--English description and track list below--

Nach drei Jahren Pause ist die Hunky Doria Crew zurück mit der zweiten Staffel und einem neuen Konzept: Ten Song Ping Pong. Dieses hat drei einfache Regeln:

1. Patrick und Moritz spielen sich Lieder zu wie Pingpong-Bälle
2. Die Dauer des aktuellen Songs muss der nächste nutzen, um das folgende Lied zu finden
3. Das Lied muss einen (wie auch immer vagen) Bezug haben zu seinem Vorgänger und der Song-Pate muss diesen erklären zur Einleitung

Tracklist
1 -Fuga all'inglese - Paolo Conte
2 - I drah zua - Wolfgang Ambros
3 - Abfahrt Slalom Super G - Kreisky
4 - Snow Don't Fall - Townes Van Zandt
5 - Northern Lites - Super Furry Animals
6 - No Action - Elvis Costello
7 - Your Sister's Clothes - Pulp
8 - Hanging On The Telephone - Blondie
9 - Tennis - Courting
10 - Dennis - pizzagirl

Hunky Doria is a German language podcast about pop music of every genre, with a bit of an Indie rock bias. This episode kicks off season 2, in which Patrick and Moritz play songs back and forth as though they were ping pong balls :)

The rules are simple: 1) Someone picks a song and then the other person has the duration of the song to figure which tune to play next 2) The following song has to be related to the previous one in some (albeit vague) way and 3) whoever chose the song gets to explain the connection. This way, we end up with an eclectic playlist that defies genres - "it must schwing" is the only criterion for inclusion.

Ten Song Ping Pong 3 - Abfahrt Alpen Anrufbeantworter

DJ Yoda's fantastic mashup set full of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and some crazy country versions of classic hip-hop.

DJ Yoda - Cut & Paste, Country & Western Edition

Prawns - Jan 2017 "Dreamcatcher" Mix

Jan 2017 "Dream Catcher" Mix

Durch ein Liebeslied aus der Paralleldimension gerettet und wieder in die unsrige versetzt, entscheiden sich unsere zwei popkulturellen Fluglotsen nach Casablanca zu fliegen und dort eine ganze Sendung der Liebe zu widmen. Vom Mackenfetisch ("ich liebe deine kleinen Macken") bis zu "ich liebe dich, obwohl ich weder mich noch dich wirklich kenne" erkunden Moritz und Patrick mannigfaltige Untergenres des Liebeslieds.

Hunky Doria is a German language podcast on popular culture, with a big emphasis on music. In each episode, Patrick and Moritz take to the skies in their multicoloured airship (the "Hunky Doria"), exploring themes ranging from Africa to David Bowie, from funk to alternative English music from the 80s.

Hunky Doria Etappe 12 - Kuschelrock Reloaded

Pünktlich zum neuen Jahr kommt der Jahresrückblick der Hunky Doria Crew - der perfekte Soundtrack zum Durch-, Rum-, und Abhängen zwischen den Jahren.

Hunky Doria Etappe 17 - Pop Odyssey 2017

Frankfurt

Dear Listeners, 
It’s been overwhelming how many of you have written and asked for this year’s Fusion set.  One person even counted the weight of the tears he had shed every time he came here, and found the set was not online yet. So why did it take so long? 
 
It was a very intense four hour set at the Palapa, and it was a very intense week before that. To go back and revisit those moments required quite a bit of strength, which I didn’t have until now. Obviously the intensity of revisiting those moments at the Palapa had a lot to do with the death of our dear friend Bas Engels. 
You might think that I'm loco for saying this, but I know Bas was there with us, celebrating life and death, guiding me through the set and even creating some magic, when my computer froze and I had to restart it, while improvising on a drum machine. Normally the recording would be lost then, but this time it was just there as if nothing had happened. Without him you wouldn’t be able to listen to this now. 
I want to thank Bas for the special magic he created on so many occasions.  Also I want to thank Eule and his team for their foresight and faith to pull me slightly out of my comfort zone, and into this perfect Sunday morning setting. And, of course, I also want to thank all of you, because 
music sounds better with you.
 
Peace

Fusion 2018

Stille einfügen

In 1972, Orchestre Abass released two incredible singles on Polydor. These records - featuring Samarin Banza, Haka Dunia and other afrofunk masterpieces - were powerful enough to knock any music head out, but it wasn’t until the discovery of some unreleased material by the band that the seeds for this project were planted. 

