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- Record Label: Universal
- Release Date: Aug 2, 2024
- Summary: The compilation of African dance music spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s was curated by DJ Kampire.
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- Record Label: Universal
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance, International, African Traditions, Southern African, Central African, East African, Soukous, Kalindula
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Aug 14, 2024Ndola emphasises the need to acknowledge and learn origin stories to gain a deeper understanding of how music works both locally and globally in the present. Far from just another spectacularly re-playable adventure from Kampire, this is the most convincing evidence to date that she’s an excellent musicologist and historian, not just an exceptional DJ.
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Aug 14, 2024A mind-expanding debut compilation. More than just a primer, A Dancefloor in Ndola is a captivating exercise in crate-diggery. .... Kampire is doing more than putting together a compilation—she is helping form African pop history.
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Aug 14, 2024A Dancefloor in Ndola provides a valuable history lesson, but it also functions as a collection of great, uplifting dance music.
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MojoAug 14, 2024A culturally rich and generally wonderful 72 minutes of little-heard revelry. [Oct 2024, p.94]
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Aug 14, 2024A Dancefloor in Ndola shows the art of the DJ as selector, joining the dots between musical trends in a way that flows effortlessly onto the dancefloor.