ATOMGA- Black Belt

Atomga

grooves

Grooves

Africa

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

Listen to part 2 here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/radio-jakarta-007

Thru the "Sawtuha" project and Blitz The Ambassador playing quite some shows in Morocco I've had the pleasure to travel North Africa quite frequently lately and whenever possible I did some record shopping. This is a selection of some of the finds, music from the 60s and 70s from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Some known some not yet. 

This is also a kick off to a new loose series of mixes by us, people we work with or people we are just friends with. Enjoy. 

UPDATE:

So here is the tracklist after the guys at ozart already deciphered a huge part of it. Sorry for the delay, I didn't have my hands on my records in the last days:

01. Assa'd Khoury - Al Gaba
02. Sabah – Dek El Kaff
03. Karim Shourhy & Andrea Rayder – Take Me Back To Cairo
04. Feddoul – (Reprise de Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag)
05. Ziad Rahbani – Intro Instrumental 2
06. Sharifa Fadel – Mawal El Ashak
07. Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
08. Golden Hands – Take Me Back 
09. Elias Rahbani & His Orchestra - Moonlight Melody
10. Mahmoud Megri - Tefham
11. Elias Rahbani – Dance of Maria 
12. Abdou El Omari - Rajaat Laayoun


"Habibi Funk 001 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

05 Pants Off Dance Off

01 OH NO!

02 Vice, Sins, & Lovers

03 Be My Baby

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power
Release date: April 24th 2015
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power.

When asked what Ba Power means to him, Bassekou told us:
"Ba", in Bambara means "strong" or "great" and it also means "group.” I called the album Ba Power because I think the messages on it are very important and strong, and it is also definitely the album with the toughest sound I've ever made. I want these songs to grab as many people as possible.”

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture. Griots are esteemed musician/storytellers whose lineage stretches back centuries. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric) ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling it into the future. 

Ba Power contains all the swagger, precision and wide-eyed excitement that the title implies. It is the album where Bassekou’s music engages with the world in ways he could have only imagined 10 years before. It is the album where he confirms his status amongst the 21st centuries most relevant musical artists.

I think African music and culture deserve to be spread to the broadest audience possible.
That is what I want to accomplish with Ba Power.
--Bassekou Kouyaté


Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Siran Fen

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

check out part one of the mix here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/jakarta-radio-001-jannis-of

i got to travel a lot in north africa in the last years thru touring with blitz the ambassador and the studio session with oddisee for sawtuha in tunisia. while being there i did some digging and found some incredible music from the 60s and 70s. some of the music in this mix has zero info on the net, was never sold on ebay and has not been "rediscovered" yet. others are somewhat classics in the field of „arabic groove“. the music in this mix comes from morocco, libya, eggpt, algeria, lebanon and syria. 

photo by robert winter.

"Habibi Funk 002 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

African Disco Power (Sofrito Edit)- Tropical discotheque EP

Existence

Optimus Jive EP; Beat Fatigue's debut release with Lowtemp. 
The EP contains three organic funkers that will keep your fatigue away. 

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Optimus Jive

Cressidation

Sly Devil

Salt And Pepper

Wacks

Reisster Eggs

Cobra Kai

Lurkin'

Alaskan Pipeline

Alaskan Pipeline (Grant Phabao Remix)

Beneath by Anna Smith and Derrick Bozich 

Released on 7" with Meep Records, March 4th 2016 at Syntax Physic Opera 

Beneath

Featuring Dan Segall on guitar, Mike Locasale on sax and Jack Jobst on keys.

Mad Funk

This track will be featured on my next EP coming out early 2017.
It's about sociopolitical injustice, and creating your own path.

________________LYRICS______________________

There is more room on the rock than we know what to do with
We are all lost and we're beautiful lunatics 
Listen lines divide the surface
placement on Earth does not dictate your purpose
Refugees and kings, politics and fairy tales
looking for a cataclysmic God, fighting tooth and nail
You can flip to the end or grab a pen and fight
I'm a fucking poet not an ego machine
Amoebas split, the same in everything
That is the notion you should be worshiping
Mars was a subtle flicker of red 
Danger Will Robinson that's what's ahead
Hardly a marvelous marbling fat through the thighs of the herd
Repeat whatcha heard
If you hear what I'm spittin' Sitting in Ohio with a whole lot of trees
A whole lot of funk, a whole of free formed art like a monk
In my mind with a paintbrush, sometimes I'm a lush
Please do not hide
Please do not work for the dreams that are lies, paper coins and time
This is the end of my four day writers block, Rock and Sock the bottom of a tick toking clock
Not talking about the robots
Not talking about that sector 7G box of donuts
Chromosome propaganda divinity nightfall
Ditch the moon, all of this nonsense is ephemeral
Apparently apocalypse happened, I am among the many who are threatened
The end is over I'm losing composure, It's full disclosure, we're sunk
Dead rotting bodies in the trunk
Emperors of funk
Losing limbs with the bumps
The void is real, cash is the key to the plan they're comprising
Camped out permanent event horizons
Highly anticipating a chorus but this ones about the bars
I'm happy to disrupt the status quo
Ages ago we used to trade and borrow
Now that the sorrow is real, Achilles heel
The surplus congealed 
Take a huge bite out of your burnt last meal
A faithless knight, a reason to fight, the walls come down
We must separate the head from the crown
The infrastructure is massively out of order
Shake the machine make your own damn dream
This is the catalyst 
Separate the ties from the precipice
Question everything, Question everything,
 Question everything, Question everything

Refugees and Kings

Since their inception in 2011, ATOMGA has continued to be a refreshing staple in the Colorado music circuit. Celebrating 12 years as a band and 12 years of creating a unique brand of afrobeat music infused with elements of jazz, rock, hip hop, and funk. Using this foundation, they are able to build polyrhythms which always get their audience moving!

Through the years, ATOMGA has had remixes by artists such as Grant Phabao at Paris DJ's in Paris, France and Craig Welsch at Rear Window Studio in Boston. They also have a gold medal winning beer named after them in Curitiba, Brazil from Bodebrown which is served periodically at Banded Oak Brewing Company in Denver. ATOMGA has supported afrobeat icons Femi Kuti and the Positive Force and Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 from Nigeria and many nationally touring bands. ATOMGA is signed onto the roster of Color Red record label.  Eleven years in and ATOMGA shows no sign of slowing down.

ATOMGA is constantly evolving their sound through layered compositions of high energy music that will get your blood moving and the sweat pouring down! Their latest releases from Color Red show a new side to the band with a certain musicality that highlights each of the band members while voicing lyrical messages which are tasteful and socially conscious. ATOMGA has a reputation for live performances which provide a fun filled dance party for all ages and all walks of life.