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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou afro funk groove jazz

Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014.

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Let's Dance (Yak Inek Unek)

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The follow up EP to Yellow Claw’s epic Jeffree’s debut, Amsterdam Twerk Music cleans up your definition of “dirty” just so they can strip it down to booty claps and bass rolls. The first track, “DJ Turn It Up” is a subtle dance floor anthem reminiscent of the heavy bass from your nostalgic middle school days of grinding to timeless hip-hop anthems.

On the second track, Yellow Claw teams up with Tropkillaz and The Kemist to bring us “Assets,” a track that twists its vocals in a way that winds through the most bass-hungry, whimsical quarter of your imagination. “P*$$YRICH feat. Adje” then transports you deeper into Yellow Claw’s bass dungeon, leaving its victims up against the walls bumping and grinding till sunrise.

Amsterdam Twerk Music concludes with “Slow Down”, an addictive baseline paired with a jock-jams reminiscent hook. Yellow Claw are the tastemakers of guilty pleasure. But lets be honest… there’s no guilt attached to the obsession.

Yellow Claw
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Amsterdam Twerk Music

Slow Down

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DJ Snake x Yellow Claw x Spanker -  Slow Down

Proving incontrovertibly that 20 years has done nothing to diminish Orchestre Poly-Rythmo's capacity for fiery funk, "Pardon" shows the band in top form.  Though the lyrics aren't in English, the liner notes hint at their content: "Is forgiveness a Christian or a voodoo idea? It is simply necessary, answers Maximus Adjanohun, the band’s original guitarist. 'Forgive, even if a man has tried to seduce your wife.'" Cononou Club, the group's first new album in over 20 years, is available April 12th.

Cotonou Club

Pardon

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Pardon

The ultimate mega mix of the best of Old School 90s bedroom classics.  Over 2hrs of straight seduction!!!   Follow us on Twitter  & Instagram @dwentgroup or like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DWEntGroup) to keep up to date on when this mix will be made downloadable!  Don't forget to follow this Sound Cloud account! 

Somebody Ah Get Pregnant Tonight! - Old School 90s R & B Slow Jams



Estamos muito orgulhoso e felizes em anunciar o lançamento do nosso segundo LP e nossa primeira parceria com a grande Analog Africa;
uma coletânea de faixas raras da lendária banda beninense, a Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou!

LANÇAMENTO OFICIAL DIA 20 DE MARÇO

Lado A:
- Mede Ma Gnin Messe | Afro-Beat | 6'01''
- Iya Me Dji Ki Bi Ni | Jerk Fon | 4'12''
- Assibavi | Sato | 4'43''
- Sê Tché Wê Djo Mon | Jerk Fon | 4'12''
- Zizi | Pachanga | 3'59''

Lado B:
- Djanfa Magni | Afro-Beat | 9'51''
- Adjro Mi | Cavacha Fon | 5'50''
- Écoute Ma Mélodie | Afro Bossa | 7'25''

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A Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou é, sem dúvida, o segredo mais bem guardado da África do Oeste. Sua produção, tanto em termos de quantidade e qualidade, foi espantosa, gravou mais de 500 canções entre 1970 e 1983.

A riqueza cultural e espiritual da música tradicional beninense teve um imenso impacto na construção moderna daquela. Benin é o berço do Vodun. Os cultos são sempre acompanhados de música.

Dois ritmos de Vodun dominam a música da Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: o Sato, um surpreendente e energético ritmo tocado num tambor vertical gigante, e o Sakpata, um ritmo dedicado ao deus do mesmo nome, o Vodun da Terra, que também é deus da varíola e protege as pessoas contra todas as doenças eruptivas. Esses dois ritmos são misturados pela banda com Funk, Soul, o som maluco do órgão e rifes de guitarra psicodélicos.

Nenhuma dessas faixas foram divulgadas fora do Benin durante o período de ouro da banda. Por causa do custo, a maioria destas gravações raramente se beneficiaram de edições maior do que 500 cópias.

A música desta compilação não é apenas extremamente rara, mas também ilustra como a Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, com o apoio dos selos locais, prosperou misturando o melhor do funk, do soul, do latino e do ritmo Vodun para produzir um som novo que não reflete apenas a herança musical e cultural do Benin, mas a transforma e faz deste pequeno país um incrível “melting-pot” musical.

A produção gráfica da capa recebeu e atenção cuidados especiais.

Utilizando como referências umas capas originais de compactos da banda, nós trabalhamos com exatamente as mesmas técnicas como as usadas na época para recriar uma réplica perfeita do design.

Assim, graças à ajuda e conhecimento inestimável da LetterPress Brasil, as capas foram impressas com clichês, montagem tipográfica, Linotipo e impressão LetterPress (baixo relevo).

Todo o processo de produção será documentado em breve com fotos e vídeos! Fique ligado!


