Name: Mac & Party Harambe / Liverpool - New Afro7 single! by afro7.net in afro7.net
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: Taarab doublesider killer! Harambe with it's insane R&B groove riff, flip it and you have the crazy liverpool track. Originally from mid 60s aimed for the growing tourism in Mombasa and it's regions. Both tracks officially licensed on our inhouse label. Comes in tasty Afro7 sleeve with original label design. Head over to afro7.net READ THE FULL STORY and get your copy today!

Great 7", love what you released form this musician, give us more! ;)

I am going to Liverpool with you! Tremendous groove

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A couple of months ago, we picked out our <a href="http://www.stampthewax.com/2013/08/05/top-five-fela-kuti-reworks/" target="_blank">Top Five Fela Kuti Reworks</a> to mark the 16th anniversary of his death. The overwhelming response was confirmation of the feeling that had compelled us to write the feature; that Fela's musical legacy still resonates strongly today. Another testament of this is Red, Hot & Fela, a new compilation marking the 75th anniversary of Fela's birth, containing 13 interpretations by ?uestlove, tUnE-yArDs, Spoek Mathambo, Nneka, Tony Allen and Chance The Rapper. Our standout, however, was an interpretation of 'Sorrow, Tears & Blood' by a selection of names who were initially a little less familiar: Grammy award-winning string ensemble Kronos Quartet and TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe.

Read our thoughts at <a href="http://www.stampthewax.com/2013/10/09/kronos-quartet-sorrow-tears-blood/" target="_blank">Stamp The Wax</a>.

Kronos Quartet & Stuart Bogie - Sorrow, Tears & Blood (STW Premiere)

Analog Africa No.15 – ANGOLA SOUNDTRACK 2
*Hypnosis, Distortions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978* 
Catalogue No. AACD 075 (1xCD)/AALP 075 (2xLP) 
CD with 44-Page Booklet / LP with 16-Page LP Size Booklet


In 2010, against all odds, Angola Soundtrack Vol.1 was awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize in the category "Black music". This victory was all the sweeter for its triumph over the predicted winner, Aloe Blacc´s multi platinium record, "Good Things".

Many were surprised that the award was handed to a compilation that covered obscure music, but it didn’t surprise the team behind Analog Africa who believed such award should have come much earlier. 

Since discovering the music of Angola 15 years ago, styles such Kazucuta, Rebita and Semba have become an addiction for Samy Ben Redjeb, the compiler, who proclaimed a serious warning in the first edition liner notes: 

"Listening to these tracks may cause addiction and provoke heavy rotation!"

The unique blend of incomparable musicianship, passionate delivery and regional rhythms that make these tracks so combustible are no accident.  An exceptional set of circumstances existed in the history of Angola before Independence that created the giant leap in the style and standard of bands and recordings of the time.

When Portuguese repressive measures prevented the small Turmas, street musician groups, from being able to perform in Carnaval celebrations in 1961, a Portuguese civil servant, entrepreneur and Angolan music fan named Luis Montês was already in a position to capitalise on Luanda’s need for a live music scene. His self-designed “Kutonocas”, Sunday afternoon live music festivals, delighted a Luandan population hungry for a communication between the city and musseques (townships). It also forced groups to adapt to a different style of playing that would accommodate large stages and broader audiences. They equipped themselves with electric guitars, and fed on the musical influences from Cape Verde, Congo and the Dominican Republic, while staying patriotically true to their own musical legacy and unique rhythms. 

The intimacy of those participating in this musical revolution meant they playfully and professionally wanted to trump each other’s style; communication between the groups was frequent as everyone studied each other’s records and concerts and players were under a lot of pressure to outdo each other due to the limited recording and performing opportunities.  Development of skill and ingenuity was a must, as well as addressing the highly politicised climate.  The optimism of Independence can be heard in these recordings; a common goal between the audience and musicians.

Upon reading the characteristically generous liner notes of this new Analog Africa release, you will be given more hints of the crucial melting pot that allowed this short period to have such an outstanding productivity.  Featuring 44 pages acquired in coordination with the National Library of Luanda and the art magazine “Note E Dia”, Analog Africa head honcho Samy Ben Redjeb has managed to collect newspaper clips, extremely rare pictures of the bands on stage and printed interviews from the 70s. 

The stunning pages of passionate photography and artistic design also include interviews with many of the original artists and their families, biographies of the three labels that made it all possible, and of Luis Montês, who was the pulse of the live music scene in Luanda.

This compilation represents the best of the short lived recording industry in Angola, a brief moment of history between 1969 and 1978, when three recording companies produced approximately 800 limited records, mostly singles. They are rare jewels, each song with a significant story and feel behind it. You will hear exciting music blazed with the anticipation of emancipation, tracks fuelled with a sense of unity, community, importance and immediacy.

This addictive, outlawed music from Angola shakes and grooves with the smoothness of staccato machine gun fire.  Do yourself a favor and submerge yourself  into some of the most the addictive music created by mankind! 

Avante Juventude - Os Anjos

Check out this free tune from Ocote Soul Sounds "Primavera" due out on ESL Recordings on May 31st.

"Ocote Soul Sounds" is a project by Grammy Award winner Adrian Quesada and Tony Award winner Martin Perna. Their fourth collaboration, "Taurus," features vocal collaborations with fellow ESL Music regulars Natalia Clavier, Sitalil, Verny Varela and Chico Mann. The record was produced by Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, and has been featured on the radio through Distiller Promotions. 

