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Akuphone’s founder and unquenchable digger Cheb Gero exploring the world’s finest folklores through his collection of cassettes and rare records accumulated along his journeys around the globe.

Decolonize Ur Mind / Lyl Radio (2017-2019)

Akuphone’s co-founder and unquenchable digger Cheb Gero exploring the world’s finest folklores through his collection of cassettes and rare 7 inches accumulated along his journeys around the globe.

Decolonize Ur Mind #1 : Anasheed (Lyl Radio 26.05.17)

Cheb Gero explores music behind the term “Bellydance”, from Spain to Turkey, from India to Greece…

ASAAD KHOURI – Raqsa Baladi (Egypte, 1978)
MATAR MOHAMED – Bouzok (Liban, 1975)
RHYTHM GROUP – Rhythm Fantezi (Liban, 1975)
ESIN EGIN – Oryantal (Turquie, 1975)
MOHAMED “MIKE” HEGAZI & ZEINA – Nouni (Liban, 1979)
MUHEDIN EL GHALI – Taksim Albi Yeshak Kol Gamil (Liban, 1975)
SETRAK SARKISSIAN – Faouk El Kheyl (Liban, 1977)
JOHN VARTAN – Duet Dance (Arménie, 197x)
HASSAN ABOU SEOUD – Shik Shak Shok (Egypte, 1975)
GEORGES ABDO – Gameel Gamal (Arménie, 1973)
MISIRLI AHMET – Ramses (Turquie, 19xx)
EMAD SAYYAH (Lebanon) – Raksat Arrakkasa (198?)
G. KONITOPOULOS – Tsiftedelli (Grèce, 197x)
AHMED MENEIMNEH – Hanan (Liban, 1981)

Decolonize Ur Mind #2 : Belly Dancing (Lyl Radio 22.06.17)

Akuphone’s founder and unquenchable digger Cheb Gero exploring the world’s finest folklores through his collection of cassettes and rare records accumulated along his journeys around the globe.

Decolonize Ur Mind #3 : Concrete Meditation (Lyl Radio 20.07.17)

Akuphone founder delivers here a special show around Holger Czukay’s solo career.

HOLGER CZUKAY – Dark Moon
HOLGER CZUKAY – Bänkel Rap
LES VAMPYRETTEs – Biomutanten
HOLGER CZUKAY (FEAT JAH WOBBLE & JAKI LIEBEZEIT) – Trench Warfare
HOLGER CZUKAY – On the Way to the Peak of Normal (edited version)
HOLGER CZUKAY – Good Morning Story
HOLGER CZUKAY (FEAT PHEW) – Michy
HOLGER CZUKAY – Cool In The Pool
HOLGER CZUKAY – Saturday Night Movie
HOLGER CZUKAY (FEAT DR. WALKER) – Backup Dream {feat Dr. Walker}
HOLGER CZUKAY – Perfect World

Decolonize Ur Mind #4 : Hoger Czukay Special (Lyl Radio 12.09.17)

Akuphone’s Cheb Gero going through funerary rites rhythms and sounds for this one, at the occasion of the label’s last release: Gamelan Beleganjur and the Music of the Ngaben Funerary Ritual in Bali.

Decolonize Ur Mind #5 : Funeral Rites (Lyl Radio 10.10.17)

Akuphone’s founder and unquenchable digger Cheb Gero exploring the world’s finest folklores through his collection of cassettes and rare records accumulated along his journeys around the globe. On this episode, a selections of vocal experimentations.

DEMETRIO STRATOS – Segmenti Tre
XIAO HE – Saws Love You
PIERRE HENRY – Messe De Liverpool
JEAN-PIERRE MASSIERA – Onomatapaeia
DIAMANDA GALAS – Cris d’aveugle
JOAN LA BARBARA – Shadowsong
GHÉDALIA TAZARTÈS – La Vie Et La Mort Legéndaires Du spermatozoÏde Humuch Lardy
SAINKHO NAMTCHYLAK – Chahgaa
JOËL HUBAUT – Untitled Performance
ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY – Kobana
MEREDITH MONK – Turtle Dreams

Decolonize Ur Mind #6 : Mouth Music (Lyl Radio 07.11.17)

In the studio with Akuphone founder Cheb Gero, exploring the calatogue of German label Selected Sounds for one hour of “World Library”… Here with tracks from Victor Cavani, Klaus Netzes, Roy Henley, Tro Khan…

Decolonize Ur Mind #7 : World Library (Lyl Radio 05.12.17)

Listen back to Cheb Gero playing french oddities, from vocal to synth and experimental genres, all weird.

