Free West Papua

Changüí is a little understood, loose and lively, community-based music of eastern Cuba. In this program we sample recordings from the 2021 box set Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo, and hear from Gianluca Tramontana, the man who made the recordings. Rooted in Afro-Haitian music, pan-Caribbean styles, Spanish poetic traditions and more, Changüí emerged in the mid 19th century in plantations, not unlike the blues. We also hear from musician and scholar Ben Lapidus, author of the only English language book on Changüí, and we update the story with Changüí fusions into jazz, salsa and hip-hop. Prepare to dance! Produced by Banning Eyre. 

APWW #840

Changui!

Very excited to bring you this long time coming Neuvo/Electro/Bass Cumbia mix, about time i showed solidarity with all my South American sisters and brothers, Christmas day is as good as any other :)

For a long while i played mostly classic Colombian Cumbia from the Discos Fuentes "Golden Age", but recently more and more quality urban electronic and digital Cumbia which combines bass and tradition, with lots of groove and soul, has been added to the crates.  The tracks here encompass many different worlds simultaneously: Afro-Latin heritage, international electronics, Hiphop, Dancehall, Reggaeton, sometimes even East Asian or Middle Eastern sounding melodies. While many diverse elements are involved, I have stayed away from related styles such as reggaeton, Moombahton, Latin Hiphop, Latin House, Tribal Guarachero - the selections here are nearly all immediately recognizable as Cumbia, with the characteristic chugging rhythm and copious amounts of distinct accordion.  Most of the big names in the game are represented here, as well as several relatively unknowns, and a few unreleased exclusives and special edits from me.  It was also difficult to not include any of the hundreds of Classic or "Trad-Modern" all time favorites.  There will be time for all that and above mentioned...  hopefully :)

This wave of "Digital Cumbia" is of course only the latest in a series of revivals, reinventions, and re-constructions of the music. Its roots are several hundred years old, in the coastal areas of Colombia, from a cultural (and biological) fusion of Africans with indigenous populations ("gaitero" music made with the large Amerindian flute is a good example - check track 07 and 08), with influences from Europeans (accordion), as but 1 of dozens of Afro-Latin styles.   From its rural origins to modernization for urban audiences in the 1920s; its absorption of swing, jazz and other foreign sounds; building up to the Discos Fuentes era "Golden Age"; to relative negligence by the world at large for some decades as the ghetto music of the underclass; to where we are now, the context of this mix: Cumbia's current place at the center of hipster party scenes world wide - it's a long, fascinating, and complex story, told by quite a few different historians and musicologists, here are a few links, i encourage everyone to dig further into it:

http://www.indiana.edu/~libarchm/index.php/outreach/podcasts/cumbia-the-construction-of-a-musical-genre-in-the-mid-twentieth-century.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/altlatino/2013/09/30/227834004/cumbia-the-musical-backbone-of-latin-america

http://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMaterials/978-0-8223-5433-8_601.pdf

Latin America has of course a long history of struggle for justice, freedom, equality, and human rights, against repressive economic policies and disastrous political measures, mainly coming from and at the hands of the United States.  Just like in Africa, many democratically elected Latin American leaders were systematically removed and replaced by corrupt lapdogs in the making of foreign controlled states which brought immense suffering for local populations but made money for Corporations such as United Fruit (origin and meaning of the phrase Banana Republic).  Generations fought and survived, and today the fight continues against neoliberal global capitalism, which brings to the continent a new wave of intensified neo-colonial exploitation with disastrous social consequences and catastrophic environmental devastation.  In trying to acknowledge and spread awareness of these movements toward liberation in South America, and align good music with the people from whom it comes, the often under privileged and marginalized classes, this mix includes the sampled voices or words from Subcomandante Marcos, Che Guevara, Hugo Chavez,  Nicolas Maduro, an environmental activist, and Tanja Nijmeijer*.

* I hope the inclusion of the voice of this Farc member will not be offensive to anyone:  while i am aware that the integrity of the group has been increasingly compromised since the 1970s, this woman's words here still ring true and i believe come from a place of sincerity. 

TRACKLIST:  http://ngomasound.com/2013/12/24/ngoma-17-cumbiatronic/

Enjoy and have a great holidays!

NGOMA 17 - Cumbiatronic

A l'occasion de sa venue samedi 6 septembre au Nüba pour la Summer Madness #2 du Collectif Jazz Attitudes, https://soundcloud.com/dj-spinna-1 nous offre un mix de plus d'une heure pour se mettre en jambe. Parfait pour se chauffer dans son salon, dans sa salle de bain, entre potes, voire au bureau, discrètement entre deux tableaux Excel.

