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Playlist by DJ Ness Afro : 
AFRO KELENKYE BAND 
Jagger Botchway formed the Kelenkye Band after Jagger return from a US tour with Hugh Masekela. Jagger used to play in a cover band called the Barons. The lead singer was Leslie Addy and they wanted to record the band but didn't have any money. Jagger was also playing in the Hedzoleh Soundz which had a minor hit and then other producers started to take notice and offered to record the Kelenkye Band.
In 1974, a brash young designer called Augustus Kerry Taylor had an idea. He'd gather together the hottest musicians in Ghana and record an album of the heaviest and funkiest sounds coming out of America. And this time, he wouldn't just design the cover, like he'd done with Fela Kuti, he'd even release it on his new label, Emporium, as well. Local Accra legends Joe Wellington, Jagger Botchway, Leslie Addy, Officer Toro, Oko Ringo, Soldier and Steve answered the call. They were christened the Kelenkye Band and gelled immediately. Moving World, is a funky, disparate album that exudes a rare warmth, enthusiasm and togetherness. 'Moving World' and 'Brotherhood of Man' are hard, grinding funk. 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful groove. There's also a bit of reggae, 'Dracula Dance', and old-skool highlife, 'Wale Tobite'. Accra's leading DJ, Charlie Sam, declared his mind 'well and truly boggled.' The Kelenkye Band never recorded another album. Augustus Kerry Taylor shut down Emporium and went back to designing album covers. But in Moving World they delivered a perfect moment of funk alchemy that has rightly become the Holy Grail of 70's Ghanian groove. - the group recorded the legendary rare Ghanaian Funk album, Moving World. Soon after the group went back into the studio to record more tracks but ran out of money.
The recordings were left on the shelves until Miles Cleret from Soundway Records found them some 40 years later and brought them to Frank's attention. The track "Jungle Funk" sees the group relax into a mid tempo Afro funk groove. "Mother Africa" is a guitar driven Afro psychedelic instrumental with a fuzzed out guitar solo.
Check if you can still grab a copy on Bandcamp 
https://kelenkyeband.bandcamp.com/album/moving-world

AfRoDiZiaK Vol 15 African Pearls

Ethnical

Passionné de musique et de vinyle. Ness Errahmani aka DJ Ness s’est fait un nom dans la communauté afrobeat depuis une trentaine d’années. Membre actif d’Afrobeat No Limit, il a été le Dj du Fela Day pendant 10 ans. En novembre dernier, il a été choisi par la Philarmonie pour animer le vernissage de l’exposition Fela Kuti avec de nombreux musiciens comme Magou Samb, Roger Kom, Kiala Nzavotunga et Serigne Diagne.

Il a ouvert pour Seun & Femi kuti, Ebo Taylor, The Soul Jazz Orchestra ou Jungle By Night mais aussi pour des groupes de hip hop comme The Pharcyde, Supernatural, Apollo Brown & Skyzoo ou Delinquent Habits… En tant que producteur ou manager, il a sorti 5 albums comme le duo franco-camerounais Fire Tongue & Chief Cook ou le légendaire groupe de hip hop français 2 Bal 2 Neg. Ness a également été impliqué dans le premier album de Seun Kuti et a produit des remixes pour Mop Mop ou Fairuz. Sa relation avec Fela et Seun Kuti l’a amené à voyager plusieurs fois en Afrique et a co-produit un 45 tours d’Isdeen au Bénin pour également tourner à Coutounou. Il a eu la chance de jouer au Shrine à Harlem et à San Fransisco lors d’une tournée américaine. Ness a fait partie de l’équipe de Star Wax pendant 12 ans et a travaillé sur la playlist des 5 Lp’s de Star Wax. Radio Deejay, Journaliste sur Rinse France, Le Melletron et parfois sur des radios nationales en France comme Nova ou RFI.