Stephane Picq – Wormintr
Yvans & Danou – L’ère de Nettoyage
Henri Torgue & Serge Houppin – La Table Des Mammames
Didier Bocquet – Shot Winding
Alesia Cosmos – H-Co
Hugues Le Bars – Poème Chinois
Déficit Des Années Antérieures – Innondation Blanche
Jac Berrocal – Sacré
Patrick Vian – Oreknock
Guy Skornik – Namasté
Hélène Sage & Bernard Vitet – Le Dictionnaire des Synonymes
Catalogue – Paris Cognac Madame
Pierre Henry & Urban Sax – Fight
Soundforce – La Guerre de l’Espace

Janvier 2018

Decolonize Ur Mind #8 : French Oddities (Lyl Radio 02.01.18)

Cheb Gero’s Akuphone around independant, electro and ambient soviet music (1978-91) for this episode.

Intro
ARSENAL – Yellow Sky
SVEN GRÜNBERG – Teekond
Юрий Бучма – Self-Portrait
RATSKEVICH – Quadromania
YURI MOROZOV – Neizyasnimoe
Notchnoi Prospekt – Закат На Востоке
STEREOZOLDAT – Unknwon Title
RATSKEVICH – Empty
MEDEO ENSEMNLE – Охотник, Cюита
Владимир Леви & Ким Брейтбур – Milky Garden
ANDREY RODIONOV – Оксид
Outro

Decolonize Ur Mind #9 : Soviet electronics (Lyl Radio 30.01.2018)

Listen back to Akuphone founder Cheb Gero exploring the theme "Black Atlantic": engaged black music from Africa, America and beyond, along with political speeches, and more..

PIERRE AKENDENGUE (Gabon) - Réveil De L'Afrique (1984)
GRATIEN MIDONET (Guyane) - Babel (1984)
ANONYMUS (Angola) - Independencia (1976)
LAST POETS (Usa) – Jazzoetry (1972)
ELAINE BROWN (Usa) – Seize The Time (1969)
LAMINE KONTE (Senegal) - Négritude (1977)
MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) - Negriers (1992)
IBO SIMON (Guadeloupe) - Qui a tort qui a raison (197x)
MUSHAPATA (DR Congo/France) – Zambe Aponiyo (1980)
GARY BYRD (Usa) - Are You Really Ready For Black Power (1970)
MATATA (DR Congo) - Nouveau régime (1971)
ALPHA BLONDY (Ivory Coast) - Jah Houphouet Boigny Nous Parle (1987)

Decolonize Ur Mind #10 : Black Atlantic, Chapter I (Lyl Radio 27.02.18)

@akuphone founder @cheb-gero going through a large collection of traditional and more contemporary music from around the world. One to zone out to

CHEB GERO | LYL Radio x Boiler Room Paris present the Pleasure Palace

As Women's right is not a one day issue, Cheb Gero gathers some of his most interesting feminist recordings, as the end of March approaches. From African to punk, psyche, women's right chants, and more...

OVA (Uk) – Rain Forest (1988)
AMAZONES DE GUINEE (Guinée) – Samba (1983)
PETRA PIED DE BICHE (France) – Violeur (2015)
THE RAINCOATS (Uk) – Dancing in My Head (1981)
GILLI SMITH (Uk) – Mother (1978)
YEASTIE GIRLZ (Usa) – Ovary Action EP (Extract) (1988)
LA SERPILLÈRE (France) – Le Viol (197?)
OVA (Uk) – Self Defence (1984)
JUDY GRAHN (Usa) – A History of Lesbianism (1976)
THE SLITS (Uk) – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1981)
OVARIAN SISTERS (Tasmanie) – Beat Your Breasts (1980)
LINDA TILLERY (Usa) Don’t Pray For Me (1977)
SUE FINK (Usa) – Leaping Lesbians (1977)
BRIGITTE FONTAINE & ARESKI BELKACEM (France) – Patriarcat (1977)
SHE (Usa) – Bad Girl (1969)

Decolonize Ur Mind #11 : Feminist Recordings (Lyl Radio 27.03.2018)

Listen back to Cheb Gero's Akuphone selection of oriental guitars, going through psychedelic riffs and funky jams in various folklore from Algeria to Japan.