Mede Ma Gnin Messe (Goma Gringa edit) - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou | GGLP-002

Seun Kuti - IMF

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Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/afropolitan-dreams/id853817350

Blitz the Ambassador releases his second single from the highly anticipated album 'Afropolitan Dreams' (Available April 28th). The song 'Make You No Forget' features Afro-Beat luminary Seun Kuti over classic HipHop drums and infectious African Highlife/Afro-Beat Guitars.

Afropolitan Dreams is the follow up to Blitz the Ambassador's critically acclaimed album 'Native Sun' and features Grammy-winning “queen of African music” Angelique Kidjo, German/Nigerian soul/hip hop songstress Nneka, Brazilian hip hop star Marcelo D2,  French/Malian lyricist Oxmo Puccino and more.

Video shoots in Accra, Ghana to be released next week.

Produced by Blitz The Ambassador
Drum programming by Optiks
Bass by Alexis Hountoundji
Guitar by Raja Kassis
Trumpet by Jonathan Powell
Sax by Ezra Brown
Trombone by Ron Prokopez
Percussion by Shawn Kelly
Background Voc by Amma Whatt
Recorded at Galaxy Smith Studios New York

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Blitz The Ambassador - Make You No Forget Ft. Seun Kuti

It's seven o'clock
On the dot
I'm in my drop top
Cruisin' the streets - Oh yeah
I gotta real pretty, pretty little thang that's waiting for me
I pull up
Anticipating - good love
Don't keep me waiting
I got plans to put my hands in places
I've never seen, girl you know what I mean

Let me take you to a place nice and quiet
There ain't no one there to interrupt
Ain't gotta rush
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(now baby tell me what you wanna do with me)
See I've been waiting for this for so long
We'll be makin' love until the sun comes up
Baby
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(now baby tell me what you wanna do with me)

Now here we are
Drivin' round town
Contemplating where I'm gonna lay you down
Girl you got me sayin'
My, my, my (My)
I wish that I (I)
Could pull over
And get this thing started right now
I wanna do something freaky to you baby
I don't think they heard me
I, I wanna do something freaky to you baby
So call out my name

They call me me - U-S, H-E-R, R-A, Y-M, O-N-D
Now baby tell me what you wanna do with me
You know you Gotta nigga feelin' like Jodeci
Every time that you roll with me, holdin' me
Tryin' to get control of me
Nice and slowly
You know
Never lettin' go
Never messin' up the flow
Dis is how the hook go

Let me take you to a place nice and quiet
There ain't no one there to interrupt
Ain't gotta rush
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(now baby tell me what you wanna do with me)
See I've been waiting for this for so long
We'll be makin' love until the sun comes up
Baby
I just wanna take it nice and slow
(now baby tell me what you wanna do with me)

Now tell me
Do you wanna get freaky
'Cause - I'll freak you right I will
I'll freak you right I will
I'll freak you like no one has ever, ever made you feel
I'll freak you right I will
I'll freak you right I will
I'll freak you, freak you like no one has ever, ever made you feel -
yeah
(now baby tell me what you wanna do with me)

Nice and Slow - Usher

"Tche Belew" out now!
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EUROPE TOUR DATES
08.05. DE Berlin XJAZZ Festival
25.05. NL Nijmegen Musicmeeting
26.05. NL Rotterdam Pantropical @ Worm
27.05. NL Amsterdam Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ
28.05. FR Paris Instants Chavires
29.05. CH Düdingen Bad Bonn Kilbi
30.05. AT Wels Alter Schlachthof
01.06. CZ Praha Jazzdock
03.06. CH Luzern Südpol
05.06. HR Šibenik Deboto
06.06. UK London Field Day

 Sofia Jernberg & Hailu Mergia (Awesome Tapes From Africa, Oslo / Washington)
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14.05. DE Eberswalde Jazz in E.
15.05. SE Stockholm Rönnels Antikvariat
16.05. SE Uddevalla Bohusläns Museum (afternoon show) Kontoret (evening show)

The acclaimed and highly sought-after LP by Hailu Mergia and
the Walias, Tche Belew, an album of instrumentals released in
1977, is perhaps the most seminal recording released in the
aftermath of the 1974 revolution. The story of the Walias band is
a critical chapter in Ethiopian popular music, taking place during
a period of music industry flux and political complexity in the
country. 
Hailu Mergia, a keyboardist and arranger diligently working the
nightclub scene in Addis Ababa, formed the Walias in the early
1970’s with a core group of musicians assembled from prior
working bands. They played Mergia’s funk- and soul-informed
tunes, while cutting 45rpm singles with various vocalists.
While the Walias performed at top hotels and played the
presidential palace twice, their relationship with the Derg regime
was complex, evidenced by the removal of one song from the
record by government censors.
Decades later, Hailu Mergia was surprised to see the album
fetching more than $4,000 at online auctions (it helped that the
most popular of all Ethiopian tunes “Musicawi Silt” appeared on
the record). Now everyone has the chance to listen again—or
for the first time—to this timeless pillar of Ethiopian popular
music.

