Gallo Vault Sessions is a 6-part podcast series brought to you by Gallo in collaboration with KONJO. We delve into the story of Gallo Music, Africa’s largest and oldest recording company, and reflect on the ways music shapes culture, and how our culture has been shaped by music…both at the centre and periphery of Africa’s music history. We bridge 95 years of Gallo’s music history with KONJO’s passion for cultural storytelling and chat with artists, label execs, radio veterans and music thinkers as we explore the undercurrents, backstories and overlooked tapes from the Gallo Vault…from mbaqanga to soul, and of course, provide you with a curated playlist to soundtrack your month. Follow us on @gallorecordcompany & @k.o.n.j.o All GVS mixes can be found here: https://www.mixcloud.com/KONJO/
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Podcast Overview
Gallo Vault Sessions is a 6-part podcast series brought to you by Gallo in collaboration with KONJO. We delve into the story of Gallo Music, Africa’s largest and oldest recording company, and reflect on the ways music shapes culture, and how our culture has been shaped by music…both at the centre and periphery of Africa’s music history. We bridge 95 years of Gallo’s music history with KONJO’s passion for cultural storytelling and chat with artists, label execs, radio veterans and music thinkers as we explore the undercurrents, backstories and overlooked tapes from the Gallo Vault…from mbaqanga to soul, and of course, provide you with a curated playlist to soundtrack your month. Follow us on @gallorecordcompany & @k.o.n.j.o All GVS mixes can be found here: https://www.mixcloud.com/KONJO/
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August 25, 2022
Music Through Transition
This is the sixth and final episode of the first season of Gallo Vault Sessions: A podcast in collaboration with KONJO. In this episode we think through South African music through transition; both the transition in South Africa’s socio-political landscape, but also how the sounds and music-technologies within South Africa’s music industry evolved along with the shifts in the country in the early 90s and early 2000s. We return to our conversations with Antos Stella & Dr Sipho Sithole, and also hear from esteemed songstress, Simphiwe Dana & writer, producer and performer Don Laka who has been in the music industry for 50 years! Gallo Vault Sessions in collaboration with KONJOYou can listen to our specially KONJO curated mix by Nombuso Mathibela @nombusomathibela , which follows South African music through transition here. Talking points: 1995 rugby World Cup, 1985 Concert in the Park, Umoja, Kalawa Jazzme, kwaito, bubblegum, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, synthesiser, drum machine, South African Music Awards, Arabi Mocheke, Peter Makarube, isipitori, Boom Shaka, Simphiwe Dana, Johannesburg’s underground scene, Malombo, Thandiswa MazwaiGuests: Antos Stella, Don Laka, Simphiwe Dana & Sipho Sithole Narrator: Kineta KunutuWriter: Zara Julius @ KONJOProducer: Zara Julius @ KONJOResearcher: Zara Julius @ KONJOArtwork: PR$DNT HONEYProduction support: The Good People Follow us on @gallorecordcompany & @k.o.n.j.o
July 27, 2022
South African Music Goes Global
In the fifth episode of Gallo Vault Sessions, we follow the ways South African music has proliferated across the international stage, and trace a few Gallo-affiliated artists as they and their music traversed the globe! We charter a flight with the music of Lucky Dube, Ray Phiri, Solomon Linda, and more…and explore both the highs and lows of what it means for South African music and artists to contend with international audiences and global success. We also tease out different moments of both cultural exploitation and cultural appreciation in this landscape as we begin to wrap up the first season of the Gallo Vault Sessions podcast. We consider Paul Simon’s Graceland, sync deals with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and even learn about champeta sound system culture on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. We return to our conversations with Bra Lulu Masilela from The Boyoyo Boys & Mam Hilda Tloubatla, from The Mahotella Queens — both of whom we met in our previous episode, as well as former Gallo Managing Directors Antos Stella and Ivor Haarburger, and also meet two new voices, Edna Martinez, a DJ from Colombia, and the incredibly prolific composer, producer and performer, Don Laka!Gallo Vault Sessions in collaboration with KONJOYou can listen to our specially KONJO curated mix by Edna Martinez here, which takes us through the Gallo releases that made it into the pico sound systems in Colombia, and follows them with their Colombian champeta versions here.Talking points: Mbube, Dixie Kwankwa, cultural appropriation, touring, The Mahotella Queens, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, central Australia, France, Juluka, Heinz Baked Beans, Malcolm McClaren, The Boyoyo Boys, champed, picos, Palenque de Basilio, aboriginal desert reggae, Solomon Linda, Cartegena, Lucky Dube, izicholoGuests: Lulu Masilela, Antos Stella, Ivor Harburger, Don Laka, Edna Martinez, Mike Swaratle & Hilda TloubatlaNarrator: Kineta KunutuWriter: Zara Julius @ KONJOProducer: Zara Julius @ KONJOResearcher: Zara Julius @ KONJOArtwork: PR$DNT HONEYProduction support: The Good People Follow us on @gallorecordcompany & @k.o.n.j.o
June 29, 2022
Talent Scouts & In-House Producers
In this fourth episode of Gallo Vault Sessions picks up on some threads from earlier in the season, and takes a look at some of the stories behind the talent scouts and in-house producers at the labels that would eventually fall under Gallo Music; the people behind so much of the music, and who in some ways had exceptional power to shape the sound of what we have come to associate with South Africa’s music. Throughout this episode we will explore how the very structure of labels’ relying on talent scouts to help shape and package artists for the Black music market set up a situation where talent scouts became the very buffer zone between labels who profited off Black recorded music, and the artists who bore the brunt of industry exploitation and financial disregard. We touch on the legacies of producers Griffiths Motsieloa, Cuthbert Matumba, David Thekwane and Rupert Bopape. We hear from legendary pennywhistler & organ jive player Bra Lulu Masilela from The Boyoyo Boys, Mam Hilda Tloubatla, the original soprano from The Mahotella Queens, as well as Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, Bra Mikes Swaratle and Rob Allingham who you met in previous episodes. Gallo Vault Sessions in collaboration with KONJO You can listen to our specially KONJO curated all-vinyl mix by Naledi Chai from Fly Machine Sessions which explores music from some of the more prominent producers in SA music history here.Talking points: producers, Griffiths Motsieloa, Cuthbert Matumba, Rupert Bopape, David Thekwane, Hilda Tloubatla, Mahotella Queens, Makgona Tsohle Band, Izintombi ZesiManjemanje, Zacks Nkosi, royalties, exploitation, Booker T, penny whistles, label power dynamics, Dorothy Masuku, organ jive Guests: Hilda Tloubatla, Lulu Masilela, Rob Allingham, Mike Swaratle, Sipho Hotstix MabuseNarrator: Kineta KunutuWriter: Zara Julius @ KONJOProducer: Zara Julius @ KONJOResearcher: Zara Julius @ KONJOArtwork: PR$DNT HONEYProduction support: The Good People Follow us on @gallorecordcompany & @k.o.n.j.o
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