Bongo Maffin formed in 1996, starting as a project of South African deejay Oscar. Appleseed was born and raised in Zimbabwe but brings a distinct shona and reggae flavour to the group's music. Stoan began his musical career as a singer for the kwaito band Thebe while singer Thandwisa (Red), a Xhosa girl with roots in the Eastern Cape, joined in 1997 after working with them as a backup singer and studio musician. The group's expansive and spiritual take on the dance-oriented genre has been compared to the Fugees' broadening of American hip-hop. The trio's music is firmly rooted in the rhythms of house music, incorporating reggae, dancehall, rap and contemporary R&B but not without giving to their homeland, adding the sounds from South Africa's many homegrown genres: the bouncy beats of mbaqanga, gospel, the choral sound of iscathamiya (made famous by Ladysmith Black Mambazo) as well as kwaito (the name of which is derived from the Afrikaans slang word 'kwaai', meaning cool or mean).
2009
Universal Music South Africa
CD, Album, RE
2005
2002
House Afrika Records
12"
2002
Lightyear Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment
12", Single, Promo
2001
Kalawa Jazmee
12", MiniAlbum
2001
Columbia
12", MiniAlbum, Promo
2001
1999
Not On Label
12", W/Lbl
1999
Not On Label
CD
1999
1998
1997
Not On Label
12", W/Lbl
Not On Label
7", Jukebox
Not On Label
7", Single, Jukebox, W/Lbl
2014
Kalawa Jazmee
CD, Album
2009
Not On Label (Mahāsukha Self-released)
2xCD, Album
2004
Kalawa Jazmee
CD, Album
2004
2003
1996
Kalawa Records
Cass, Album
1996
Kalawa Jazmee
12", W/Lbl
2012
Kalawa Jazmee
2xCD, Comp
2011
2010
Spectrum Music (2), Universal UMC
2xCD, Album
2009
Kalawa Jazmee
DVD-V, Comp
2008
Sony / ATV Music Publishing
8xCD, Comp, Promo + Box
2007
Manteca
2xCD, Comp
2007
African Cream, African Cream
2xCD, Comp
2006
African Cream Music
2xCD, Comp
2006
Kalawa Jazmee
Cass, Comp
2006
Sony Music South Africa
DVD-V, PAL
2005
Slip 'n' Slide
CD, Mixed + CD, Comp
2004
Slip 'n' Slide
3xCD, Comp, Mixed
2004
2004
2003
Slip 'n' Slide
CD, Mixed
2003
2002
House Afrika Records
CD, Mixed
2002
Promo Only
CD, Comp, Promo
2002
Warner Strategic Marketing, Gallo Record Company, Sony Music
CD, Comp
2002
Madiba Music
DVD-V, D/Sided, Comp, NTSC, PAL
2002
2002
2000
Earthworks
CD, Comp
2000
Not On Label
CD, Comp, Promo
2000
Sony Music
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Car
1999
The CCP Record Company, The CCP Record Company
CD, Comp
1999
Not On Label
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1998
Dance Pool
CD, Comp
1998
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