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From the album Kaani out 9/10 US, 9/9 UK on FatCat. 

Pre-Order Kaani Below
US: http://www.insound.com/Kaani-Vinyl-LP-Tal-National/P/INS122941/
UK: http://fatcat.sandbaghq.com/tal-national-kaani-pre-order.html

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Tal National - Wongharey

La Piragua

my Owiny's re-edit | download for free, share & play it loud

Owini Sigoma Band - Owegi Owandho (original version)
https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/owegi-owandho-solo/id547746732?i=547747092

Owini Sigoma Band - Owegi Owandho (Hello Skinny RMX)
https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/owegi-owandho-hello-skinny/id547747264?i=547748158


Owiny Sigoma Band - Owegi Owandho (djKhalab re-edit)

Ghostpoet - Cold Win (dj Khalab remix)

Vol 2 A1 sakoro mery bis

Still Today Dub

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

Listen to part 2 here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/radio-jakarta-007

Thru the "Sawtuha" project and Blitz The Ambassador playing quite some shows in Morocco I've had the pleasure to travel North Africa quite frequently lately and whenever possible I did some record shopping. This is a selection of some of the finds, music from the 60s and 70s from Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Some known some not yet. 

This is also a kick off to a new loose series of mixes by us, people we work with or people we are just friends with. Enjoy. 

UPDATE:

So here is the tracklist after the guys at ozart already deciphered a huge part of it. Sorry for the delay, I didn't have my hands on my records in the last days:

01. Assa'd Khoury - Al Gaba
02. Sabah – Dek El Kaff
03. Karim Shourhy & Andrea Rayder – Take Me Back To Cairo
04. Feddoul – (Reprise de Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag)
05. Ziad Rahbani – Intro Instrumental 2
06. Sharifa Fadel – Mawal El Ashak
07. Salah Ragab and The Cairo Jazz Band – Egypt Strut
08. Golden Hands – Take Me Back 
09. Elias Rahbani & His Orchestra - Moonlight Melody
10. Mahmoud Megri - Tefham
11. Elias Rahbani – Dance of Maria 
12. Abdou El Omari - Rajaat Laayoun


"Habibi Funk 001 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

Taken from the album 'Tayi Bebba' 

After storming the gates with his warmly received Tambacounda EP, Clap! Clap! returns to deliver his debut longplayer. Tayi Bebba is a conceptual work that manages to balance a highly cerebral concept with making some good old-fashioned bangers. Tayi Bebba is an album tour of an imagined island; each song representing a location, event or ritual. Sonically, it's a fast moving charge across the soundscape, fusing field recordings and found sound with incredibly surgical drum programming. Flavours of house, Footwork and Hip Hop punctuate your migration with a very specific sound palate, giving this amazing work a cohesive feel.

Clap! Clap! - The Rainstick Fable

from "Psychedelic Sanza 1982 - 1984 " comp
BUY :https://bornbadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-sanza-1982-1984

FRANCIS BEBEY - Blinta Madiallo "

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power
Release date: April 24th 2015
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power.

When asked what Ba Power means to him, Bassekou told us:
"Ba", in Bambara means "strong" or "great" and it also means "group.” I called the album Ba Power because I think the messages on it are very important and strong, and it is also definitely the album with the toughest sound I've ever made. I want these songs to grab as many people as possible.”

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture. Griots are esteemed musician/storytellers whose lineage stretches back centuries. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric) ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling it into the future. 

Ba Power contains all the swagger, precision and wide-eyed excitement that the title implies. It is the album where Bassekou’s music engages with the world in ways he could have only imagined 10 years before. It is the album where he confirms his status amongst the 21st centuries most relevant musical artists.

I think African music and culture deserve to be spread to the broadest audience possible.
That is what I want to accomplish with Ba Power.
--Bassekou Kouyaté


Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Siran Fen

In conjunction with compiler and highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester, Soundway Records present a very special release. Double CD & triple 180g gatefold vinyl (with a bonus 7 inch).

