The ever-seminal examination of the SA house scene, ‘Mzansi House’, is back with an essential eighth edition.
As usual, it’s a bumper 4-disc collection that shines a spotlight on Mzansi’s most promising young producers – this time around, Pierre Johnson, Fka Mash, Sean Munnick, and Brewed Souls.
Fka Mash with ‘The Sound of Triumph’, a description that doesn’t disappoint. Another child prodigy – he started producing on Fruity Loops at the age of eleven – he’s recently gained a lot of recognition for his work on the Stay True Sounds label – tracks like “No Talking”, which is included here, along with originals and collaborations with Samthing Soweto, Tahir Jones, Myazisto, and Naak Musiq. The sound is slow, low, and lively, with heady synth swirls, rhythms that border on kwaito, and plucky basslines.
