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  "slug": "mdu-masilela",
  "name": "M'du Masilela",
  "description": "M'du Masilela appears 2 times in our Kwaito and 1994 lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/mdu-masilela/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1994,
    "last": 1994
  },
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  },
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      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "nineteen-ninety-four",
      "name": "1994",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/",
      "entries": 1
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      "trackKey": "mdu-masilela--tsiki-tsiki",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/mdu-masilela--tsiki-tsiki/",
      "title": "Tsiki Tsiki",
      "year": 1994,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "From the debut of the producer the scene calls the godfather. The template arrives here: house architecture, township tempo, and a vocal that talks rather than sings.",
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        {
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        }
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/M'du%20Masilela%20Tsiki%20Tsiki",
          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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        "slug": "kwaito",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "mdu-masilela--tsiki-tsiki",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/mdu-masilela--tsiki-tsiki/",
      "title": "Tsiki Tsiki",
      "year": 1994,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Made in the year South Africa first voted, by slowing house music down to a walking pace and making it local. A genre and a country changing at the same moment, and one of the few records on this list where the two are obviously connected.",
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        }
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        },
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}