01 - MOHAMED "MIKE" HEGAZI : Improvisations Nahawand (Lebanon 1979)
02 - CHEB MOHAMED S'GHIR : Khalouni Menha (Algeria 198x)
03 - OMAR KHORSHID : Nora-Ally Ou Eltillo - Ya Helewa {Potpurri} (Egypt 1975)
04 - THE CHURCHILL'S : Subsequent Finale {edited} (Israel 1968)
05 - DANNY-BEN ISRAEL : After All the Fun (Israel 1970)
06 - ARIS SAN : Mish Mash (Greece/Israel 1972)
07 - ERKIN KORAY : Kendim Ettim kendim Buldum (Turkey 1970)
08 - JOHN BERBERIAN : The Oud and the Fuzz (Armenia/Usa 1969)
09 - THE PANTHERS : Bhairvi (Pakistan 1969)
10 - X'LENTS : Psychedelia (India 1970)
11 - P.M. 7 : Pone Tala Pone (Thaïland 197x)
12 - TAKESHI TERAUCHI & BLUE JEANS : 組曲:神祈(コンカミナー) {edited} (Japan 1980)

Decolonize Ur Mind #12 : Oriental Guitars (LYL Radio 24.04.18)

Akuphone's Cheb Gero sharing his wide knowledge of 20th century music, this month with a show focusing on post-1968 disillusionment through chanson française, spoken word and jazz.

GRAEME ALLWRIGHT – Le Monde Se Prépare À Un Grand Changement (1972)
BERNARD VERLEY & CATHARSIS – Démocratie (1972)
EMMANUEL BOOZ – Samedi 15 Décembre / Espérance (1974)
FILLE QUI MOUSSE – Amour Gel (1970)
HELDON – Ouais, Marchais mieux qu’en 68 (1974)
COLETTE MAGNY – Repression (1972)
MAHJUN – Nous Ouvrirons les Casernes (1973)
CATHERINE RIBEIRO – Poème non épique N°3 (part 2) (1975)
SOUNDFORCE – The Fin Du Monde (1980)

Decolonize Ur Mind #13 : Post-1968 Disillusionment (Lyl Radio 22.05.18)

Listen back to Akuphone founder Cheb Gero exploring the theme "Black Atlantic": engaged black music from Africa, America and beyond, along with political speeches, and more.. This is the second episode of a serie Cheb Gero will explore and come back to from time to time.

- Joby Bernabé : Respé
- Watts Prophets : On The Street in Watts, Part 1 (extract) 
- Lazare Kenmegue : Héritage
- Steel Jazz : Esclaves
- Jose Carlos Schwartz & Le Cobijan Jazz : Na Colonia
- Carolina Freedom Fighters : Wake Up This Morning With My Mind On Freedom
- Wayne Wade : Black Is Our Color
- Zao : Ancien Combattant
- Anonymous Maroons of Suriname : Seketi Singing
- Louis Farrakhan : A White Man's Heaven Is A Black Man's Hell
- Ban Hello : Émancipation

Decolonize Ur Mind #14 : Black Atlantic, Chapt. 2 (Lyl Radio 19.06.18)

Akuphone Records founder Cheb Gero is back on our airwaves to conclude his season with an episode as an Ode to the Sun, featuring free jazz, chanson, new-age and more.

01 - Yosho Romanesque - The Sun Is Coming
02 - Vangelis - Sunny Earth
03 - Mercan Dede - The Sun Rises In The East
04 - Pyranha – Soleil
05 - Osamu Kitajima - Taiyo (The sun)
06 - Serge Gainsbourg - Sous Un Soleil Intermittent
07 - Nazare Pereira - Caixa de Sol
08 - Sun Ra - Brazilian Sun
09 - Jeanine Claës – Soleil
10 - Elaine Kibaro - Les Coquillages
11 - Bruce Haack - Noon Day Sun
12 - Sapho - Ce Spectacle
13 - Francis Bebey - Le Grand Soleil De Dieu
14 - Serge Gainsbourg - On The Sea (Take 2)
15 - Musi-O-Tunya - Dark Sunrise
16 - Koichi MakigamiI - Alternative Sun

Decolonize Ur Mind #15 : An Ode to the Sun (Lyl Radio 17.07.18)

Cheb Gero, à la tête du label Akuphone, revient sur nos ondes avec une nouvelle émission autour des chats et du mystère qui les entoure, à travers  des hommages, miaulements, ronronnements et plus encore…. 

