Tlou Cleopas Monyepao from Vosloorus, Gauteng has been emblematic of the progression of South Africa’s music. Starting out in a swirling mix of hip hop, kwaito and house, he gradually evolved his sound over his Es’khaleni series of albums. On this fifth volume from 2009 you can hear the rough and rugged township house sound of peers like DJ Mujava, but already the elegance and sophistication of amapiano that would fully emerge a decade later is forming.