Ocote Soul Sounds - Primavera

Sadeo (feat. Feather)

Quim Manuel O Espirito Santo - Eme Lelu

Sneak peak of the forthcoming twelve from Afro7 records. Two mid 80s Kikuyu Disco Bombs by Julius Kangethe. Extended Edit and Rework by Didier Selin.

KIRU STARS (Julius Kangethe BYLAW / Didier Selin extended mix) 'FAMILY PLANNING' Snippet

Brazil 45, 44 – http://www.mrbongo.com/products/jorge-ben-xica-da-silva-myriam-makeba-xica-da-silva

A. Jorge Ben - Xica da Silva / AA. Myriam Makeba - Xica da Silva

Slightly delayed at the pressing plant, apologies.

Buy 7"

Miriam Makeba - Xica Da Silva

First release in our own East Africa reissue series. Fantastic doublesider from Somalia. Heavy backbone flipped sax and great vocals sung by the late Faadumo Qaasim. Flip it and you have the crazy Berflasana by Ahmed Sharief Yusuf. Top sound for your home stereo or play in the clubs. Limited release. American pressed 45’s with uk centre pullout (just like original Kenya singles!) Comes in custom AFRO7 silkscreen pressed sleeves. Ships in week 21.

Faduma Kassim MAJOGO

Keira will be available on Soundway Records Sept 2016. Pre-order here http://smarturl.it/SussoDirect

Susso - Ansumana

Satingarona Part.1

"El Terrón" The Bongo Hop Feat. Nidia Góngora

Taarab doublesider killer! Harambe with it's insane R&B groove riff, flip it and you have the crazy liverpool track. Originally from mid 60s aimed for the growing tourism in Mombasa and it's regions. Both tracks officially licensed on our inhouse label. Comes in tasty Afro7 sleeve with original label design. Head over to afro7.net READ THE FULL STORY and get your copy today!

Harambe / Liverpool

Mac & Party Harambe / Liverpool - New Afro7 single!

The Cranes were one of Uganda’s most popular teenage bands in the 1970’s. Founded in 1965, they metamorphosed at the end of the 1970’s into the Afrigo Band which is still, up to today, the number one band in the country. What’s love and Joy, both written by singer and guitarist Tony Senkebejje, appeared in 1974 on the only Cranes’ LP ‘Top Ten Hits’.
When the album hit the record stores in Kampala, bad luck had befallen The Cranes. A month before the recording of the album their bass player Jessy Kasirivu was killed because of President Idi Amin’s amorous association with his girlfriend. Senkebejje, scared for his life, fled to Kenya, only returning to Uganda 15 years later. The song What’s love describes how confusing love can be to a young soul and is partly inspired by Kasirivu’s death. Joy is a love song for Senkebejje’s wife Rachel who followed him to Kenya and who has been singing lead and playing guitar with him in their Simba Sounds Band ever since. Both songs feature prominently in the documentary Bwana Jogoo: the ballad of Jessy Gitta (2019 – 70 min – UG/NL/FR) which investigates the death of Jessy Kasisirvu at the hands of Idi Amin‘s State Research agents. Bwana Jogoo, directed by Dutch filmmaker Michiel van Oosterhout, showcases many great 1970’s songs from Uganda while letting Uganda’s musicians of yesteryears recount fond memories of one of their own, Jessy Kasirivu. These are the folks that worked and socialized with Jessy and knew him better than most. Their accounts of the events that led to Jessy’s disappearance are riveting and haunting. It lays bare a hitherto unexplored subject and one deserving of serious interrogation and scholarship – the naked power of authoritarianism and sexual predation.

The Cranes

The Cranes What's Love/Joy New Afro7 single - snippets

The only released LP by Burundian band Amabano from 1987 has been given the Afro7 reissue treatment.
In their extensive song repertoire, the band crosses styles into funky psych territory with a good dose of guitar, but not without Congolese and Burundian folklore influences.

A must listen for fans of East African music by the most influential Burundian group of the past four decades.

The reissue comes with extensive liner notes on the band’s history and their background within the Burundian music scene.

Amsterdam Ticket

Amabano 'Amsterdam Ticket' New Afro7 LP Snippets

Available on Analog Africa No.13 - The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk
Release date: April 30th

Ecoute ma Melodie - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

Album "Isle Of Magic" LP/CD/DIGI // Agogo Records/!K7

Vocals – Anthony Joseph
Marimba – Pasquale Mirra
Clarinet - Guglielmo Pagnozzi
Bass – Salvatore Lauriola
Percussions – Andrea Benini, Danilo Mineo, Lorenzo Gasperoni

Arranged and Produced by Andrea Benini 
Mixed by Mo Stern, Andrea Benini
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert
Artwork by Gianni Rossi

*iTunes: ‪bit.ly/10mOen3‬
*Amazon: ‪amzn.to/17KS6OT‬
*Juno Records: ‪bit.ly/ZwKADT‬

*The Sunday Times*
“Breathtaking, simply breathtaking. The most exhilarating cross-border raid since the Ethiopian composer Mulatu Astatke teamed up
with that wayward London collective the Heliocentrics. Hallucinogenic.”

*The Financial Times*
“Mop Mop conjure an impeccably retro island retreat for themselves and for an array of friends. 4/5 stars”

*Mojo Magazine*
“Martial rhythms, spooky grooves and out-there atmosphere make this a spirited, spellbinding set. Put that in your gris-gris. 4/4 stars”

*The Crack Magazine*
(Album Of The Month)
“An organic, percussion-led contemporary world jazz masterpiece”

www.mopmop.com
www.facebook.com/mopmopofficial

Mac & Party Harambe / Liverpool - New Afro7 single!

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