Pre-order

Hailu Mergia and the Walias — Eti Gual Blenai

Release date 02.12.2014
"On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him *Mister Dynamite*"

It has been a struggle to lay hands on Verckys, although the man doesn´t go unnoticed. Notorious for being one of Congo´s most ruthless business men, the legendary musician had build a whole imperium in Kinshasa, the capital city of the central african power house (arguably one of the toughest places in the world) and has a whole building with his name, in the very heart of the city.

So I travelled to the Congo in June of 2013 to find Verckys only to find out that he headed in opposite direction to sort out his health issues. But I did meet his manager who gave me his phone number, so I called:  "Oh Monsieur Samy, we need to met, lets talk business", he said, probably not knowing that I was an independent record label, with all it represents.  But the more I spoke to the men the more I realised that he was genuinely interested in music more then anything else. The following message I received few weeks ago, confirmed my feeling:

"Samy, I am writing to you because I´m a little worried. I´ve been thinking about your selection and I now wonder if your compilation will do well due to the fact that the chosen songs had little impact in Kinshasa. Others had much more success"
I was surprised but pleased to see that he cared about the project although I had already paid him in full. But why wouldn't he? Its his music after all.

"Most of the songs you´ve selected were recorded in Nairobi, for the Kenyan market. These songs did very well there, also in Zambia, but here in the Congo they flopped...except for "Ya Nini", that was a monster hit. Still, I am very surprised you´ve mentioned it has become a legendary track in Colombia, positively surprised"

This compilation was supposed to be released in October as a limited edition of 2000 copies, but after a few Skype chats with Verckys, seeing that he has come to terms with his health issues, and pushing for a European tour come next summer, we´ve decided to release this as Analog Africa No.17 which is now going to see light of day first week of December.

In the mean time enjoy this imperial slice of Congolese Afrobeat. "Bassala Hot" is doomed to  cast a spell on each and every dancefloor that dares to spin its bewitching sound. Beware!!!

Thank you for reading. Samy (Analog Africa)

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Bassala Hot - Verckys et l´Orchestre Vévé

Orchestre POLY-RYTHMO & Honore Avolonto "Avi Yaman Houe"

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: "Super Yao Bebenon"

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Orchestre Black Santiago & Vincent Ahehehinou: " Best Woman"

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Hugo Mendez // After Hours Percussions Mix

Teaser 🌴 Les Apéros Tropicaux  🌴

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T. P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou : Yao-Yao (Afro-Latin Hard Boogaloo Remix)

A Benin band formed in the 1960s, blending afrobeat, jazz and funk, gets the remix treatment from Boston producer Bosq. Taken from a remix EP on Sol Power Sound, reinterpreting a retrospective anthology released in 2004.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/08/29/premiere-orchestre-poly-rythmo-de-cotonou-hwe-towe-hun-bosqs-12-version/
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Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou – Hwe Towe Hun (Bosq’s 12" Version) (STW Premiere)

Relaxing Music – e.g. for studying, yoga, or to calm your mind: Use this soft and peaceful, relaxing and possibly inspiring instrumental music video e.g. as background music at work, while studying, at home while relaxing, for your yoga sessions, while reading, while gaming, reflecting, thinking, planing, or even while meditating. 

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I shoot the footage to the video (https://relaxdaily.net/video-n056/ ) on a sunny day in the Saxon Switzerland National Park (Sächsische Schweiz) in Germany in September 2012. Music, like always, a home made relaxdaily production ;) … Another attempt to create the most relaxing music instrumental I am capable of ;)
Hope you enjoy, 
Michael (relaxdaily)

© 2012 relaxdaily, Michael Fesser

FYI: With this project I try to create music that is different to what you hear on the radio. While I believe that it can make us happy to listen to uptempo, stimulating and entertaining pop music throughout the day,  I also believe that we all can benefit from a slow and  peaceful instrumental from time to time. With this project, I want to create a place where you can come to, when you feel the need to.   
... relaxdaily: music for the mind, body and soul.
People use relaxdaily music for different purposes like: music for work, homework and studying, relax and relaxation music, meditation music, yoga music, massage and spa music, background music, all kinds of mental work, even as sleep music.
My music oftentimes is tagged as: anti-stress music, inspirational music, background music, soothing music, soft music, peaceful music, smooth music, piano music, calm music, tranquil music, airport music, music for travel, dreamy music, spiritual music, healing music, spiritual music, mood music, slow music, positive music, instrumental music, piano music, ...

Season 2

N°056

Relaxing Music – e.g. for studying, yoga or to calm and slow down – relaxdaily N°056

01. assa-cica et poly rythmo - yokpo wa non kpo ha mi bis

Available on Analog Africa No.13 - The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk
Release date: April 30th

Ecoute ma Melodie - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

A OO IDA - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

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