This 45 includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recorded by Melodisc in London in 1960 both tracks have been unearthed after more than fifty years in hiding.

In many ways this compilation is a prequel of sorts to Soundway's groundbreaking Nigeria & Ghana Special compilations, telling the early story of modern highlife's foundation & formulation. It traces the music from West Africa to London, adding elements of jazz, mambo and calypso along the way and paving the way for the afro sounds of the 1970s.

Accompanied by a 44 page CD booklet and 12 page vinyl booklet, the notes by Dr. Coester include rare photographs, labels and advert reproductions alongside some stunning and very rare recordings. 

Pre-order: 

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Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Highlife Rakers - Fela’s Special

i'm actually very open to djing this stuff. lemme know if you have an event that might fit..

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

check out part one of the mix here:
https://soundcloud.com/jakarta-records/jakarta-radio-001-jannis-of

i got to travel a lot in north africa in the last years thru touring with blitz the ambassador and the studio session with oddisee for sawtuha in tunisia. while being there i did some digging and found some incredible music from the 60s and 70s. some of the music in this mix has zero info on the net, was never sold on ebay and has not been "rediscovered" yet. others are somewhat classics in the field of „arabic groove“. the music in this mix comes from morocco, libya, eggpt, algeria, lebanon and syria. 

photo by robert winter.

"Habibi Funk 002 Mix" by Jannis of Jakarta Records (Mix of Arabic 60s & 70s vinyl)

Tal National - Tenere

Taken from Gilles Peterson's BBC 6 Music radio show on 14 March 2015; Ginger Johnson and His African Messengers - Talking Drum

"A reissue, brilliant, brilliant album, and the track from Ginger Johnson called Talking Drum" - Gilles Peterson

FSR7084: I Jool Omo / Talking Drum 7"/MP3 | OUT 13 April
FSRCD110: African Party LP/CD/MP3 | OUT TBC

Ginger Johnson - Talking Drum (Gilles Peterson On BBC 6 Music)

[APWW PGM #666] [Originally aired in 2013]

Working closely with Chris Kirkley, the writer and recordist behind the Sahel Sounds Blog and label, we will meet the newest generation of musicians from Mali. With their possibilities transformed by technology and their musical tastes reshaped by an exposure to sounds drawn from across the world, these young musicians are radically rethinking centuries old traditions. Get ready for the fast paced guitar bands of the north, the mp3 markets in which digital music passes from cellphone to cellphone, and the balani show music of Bamako (Produced by Sam Backer) 

Sahel Sounds: New Music From Mali

Out now on all digital stores: 
Beatport - http://bit.ly/beatportafricanscream
iTunes - http://bit.ly/itunesafricanscream
Junodownload - http://bit.ly/junooafricanscream
Boomkat - http://bit.ly/boomkatafricanscream

Every once in a while there is a track with the power to change a whole music scene, and on even rarer occasions, that track is already creating a movement even before people become aware of it. This is definitely one of those rare occasions. 

As the Lisbon electronic music scene is on every blog’s radar and a new generation of artists rises to the spotlight, there’s a whole lot more happening beneath the surface if you know where to look. What if we told you that there’s an afro-house track made by a 16-year-old that’s getting more plays on Soundcloud than most big-name pop hits (325k and counting), is regularly heard blasting from kids’ cellphones, and is making crowds demand the DJ to rewind it every time, yet nobody is talking about it. Impossible, you say? Ladies and gentlemen, this is African Scream: the underground hit the Lisbon scene was missing.

Hard-hitting disjointed beats provide the backbone of this exciting track, while emotionally-charged samples of the titular African scream loop back and forth to give it a depth that’s rarely seen on the dancefloor. Just as likely to make you immediately stand up and dance as it is to force you to hug your best friend in the club, African Scream is an undeniable track that will fuel many heated dance moves on the world’s most tropical dancefloors. And if a single genre-defining track is not enough from a still-underage producer, then Dotorado Pro complements the fast-paced original with a stunning kizomba version that channels all that intensity and turns it into a sensual and bittersweet anthem that’s sure to contribute to boost the country’s fertility rates. If you were still wondering why the whole world is focusing on Lisbon’s thriving afro-influenced electronic music scene, then play Dotorado Pro’s debut EP ‘African Scream’ and it will all be abundantly clear. 

