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William Onyeabor - Good Name

From the compilation:
Afrobeat Airways 2 - Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983
Release Date: September 17th, 2013
(click below for promotional pictures and additonal information)

http://bit.ly/15AR6bg

From the coastal cities of Accra and Cape Coast, basked in a tropical sound heavily influenced by highlife, to the semi-Saharan cities of Tamalé and Bolgatanga (part of a self-proclaimed ‘Islamic Funk Belt’) via the central city of Kumasi, Analog Africa (http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/) has criss-crossed Ghana in search of rare tracks, part of its ongoing, hard-grooving mission to bring the soul, funk, and vintage local pop out of obscurity and into its deserved international place.

Building on the success of the first installment in 2009, Afrobeat Airways 2 (Analog Africa; release: September 17, 2013) is a selection of 13 ultra-rare tracks by some of the musical giants who had created a movement that rocked the West African nation throughout the ‘70s: legendary singer K. Frimpong; Nana Ampedu (leader of the mighty African Brothers Band); Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and his superb guest appearance with The Complex Sounds; afrobeat star Ebo Taylor, backing his son in an unreleased track called ‘Children Don’t Cry’; the enigmatic Rob and his unique blend of twisted afrofunk; innovative drummer De Frank; and Uppers International, with their raw Islamic funk style. More obscure artists such as Los Issufu and his Moslems, Waza Afrika 76 and Tony Sarfo and his Funky Afrosibi make northern hemisphere debuts, adding to a rich list of Ghanaian artists whose music could be transferred seamlessly to any dancefloor in the world.

As with all Analog Africa releases, this is about more than just the sounds. It’s about the place, time, and people who shaped the scene. To document this, the accompanying 44-page booklet of Afrobeat Airways 2 features an introductory essay written by Afropop Worldwide editor Banning Eyre, exploring the development of soul, funk and afrobeat during the ‘60s and ‘70s in Ghana. The remaining 30 pages are packed with interviews and biographies of the artists and producers involved in the creation of this wonderful music.

Additionally, the Analog Africa team have managed to track down the photographers of the famous Modern Photo studios, located at the front of Accra’s legendary TipToe, a venue notorious for organizing unforgettable dance competitions, ‘Miss Tip Toe’ contests and the most in-demand highlife and afrobeat gigs of the day. 400 negatives have been lent to the Analog Africa team. Samy Ben Redjeb selected 50 of the most expressive pictures to document this little-known but striking musical scene.

AJA WONDO - Uppers International

Mulatu Astatke - Yekitir Tezeta

Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy  ''African Skies'' (USA,1993) Captcha Records

Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - Cohran Blues

Rail Road Main (Bill Withers vs C.love)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/meu-kamba-vol.-2/id1095293296
https://open.spotify.com/album/0psVAhifMw7TJ1yOKsQ3o1
http://www.deezer.com/album/12680584
https://www.amazon.com/Meu-Kamba-Vol-Rocky-Marsiano/dp/B01DB7CBPK/ref=sr_1_4?s=dmusic&ie=UTF8&qid=1459766899&sr=1-4-mp3-albums-bar-strip-0&keywords=Rocky+Marsiano

Original song “Mana Fatita” by Duo Ouro Negro (Angola)
play.spotify.com/track/4k4LjhQxBZHItNE7qXTEcV

@rockymarsiano's first album, Meu Kamba, felt like the very natural, spontaneous reaction between a serious hip hop head, an MPC and a deep collection of Lusophone African records. Upon its release the album immediately drew loads of attention, and Rocky Marsiano quickly hit the road across Europe.

Performing as a sound system with musicians naturally led Rocky Marsiano towards this second volume, which follows a very different approach:

"Meu Kamba was made very impulsively - if I felt a track worked, if there was a good balance to it, I didn't go much further with the production because I wanted it to sound raw.

On this new volume I did exactly the opposite: every single track was experimented on, its possibilities tested. So this time around there's a lot more production on every track: bass lines, retro synths, guitar licks, extra vocals, different drum patterns and textures...