Hosted by LYL Radio (05.01.19) lyl.live/episode/decolonize-ur-cat/

Souskay : Où est passé le chat ?
Amon Tobin : Kitty cat 
Jean-Jacques Perrey : Cat in the night 
Catalogue : Le chat 
Itaru Oki : The cats of rue Saint-Denis 
Takako Minekawa : Cat house
Yoshiko Sai : Neko uta
Les Philosophes de la Martinique : Chat Roussi
Kemal Rachid & ses Ottomans : Le chat du Chah
Kas Product : Pussy X
Chew Yan & The Stylers : Mimi Cat
Surapon : Nang Meaw Pee (The ghost of Catwoman)
The Kinks : Phenomenal Cat
Tamayugé : Herbert Song
Pussy : Tragedy in F. minor
Ed Bogas : Fritz The Cat

Decolonize ur Cat #1 - Toxoplasoundz N°1 (LYL Radio)

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Collecting & sharing music from Casa to Naha

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2023:
10.22 Ds La Vallée @ Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (fr)
09.17 Goth @ FRAC, Rennes (fr)
08.04 Le Raï dans.. @ La Cité Fertile; Paris (fr)
07.14 TBA @ Petit Bain, Paris (fr)
07.01 Soleil Couchant @ Chez Lili, Le Havre (fr)
06.30 Soleil Couchant @ Chez Lili, Le Havre (fr)
06.23 Désoriental @ Maison Constantine, Paris (fr)
06.21  w/ Sharouh @ La Fille Du Boucher, Paris (fr)
06.17 Diasporama 3000 @ Villa Arson, Nice (fr)
06.10 Le Raï dans.. @ La Cité Fertile; Paris (fr)
05.08 Festival Dalâla @ DOC!, Paris (fr)
03.25 Festival Ciné Palestine @ ALG, Paris (fr)
02.25 Beirut Electro Parade @ La Bellevilloise, Paris
01.28 Drache Mumu @ ALG, Paris (fr)
01.20 Discoriental @ Le Mazette, Paris (fr)

2022:
12.04 DJ Set @ Port Saïd, Tel Aviv (is)
12.03 DJ Set @ Nuweiba, Tel Aviv (is)
12.01 DJ Set @ Mazkeka, Jerusalem (is)
10.18 20 Ans Volume @ Bar à Bulles, Paris (fr)
10.07 Habibi Love @ À La Folie, Paris (fr)
09.30 OCCII 30 Years @ OCCII, Amsterdam (nl)
07.08 Soleil Couchant @ Chez Lili, Le Havre (fr)
07.02 Festival Canopée @ Les Halles, Paris (fr)
06.12 Festival Horizons @ Landéda (fr)
06.11 TBA @ Petit Bain, Paris (fr)
05.14 Fête de la Danse @ Genève(ch)-Cancelled-
04.23 Expo Lambin Turbine @ DUUU, Paris (fr)
04.22 Variations @ Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (fr)
03.03 Hors-Cadre @ Gambetta Club, Paris (fr)


2021:
12.04 @ Médiathèque de La Madeleine (fr)
12.03 @ Laboratoires d'Auvervillers (fr)
11.25 w/ Etran de L’Air @ Lieu Unique, Nantes (fr)
11.20 Solo @ Alabama Bar, Paris (fr)
11.18 Belleville Fi Galbi @ Punk Paradise, Paris (fr) 
09.24 w/ Père et Compère @ Kiosq, St-Nazaire (fr)
09.02 @ Tempolino, Nantes (fr)
08.22 Electro Sensible @ Bellevilloise, Paris, (fr)
07.17 Soleil Couchant @ Chez Lili, Le Havre, (fr)
07.15 Hors-Cadre @ Gambetta Club, Paris (fr)
07.10 Sonic Protest @ Berthelot, Montreuil (fr)
07.03 Mon Anthologie Du Raï @ Saint-Denis(fr)
07.03 Picnic @ Mac Val, Ivry (fr)

2020:
01.14 Tribute to Bryn Jones @ Zero Zero, Paris (fr)
01.17 Bisque @ Le Rez-Usine, Genève (ch) 
01.30 KSM Release Party @ PopUpduLabel Paris (fr)
02.29 Bal Raï @ Folie Wazemmes, Lille (fr)
03.01 Bal Raï, pt2 @ Folie Wazemmes, Lille (fr)