@dotorado-pro
www.enchufada.com

African Scream

African Scream (Marimbas)

Buy it on Beatport!

Dotorado Pro - African Scream (Marimbas)

Taken from Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba's new album 'Ba Power'
Order now: https://glitterbeat.bandcamp.com/album/ba-power

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power.

When asked what Ba Power means to him, Bassekou told us:
"Ba", in Bambara means "strong" or "great" and it also means "group.” I called the album Ba Power because I think the messages on it are very important and strong, and it is also definitely the album with the toughest sound I've ever made. I want these songs to grab as many people as possible.”

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture. Griots are esteemed musician/storytellers whose lineage stretches back centuries. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric) ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling it into the future.

Ba Power contains all the swagger, precision and wide-eyed excitement that the title implies. It is the album where Bassekou’s music engages with the world in ways he could have only imagined 10 years before. It is the album where he confirms his status amongst the 21st centuries most relevant musical artists.

I think African music and culture deserve to be spread to the broadest audience possible.
That is what I want to accomplish with Ba Power.
--Bassekou Kouyaté


Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Waati

DOWNLOAD TRACKS: https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com/album/mystery-trip-vol-1

Captain Planet has been on a roll over the last year, with the release his acclaimed debut album “Cookin’ Gumbo”, an expansive European tour, and a steady stream of head-turning remixes for heavyweights like Ana Tijoux, Katy B, AM & Shawn Lee, The Pimps of Joytime, Scrimshire and more. Now the wayfaring dj/producer returns to Bastard Jazz for a very special cassette tape project entitled “Mystery Trip Vol. 1”.
 
Approaching the project with a classic mixtape mentality and drawing inspiration from Madlib’s “Medicine Show” series, the Captain has sourced out sounds from all corners of the globe. Obscure cuts were ripped from vinyl, then sliced, diced, chopped and skewed with a hefty injection of original production, programming and homegrown field recordings from his travels around the world.  What’s resulted is a 45 minute multi-generational sonic journey, touching on sounds from Senegal, Jamaica, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Peru, Brazil, Italy, Korea, Guadeloupe, and Zimbabwe, that reflect the depth of the Captain’s crates and his skills behind the boards. “Mystery Trip” is not just a DJ mix nor a collection of simple edits but rather an entirely new piece of work from C.P. - a love letter  to the funky sounds of our planet and the rare vinyl it hides in dusty junk shops, back alleyways, basements and attics.
 
Each limited-edition “Mystery Trip” Cassette tape comes with a free digital download of separated tracks/edits, along with the full digi-mix. As an added bonus, Captain Planet is hand-painting an exclusive batch of Walkmen with his own one-of-a-kind designs, which will be available as a premium pack with the tape at the Bastard Jazz store. A contest is also underway to win a special hand-painted vintage Boombox to blast the funky outernational sounds of this Mystery Trip in style! Find out more at bastardjazz.com

Tracklisting:
1. Bouyouye
2. Yallahs
3. Bokazo
4. Naguabo
5. Urubamba
6. Gaziantep
7. Paracatu
8. Goyang
9. Poggetto
10. Lamentin
11. Chegutu


*** Mystery Trip / Turntablelab contest ***
Congrats to Dreas for winning our TTlab sample-spotting contest, and taking home a Captain Planet hand-painted vintage 1982 Panasonic RX-5110 Boombox created specially for the "Mystery Trip" release:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=462561080478131&set=a.140796559321253.31770.140793419321567&type=1&theater

Original contest details: http://turntablelab.com/pages/captain-planet-boombox-giveaway-contest

Download

Captain Planet - Mystery Trip Vol. 1 Mixtape

Bienale B3 bis

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’.

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Jeff Reiss