It took almost two years to pick the original songs reinterpreted here. Months of a musical journey which led towards a lot of music and influences from Guinea Bissau, which wasn't a part of the first Meu Kamba. "With this second volume I want to close the cycle, finish a story: my hommage to music from Lusophone Africa."

Rocky Marsiano - "Ué Lé Lé" feat. Bruce James

@emileomar is the man behind the music for Radio Nova, Paris' premiere radio station. His Worldwide mix takes us the French Caribbean with a number of dusty gems and his own unreleased edits.

Tracklist: bit.ly/emile-omar-mix

Tracklist

Emile Omar mix on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW1004)

Snippet of the forthcoming debutsingle 'Te Faz Bem' by Copenema, a group of Copenhagens finest producers - Kenneth Bager, Thomas Volmer, Troles Hammer and Brazils sax legend Rodrigo Sha.

'Te Faz Bem' is already picked up by Pete Tong / BBC Radio 1, and DJ Harvey @ Pikes Hotel Ibiza - Mercury Rising.

Pre-order : https://copenema.bandcamp.com/album/te-faz-bem

Copenema - Te Faz Bem (Snippet)

The bubbling water was delicately peaceful amidst the cold of the midnight hour. Sat in the park there was little to be heard but for the trickling pearls which fell from the fountain up above. Sat upon a park bench it was hard to decipher the colour of the flowers which sat alongside the feature, they might be yello, pink, purple or blue for all he cared. The scenery was irrelevant at this point given the temperature of the cold winter night, he shivered and blew smoke into the air, awaiting the arrival of his woman. 

Mozaika is an up and coming musician whom has recently been adopted by the Public Possession family. His new EP titled "Aqua" has apparently been on heavy rotation by the team behind the label for some time.

Aqua

PREMIERE: Møzaika - Taba Taba [Public Possession]

Pre-Order ›>  https://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/
Follow @midnight-ravers
Buy & listen full compilation for 1€ : http://bit.ly/2DPbvnu 

 

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Since its inception in 2013, Mawimbi founders have been expanding their knowledge of lesser known and rather undiscovered musical territories thanks to chance encounters with likeminded DJs/producers, who were kind enough to put them onto a good amount of under-the-radar tropical gems. 

Launched in 2017 and named after Mawimbi's bi-monthly radio show on Rinse France, the "Radio Mawimbi" compilation series is dedicated to unearthing vintage tropical gems in the form of free download edits and remixes by some of the most seasoned diggers and promising rookies of the tropical-enthusiast community! 

From deep, drum-heavy workouts to essential Guinea Bissau melancholy, through remixed Beninese afrofunk and vintage South African kwaito, this second installment features the editing and remixing work of Yeahman (Frente Bolivarista), LSD (Love Saves The Day), Déni Shain (Antagana Records), Umoja, Mawimbi, ATW (Around The World), Calisto, Turbo Boom-Boom (TBB) and Midnight Ravers.

Compiled by Mawimbi, 2017 - 2018 
Artwork by Vianney Postic / Colors by Bertrand Cerruti
Mastered in Berlin by Jammin Masters

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/6d4765'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Gabelo - Wokunyeya (Midnight Ravers Remix)

Kandiafa - Kele Magni (Mawimbi Remix)

Cet été, Abdoulaye Koné dit Kandiafa, neveu de Mama Sissoko, célèbre compagnon de route d'Ali Farka Touré, électrise son Mali.

Surnommé le "Django Reinhardt du Mali", Kandiafa apparait en en 2017 sur le label Sans Commentaire. Son album "Mali Country" sonne comme un hymne aux musiques qu’affectionne le virtuose, dans un style résolument africain. En effet, s'il a reçu l'enseignement traditionnel des musiciens griots de Bamako au Mali, son infinie curiosité le pousse à étudier la musique Arabe, le Flamenco, ainsi que la plupart des styles occidentaux. C'est lors d'une tournée aux États Unis, au Canada et en France qu'il découvre la musique country et le jazz manouche. Le déclic se produit : la naissance d'une identité musicale. Tel Django, et à tout juste 30 ans, Kandiafa créé un son, un style unique, et authentiquement Africain.

