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beautiful https://soundcloud.com/bleucommeuneorange/sets/afrique-en-reves-vol-5

From the compilation:
Afrobeat Airways 2 - Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
Release Date: September 17th, 2013
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From the coastal cities of Accra and Cape Coast, basked in a tropical sound heavily influenced by highlife, to the semi-Saharan cities of Tamalé and Bolgatanga (part of a self-proclaimed ‘Islamic Funk Belt’) via the central city of Kumasi, Analog Africa (http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/) has criss-crossed Ghana in search of rare tracks, part of its ongoing, hard-grooving mission to bring the soul, funk, and vintage local pop out of obscurity and into its deserved international place.

Building on the success of the first installment in 2009, Afrobeat Airways 2 (Analog Africa; release: September 17, 2013) is a selection of 13 ultra-rare tracks by some of the musical giants who had created a movement that rocked the West African nation throughout the ‘70s: legendary singer K. Frimpong; Nana Ampedu (leader of the mighty African Brothers Band); Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and his superb guest appearance with The Complex Sounds; afrobeat star Ebo Taylor, backing his son in an unreleased track called ‘Children Don’t Cry’; the enigmatic Rob and his unique blend of twisted afrofunk; innovative drummer De Frank; and Uppers International, with their raw Islamic funk style. More obscure artists such as Los Issufu and his Moslems, Waza Afrika 76 and Tony Sarfo and his Funky Afrosibi make northern hemisphere debuts, adding to a rich list of Ghanaian artists whose music could be transferred seamlessly to any dancefloor in the world.

As with all Analog Africa releases, this is about more than just the sounds. It’s about the place, time, and people who shaped the scene. To document this, the accompanying 44-page booklet of Afrobeat Airways 2 features an introductory essay written by Afropop Worldwide editor Banning Eyre, exploring the development of soul, funk and afrobeat during the ‘60s and ‘70s in Ghana. The remaining 30 pages are packed with interviews and biographies of the artists and producers involved in the creation of this wonderful music.

Additionally, the Analog Africa team have managed to track down the photographers of the famous Modern Photo studios, located at the front of Accra’s legendary TipToe, a venue notorious for organizing unforgettable dance competitions, ‘Miss Tip Toe’ contests and the most in-demand highlife and afrobeat gigs of the day. 400 negatives have been lent to the Analog Africa team. Samy Ben Redjeb selected 50 of the most expressive pictures to document this little-known but striking musical scene.

AJA WONDO - Uppers International

from the album "Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument" (ATFA006), out now.
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HAILU MERGIA w/ Tony Buck & Mike Majkowski
EUROPE DATES!

03.06. DE Berlin Urban Spree
05.06. PL Warsaw Pardon, To Tu
06.06. UK London Café OTO
07.06. FR Paris Villette Sonique

Hailu Mergia — Ambasel

One of 26 tracks available on the <a href="http://georiot.co/3TgR">Strut Africa</a> sampler on iTunes.

Taken from the album <i>Inspiration Information</i> by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, "Esketa Dance" is one of the songs included on our Strut Africa collection, which also features music from legends including Ebo Taylor, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tony Allen, and more. 

For a limited time, the original albums on which these songs appear are also available for at a special discounted rate. Happy holidays from the Strut crew!

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Inspiration Information 3

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Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Esketa Dance (Strut Africa)

TERANGA BEAT proudly presents DIEUF-DIEUL de THIÈS in their first ever edition. Three singers ASSANE CAMARA, BASSIROU SARR and GORA MBAYE together with their chef d'orchestre and guitar player PAPE SECK (an ex-member of GUELEWAR) compose traditional rhythms from all the regions of Senegal, with fuzz guitars, horn sections and hallucinatory percussion. 

The result is an explosive mixture of an Electric Psychedelic sound with the wisdom and superiority of the musical traditions of the region, a crossover of AFRO-MANDING and AFRO-JAZZ, in which each singer guides the 13-member band in a different direction. Even today this 32 year old recording sounds futuristic and it is really rather weird that DIEUF-DIEUL never had the chance to release an actual album. 

Aw Sa Yone Vol.1 includes the biggest part of their second recording and the double LP comes in a special edition with a Silkscreen print cover with a large poster & included in the CD booklet photos and liner notes outlining the group member's careers. 

There was no other group in Senegal with such a variety of cultural background and a strong identity. Senegalese music at its BEST! We hope you will enjoy.


Dieuf-Dieul de Thies - Aling Na Djimbe

Spirit Of Malombo: Julian Bahula's Malombo Jazz, Jabula & Jazz Afrika 1966-1984
Out October 20th 2014 on Strut
iTunes: http://geni.us/SpiritOfMalombo

Malombo Drums: Julian Bahula
Flute: Abbey Cindi
Guitar: Lucky Ranku
Vocal: Hilda Tloubatla

Voiced by Hilda Toubatla of the Mahotella Queens, ‘Hleziphi’ was one of Malombos’ most well-loved tunes in South Africa, where it gained the title of ‘the magical Hleziphi’ after appearing on the 1967 Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2 LP. The lyrics call to a girl, Hleziphi, to come home - ‘Come Hleziphi, bring the cows home to the kraal, it will rain soon’ and the song featured on the programme of the Into the Heart of Negritude show.  