Summer Madness #2 w/ DJ Spinna, GonesTheDJ, Lord Funk & Jazz Attitudes Sound System, samedi 6 septembre au Nüba.
Plus d'infos › http://www.lemellotron.com/2014/08/27/summer-madness-2-w-dj-sipnna-gonesthedj-jazz-attitudes-sound-system-au-nuba/

[EXCLU] DJ Spinna - Jazz Attitudes special mix

Its best to play this one LOUD for full effect, heavyweight bass selections 
coming out of Jamaica from 1989 and backwards with selector: a man called Warwick

TPS 020 - NICE UP THE DANCEHALL : Love, Heartache, Jealousy and Pain)

Martín Prechtel is an author, painter, musician and educator. Raised on a Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico, Prechtel traveled to Guatemala and made his home in the village of Santiago Atitlán, where he was trained in the Tzutujil shamanic tradition. He is the author of The Smell of Rain on Dust, Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, Long Life, Honey in the Heart, The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, Stealing Benefacio's Roses and The Unlikely Peace at Cuchumaquic, and runs the international school Bolad's Kitchen. www.floweringmountain.com

Martín Prechtel: Making Medicine Out of Poison

TROPICAZA_A MOVER EL BOTE (Afro Dancing Rhythms from the Americas-Mexican Style)

Thomas Sankara

Distant Horizons - a special guest mix from Brazilian Wax.

"This mix spans a variety of our favourite bands and artists. Rather than following one genre or era, over the two hours, we’ve dived headlong into samba, explored jazz and fusion, and dipped our toes into the weird and wonderful. We’ve lined up Brazilian big-hitters such as Elis Regina and Seu Jorge alongside the more eccentric and under-appreciated, like the cinematic Hareton Salvinini and the frenetic Flora Purim. We hope the result is a journey through the lovely and lively, weird and wonderful world of Brazilian music - one we’ve come to know and love..."

Brazilian Wax (Joe Osborne & Henry Weekes)

Tracklisting:

Hermeto Pascoal - São Jorge
Joyce - Banana
Novos Baianos - Swing De Campo Grande
Airto Moreira - Mulata E Futebol
Seu Jorge - Penquines E Pitbull
Flora Purim - Samba Michel
Sebastião Tapajós & Pedro dos Santos - Sorongaio
Papaya - Favela
Elis Regina - Vou Deitar E Rolar (Quaquaraquaqua)
Ana Mazotti - Agora Ou Nunca Mais
Jaime & Nair - Sob O Mar
Marcos Valle & Golden Boys - Terra De Ninguém
Kenia - Distant Horizon (Aquelas Coisas Todas)
Tania Maria - No Ano Que Vem
Quarteto Novo - Vim De Sant'Ana
Gilberto Gil - Maracatu Atômico
Marcia Maria - Amigo Branco
Di Melo - Se O Mundo Acabase Em Mel
Copa 7 - Nega De Obaluae
Hyldon - Kankú, Mussá , o Guerreiro Africano
Claúdia - Baobá
Edu Lobo - Cinco Crianças
Tenorio Jr. - Fim De Semana Em Eldorado
Gal Costa - São Salvador
Ana Caram - Solidão
Hareton Salvanini - Prelúdio Em Si Bemol Menor
Hareton Salvinini - Viver
Baden Powell - Tempo De Amor (Samba Do Veloso)
Dom Um Romão - Escravos Do Jo
Duke Pearson featuring Flora Purim - Stormy
Joyce - Aldeia De Ogum
Philippe Baden Powell - Chica 
Maria Rita - Cântico Brasileiro No. 1
Maria Rita - Lavadeira Do Rio
Os Tres Morais - Tico-Tico No Fubá
Elza Soares - Rio De Janeiro
Jorge Ben - Criola
Arthur Verocai & Azymuth - Bis
Pedro Santos - Agua Viva
Rosa Maria - Deixa Não Deixa
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)

Mac User's Album

Macondo Mix: Brazilian Wax

Dusted off my main mixtape finger for my first MMM in three years. No grand plan, just squeezed in as much as I could and kept it broad. Forthcoming bits on Brownswood, Late Night Tales, Nouvelle Ambiance, YAM and 100% Silk with a nod to Mac Miller near the start.

Tracklist: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/09/10/monday-morning-mixtape-216/

Photo by ijclark

Tracklist

Monday Morning Mixtape 216

Absolutely fire showcase of St. Lucia’s Kuduro Soca or “Dennery Segment” sound, a local style notorious for slack lyrics and its hi-NRG pace, here served up spicy as fuck by one of the Caribbean island’s premiere DJs for Uganda’s Nyege Nyege Tapes.

Packing pure heat from the town of Dennery in St. Lucia’s Mabouya Valley, DJ Chengz’ mixtape extends an unmissable introduction to Dennery Segment, a fast and grimy offshoot of the Angola “Hard ass” style of Kurudo that’s been banned in the region for its blend of salacious lyrics and rave-inciting rhythms. Also incorporating strong influence from Zouk and Lucian drums, Dennery Segment is a super strong example of punkishly road level party music from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora that highlights the pronounced, technoid Portuguese accent dominating global dancefloor dialogues right now.

