Recording

Tsiki Tsiki
M'du Masilela

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1994

On

Kwaito and 1994

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 02

   Ranked No. 2 in Kwaito

   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.

2. ·

   Picked by 1994

   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.