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"Lengoma" is a breeze — an elongated, kwaito-tinged spell into what all South African house jams should sound like. No surprise that DJ Sbu and his boy drive around sunny Durban in the clip. This is top-down music. But it could also be late-night music. Or, even, mid-Friday afternoon at the office music. We're gonna stop writing and just throw this on loop for the foreseeable future. Budding soulstress Zahara lends her vocals to the track. (via TIA)
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