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Malombo Jazz Makers - "Hleziphi" [from: Spirit of Malombo]

Marking the 50th anniversary of Terry Riley's pioneering masterpiece ‘In C’, Africa Express will release the first African version of the minimalist classic, 'Africa Express presents… Terry Riley's In C Mali'. This new version was recorded at the Maison des Jeunes youth club in Bamako, Mali in 2013, and is led by young contemporary conductor André de Ridder. The album features the cream of new artists from Bamako, among them Adama Koita, Bijou, Cheick Diallo, alongside Africa Express stalwarts Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and Nick Zinner. Co-produced and mixed by Andi Toma (Mouse on Mars), the album will be released via Transgressive Records on digital formats on 24th November, with a CD and limited edition vinyl following 26th January 2015.

iTunes - out 24th November 2014 http://geni.us/2mbg

CD / LP - out 26th January 2015 http://shop.transgressiverecords.com/

Africa Express Presents... Terry Riley's In C Mali (5 Minute Edit)

Paradise Bangkok, in collaboration with Sheba Sound, continues its exploration into the connecting points between East African, Arabic and South East Asian music, first begun on their two 'Eastern Connection' compilations.

'Out of Addis' presents a selection of contemporary recordings from Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa nation is most often associated with the famous Ethio-Funk sounds produced during the latter years of the Imperial era, which lasted until 1974. But in this defiant culture – Ethiopia was the only African state never to be colonised by Western powers – the golden age for music never ended, despite decades of war and social upheaval.

Sheba Sound, a label and sound system collective based in Addis, wanted to redress this by recording and releasing little-known classics to Ethiopian and foreign audiences.

Ethiopia is a vast and mostly rural country, which could be why a collection of this breadth has rarely been achieved. This album is the product of more than six years of music digging, road trips, recordings and events, from the northern rocky expanses of Tigray to the central forested highlands of Oromia to the western sweltering grasslands of Gambella. 

This music touches the tip of the iceberg of what is happening right now in Ethiopia. There are so many more unique, intoxicating sounds to be shared, testifying to the diversity that lives on.  

After these recordings were finished, the mixing and mastering was done in the U.K. This added weight and depth to the originals, giving organic sounds a modern twist so they can be played at dance-floors and bars. 

'Out of Addis' is due for release in November 2015

Kule - Berhe Raza

I Speak Fula

Musow (For Our Women)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Muscow

Awa Poulo "Djulau" from the album Poulo Warali, out now on Awesome Tapes From Africa (LP/CD/Digital). 
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Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from Dilly commune, Mali, near the border with Mauritania. Largely pastoral and often nomadic, Peulh- (or Fula-)speaking peoples are found from Senegal to Ethiopia but predominate in the Sahel region of West Africa. Awesome Tapes From Africa is proud to release Poulo’s newest recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting her vision of Peulh music beyond the grazing grounds and central markets of her remote home region in southwestern Mali. 

It’s not very common to find a female singer performing publicly among the Peulh. But Poulo’s mother’s co-wife is Inna Baba Coulibaly, who is a celebrated singer most Malian music fans know. Coulibaly herself was brought into music by forces outside her control when a regional music contest required an entry from her village and she was chosen to be a singer. So, set in motion by a surprising series of events, young Poulo’s entree into the music world was auspicious as she gained popularity across the region. After several locally released tapes and CDs, this record is Poulo’s first internationally-distributed record.

On Poulo Warali, she and her band combine the hallmarks of Peulh music—warm flute floating over cross-rhythmic n’goni (lute) riffs and resonant calabash gourd hand percussion—with broader Malian sounds like lightly-distorted guitar and a heavier, rollicking inertia. Shape-shifting layers of rhythm and woody overtones match Poulo’s commanding voice in a jocular yet deliberate dance.  

This is a relatively rare example of Malian Peulh music played in a modern, cosmopolitan context, reflecting the mixed society of Dilly, where Bambara, Soninke and Peulh-speaking people live among each other. 

Poulo’s conscious lyrics about community concerns speak to the distinctive identity of her broadly-flung people. While Peulh represents less than 10% of Mali’s melting pot of languages, the dynamic music here powerfully resonates well beyond the linguistic borders.

Poulo Warali

Awa Poulo — Djulau

Orchestre Negros Star De Dakar has to be one of the most well kept secrets in the world of Afro-Cuban music. Basically no information is available of this Senegalese/Ivorian group and not a single track has been available online before. All their now absolutely scarce 7" records were made in Ivory Coast and the group backed talents like Papa Seck and Charly-Charly.

This mix is combination of two EP's released in Ivorian label Safie Deen in late 1960's to early 1970's and they are both straight Afro-Cuban magic. The recent interest in Afro-Cuban music in general and the likes of Amara Toure, Orchestre Baobab and Super Star De Dakar has brought this music to new audiences and I have been amazed that this group has remained practically hidden for this long. Enjoy and comment/share if you like what you hear.

Tracklist:

Charly-Charly & Les Negros Star De Dakar - S.C. Carlos
Orchestre Negros Star De Dakar - El Manisero
Orchestre Negros Star De Dakar - Yo Say Sonero
Charly-Charly & Les Negros Star De Dakar - Quitale Et Chaqueton
Charly-Charly & Les Negros Star De Dakar - Vive L'OCAMM
Orchestre Negros Star De Dakar - Super Carretero

"Super Carretero" - Afro-Cuban Magic Of Negros Star De Dakar

Eba Aka Jerome et le Sanwi Star - Trasion (Alma Negra Edit)

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Awa Poulo — Djulau

Awesome Tapes From Africa

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