Bside Incoming: Afrobot

We can’t wait to share this episode with you, over an hour of hidden Bside gems from Afrobot’s incredible vinyl collection.

He’s a crate digger in the truest sense of the term, a record collector with an insatiable taste for the unknown exotic, a purveyor of rare treasures from across the globe.
His selections always strive to push musical boundaries while maintaining a warm feeling of the familiar, a hair raising hybrid of styles: 

“The more confusing the better: a krautrock song with traditional ethnic instruments that sounds like an African record; that Nigerian boogie or Turkish disco track that are comparable to an American production and that Bollywood break that is a Kraftwerk copy. In music people have always liked to travel…”

As a DJ for the last 25 years, Afrobot has been sharing his discoveries with the lucky listeners on Rotterdam's dance floors and Red Light Radio air waves. But in the last 5 years his musical journey has taken him further afield; from Dusseldorf’s Salon Des Amateurs to Budapest, from Marakech’s Atlas Electronic to Minimuzikhol in Istanbul, Belgrade’s Klub 20/44 and the Croatian festivals of Dekmantel Selectors and Goulash Disko.

Here’s an episode of purist Bside philosophy: mostly from the ‘other side’ of 7” singles, and tracks that are “different or confronting”; alternative, moody, and ever-engaging.

Not only is Afrobot an excellent DJ and collector, he runs the ever growing label Afrobotic Musicology, with 17 releases each delving into different corners of the globe with different moods. - 
 https://afrobotic.bandcamp.com/

He is also a very talented producer, and is known for turning strange undiscovered tracks into club ready bangers. A personal favourite is his edit titled 'Indian Acid' on his '5am' EP  - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNiBA6-LVU

Check his soundcloud here - https://soundcloud.com/afrobot

"I think in the A-sides they are often more about celebrating the good things of life, love songs, and B-sides could be more about heart breaks, complaints, sadness, the real life stuff, the B side of life.” - Afrobot

Enjoy!

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Bside Incoming: Afrobot

Bar dj, but most of the time tireless listener, unconditional love for funky freaky world music. 



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Listensport(Terra Magic Rec.) aka Monaco GZA(Disco Renaissance Rec./Rowtown Rec.) is back in 2022 with some Psychedelic Breaks, Slo-Mo Trance and Acid Grooves.

Terrence is a London-based DJ and visual artist originally from New York City. Inspired deeply by the eclectic mixing style of house music’s early DJ’s and his years spent as a dedicated dancer in NYC's queer house/techno scene, Terrence has crafted an approach to music that is tension-heavy, psychedelic and leftfield yet decidedly soulful. He cut his teeth DJing at house parties, after hours and clubs around NYC including Trans-Pecos, Black Flamingo and Fotografiska’s Chapel Bar.

Bookings/Inquiries: teritb303@gmail.com

TONINI - Global Charming
Bruxelles, Belgium

Making people boogie with music from over the whole world 🌴😎

1/2 of @pufcollective

"This guy inspired me to invent a new music genre: Funk"
James Brown - 1972

"Listened to all his tunes and mixes when I was a child, sad that he hasn't released anything"
Palms Trax - 2016

"Without the amazing spirit in his music I wouldn't be where I am right now"
Nelson Mandela - 1996

Gigs/Events:

Upcoming:
29-03-2025 Huis van Iemand Anders
12-04-2025 Maxi Radio
11-05-2025 Open Source Radio
16-05-2025 & 17-05-2025 Kallumaan
08-06-2025 Lepeltje Lepeltje

Passed:
2024:
14-03-2025 Radio Tempo Não Para

2024:
21-12-2024 Multipla w/ REMMERT
23-11-2024 Huis van Iemand Anders w/ REMMERT
20-09-2024 Golfslag @ Beachclub Indigo
01-06-2024 KeileCafe w/ NortNort 
31-05-2024 Multipla
25-05-2024 Huisfeestj in roffa noord toch
12-04-2024 Huis van Iemand Anders w/ Roy Orlando
01-02-2024 Spreadin’ Hymnes w/ James Falco @ Time is the New Space

2023:
10-12-2023 Negrita w/ HMTW (Curitiba, Brasil)
09-12-2023 Latinha X HMTW (Curitiba, Brasil)
9-11-2023 Bar Dancing Multipla
27-10-2023 Maxi Radio
14-10-2023 PUF @ Time is The New Space
23-09-2023 Bar Dancing Multipla
22-09-2023 Radio TNP
02-09-2023 Huis van Iemand Anders
02-09-2023 NortNort @ Maaskantine
20-08-2023 Panorama Festival
24-06-2023 Funkie House In-Store (Funkie Radio)
23-06-2023 Amore
16-06-2023 Huis van Iemand Anders
09-06-2023 Maxi Radio
02-06-2023 PUF at the Seaside @ Surfschool Senang
05-05-2023 Zegevieren Festival
05-05-2023 Weelde @ The Greenhouse
04-05-2023 ArtJam Festival @ POING
27-04-2023 Koningsdag @ Containerbar Noord/Noordplein
20-04-2023 Birdcage Radio w/ Disko Disko
15-04-2023 PUF @ Time is the New Space
06-04-2023 Opening Garden of BIRD Rotterdam
03-03-2023 PUF & Friends @ Containerbar Noord
17-02-2023 Open Source Radio
04-02-2023 Born to Boogie @ Lovelee
06-01-2023 PUF & Friends @ Containerbar Noord

2022:
11-11-2022 Amore
04-11-2022 PUF & Friends @ Containerbar Noord
04-09-2022 PUF’s Garden Sundays w/ Bound45 @ Garden of BIRD Rotterdam
31-07-2022 PUF’s Garden Sundays w/ SID @ Garden of BIRD Rotterdam (CANCELED :( ☔️)
22-07-2022 PUF at the Seaside @ Surfschool Senang
22-05-2022 Braai & Draai w/ Boogie Cafe @ Garden of BIRD Rotterdam
27-04-2022 Koningsdag @ Containerbar Noord/Noordplein
25-03-2022 Mavis Rotterdam
17-02-2022 Club Cobano @ Containerbar Noord

2021:
29-10-2021 Club Cobano @ Containerbar Noord
11-06-2021 Pop-up @ Kralingse Plas

Bside podcasts

DJ's showcase and speak a little about their favourite tracks from the B-side of their records.

We endeavour to broadcast the best of the B-side:
a bi-weekly invitation into the impressive record collections of some of our favourite selectors.
An exploration into the the back-catalogues, the deepest depths, the darkest crevices of their collections. Returning with the spoils of this venture: their most cherished records and hidden gems, from the go-to club weapons to the rarely heard home-listening records, and everything in between.

Music is for sharing.

'By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the 'hit' song that the record company wanted radio stations to play. The B-side would contain less radio friendly and less popular tracks. In our eyes the B-side is a true reflection of the producers taste in music, there is more personality on that side of the record'.

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