Aujourd'hui, Kandiafa change de couleur pour re-explorer ses titres "Kele Magni" et "Nyonton" avec la sortie d’un nouvel EP de 4 titres. Au programme: rien de moins que le cultissime producteur french touch St Germain, Ghost of Christmas (les petits protégés de Laurent Garnier, croisés sur la route avec Rone ou encore French 79), Mawimbi (les ambassadeurs de l'afro-house, qui fêtent leurs cinq ans d'activisme ce jours ci) et Sébastien Forrester (repéré chez le super label parisien Nowadays) proposent une relecture hypnotique de l’atypique artiste.

Leurs approches du style du flamboyant malien nouvelle génération varient entre déconstructions et reconstruction, appropriation des timbres, développement de grooves multipliés et réinterpretations mélodiques. L’essence de "Mali Country" est bel et bien là, autant sublimé par St Germain, qui fait ressortir la touche latino du titre, que chez Ghost of Christmas dont le remix est construit comme un kaléidoscope autour des notes de sa guitare magique, le djeli ngoni. Finalement Mawimbi et Sébastien Forrester consacrent au son malien un classicisme electro sans faille, dans un registre dansant pour les uns et cinématographique pour l'autre.

Mawimbi crew : "En tant qu'amateur de musiques mandingues, c'était vraiment un plaisir de pouvoir bosser avec ces pistes. L'idée était d'isoler la "substance" mélodique du morceau, à savoir la voix et le ngoni medium, pour venir construire autour de cela en ajoutant des boîtes à rythme, une ligne de basse forte et en doublant certaines parties avec des synthétiseurs. L'idée générale était d'offrir une relecture un peu plus dansante, tout en travaillant quelque chose qui puisse aussi s'écouter à la maison. L'inspiration du remix me vient clairement du temps passé à écouter des musiques afro-cubaines et à réaliser combien elles ont en commun avec les musiques mandingues. Ce sont ces ponts là qui m'intéressent au sein de Mawimbi et c'est ce que j'ai essayé de retranscrire au sein de ce remix, tout en jouant subtilement sur la teneur mélancolique du morceau."

› Sortie officielle du morceau sur Pschent Music le vendredi 22 juin
› Sortie de l'EP le 29 juin
› http://smarturl.it/KeleMagniMawimbi

Kandiafa
› https://www.facebook.com/Kandiafa/
› http://www.sans-commentaire.net/ 

Mawimbi 
› https://www.facebook.com/wearemawimbi/
› https://soundcloud.com/wearemawimbi

Pschent Music
› https://soundcloud.com/pschent
› https://www.facebook.com/pschentmusic
› https://www.youtube.com/user/PschentOfficial

›  Kandiafa - Nyonton (St Germain Remix) : http://smarturl.it/KandiafaStGermainrmx 
› Kandiafa - Kele Magni (Ghost of Christmas Remix) : http://smarturl.it/GhostofChristmasKele

[PREMIERE] Kandiafa - Kele Magni (Mawimbi Remix)

Auntie Flo - Train - (Esa's Cross Country Mix)

Opus onirique inspiré de l’odeur étonnamment réconfortante qu’est celle du phénomène climatique qui va éclater. Envahissant l’air, il nous ramène chacun à un souvenir sucré des vacances. Entre la légèreté de l’été et la lourdeur de la foudre, ce projet parle de la nostalgie des bons moments. Des balades pop, légères, toujours teintées de mélancolie. Des grandes plages harmoniques dans lesquelles s’immiscent de douces mélodies. Un EP qui reflète la vie, ni triste ni joyeuse, toujours en demi-teinte.

XXXIII, personnage étonnant et attractif, est un artiste aux sonorités romantiques, spatiales et galactiques inspirées des grands compositeurs dès années 70 & 80 tel que François de Roubaix, Hiroshi Sato ou encore Brian Benett. XXXIII, un chiffre aux grandes significations depuis des siècles, s’est entouré de nombreux synthétiseurs analogiques après un long périple dans les pompe funèbres ! Oui ! Un étrange lieu d’inspiration qui lui a permis de monter son home studio: Korg Lambda, MS20, Mopho 4.... Son espace intime ou il s’échappe fréquemment pour composer une musique pop aux allures de bande originale de sa propre vie.

