Roots bay-beah !!!!.. perfectRAWness !!!!

"Solid as a rock" is the new track by Woxow featuring London based MC Natty Campbell, from the EP "How many ancestors do we have?", out now on Little Beat More!

The groove flows from the perfect blend of kick, snare and bass, setting the scene for the inspired swirls of the brass section, and the winking, suspended notes of the piano. Natty Campbell’s thick voice is the rock that rolls on the “solid” carpet of the beat, shaping the atmospheres and igniting the sacred fire of this track in which hip hop, dancehall and jazz merge for a fresh and contemporary compendium of the deepest black music.

How Many Ancestors Do We Have?

Woxow feat. Natty Campbell - Solid as a Rock (Radio Edit)

From 'Highlife-Jazz and Afro-Soul (1963-1969)' out now!

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Fela Kuti - It's Highlife Time

BIXIGA 70: THE COPAN CONNECTION - BIXIGA 70 MEETS VICTOR RICE
Release date: April 16th, 2016

This is Bixiga 70, an instrumental dance band from Sao Paulo, Brazil known for their high energy and mix of styles. They combine American funk, Colombian cumbia and Nigerian afrobeat, and it's made them really popular around the world. ---Banning Eyre, NPR 

Hot on the heels of their highly acclaimed Glitterbeat album “III” -- an album The Guardian called “imaginative, progressive afrobeat”-- Bixiga 70 returns with a limited-edition, vinyl-only release for Record Store Day: The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 meets Victor Rice.

Whereas “III” was a highly contemporary take on the Afro-Brazilian, “Black Atlantic” musical conversation, The Copan Connection looks northward from Brazil to Jamaica, and embraces the repeat-echo history of dub music as its inspiration. On the album, Bixiga 70 producer Victor Rice applies shimmering, kaleidoscopic dub reinventions to tracks from “III” and the results are jaw dropping and ear opening. Rarely has the full arsenal of dub techniques and philosophies been applied to music that isn’t reggae, and while dub and Afro-Brazilian stylings do not immediately connect in one’s mind, once the album is heard pumping out of the speakers it is clear that this is both a natural fit and a ground-breaking idea. 

The music swells, ebbs, flows, deconstructs and then blissfully reconnects in completely unexpected ways. The result is not a mere companion piece to “III” but a completely new, stand-alone sonic experience. 

The dubmaster on The Copan Connection, Victor Rice is a transplanted New Yorker, now residing in Sao Paulo. His contribution to the Brazilian music scene in the last years has been massive. Besides Bixiga 70, Rice’s production skills have been sought out by a who’s-who of established and emerging Brazilian artists including the legendary Elza Soares and the recent Latin Grammy winner Tulipa Ruiz. But Victor’s discography is also chock-full of reggae, ska and dub productions including a contribution to the dubbed out, Pink Floyd remake album “Dubber Side of the Moon.” He is no dub dilettante that's for sure. He works his magic in an old skool, King Tubby style, on a mixing board, with just a couple of effects and an abundance of inspiration and ideas. 

Rice’s studio sits high above the megalopolis of Sao Paulo, in the famed Copan building, a classic of modernist architecture. His mixing board is pushed against a window and looking out one gets the sense they are floating above the beautiful madness of the city. It is a surreal setting perfect for the creation of shape-shifting, surreal sounds.

The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 meets Victor Rice is a summit of equals. It is the music of a sensational band meeting the soundworld of a sensational producer. It pushes Afro- Brazilian music into a mind-blowing, alternate dimension. 


The Copan Connection - Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice

The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice

Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice - Machado Dub

PREORDER THE VINYL HERE NOW: http://bit.ly/danceinnapreorder

Wormfood is proud to present this exclusive 12” of one of the hottest bands in Europe right now: acclaimed afrobeat/jazz/soul/reggae pioneers Nubiyan Twist. 

“Dance Inna London” is a 21st century reworking of Super Cat’s classic 1982 dancehall track "Dance Inna New York". With the acquisition of the original masters straight from Jah Thomas’ studio in Jamaica, the band have taken this classic cut as the jumping off point for a new version showcasing their rich full band sound, supplementing the original vocal with fresh lyrics from lead singer Nubiya Brandon.

Full release out 7th April on digital and limited edition 12"  vinyl, 

 “All The Pieces” is a moody, percussive future jazz voyage, with the band’s trademark virtuoso playing, fast-paced innovative arrangement and inspirational vocal from Nubiya.
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Remixes from Germany's Renegades of Jazz and Dem JuJu poets, wonky future hiphop from Wonky Logic and a deep house flavour from London's Voyeur.

LIVE DATES: 7.4 Islington Assembly Hall, London 13.4 The Fleece, Bristol
22.4 Open, Norwich
28.4 The Wardrobe, Leeds
26.5 Hoochie Coochie, Newcastle

Dance Inna London / All The Pieces

Nubiyan Twist - Dance Inna London (ft Supercat)

Alone in the radio studio mixing at night few hours of chill out music I used to enjoy this summer... world tour of smooth... hoping you'll like it as much as i am

Boolimix - Slower is better

Paris DJs followers should be aware by now, we're not joking, every 6th of the month is Kologbo day! Later this year on upcoming 6ths of the month we'll unveil some brand new productions recorded this summer, but until then we're proud to keep on revealing new tunes from Fela's tenor guitar player in Afrika 70 brand new album "Africa Is The Future", to be released at the end of this month.