DJ Ness Afro Playlist

Dancing time

Messages from the Stars

Messages from the Stars (feat. Holybrune)

Have a listen to my take on the progressive early - mid 70's Sierre Leone band Afro National's 'Push Am Forward'! Lauer on the flip along with the two originals :)

Afro National - Push Am Forward (Al Zanders Edit)

Available to buy now via the following links:
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Spotify - http://goo.gl/Xs6bRm

Prime Minister (Captain Planet Remix)

Zaire / Los Muñequitos

Zaire

Nigeria What?

New Remix we done for Closed Paradise on Kolour Ltd.
Preorder here: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/closed-paradise-the-distance-between-ep/581837-01/

Brame & Hamo Facebook

Closed Paradise - Planets (Brame & Hamo Remiz)

'Aldo Raine' by Fouk comes from their latest EP called 'Whiskey Ginger' on the label Razor-N-Tape. The track carries a lush sound with sultry, groovy undertones. It's a fresh and warm welcome to summery open air sessions. 

'Whiskey Ginger EP' was released today, 25th July, 2016 on Razor -N-Tape reserve. 

Fouk: @justsayfouk || Razor-N-Tape: @razor-n-tape

Getting Deeper: @getting-deeper || www.facebook.com/getting-deeper || www.gettingdeeper.com


RNTR012 

Premiere: Fouk - Aldo Raine [Razor-N-Tape Reserve]

It´s been a bit more than four months since Daniel Haaksman´s "African Fabrics" album has been released and it has become a success story. "African Fabrics" was nominated for a German Music Critic prize, was praised on diverse leading media outlets such as SPIN, NPR, XLR8R, Der Spiegel, NZZ, Songlines Magazine and Goethe Institute Podcast amongst others and has been played by countless club and radio DJs around the world. 

The accompanying single releases "Sabado", "Rename The Streets" and "Akabongi" received remix treatments, now the other tracks of the albums have been reworked and the result is "African Fabrics Remixes", which presents a trans world cast of amazing remixers. 

First off, is South African Mo Laudi with an Afro house rendering of "Akabongi". It´s followed by three remixes featuring the hot new Lisbon sound 2Pekes, a member of the infamous DZC Deejays crew remixed "Sembène" in Euro kuduro fashion, whereas Izem put "Kaggua" ft. Tshila on a broken beat turf. Man of the moment Dotorado, also hailing from Lisbon, is featured with his version of "Rename The Streets". UK´s freestyle bass dons LV revisit "Sabado" with a London carnival mood. Then there´s São Paulo´s hot new beat talent Bad $ista who samba-funked up "Black Coffee" ft. Dama Do Bling. Another Lisbon remix contribution is by legendary Portuguese kuduro don DJ NK remaking "Xinguila" ft. Throes + The Shine in a raved up kuduro smasher. Swedish bass maestro Dance, Kill, Move tamed the original footwork monster "Aho" to a tarraxo influenced half timer. Probably the heaviest remix on "African Fabrics Remixes" is by São Paulo´s ambassador of low end schlepp beats, Cybass, who put "Afrika" ft. Tony Amado ft. Alcinda Gueraneh into madness territories. Durban´s Gqom kingpins Rudeboyz added a weighty groove to the Mbira infused "Raindrops" track, turning it into a club ready track. And finally, New Zealands Afro popster Weird Together remade "Querido" ft. Bulldozer with a UK funky inspired mood. 

And there you have it, "African Fabrics Remixes", featuring eleven diverse and club-friendly remixes that will put "African Fabrics" in further and more varied contexts. Play it out!

African Fabrics Remix

African Fabrics Remixes

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Rename The Streets (Dotorado Pro Remix)

The Olympians self-titled debut album, featuring members of The Dap-Kings, Lee Fields & the Expressions, and Menahan Street Band, is out now. Order now: shop.daptonerecords.com

The Olympians - Sirens of Jupiter

Kelenkye Band - Jungle Music

Itadi

Hustle

Stockholm-based label @localtalk is releasing "Rainbow Fantasia", the 2nd album from the jazzman and producer @crackazat and including this beautiful gem premiered by yours trully: "Holding You Close". 

