Name: Quim Dos Santos - N'Genji (Nomad's Vulkandance Edit) by 𝕀ℕ𝕀 𝕄𝕆𝕍𝔼𝕄𝔼ℕ𝕋
Duration: 4 min 17 s
Description: The word is out, the first move has been made, Piri Piri label is a fact. Debuting with the first release Piri Piri 001: A collection of four dance floor heaters in different African styles.

Écoutez chez vous les artistes de la 27e édition...

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Analog Africa Limited Dance Edition No.4 (AADE 04)
1st Long Play recorded and pressed in Angola in 1973
(strictly limited to 1000 copies - 180gr) 
Release Date 29th of October

It is with a great sense of privilege that Analog Africa presents this holy grail of Angolan popular urban music. Produced by FADIANG (Fabrica de Discos Angolana) this LP, known by music aficionados as “Rebita 74”, is the 1st LP to be recorded and pressed on Angolan soil. 

Released in 1973, this album is in fact a compilation of tracks by Urbano de Castro, Os Kiezos and Jovens do Prenda, the best selling artists at that particular time, who were asked to compose four songs each,  exclusively for this project. 

The result is a masterpiece - one of the best LP recorded in Angola.

Semba Avo - Urbano de Castro (Taken from the 1st LP recorded and pressed in Angola - 1973)

Analog Africa No.15 – ANGOLA SOUNDTRACK 2
*Hypnosis, Distortions & Other Sonic Innovations 1969-1978*
Catalogue No. AACD 075 (1xCD)/AALP 075 (2xLP)
CD with 44-Page Booklet / LP with 16-Page LP Size Booklet

In 2010, against all odds, Angola Soundtrack Vol.1 was awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize in the category "Black music". This victory was all the sweeter for its triumph over the predicted winner, Aloe Blacc´s multi platinium record, "Good Things".

Many were surprised that the award was handed to a compilation that covered obscure music, but it didn’t surprise the team behind Analog Africa who believed such award should have come much earlier.

Since discovering the music of Angola 15 years ago, styles such Kazucuta, Rebita and Semba have become an addiction for Samy Ben Redjeb, the compiler, who proclaimed a serious warning in the first edition liner notes:

"Listening to these tracks may cause addiction and provoke heavy rotation!"

The unique blend of incomparable musicianship, passionate delivery and regional rhythms that make these tracks so combustible are no accident. An exceptional set of circumstances existed in the history of Angola before Independence that created the giant leap in the style and standard of bands and recordings of the time.

When Portuguese repressive measures prevented the small Turmas, street musician groups, from being able to perform in Carnaval celebrations in 1961, a Portuguese civil servant, entrepreneur and Angolan music fan named Luis Montês was already in a position to capitalise on Luanda’s need for a live music scene. His self-designed “Kutonocas”, Sunday afternoon live music festivals, delighted a Luandan population hungry for a communication between the city and musseques (townships). It also forced groups to adapt to a different style of playing that would accommodate large stages and broader audiences. They equipped themselves with electric guitars, and fed on the musical influences from Cape Verde, Congo and the Dominican Republic, while staying patriotically true to their own musical legacy and unique rhythms.

The intimacy of those participating in this musical revolution meant they playfully and professionally wanted to trump each other’s style; communication between the groups was frequent as everyone studied each other’s records and concerts and players were under a lot of pressure to outdo each other due to the limited recording and performing opportunities. Development of skill and ingenuity was a must, as well as addressing the highly politicised climate. The optimism of Independence can be heard in these recordings; a common goal between the audience and musicians.

Upon reading the characteristically generous liner notes of this new Analog Africa release, you will be given more hints of the crucial melting pot that allowed this short period to have such an outstanding productivity. Featuring 44 pages acquired in coordination with the National Library of Luanda and the art magazine “Note E Dia”, Analog Africa head honcho Samy Ben Redjeb has managed to collect newspaper clips, extremely rare pictures of the bands on stage and printed interviews from the 70s.

The stunning pages of passionate photography and artistic design also include interviews with many of the original artists and their families, biographies of the three labels that made it all possible, and of Luis Montês, who was the pulse of the live music scene in Luanda.

This compilation represents the best of the short lived recording industry in Angola, a brief moment of history between 1969 and 1978, when three recording companies produced approximately 800 limited records, mostly singles. They are rare jewels, each song with a significant story and feel behind it. You will hear exciting music blazed with the anticipation of emancipation, tracks fuelled with a sense of unity, community, importance and immediacy.

This addictive, outlawed music from Angola shakes and grooves with the smoothness of staccato machine gun fire. Do yourself a favor and submerge yourself into some of the most the addictive music created by mankind!

FATIMITA - Urbano de Castro

The word is out, the first move has been made, Piri Piri label is a fact. Debuting with the first release Piri Piri 001: A collection of four dance floor heaters in different African styles. 

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Quim Dos Santos -  N'Genji (Nomad's Vulkandance Edit)

A little edit of this fantastic old track. 

Lourdes Van Dunem - Ngongo Ya Biluka(Bon Valentino Edit)

Original track: https://soundcloud.com/dino-dsantiago/dentu-bo-unplugged

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Dino D'Santiago - Dentu Bó (Rocky Marsiano Tropical Remix)

From the album "No Ama"
(lyrics &amp; music by Mario Lucio)

Dja cria limo na modjado
Teia d'aranha na seco
Arco na parede
Cio na cumera
Agu na coco
Ami li xintadu ta spera-bo

Dja cá trocado figura
Banderas també
Ravinas calcetado
Teto capela dja nderea
Aliança dja ba dedinho
Ami li xintado ta spera-bo

Dja cria raiz na quadrado
Casamento go é cu kapa
E spada é pa torna ba mula
Orakulo dja cumpre
Abo bu ca casa
E ami li xintadu ta spera-bo

Mambá, mambá, mambá fica si...

Album recorded by Nando Andrade, assisted par Espavi, at Studio La Villa (São Vicente).
Mixed in Studio do Soul (Paris) by Stéphane Caisson &amp; José da Silva.

Album produced by José da Silva.

(P) 2011 Harmonia Lda.
(C) 2011 Harmonia Lda.

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