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Teno Afrika's new mix comes out in anticipation of the LP and CD release of "Amapiano Selections" this Friday. 
This mix surveys the quickly emerging amapiano sub-style blowing up at the moment called Skrr Gong.
Learn more https://linktr.ee/tenoafrika

Teno Afrika Mix - Amapiano Selections Vol 003(Skrr Gong Edition)

An excerpt from the second edition of 'Discoteca' recorded at the 303, New York. Quantic & Beto exchange tropical sounds and latin rhythms. 

Discoteca at the 303: Quantic & Beto

¡Discoteca! 3 with Selectors Frankie Francis, Quantic & Beto. All vinyl and recorded live at the 303, NYC, April 25th 2014.

Discoteca at the 303: Frankie Francis, Quantic & Beto

Cape Verdian Mornas & Coladeras. An all vinyl mixtape by Quantic. 

Lost and Longing, Perdio e Sodade.

Stream or Preorder LP/CD/Tape/Digital https://lnk.to/hailumergialive

Pioneer Works Swing

Hailu Mergia — Anchihoye Lene (Live)

"Tche Belew" out now!
Boomkat: http://bit.ly/1u1OrFE
Rush Hour: http://bit.ly/1qYPxC5
Picadilly: http://bit.ly/1s4WPI8
Juno: http://bit.ly/Xc2RrZ

EUROPE TOUR DATES
08.05. DE Berlin XJAZZ Festival
25.05. NL Nijmegen Musicmeeting
26.05. NL Rotterdam Pantropical @ Worm
27.05. NL Amsterdam Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
28.05. FR Paris Instants Chavires
29.05. CH Düdingen Bad Bonn Kilbi
30.05. AT Wels Alter Schlachthof
01.06. CZ Praha Jazzdock
03.06. CH Luzern Südpol
05.06. HR Šibenik Deboto
06.06. UK London Field Day

 Sofia Jernberg & Hailu Mergia (Awesome Tapes From Africa, Oslo / Washington)
https://sofiajernbergsingercomposer.bandpage.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HailuMergiaOfficial

14.05. DE Eberswalde Jazz in E.
15.05. SE Stockholm Rönnels Antikvariat
16.05. SE Uddevalla Bohusläns Museum (afternoon show) Kontoret (evening show)

The acclaimed and highly sought-after LP by Hailu Mergia and
the Walias, Tche Belew, an album of instrumentals released in
1977, is perhaps the most seminal recording released in the
aftermath of the 1974 revolution. The story of the Walias band is
a critical chapter in Ethiopian popular music, taking place during
a period of music industry flux and political complexity in the
country. 
Hailu Mergia, a keyboardist and arranger diligently working the
nightclub scene in Addis Ababa, formed the Walias in the early
1970’s with a core group of musicians assembled from prior
working bands. They played Mergia’s funk- and soul-informed
tunes, while cutting 45rpm singles with various vocalists.
While the Walias performed at top hotels and played the
presidential palace twice, their relationship with the Derg regime
was complex, evidenced by the removal of one song from the
record by government censors.
Decades later, Hailu Mergia was surprised to see the album
fetching more than $4,000 at online auctions (it helped that the
most popular of all Ethiopian tunes “Musicawi Silt” appeared on
the record). Now everyone has the chance to listen again—or
for the first time—to this timeless pillar of Ethiopian popular
music.

Pre-order

Hailu Mergia and the Walias — Eti Gual Blenai

Dear old Brian. Purveyor of the finest African tracks put to tape. Awesome Tapes came and fair to say he conquered... This is a live cut from the other night, the first 90mins at least.... With a from the heart intro from Guido Möbius...

https://soundcloud.com/awesometapesfromafrica

Cheers to both of you...

www.sameheads.com

Basement parties

Awesome Tapes - My Friend Calls it K-Jazz @ Sameheads 24.02.24

Out March 3 worldwide on Awesome Tapes From Africa LP/CD/Digital/Tape https://atakak.bandcamp.com

OUT NOW

Ata Kak — Bome Nnwom

This is a short mix dedicated to Maestro Anibal Velásquez, incredible musician and the world’s most hardcore, trail blazing Acordeon players and singers. If you can dance it, he can play it, lightning speed Guarachas are his trademark, but he has a deep back catalogue of Pasebols, Cumbias & Charangas. 

When I was living in Colombia I was fortunate enough to learn accordion first hand from Anibal in his home in Barranquilla, over a year or so he schooled me on his approach, an open book on his the gun slinging technique, no button spared, bellows always drawn. His principal has sometimes been overlooked by a country consistently moving on to the next, but Anibal has been a staple of the Afro-Carribean diaspora as much as Arsenio Rodriguez or Beny More. He is one of the few artists 
who can brag that their career began on radio and 78 recordings and now is still putting out music in the digital age. Part of his arsenal has been the fire and ferocity of his backing band, together with his brother Joseito they are a true musical force, a world of frog noises and close harmonies. 

