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  "id": "mbube",
  "name": "Mbube",
  "family": "global",
  "lineage": "Zulu male-choral style named for Solomon Linda's 1939 Gallo recording 'Mbube', formed among Natal migrant workers in Johannesburg hostels — a loud, full-throated four-part bass-led homophonic choir with a soaring solo falsetto or high tenor over cycling I-IV-I-V harmony, sung in isiZulu at moderate walking tempo and staged in all-night competitive hostel contests.",
  "recipe": "classic Southern African late-1930s mbube, functional Song, isicathamiya branch, sub saharan African praise song, christian gospel jubilee quartet apala. thick, declaimed, fast rate, interlocked note trading. choir isicathamiya, a cappella small 3 to 8 one per part four voice polyphonic regional sardinian cantu a tenore oche mesu contra bassu sacred liturgical global choir ensemble. johannesburg gallo studios 1932-present mid tier johannesburg gallo african studios. dynamic moving-coil, tube pre, BBC broadcast console, vari-mu, passive program EQ. vinyl master cut.",
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          "voice_ornament_system": "voice_ornament_sub_saharan_polyphonic",
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          "voice_processing_chain": "voice_processing_melodyne_microtuned",
          "voice_multitrack_stack": "voice_multitrack_3_part_third_fifth"
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      {
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          "choir_isicathamiya_style": "choir_isicathamiya_hymn_repertoire",
          "choir_isicathamiya_setting": "choir_isicathamiya_hostel_competition"
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          "choir_regional_canonical_configuration": "choir_regional_sardinian_cantu_a_tenore",
          "choir_ensemble_repertoire": "choir_ensemble_sacred_global"
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    "room": "johannesburg_gallo_african_studios",
    "archetype": "arch_gallo_township_jive",
    "inline_chain": {
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      "pre": "pre_tube_german_v72",
      "console": "console_german_tube_50s",
      "comp": null,
      "eq": null,
      "amp": null,
      "medium": "shellac_78"
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    "tuning": "twelve_tet",
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    "fx_extras": []
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    "tuning": "twelve_tet",
    "room": "johannesburg_gallo_african_studios",
    "chain_mic": "mic_rca_44bx_ribbon",
    "chain_pre": "pre_tube_german_v72",
    "chain_medium": "shellac_78",
    "chain_console": "console_german_tube_50s"
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}