Catching 67 minutes of rudely stripped down drum loops and hooks locked with MCs chatting sexually charged filth in Kwéyòl (Saint Lucian Creole), the mix arguably recalls the energy of Carnival as much as the grime and Soca that went into UKF, and bristles with the electric rawness of early Marfox and classic Príncipe. But the defining feature is really the raunchy lyrical content, working in a long tradition of XXX-rated Soca styles but with a bang up-to-the-second sense of economy and directness touching on everything from alcohol problems to “Sex like spaghetti”, and galvanised by the jabbing, gruffly rhythmelodic urgency of the productions.

Little known beyond the region, perhaps aside from diaspora carnivals in US and EU, the infectious percolations of Dennery Segment are bound to incite fervent reactions with all discerning dancers and listeners who love it as rugged and rawly stylish as it comes. DJ Chengz’ expertly selected and blended mixtape is the ideal entry point to Kuduro’s latest mutation for anyone with hips and ears attuned to thrilling new music from the tropics.

DJ CHENGZ LUCIAN KUDUROS MIX TAPE SIDE A

SONIC INTERVENTIONS & INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE

A militant IR session ft SANKARA FUTURE DUB RESURGENCE, DHANGSHA, MAPU & APACHITA. Broadcast 18.07.20 on Raskattas Radio Show.
Intro: West Papua Liberation 
1 TWO THOUSAND SEASONS DUB 
Intro: Black Panther Breakfast Club & Anarchism. 
2. PERFECT BLACK LIGHT
'Zoonotic' meaning intro. 
3. STANDING ROCK FUTURE DUB
4. WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY
5. FIRE
Intro: Afro Colombians, Indigenous people on the frontlines. Mariela Franco remembrance.
6. COLOMBIA N21
7. DREAMS ARE DUB REALITY
Intro: Dhangsha & Dj Soundar aiding in breaking musical convention.
8 IWA PELE
DUB MUSEUM, KAMPALA, UGANDA
Ras Issacs: flute, djembe, Nyabinghi drums 
Kabaka: vox 
Ras Kilomo: vox
Esaete: vox
Ras Charles: recording
Jozef Spin: translation
TURTLE ISLAND/CHILE
Mapu: vox, Aztec drums, shakers
Apachita: vox.
Nico: trucata
Prasonik:wordsmith interventions at 4 am 
COLOMBIA
Dub Code II: N21 demo and vox recording
UK
Dhangsha: electronics 
Ramjac: mastering
FRANCE
DJ Soundar: sequencing
BRAZIL
Dubzaine: Artwork
Brazilian Sistren In The Shadows : Brazilian pronunciation coaching
Indonesia:
Nina:vox

These are some reflections Dhangsha wrote on this broadcast that we would like to share with you :
Sonic Interventions & Indigenous Resistance                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                  
“IR Sonic Interventions” was first broadcast on 18th July 2020, on Raskattas Radio, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It featured Sankara Future Dub Resurgence, Dhangsha and Dub Sisters Mapu, Apachita and Esaete. For those who listened in, it was like an exhilarating live gig - raw in sound and text with punk attitude, but disciplined like a Peoples' Army on manoeuvres - everyone jumping in to take the baton then passing it on - everyone looking out for everyone else.



This is what happens when sonic experimentation and co-operation moves music and text beyond current convention. The political commentary and degree of analysis demonstrated a depth that is missing from present day dub, but not at the expense of dance propulsion. Bob Marley and his contemporaries created a framework of militant poetry with which to uplift the spirits of oppressed people. But over forty years on, it is not enough to merely REPRODUCE that template. 



As Sankara FDR say: “this is no photocopy dub.” Aside from spoken testimonies, the session was comprised of field recordings, acoustic rhythms and melodies and uncompromising programmed sequences. It was assembled using a variety of techniques: post-punk cut & paste, dub mixology and live electronic improvisation. This was in fact an ‘alternative news broadcast,’ unashamedly betraying a robust anti-colonial perspective. It was on THAT level. 



For all the Sisters & Brothers out there with open hearts and minds and ready to engage: 

WE SEE YOU NOW. 