I gave up expecting to collect every Anibal record years ago, 
partly because there are just so many, I think you’d need a whole Anibal room for it in your house, but maybe thats what we all need. Anibal turns 80 Years today, and with a murderous dry wit and fearless musicality shows no sign of stopping any time soon. 

(Photo by B+) (All Music by Anibal Velásquez)


80 years of Anibal: Stop that Acordeon, the celluloid is burning!

Album out Friday 20 October on LP/CD/MP3/Tape
https://professorrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/bafana-bafana

Bafana Bafana

Professor Rhythm — Via Botswana

DJ Katapila’s Aroo EP is the latest addition to the iconoclastic producer’s catalog of fast-paced, pan-West African-influenced dance music. From a young age, Ishmael Abbey was a beloved local DJ in Accra, Ghana’s competitive and rapidly-evolving music galaxy. 

DJ Katapila’s debut release with Awesome Tapes From Africa, 2016’s reissue of Trotro, ignited international acclaim for the Ghanaian DJ and producer: The New York Times, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and FACT heaped praise on his work. Katapila launched a touring career beyond his grueling schedule of all-night parties around Ghana’s southern coast and neighboring countries, heading to Europe and the UK, where he performed at festivals and clubs the pasty two years. Katapila brought Ghana’s street party culture to audiences overseas; a wave of joy and happy dancers were left in his wake.

The song “Aroo” uses his earlier song “Cocoawra” as a jumping off point and expands upon its endearing quick-rhythmed interplay of vocal hiccups and percussive clinks. Katapila thinks of “Aroo” as a simple math equation: “Francophone rhythms plus techno equals so hot and danceable.”

While traveling this past summer in Europe, he continued to work on the minimalist electronic music steeped in his hometown rhythms that has made him a growing and singular voice in West African music. Having never traveled outside his region before, the contemporary sounds of London impacted his sonic palette, triggering new song “African Techno.” He explains, “In Europe and the UK they like these techno songs and house music. They have songs that sound like African music, and we have songs that sound like house music and techno music.”

“Ghana Baby DJ” references his ongoing development of Ga dance music style gbe ohe. It also conjures his daughter’s voice and inimitable vibe and blends it with the characteristic clave rhythm of this.

The EP’s final cut is a track released with a an eye-catching music video this summer called “Monkey.” Following radio play in Ghana and demand from fans online, this track makes it debut on vinyl.

Awesome Tapes From Africa is proud to present new music from this unmistakably original artist with an honesty and unpretentiousness that feels good at this current point in history.

Aroo

DJ Katapila — African Techno

Azonto mix party

2 hour tape dj set of African music.
https://www.dublab.com/archive/awesome-tapes-from-africa-06-24-19

Akodjenou Michel dit Amikpon et son groupe Folklorique Kpalogo de la Capitale / Gbegbé Akou / Amikpon
Gangbe Brass Band / Ye Mo No Ho / Gangbe
Sagbohan Danialou / Mietonou We / Homage aux Forces Armées Benoinoises
Sezenmon Allossee / Vi Gbema Kplon Nou Me / Vol 5
Akoha Ambroise / Crise Est La / Todema
Kiri Kanta / Gangangan / Ingen Mindassan
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Jac’oho / Mandonoude / Houenoukpo
Allevi / Gnonnou Ho Wa / Toba Si Sle Vol 12
Mama Franco & Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou / Ya Bara 
Mama Franco & Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou / 
soun Binin Sara
Mama Franco & Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou / Dadon Gabou Yo Sabe 
Mama Franco / Dadon Ga Bouyo / Collection Beninpassion Vol 3
Sagbohan Danialou / Chaffeur / Musique Traditionnelle du Benin
Sagbohan Danialou / Zanglantangoun / Musique Traditionnelle du Benin
Stan Tohon & the Tchink System / Intox / Tchink Attack
Stan Tohon / Djohoundo / La Force Tranquille
H2Origines / Animé / Assouka
Stan Tohon / Africa Foot / La Force Tranquille
Agodou Y. Basile et son groupe Aloto Alome / Ojle We Nulepo / Oho Magan Den
Gbeze et son Group Tchingoumin d’Aklampa / Adjinakou Guelou 
T.P Orchestre Poly-Rythmo / David Djinto / Vol 4

Awesome Tapes From Africa on Dublab - Female Voices Special 06/24/19

ATFA Dublab May 2019--two hours of cassette-only DJing from my collection of over 5,000 African tapes. https://www.dublab.com/archive/awesome-tapes-from-africa-05-27-19

