and \u003cem\u003eBlack Disco 3 \u003c\/em\u003e(1976) are fully licensed and sourced from the original analog master tapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5wrbdrVET5nYIZgWUTXZrK?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Afrodelic\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Italy\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2024 \/ Original Release: 1975\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Jazz, Funk \/ Soul\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Cape Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Soul-Jazz \/ Jazz-Funk\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Afrodelic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44332358500510,"sku":"AF1009","price":48.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a4019309907_10.jpg?v=1727618361","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/black-disco-black-disco-2024-reissue","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}