Today we're presenting "You No Lie", a majestic Nigerian/Ghanean/French/American/German afrobeat collaboration, starring no less than Tony Allen on drums (do we really need to present Tony Allen? Fela's drummer and afrobeat rhythm master), Pat Thomas (the golden voice of Ghana, who recently released on Strut Records an essential album with the Kwishibu Area Band and an extensive compilation of his 70s/80s works) and Ayo (the Nigerian singer from the Adunni & Nefretiti band) on vocals, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff on tenor and baritone saxophone and Stu Krause on trumpet (both from Ebo Taylor's Afrobeat Academy and Poets Of Rhythm), Martin Perna on flute (from Antibalas), and Ogehne Kologbo playing keys, bass, percussion and guitars. Recorded and produced by Loik Dury (former Radio Nova programmer in the 1990s, now movies soundtracker for Cedric Klapish among others), who mixed it with Grant Phabao (the unstoppable man behind the Paris DJs sound).

You No Lie" opens the "Africa Is The Future" album that's currently being crowdfunded on the Kiss Kiss Bank Bank website. You have until the end of the month to take part in this release, there's still time left to grab a limited edition translucent green vinyl (250 copies only!) or a marvelous made in France T-shirt (3 different designs are available, the kind of high-quality clothing you'll wear again and again). Don't hesitate to share the campaign around, it's just passed over the 50% of its goal, and Kologbo needs your support now more than ever!

http://www.kisskissbankbank.com/kologbo-africa-is-the-future-cd-lp-t-shirts

Africa Is The Future

You No Lie

01 You No Lie

Norwegian Wood

Darker Shade of Black

from our new Lp 

afrocolombia remix with Galletas Calientes

Son Palenque-La Negra / Piper Street Sound - reggae Dub - Afrocolombia Remix Vol. 2)

Me singing an Erykah Badu cover over my favoritve track from Adrian Sherwood's current album Survival and Resistance.

Starship Bahia... Adrian Sherwood.

A mix of dusty Afrobeat, Afro-funk, Afro-rock and Highlife from back in the day, recorded in one take from original vinyl (from the late 70s and early 80s period). Most of these are regular play out tunes for me at Dial Africa sessions, some a bit crackly as you might expect from vintage African vinyl. Special request to all of our friends, special guests and regular session attendees, promise we will be back in full force when the Corona situation blows over! In the meantime stay safe and enjoy the mix (& pray that it doesn't affect Africa too badly! In the tracklist I have included the track followed by the name of the LP it was taken from, followed by the record label.

Tracklist:

1. Mandengue Paul Omer ‎– NDutu (Dipa Diya, Award International Records)
2. Etubom Rex - Psychedelic Shoes (Ubok Aka Inua, Philips) 
3. Cross River Nationale - Nyong Eyen Unen (Cross River Nationale, AnoDisc Records)
6. Amabassadeur International - Mandjou (Mandjou, Badmos)
7. Tunji Oyelana & the Benders - Lenle (Voster & Smith Must Reason, EMI)
8. Tony Grey - Peace Of Stone (Come Back, EMI)
9. The Apostles - Black is Beautiful (Black is Beautiful, EMI)
10. Original Wings - Igba Alusi (Change this World, EMI)
11. BLO - Hot Chase (Step Three, Afrodisia)
12. Afro National - Push Am Forward (Afro National, Afro National)
13. K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu (K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas, OFO Bros) 
14. Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band - La Musica En Verite (Kalapchap- African Discotheque by the band of Africa, vol.1)
15. Super Mama Djombo -Mortos Nega (Festival, Cobiana)
16. Trans Africa Show Band - Okiero (African Syndrome, Afrodisia)
17. Ugbo & His Philosophers Band - Udianorakhara  (Ugbo & His Philosophers Band, SupremeDisk)
18. Etubom Rex - Ama Mbre Ewa (Ubok Aka Inua, Philips)

Psychedelic Shoes: West African Analogue Favourites

Good Good Things

Feel the Cold (feat. Hindi Zahra)

Initially founded in 2002 as an offshoot of the celebrated Knitting Factory club in lower Manhattan, Knitting Factory Records, along with the new Knitting Factory club in Brooklyn, was reborn in 2009 with the acquisition and re-release of the Fela Kuti catalog. KFR also encompasses the catalogs of Instinct Records, Shadow Records, Shimmy Disc, and Evolver Records.

In partnership with Partisan Records, a Brooklyn-based artist-run label, Knitting Factory Records strives to honor the music of an eclectic array of relevant artists drawn from both the past and the present.

“Music is the weapon. Music is the thing of the future. Music is the weapon of the future.” - Fela Kuti

Fela Kuti - It's Highlife Time

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