More info on http://www.electrocorp.fr/

LTCD010 - Rainbow Fantasia

Premiere: Crackazat - Holding You Close [Local Talk]

Available on vinyl 2LP and CD from https://www.mrbongo.com/products/mr-bongo-record-club-volume-two-vinyl-2-lp-cd-1

This instalment follows on from our acclaimed ‘Volume One’ – Lauren Laverne’s ‘Compilation Of The Week’, supported by the likes of Disclosure, Horsemeat Disco, Hunee and Laurent Garnier. ‘Volume Two’ picks up where the last one left off — with a touch more soul and disco — records we’ve been spinning in our DJ sets and on the radio show of the same name, that inspired this series.

Compiled by David ‘Mr Bongo’ Buttle and Gareth Stephens, plus a few personal favourites from Gary Johnson, Ville Marttila and Graham Luckhurst.

TRACKLIST, VINYL 2-LP: A1. Elbernita ‘twinkie’ Clark – Awake O Zion (full length, original version) / A2. Dee Edwards – Put Your Love On The Line / A3. Anubis – Ecology / B1. Guy Cuevas – Ebony Game / B2. Kiru Stars (Julius Kang’ethe) – Family Planning / B3. Teaspoon & The Waves – Oh Yeh Soweto / C1. Leny Andrade – Não Adianta / C2. Rosa Maria – Samba Maneiro / C3. Tom & Dito – Obrigado Corcovado / C4. Inezita Barroso – Maracatu Elegante / C5. Joao Diaz – Capoeira / C6. The Equatics – Merry Go Round / D1. Elias Rahbani And His Orchestra – Liza… Liza / D2. The Beaters – Harari

TRACKLIST, CD: 1. Luiz Henrique – Mas Que Nada / 2. Elbernita ‘twinkie’ Clark – Awake O Zion / 3. Guy Cuevas – Ebony Game / 4. Kiru Stars (Julius Kang’ethe) – Family Planning / 5. Kelenkye Band – Jungle Music / 6. Effi Duke & The Love Family – The Time Is Come / 7. Anubis – Ecology / 8. Dee Edwards – Put Your Love On The Line / 9. Teaspoon & The Waves – Oh Yeh Soweto / 10. Oby Onyioha – Enjoy Your Life / 11. Leny Andrade – Não Adianta / 12. Rosa Maria – Samba Maneiro / 13. Tom & Dito – Obrigado Corcovado / 14. Inezita Barroso – Maracatu Elegante / 15. Joao Diaz – Capoeira / 16. Elias Rahbani And His Orchestra – Liza… Liza / 17. The Beaters – Harari / 18. The Equatics – Merry Go Round

Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two

Teaspoon & The Waves – Oh Yeh Soweto

Stream & Order 'Cool Bananas' EP by @milantell - 12" Vinyl
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Cool Bananas EP

Tell - Cool Bananas

@jowaajowaa

This is the first song released on Soundcloud in 2017, this time re-mixed and deadlier than ever. Okwe - do you see?

Bandcamp

Jowaa - Okwe

One Understanding

You Can't Change A Man

* Read more: https://boltingbits.com/sweely-dollar-g-sampling-as-an-art-records
* Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/eSkWpouKsMU
* Pre-order: http://bit.ly/2MZZkey

The quality of sampling in music, like DJing, is often decided by tasteful selection and arrangement rather than heavy processing and editing. This is something noticeable in some of the best modern dance music, and Parisian label, Sampling As An Art, is certainly close to warranting such description.The label, headed by S3A, is set to release a four-track record of – to use what’s no doubt become a trite joke – sample-heavy music deserving of praise for its genuine artistry. Each track of this EP is quite different to its company, and we reckon we’ve landed the best of the lot for our premiere: the A1 tune by Sweely, Dollar G.

Lively percussion persists with full musical force during the whole eight minutes of this jazzy, house number, introducing itself in tasteful layers throughout the opening part of the track until a bass and piano, with quintessential jazz timbre, slide in smoothly.