It all happened in 2008 in Ghana. I was going through some tapes that had previously been the property of PolyGram one of the major record companies based in west Africa. In the late 80s political instability and curfews had paralysed the music industry forcing Polygram to close their Ghanaian subsidiaries leaving all of their recordings behind. These recordings had been packed in boxes and left vegetating in an Accra warehouse for three decades until I came along. To my surprise all of the tapes looked unharmed and I was particularly relieved to hear that the Orchestre Abass tape was in an excellent state of condition. I began fiddling around with the idea of releasing an album of the band and that plan got an additional boost with le “coup de grace” which had landed in the form of an ultra rare tune called Honam discovered in Sotoboua, a small northern Togolese town in the middle of nowhere. That find completed this selection.

I had previously discovered some similar music in Northern Benin and in Nigeria and I started picturing an area that spread all the way from Northern Ghana to Northern Cameroon, an area I dubbed ‘The Islamic funk belt’ due to the fact that Super Borgou de Parakou, Napo De Mi Amor, Uppers International and Hamad Kalkaba just to name a few - all from that ‘belt’ - were groups made up of musicians with an Islamic background. This can be felt and heard in the music and particularly in the singing since many of the musicians had attended koranic schools and the languages used in the songs often had Arabic elements fused in - Orchestra Abass was one of them. 

With their heavy, organ-led sound combining with the deftest of musical touches, these records were the work of a rhythmic powerhouse and we are honoured to be in a position to present the recordings of Togo´s funkiest Band.

Unfortunately Malam Issa Abass, the founder, guitarist and organ player of the band, was killed in 1993 by a grenade thrown into his bedroom and to help me reconstruct the biography of the band I tracked down Thon Komla, one of the band´s songwriters and Abderaman Issa, the guitar player of the band. 

All the music was licensed directly from the various composers of these songs. The vinyl is pressed on 180 High Quality Virgin Vinyl and the gatefold contains previously unseen pictures and a detailed biography of the might band.

Orchestre Abass Master

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Haka Dunia - Orchestre Abass

Ein turbulentes Jahr geht zu Ende und wie es die Tradition will, sitzen unsere beiden Bruchpiloten am Silvestertag wieder mal in ihrem Zeppelin und jagen gen Westen, um den Anbruch des neuen Jahres noch ein wenig hinauszuzögern und dabei das alte Jahr Revue passieren zu lassen. Dabei kommen jede Menge gute Songs auf den bordeigenen Plattenspieler.

Hunky Doria Etappe 23 - Vortex 2018

Manche Leute behaupten, Woodstock sei der Startschuss zu den Siebzigern gewesen - bei uns ist es der Schlussstrich unter die erste Staffel. Im Season Finale dreht sich alles um Bob Dylan, aaaaaber: der große Meister, der nie in Woodstock gespielt hat, kommt auch nie selbst in der Folge vor. Es gibt ja auch schon genug "Best Of" und "... spielt Bob Dylan" Alben und Playlisten. 

Habt Spaß mit der Folge und... keep 'er easy. Say, friend - you got any more of that good sarsaparilla?

Hunky Doria is a German language podcast on popular culture, with a big emphasis on music. In each episode, Patrick and Moritz take to the skies in their multicoloured airship (the "Hunky Doria"), exploring themes ranging from Africa to David Bowie, from funk to alternative English music from the 80s.

Hunky Doria Etappe 26 - Zimmerman

Wie es die Tradition es verlangt befinden sich unsere beiden Bruchpiloten auch dieses Jahr kurz vor Silvester im erdnahen Orbit und spielen ihre - und eure - Lieblingslieder aus dem vergangenen Jahr. Neues von Fontaines DC, Neil Young, Pip Blom, Bruce Springsteen, Sharon van Etten und viele mehr geben sich die Ehre auf dem bordeigenen Plattenspieler. 

Hunky Doria is a German language podcast on popular culture, with a big emphasis on music. In each episode, Patrick and Moritz take to the skies in their multicoloured airship (the "Hunky Doria"), exploring themes ranging from Africa to David Bowie, from funk to alternative English music from the 80s.

HD 28 Best of 2019

Hunky Doria is a German language podcast on popular culture, with a big emphasis on music. In each episode, Patrick and Moritz take to the skies in their multicoloured airship (the "Hunky Doria"), exploring themes ranging from Africa to David Bowie, from funk to alternative English music from the 80s.

Ten Song Ping Pong 3 - Abfahrt Alpen Anrufbeantworter

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