For all those out there who would hinder our ability to breathe - you have revealed yourselves: 

WE SEE 



Sankara Future Dub Resurgence is a group of musicians from Uganda living in  the city of Kampala and in the area near Lake Nalubaale  ,Uganda. They collaborated with  IR ::Indigenous Resistance and Dhangsha to produce the four track EP 
" IR 55 Sankara Future Dub Resurgence"  which has been released to critical acclaim and which is available on Bandcamp here https://dubreality.bandcamp.com/album/ir-55-sankara-future-dub-resurgence
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They also contributed tracks to the IR album " If Thomas Sankara & Fela Kuti Were Here They Would Say FREE WEST PAPUA" a free album in support of the liberation movement for a Free West Papua available on the Dubdem website www.dubdem.com.br 
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Sankara Future Dub Resurgence with Dhangsha, Mapu & Apachita : IR Sonic interventions

Indigenous Resistance has just launched a new full length 12-track cd IR25 Dubversive. This album has tracks "Ivere...The Land," "Luana," and "Sacred Power Dr Das Ragga Mix" all featuring indigenous performers from the South Pacific, most notably from the Solomon Islands.

The roots reggae track "Luana" is sung totally in an indigenous language from the Solomon's and features singers Tohununo and Dublikkle One in a song dedicated to all children whose rights are being disrespected. 

"Ivere..the land" is about environmental devastation and is a collaboration between a US-based singer of black, indigenous and European ancestry, ChristianeD  and Olovotu, an indigenous composer and musician from the south pacific. Ace producer Soy Sos takes indigenous  instruments and beats recorded by Olovotu and adds his own personal touch to them to create a swirling dance floor groove that mixes chants with Christiane D mezmerising lyrics and vocal styling. There is a video filmed in Brazil in the Amazon for this track that you can watch it and read about  it how it was made here: http://dubreality.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/video-for-ivere-opening-trak-of-ir-25-dubversive-cd/ Christiane D created her own video describing how the collaboration was done totally across the internet and how the lyrics of the piece came about and you can watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6NWsYtLTg and read the blog post here: http://dubreality.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/an-ir-dubversive-insight-into-trak-ivere-with-christiane-d/

The track "Sacred Power Dr Das Ragga Mix" features vocals from Solomon Islands performer Tohununo alongside traditional singing from indigenous people in Canada within a reggae ragga riddim created by the founder and bassist of Asian Dub Foundation, Dr Das. You can watch a video of this trak here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J1CAW7YPq4

"This Land Is Not For Sale..." is about Atenco, a classic land-rights struggle. For some time, IR had been aware of the siege of Atenco and had been following the news through its direct and underground channels. When Asian Dub Foundation contacted us about working on a collaboration around this issue, it made perfect sense to us. Land rights are the center of many indigenous struggles and IR has done tracks & grafitti projects related to this matter. With tracks on recent IR releases, we have hoped to illuminate the independence movement in West Papua, the The Free West Papua Movement (OPM), the plight of the Krikati people of Brasil, or the Minga Indigenia of Colombia. This new collaboration was created through the internet with musical mixes, speech fragments, and ideas flying back and forward in the digital domain. IR's network of dubversive members working in shadows across the Americas from Peru to Colombia, made their contributions by editing, transcribing, translating and recordings. These were relayed via the net to ADF in the UK. 

This is the 25th release on the IR label which over the last 6 years has done numerous collaborations with indigenous performers from the South Pacific doing collaborations solely through the internet which linked musicians like ADF and Adrian Sherwood with performers in the South Pacific. In fact the first 7-inch vinyl, IR2, released by IR was a track for the Free West Papua movement.

Sacred Power [Dr Das Ragga Mix]

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Premiere: The Fontanas - Capoeira Mata Um (Tom Excell Remix)

tema del inmortal Alfonso Cordoba el Brujo con Alexis Lozano en el piano .

Alabao Del Negro Triste - Alfonso Cordoba Y Alexis Lozano

I.R website www.dubreality.com
I.R blogwww.dubreality.wordpress.com
I.R. is a new music label launched in 2003that explores the twin themes of Indigenous Resistance/Indigenous Reality. Issues and examples of indigenous resistance and Indigenous reality that normally dont receive attention will be highlighted through our releases.
I.R also refers to homegrown insurrection and the fight against injustice everywhere.
An autonomous venture, I.R releases comes together with a minimum of resources but with a maximum of cooperation and care from those involved in the project; a family of loosely affilated folks who believe in the spirit and deed of resistance. Some of our conspirators include Underground Resistance , Dr Das ,Ramjac,Asian Dub Foundation,Deeder Zaman,D. WattsRiot Adrian Sherwood,Delroy "Fatta" Pottinger, MichaelFranti ,Mapu,Assatta Shakur,John Trudell,Dubdem Soundsytem,
Sos Soy,Christiane D, Saevo,Sawandi,Tapedave,Prasonik Augustus Pablo..to name a few.
I.R is intimately connected to the TFTT freedub project. Hence there will be opportunities to recive vinyl, books, posters free of charge.
We all have the capacity to fight the beast. We all have a part we can play.


Sacred Power [Dr Das Ragga Mix]

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