Almost four minutes in we realise where the song was headed all along: toward a soulful female vocal harmony that lifts the music up another level and keeps it there until the end.

A second track of this quality could justify a two-track EP. Luckily, the other three are almost on par, we think. Bogota’s Felipe Gordon adds some acid-jazz fusion, before a daft-punk-style Pnom Pen remix and a stripped back, sax-samples-and-all cut from G2S round off the record on the B side.

Sampling As An Art 012 Crossroads Project Vol.2

PREMIERE: Sweely - Dollar G

OUT ON 16/11/18 EXCLUSIV ON BEATPORT https://bit.ly/2qQUjse >> 30/11/18 WORLD WIDE >> iTUNES: https://apple.co/2E4lKHt | DEEZER: https://bit.ly/2BHgc3v | SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2re1BGG | JUNO: https://bit.ly/2DRuVdx

Link: @jacobgroening | @kyrillredford | @mollonobass

It takes just a few beats until the ritualistic vocal of Macaco lifts your spirit and the flute sample takes your fantasy on a weightless flight through the ethereal textures of delayed bliss. Within no time, you’re pretty damn high and you might well find yourself wondering how those relatively few beats per minute create such a compelling vortex of catchiness and drive. In comparison, the Mollono.Bass remix seems to be constructed without any handbrake whatsoever - once you connect to this tune it drags you straight into the nocturnal prime time of the dancefloor. Good things come in threes, and that’s why there’s the track Zeus. Its sleek groove plays around the casual sound of a guitar and gives rise to the idea of a road movie that involves colorful Hippies, the dusty scenery of a desert and some seriously wild things going on.

Melz

Buy on Beatport

Jacob Groening, Kyrill & Redford - Macaco

Stream

Jon Gravy - Explained

A2 off the 'Love Sensations' EP, split between myself and JVXTA. For release on Valentines day 2019

JVXTA - The Only One

Stream @crackazat's sun-drenched rework of @llorca's "The Rainbow Song," from his new EP on @localtalk.

More info: https://www.xlr8r.com/news/crackazat-shares-a-sun-drenched-rework-from-new-local-talk-ep

More info

Exclusive: Art Of Tones - The Rainbow Song (Crackazat Rework)

Street Choice - Passionate Sexuality (XTC)
Out on Inhale Exhale Records, April 1, 2019

Follow Street Choice:
SC: @streetchoice
FB: @streetchoice

Follow @imported-recordings :
SC : @imported-recordings
FB : www.facebook.com/ImportedParis
Insta : www.instagram.com/importedparis/
Insta: @street_choice

[IMPORTED PREMIERE] Street Choice - Passionate Sexuality (XTC)

Also available on Bandcamp: https://maikeemusic.bandcamp.com/track/aymeric-le-long-des-rivages-glac-s

Sup, it's been a while
I have loads of tracks going on the cloud soon, starting with this dreamy acid house tune.
Enjoy :)

Support on Youtube: https://youtu.be/7Y-Dr1o5Drc
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Aymeric - Le Long Des Rivages Glacés

Change The World / Try, Try was released in 1977 by Solat, a Dutch-based funk group made up of Surinamese and Dutch-Antillian musicians. Formed after ex-band members of Reality / Tony And Reality; Eddy Veldman, Franky Douglas, Ivor Mitchell and Glenn Gaddum teamed up with singer Billy Jones, Solat went on to release two singles for Poker records.

With its crossover nature, it pleases disco, funk and modern-soul collectors and DJs alike, plus due to only being released in the Netherlands, the record has now become an extremely sought-after item with a high price tag to match. 

Both amazing cuts are aimed straight for the dance-floor, but retain conscious and positive messages that are as relevant now as they were back then. 'Change The World’ is an anthemic feel-good disco funk gem, whilst 'Try, Try ‘ is reminiscent of a Mizell Brothers golden-era production.

Vinyl

Solat - Change The World

Nigeria Disco Funk Special

Willy Nfor & The Mighty Flames - Boogie Down In Africa

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