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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

cumbia sobre el mar

Super Mama Djombo - Dissan Na Mbera

DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson - Tout Le Monde Pense

She Moves cocaine in her truck

Satingarona Part.1

"El Terrón" The Bongo Hop Feat. Nidia Góngora

Astrud Gilberto - Berimbau (Shigeto edit)

Arranjo de Daniel Santiago.

Joana Duah - Voz
Daniel Santiago - Violão
André Vasconcellos - Baixo
David Feldman - Piano

Berimbau - Joana Duah

Nickodemus &amp; Quantic featuring Hector "Tempo" Alomar &amp; the Candela Allstars. Recorded in San Juan, Puerto Rico 2005. 

Original & Reggae Remix available on Bandcamp
https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/mi-swing-es-tropical-by-nickodemus-quantic-ft-hector-tempo-alomar

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Mi Swing Es Tropical by Quantic & Nickodemus feat Tempo & The Candela Allstars

Berimbau

A MPC beat,  a voice sample and an inspiration of Ben laid the foundations for this title. An inspiration coming straight from Ghana, of course, since as a producer of the legendary albums of Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor, Ben is a great connoisseur of this West African country music. This skeleton was built in two stages, first at home in Ibiza and then reinforced with brass power and the hypnotic guitar of Sékou Kouyaté who is Guinean. With its dancefloor signature, I bet that if DJs had to choose a track from this album to play at night, that one would be in the top 3.

Initially Guts idea was a return to his basics of beatmaker,a solo work with samplers and sequencing. But he  finally put it back below his stack of ideas for  an album radically different from the previous ones. Experimental, sunny, which would explore all these vibrations from the southern hemisphere that Guts has been collecting for years while practicing in his passion for diggin'. The ones with whom he builds his DJ sets, those he patiently collected on the five volumes of his compilations series Beach Diggin'. An Afro-tropical album.

The new album of Guts "Philantropiques" will be out the 29th of march on Heavenly Sweetness.
Pre-order LP/CD : https://bit.ly/2DYAJ6c 
Streaming : https://IDOL.lnk.to/Philantropiques

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Philantropiques

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PREMIERE: Guts - Kenke Corner [Heavenly Sweetness]

Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club

10 Berimbau (Mayra Andrade & Trio Mo

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Montréal-based artist Poirier is back with the first single from his upcoming album, "Café Com Leite" with Brazilian singer (now based in Paris) Flavia Coelho. The song transports the listener to the shores of Brazil - to enjoy a "coffee with milk" - with a stunning vocal delivery from Coelho, gentle guitar licks, and a danceable rhythm. With his first album dating back to 2001, Poirier is a prolific, creative and eclectic Canadian producer / musician with a 20 year journey of creating music. Constant in his albums and DJ performances is a desire to build bridges between different languages, communities, and cultures. His open, uninhibited musical mind means that his works bend boundaries, resulting in compositions that mix several styles and eras. He now has produced a total of 11 albums and many EPs with labels such as Ninja Tune, Nice Up Records and, more recently, Wonderwheel Recordings. Active in Montreal, his successful monthly dance party Qualité de Luxe is dedicated to African and Caribbean music, attracting crowds for over six years. Poirier is also the man behind Bounce le Gros and Karnival, parties with legendary status in Montreal nightlife history. Poirier's "Soft Power" LP is out on New York's Wonderwheel Recordings in June.

Café Come Leite [SINGLE]

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Poirier & Flavia Coelho - Café Com Leite

The Brazilian musical calling has manifested itself in the Baltics through The Baltic Nova Collective. Based in Riga with roots stretching through time and Latinspace, The Baltic Nova Collectives music is an ambient spiritual interpretation of the music of Tom Jobim with influences from the Lettо Hispanic Afro-American Jazz tradition.

10 Berimbau (Mayra Andrade & Trio Mo

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