2019:
12.21 w/ Gan Gah & Guedra Guedra @ 9B, Paris (fr)
12.20 Les Éveillés @ Badaboum, Paris (fr)
12.14 Autoreverse n°2 @ Gambetta Club, Paris (fr)
11.30 w/ DJ Dziri & Badu @ 9b, Paris (fr)
11.23 w/ Habibi Funk @ À La Folie, Paris (fr)
11.09 Autoreverse n°1 @ 9B, Paris (fr)
10.26 Food & Film Algérie @ Télé-Bar, Paris (fr)
08.24 Les Courants Alternatifs Festival, @ Uzès (fr)
07.07 Picnic @ Mac Val, Ivry (fr)
06.26 Johatsu @ La Java, Paris (fr)
06.21 Dj Set @ 117 Bar, Tunis (tn)
06.14 Praed + Cheb Gero, @ L'Espace B, Paris (fr)
05.18 Wesh Festival @ L’Estaque, Marseille (fr)
05.04 Belleville Habibi n°9, @ l'AG, Paris (fr)
04.13 Tresk Festival @ Ljubljana (sl)
04.04 Minimal Music Festival @ Amsterdam (nl)
03.30 Arab Film Festival @ Worm, Rotterdam (nl)
03.22 Radio Show @ Kiosk Radio, Brussels (be)
03.21 Release Party @ Dizonord, Paris (fr)
03.02 Belleville Habibi n°8, @ l'AG, Paris (fr)
02.01 La Hafla ft Acid Arab @ 6PAR4 , Laval (fr)
01.12 Muslimgauze Memorial Night @ 9b, Paris (fr)
01.05 Belleville Habibi n°7, @ l'AG, Paris (fr)

2018:
12.15 Rebel Up/Akuphone @ OCCII, Ams (nl)
12.01 Festival Face Z @ Salon d’Hiver, Genève (ch)
11.09 Belleville Habibi n°6, @ l'AG, Paris (fr)
11.03 Guimet Mix @ Musée Guimet, Paris (fr)
10.18 w/ Praed @ Bellevilloise, Paris (fr)
10.06 ILM Afterparty @ l’AG, Paris (fr)
08.30 Atlas Electronic @ Marrakesh (ma)
06.29 Belleville Habibi n°5, @ 9B, Paris (fr)
06.21 w/ Habibi Funk @ La Java, Paris (fr)
05.18 Belleville Habibi n°4, @ 9B, Paris (fr)
04.28 Fiesta Latinarab 3 @ FGO Barbara, Paris (fr)
04.07 ILM Afterparty @ Café du Peuple, Bxl (be)
03.28 Pan-Asian n°1 @ Chair De Poule, Paris (fr)
03.23 Belleville Habibi n°3, @ 9B, Paris (fr)
02.03 w/ Ko Shin Moon @ BRASS, Brussels (be)
01.27 Belleville Habibi n°2, @ 9B, Paris (fr)
01.13 TECHNE Festival @ NCAA, Moscow (Ru)

2017 :
12.22 w/ Ko Shin Moon @ LU, Nantes (fr)
12.15 Akuphone Birthday @ Chinois, Montreuil (fr)
11.25 Belleville Habibi n°1, @ 9B, Paris (fr)
10.28 w/ Ko Shin Moon @ Le Bourg, Lausanne (ch)
10.27 Innervision n°13 @ Bongo Joe, Genève (ch)
10.27 Dj Set @  , Genève (ch)
08.30 Aperoboat n°3 @ Batofar, Paris (fr)
07.06 w/ Samcha @ 9B, Paris (fr)
06.10 w/ Rizan Said & Praed @ Le Sucre, Lyon (fr)
05.20 Aperoboat n°2 @ Batofar, Paris (fr)
05.14 Ecran Voisin @ Les Grands Voisins, Paris (fr)
04.29 w/ Rebel Up @ Midpoint, Brussels (be)
04.15 w/ Samcha @ 45 Tours, Paris (fr)
03.24 Dj Set @ Le Lieu Unique, Nantes (fr)
02.25 Akuphone Release Party n°3 @ 9B, Paris (fr)
02.08 Aperoboat n°1 @ Batofar, Paris (fr)

2016 :
10.14 Akuphone Release Party n°2 @ 9B, Paris (fr)
04.02 Akuphone Release Party n°1 @ 9B, Paris (fr)

2015 :
09.03 Akuphone Release Party n°0 @ L’international rds, Paris (fr)