Sa musique est solaire, mélancolique et parfois bancale. Après avoir rencontré Fulgeance & Musique Large, il compile et perfectionne toutes ces boucles synthétiques qu’il a créées ces dernières années pour en faire un EP qui raconte le quotidien du bout des doigts : « l’odeur de l’orage »

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A dreamlike opus inspired by the surprisingly comforting smell of the climatic phenomenon that will explode. Invading the air, he brings us back to a sweet memory of the holidays. Between the lightness of summer and the heaviness of lightning, this project is about nostalgia for good times. Some light electronic-pop songs, always tinged with melancholy with great harmonics in which soft melodies intrude. An EP that reflects life, neither sad nor joyful, always half-tinted.

XXXIII, an astonishing and attractive character, is an artist with romantic, spatial and galactic sounds inspired by great composers from the 70s and 80s such as François de Roubaix, Hiroshi Satoor Brian Benett. XXXIII, a number with great meanings for centuries, built his home studio with many analog synthesizers after a long journey working in ... the funerals! Yes ! A strange place of inspiration and a small job that allowed him to set up his sound: Korg Lambda, MS20, Mopho4 ... An intimate space where he escapes frequently to compose an electronic-pop music, original soundtrack of his own life.

His music is solar, melancholy and sometimes wobbly. After meeting Fulgeance & Musique Large, he compiles and perfect all those synthetic loops he created this last years to make an EP that tells the daily life from the fingertips: “l’odeur de l’orage” meaning “The smell of the storm”.

20 Septembre sur Musique Large

P & © Musique Large
All songs composed by Thomas Ledoux aka XXXIII 
Vocals on "nostalgie monoï" by Mathilde Voisin. 
Vocals on "bon voyage" by Bertille Raou-Bouvier 
Cello on "méline" Samuel Lascoux 
Mastered by Blanka 
Art Painting by Emile Orange

Buy / Stream

XXXIII - encore un étrange sentiment

"Before John Berberian, George Mgrdichian, and other Armenian-American oud players started releasing records in the 1960s, there was Charles "Chick" Ganimian. He was a bridge between those artists and earlier musicians like Marko Melkon Almesherian. As such, he was one of the first fully to explore the possibilities of fusing Middle Eastern music with American styles like jazz, although he did not record very often as a bandleader. " / Record Fiend

Visit www.jonosaudio.blogspot.com for more details!

Daddy Lolo - Chick Ganimian & his Orientals

Hitting the shelves on june 25th 2020!

Philippos Sîpano & The MPC Orchestra – The Spirit Of Dilovan
Kalakuta Soul Records 2020 – Cat # KKSEP002

12“ Vinyl Release 
Limited to 500 copies 

The long awaited debut album by kurdish multi-instrumentalist Philippos Sîpano and Frankfurt am Main’s mighty duo Dan Bay & Le Rubrique aka The MPC Orchestra marks the fifteenth release on Kalakuta Soul
Records. 

“The Spirit of Dilovan” pays tribute to Philippos Sîpano and Dan Bayat’s youth band “Spirit Of Dilovan”, sketches the different musical paths the two took over the years and finds its final form in their new collaboration with Le Rubrique, a master in the studio and a true patchbay wizzard.

With multilayered arrangements based on different kurdish music traditions and inspired by their individual experiments and experiences in Pop- and Clubculture, Philippos Sîpano & The MPC Orchestra’s
new album can both be perceived as diasporic Popmusic or epic dancefloor monster for experienced music lovers.

All songs were produced at Offenbach’s Upper Citycenter Studio and dedicated to all DIlovans* out there, hoping they will one day constitute the majority of all people and we will all find peace, love and habibtiness on planet earth.

* good-hearted people <3

Worldwide Distribution by Wordandsound.de

Daddy Lolo - Chick Ganimian & his Orientals

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