Jumping Back Slash and similar artists

Our World (With A Boy On It's Shoulders)

Sounds like: Jazzuelle, Jumping Back Slash, Damian Lazarus

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What a fucking way to leave 2017. Surrounded by the people (your computer) and sounds that you love. Can you even remember last NYE? If it involved a...

Jumping Back Slash

Come Rescue Me

Sounds like: Spoek Mathambo, Clap! Clap!

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Lyrically a very apt song for this Monday except, unlike in the song, no one is coming to rescue you. There is one bright patch to this Monday though,...

Spoek Mathambo

I Found You (Ft. Kajama & Fantasma)

Sounds like: Fantasma, Jumping Back Slash, Zaki Ibrahim

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Spoek Mathambo's solo return is nothing short of the spiritual awakening you think you had at Burning Man (or your country's equivalent). He employs ...

Big Space

Cape Town Sis Khethiwe

Sounds like: Jumping Back Slash, Thibo Tazz

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I want everyone to hear this song, but my brain is struggling to find words to come up with a quirky review right now. Essentially what you have her...

Stiff Pap

Amagroovist (Baby Girl)

Sounds like: Maramza, Thibo Tazz, Jumping Back Slash, Okmalumkoolkat

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You know what's tough? Writing words about music. That's why almost all of my reviews steer away from actually addressing what you're listening to -- ...

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The Sirens Call (Ft. Nonku Phiri)

Sounds like: Clap! Clap!, Branko, Samthing Soweto

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Rest my child. Have a stool to sit on and perhaps a glass of water as well. You're being exposed to some seriously large sounds both literally and met...

Bonobo

Bambro Koyo Ganda (Ft. Innov Gnawa)

Sounds like: Lone, Maramza, Four Tet

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I just finished listening to Bonobo's new album Migration in full, and this has to be one of my favorites. Innov Gnawa happen to be based in Brooklyn...

Jumping Back Slash

Before I Met U

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Dunn Kidda

Laanie Level (Maramza Remix)

Sounds like: Jumping Back Slash, Kenton Slash Demon, Card on Spokes, Spoek Mathambo

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My brain is feeling slow this Monday; there's music for that, there is music for just about everything. Not that I'm saying this Maramza remix is the...

Card On Spokes

Stone Clouds

Sounds like: Slugabed, Fever Trails, Jumping Back Slash, Machinedrum

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It's almost assured that you come out a different person than who you were when you started listening to this song. "Stone Clouds" is a journey, man. ...

Jumping Back Slash

Horses

Sounds like: Rudeboyz, Spoek Mathambo

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HAH! Wow. I'm a huge douche. I haven't written a post on Indie Shuffle in maybe 2 months. I love Indie Shuffle, so why would I do this to Indie Shuffl...

Clap! Clap!

(L) Liberty

Sounds like: Jumping Back Slash, Kenton Slash Demon, Thor Rixon

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Here's another bass-packed, African-flavored track for you to dance to. I'm tempted to say "(L) Liberty" comes off as if Disclosure were from Uganda. ...

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THE LIGHTS

Sounds like: DJ Spoko, Maramza

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I'm sick of Jumping Back Slash making good music. JBS, if you're listening, give us some some tropical house, try putting out at least four remixes of...

Apple Sawc & Okmalumkoolkat

Roundhouse Kick

Sounds like: Jumping Back Slash, Spoek Mathambo

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It's a sad day in the world of South African music. Local producer, designer, promoter and all-around talent Applesawc has passed. It's a dark day ind...

Jumping Back Slash

Put Your Fires Out

Sounds like: Maramza, Branko, Midland

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So, by now we all already know Jumping Back Slash is a master at what he does -- making music that is very different, that you enjoy, but you can't pu...

Okwonga

Ring The Bells

Sounds like: Maramza, Jumping Back Slash

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Hip-hop comes in many, many forms, though it could be argued that the majority of styles find their original form in poetry. Okwonga's "Ring The Bells...

Edoheart

Sosomoneycockplease (Aero Manyelo's Herbal Mix)

Sounds like: Jumping Back Slash, Tchobari, Spoek Mathambo

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Despite having the weirdest name for a track ever, this remix by Aero Manyelo of "Sosomoneycockplease" is a well-rounded African house track that you ...

Jumping Back Slash

Cut The Head Off The Snake

Sounds like: Spoek Mathambo, Maramza, Okmalumkoolkat

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"// UP FOR A LITTLE BIT XX //" reads the SoundCloud description for this track. I think maybe if we all petition, we can get it to stay up forever, bu...

Okmalumkoolkat

Ijusi (Jumping Back Slash Gqom Dub)

Sounds like: Maramza, Spoek Mathambo, Petite Noir

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Well goddamn, what do we have here?! Affine Records have made use of the King of Gqom, Jumping Back Slash, to signal the forthcoming release of a very...