Molobali Traore - Delly Magnin - Molobali 92 
Amadou Sangare - Histoire de Sabaly 
Djeneba Seck - Barika Barika - Barika Barika
Eponou Agoh Catherine - Anouman Behira - Danse Indenie (Agni) 
Mohamed Lamine Traore - Kelen Magni - Djudjon
Djeneba Diakite - Taoume Maide - Africolor Vol. 2
The Lumba Brothers - Obi Ate Meso Bo - Obi Ate Meso Bo 
Soundama Nembale - Tamboula - Soundama Nembele
Abdoulaye Diabate - Bimaou - Tabale  
Yoro Diallo - Dena Donna - Dena Donna
Petit Pays et les Sans Visas - Santa Maria (Rap) - Les morts ne sont pas morts
Sekouba Bambino - Miri - Bonya
Nick Domby - M’yam La Paaga - Best of
Satigui Sidibe - N’Tana - Flakan
Sali Sidibe - Dia Bana - Naka Gnami
Djeneba Diakite et le Groupe Farafina Lolo - Nelson - Gnogondeme
Sangazuza - Vizinho - Expluzao 95 
Nzimande All Stars - Spork Botsotso No 1 - The Best of
Malombo - Shebokeshana - Pele Pele
Amani Djoni - Goli - Attention
Sox - One Ole Kae - Igazi
Amon Mvula - Magerere - Makorokoto
Senyaka feat DJ Bakstina - Bayanyonyoba - Pay Back

Awesome Tapes From Africa on Dublab, May 2019

Awesome Tapes From Africa Dublab radio program 5/25/2020
ATFA Dublab 05/2020

Souleymane Faye / Lou Nekh Dou Doye / Fuki Diouni
Mouma Bob / Jeunesses / Tina
Kwaito Classics Vol 1 / 
Penny Penny /. Ibola Aids / Yogo Yogo
Yoro Gueye / Kele Magnindé / Baye Fall Bi
Peter One / Sida Dje / Zuzu 1
Moussa / Woya Son Dia/ Djuru Keleni
Kanaga de Mopti / Seniwé / Kanaga de Mopti
Franz / Nu Wong Eh Nor / NPRC ’94
Ahmed Janka Nabay / Ro Wallah / Sabanoh
Gadji Celi / King Solo (Instrumental) / King Solo
Sangazuza / Leguele / Expluzao 95
Issa Bagayogo / Nyangaran / Fengue
Ronchi Tanko / Bakon Gidana /  Volume 1
Chippa / Ezkudala (Instrumental) / Kliptown to Cape Town
Fulani / Dirty World (Dugula) / Dirty World
Fulani / Anywhere / Dirty World
RAS / Kitaki / Oridjidji 
Ladies Day Out / Sugar Daddy / Ladies Day Out
MNM / Re Ya Lesotho / Last Chance
Goly Fusion / Miny / Kogassa
Ahmed Janka Nabay / Somebody / Sengbeh Pieh
Bola / Yine Ntaripaga / Volume 7
Asnakech Worku (feat. Hailu Mergia) / Tew Begize Giba / Asnakech
Lamine Conta & Molobali Traore / El Hadji Sekou Oumar Tall

ATFA Dublab May 2020

This is a mix of folkloric and outer-regional music of Ethiopia, all 45s, records that I feel need to be heard. Less of breakbeats & wah wah and this time more of krar, claps, howling organs and trad melodies. For fans of previous mixes ‘Axum to Addis’ and ‘Addis Sheckla Explosion’.

Traditional Ethiopian Selection

LP/CD/Tape/Digital: https://hailumergia.bandcamp.com/album/hailu-mergia-his-classical-instrument-shemonmuanaye

Hailu Mergia — Shilela

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Track List.........
1.Lighter - Bounce To The Beat
2.X'treme - Bum Bum Shaker
3.Mr. Eazi - Oya Dance (Feat Teeflow & Klu) 
4.Lighter - Branding
5.Gasmilla - 3 Points 
6.1st King - One Ghana
7.Pappy Kojo - Mamma Mia (Feat. EL & Jiggy)
8.Samini - Azonto (Alingo Cover)
9.Kwamz,_Flava_&_Mista_Silva_-_Say_Brap
10.Rana - Ding Dong (feat Dr Cryme)
11.Mr Flux - Pump It Up (Remix) (Feat. Gasmilla)
12.Ball J - Togo Bikini 
13.Galaxy - Bo Ase3 Mame (Feat. Dobble)
14. Nana NYC - Party Pooper
15.MoeSBW_+_BlackUP_+_Mobeatz_-_Kudi
16.Macho Rapper - Get Busy (ft Vybz )
17.Mista Silva - Azonto Party (Ft Stay Jay)
18.Fuse ODG - ANtenna 
19.Bisa Yoshua - Pilolo 
20.Teephlow_-_Bredda
21.Awal - Here & There
22.Mista Silva - Boom Boom Tah (Ft Skob, Flava   Kwamz)
23.D2 - Azonto Campaign (Feat. KOD

Azonto MIX (Party Hit Songs By AJET BEATS)

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