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Culoe De Song (Born, Culolethu Zulu, from Kwa-Zulu Natal) started producing beats around late 2006. “100 Zulu Warriors” (Featured on Black Coffee’s second offering, “Have Another One”, 2007) and his involvement with the Red Bull Music Academy (Barcelona, Spain in 2008) would be what, I would say, launched this Afro-groove arsenal to the respected producer and DJ he is around the globe today.
I have pretty much loved most, if not all of Culoe’s releases. From singles like “The Fallen Siren,” “The Bright Forest” and not forgetting the well-received “Webaba EP” that featured the late virtuoso Mama Busi Mhlongo. Culoe just recently dropped his third studio album, his first and second respectively “A giant leap” and “Elevation,” were received with utmost jubilation. “Exodus”, the highly anticipated superlative gamut offering contains a broad selection of musicians and vocalists, giving this offering a relative full rich texture of Afro-Deep House.
Go to Culoe's label Soulistic Music to download the full album: Soulistic Music
Exodus, which by the way works equally well as an intro to the album and as a crispy summer day’s tune that succinctly covers all the salient points of a true tribal hit. Succulent chords, variable drum programming layered faultlessly with groovy percussions and Culoe’s uncanny (signature of) ancestral vocal chants placed and pitched perfectly; they have such an ushering effect you almost feel at home.
My Sunshine ft. Soulstar, the musical composition, and Soulstar (Soulistic music’s vocal avante-garde)’s vocal arrangement is so rhythmically coupled, absolutely breathtaking. Soulstar vocally encapsulates the music with such ease (laced with perfection) and never overwhelms Culoe’s rather soulful yet afro-touché. In all cases of this massive love tune I cant help myself but spell it a definite “Ladies tune”!
Ma Afrika ft. Shota, the driving pound of the drums with edgy percussions, groovy Zulu-warrior chants, epic strings, the musical accents that emphasizes an ingeniously composed and well arranged musical piece, absolutely has all the bells and whistles of being a hit single if not the anchor-track of “Exodus”. Shota profoundly delivers a sad message of a tormenting fact in Mzansi that is school kids killing each other on school grounds and Africans killing each other remorselessly! The vocal elixir holds the melody and tonality with such professionalism there is no fear of syncopating this masterpiece.
No Contest, a raw-afro musical piece that oozes a Tribal-House calamity. The solo lead-guitar’s treatment, modulation, and progression will leave you utterly breathless. The epic chord build up during the break takes you to a level where bopping your head or stomping your feet is not enough but rather to you feel like you need to get down and shake it hard on the dancefloor. Tune purely made to make you move with no doubt, Tune!
Other tracks to pay attention to: Run Away ft. Kabomo & Moneoa, Journey of Love ft. Thandi Draai, Lovin' Marvin ft. Feat. Happy. As Culoe remarks from a profound Zulu saying “Umuntu Ngu Muntu nga Bantu - A Person is a person through other People”. He is truly a people’s person in all spheres of the arts and life!
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