Name: Woodworm Twist by Graham Mushnik
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Graham Mushnik & His Group Martini - live recording May 2016

Back in 2001, Madrid de los Austrias flipped my "Cleopatra in New York" into "Cleo in Madrid"  In return, we flipped their "Ole" into "Brooklyn Ole!"  Programmed on MPC 2000 to a VS880 8 track @ The Bergen Beat Cafe 440 Bergen Street, Brooklyn... after hitting up Pizzatown! Nickodemus & Osiris (Chris Annibell) + Jay Rodriguez (Groove Collective) on the sax & flute. Grab it quick, this NikkiLeak will be download-able for only a few days... 

"Brooklyn Ole" Nickodemus & Osiris feat Jay Rodriguez (2001)

Las Rubias Del Norte  - Ziguala (George T Edit)

to know more and to download this track check afrosouldescarga.blogspot.com

Orchestre Franco - Je t'attends

artist: BIXIGA 70
album: III
order here: https://glitterbeat.bandcamp.com/album/iii

Five years after their inception, the Sao Paulo based Brazilian group Bixiga 70 continues to travel musically forward, only to find themselves more and more at home. 

The band’s aptly named third album, “III”, is a luminescent and energized admixture of Atlantic cultures. The album’s hyper-contemporary dialogue journeys between the sounds and rhythms of Brazil and Africa, and between the band’s ten musicians and their distinctive musical identities.  Their collective influences include jazz, funk and Afro-Brazilian music, and stretch further afield into dub and reggae, electronics, cumbia and carimbó, ethio-jazz and samba.

Bixiga 70’s “III” is a breathtaking rhythmic storm where inspired solos, harmony and dynamics, beats and improvisation all mesh together in vital and unpredictable ways. Spanning between a joyous danceability, a sharp sense of humor and committed political reflections, the life-blood of this ten-piece unit is instrumental music, but it is an instrumental music that speaks profoundly.

Self-produced by the band in their own studio in Sao Paulo (and mixed by Victor Rice) all the compositions on “III” are written and arranged by the entire Bixiga 70 collective. There are no liner note details: the process of creation is decentralized and acknowledges the importance of each musician in the room. The album was recorded live in the studio to further assure the depth of this collaborative spirit and to accentuate the intensity of the band’s sonic experiments.

Following the global attention garnered by their previous album 2014’s “Ocupai” (Mais um Discos), Bixiga 70 headed out into the world. Their musical travels to Europe, the USA and Morocco, as well as the many varied regions of Brazil (including the streets of Bixiga) have all left a deep mark on the sounds and visions of the new album

Throughout the nine tracks found on “III”, styles merge and original syncretisms come to life. The album shape shifts contemporary afro-funk, Moroccan cumbia, spiritual jazz, adapted afro-brazilian chants, Cuban blaxploitation, sounds from São Paulo’s Black Rio movement, Arabian dub, Malinké drumming, Angolan guitar music and traditional bamboo fife bands.

There is no doubt that Bixiga 70 is one of the guiding voices of Brazil’s contemporary instrumental music scene and their new album “III” clearly demonstrates why. 

They are a band that deftly searches for untracked and thrilling musical spaces to occupy. 

And most importantly, they are a band that succeeds in finding them.

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Bixiga 70 - 100% 13

Africa 45, number 8 www.mrbongo.com/products/honny-th…boofs-simigwado-7

Ghanaian group Honny & The Bee’s Band recorded ‘Psychedelic Woman’ for a release on Essiebons in 1973. Little is known about the group.

‘Psychedelic Woman’ is, as you would expect from the name, a psychedelic mid tempo groover. Punctuated with a hypnotic guitar line, percussion and a catchy sung chorus.

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs - Simigwado

Breaks and grooves, underpin this upbeat call-and-response JB-esque afro-funk gem, from Ghanaian legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and his group The Steneboofs.

Originally released on a Capeside 45 in 1973. Ambolley released the highly sought afer ‘Simigwa’ LP on Essiebons in the same year.

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Honny & The Bees Band - Psychedelic Woman

Cumbia Pacuro

Brazil 45, 44 – http://www.mrbongo.com/products/jorge-ben-xica-da-silva-myriam-makeba-xica-da-silva

A. Jorge Ben - Xica da Silva / AA. Myriam Makeba - Xica da Silva

Slightly delayed at the pressing plant, apologies.

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Miriam Makeba - Xica Da Silva

Graham Mushnik & His Group Martini - live recording May 2016

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Never content with the ordinary, Baba Sissoko started his personal outstanding musical journey in Bamako, Mali, several years ago. 
Carrying on his shoulders the legacy of a legendary dynasty of Malian griots and repeating to himself that “It's getting closer and closer but I'm not there yet” he broke all the boundaries, becoming the first Malian who ever deserved the stellar 
Obaland  Awards” for Best Africa Jazz musician of the Year 2018.

His most appreciated satisfaction came few years ago when he found out that his firstborn, Djana, a young and super talented 18 years old girl, decided to follow his path and join him in the mission to deliver his meaningful message of peace and joy to the world. 

Consolidating the relationship with the Italian producer Luca Sapio they recorded a new album together called “Fasiya” that magnifies this cross- cultural exchange where looking at the roots to shaping the future is the key point. 

If ever a record delivered the promise of new excitement this one is exactly that kind.
Baba constantly explores new sounds, and as a result, has electronically transformed his traditional ngoni into one of the wildest fresh sounding lead instruments to hit the music world in years.
With his arsenal of handmade instruments, he provided a mystic way followed like a comet tail by Djana's sparkly soulful vocals where Bambara blends naturally with English and Français.

For the occasion Max Weissefeldt (Poets Of Rhythm, Dr. John, Guy One) sat at the drums and lighted up some fiery high-life beats, solid ground for tentacular horns that skyrocketed the whole record into the sky.

All recorded in Luca's analog studio, the result is a organic music corner stone that fueled by new and vintage obscure gear panoramize a new sound directed at anyone who wants to lost himself in a vibey sonic garden, but most of all at anyone who can feel the beat, that basically means everybody.

FASIYA

Fasiya

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3. Baba & Djana Sissoko - Fasiya

London Afrobeat Collective (LAC) featuring legendary Afrobeat Ambassador Dele Sosimi on vocals.

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