Africa Ni Leo (SJ Final Mix)

. Last track, B side, volume 2 of the MUSIC FROM AFRICA series reissue.
. Vinyl and digital release early july on Nyami Nyami records, under exclusive licence from original producer Tom Mkhize
. Never heard library music productions from the early 80's recorded in Jo'Burg and showcasing 'dance-floor friendly' music from different regions of South Africa. 
Volume 1, side A : Swazi Message
Volume 1, side B : Big Band Bash
Volume 2, side A : Shanghaan traditional
Volume 2, side B : Sotho chant

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Show no: 9 for Radio Groovalizacion
http://www.groovalizacion.com/umoja

Tracklist
Bobby Benson & His Combo - Taxi Driver 
THEMBI - Taxi Jive 
Mpharanyana - Taxi Man
Amadou Balaké - Taximen
Amadou & Mariam - taxi bamako
Treka Man - Taxi Driver
driss el maloumi - taxi brousse
Sekouba Bambino - Taximan
Milmani Park Orchestra - Taxi Driver
franco et le tpok jazz - Taxi Avalon 
Jonah Moyo & Devera Ngwena - Taxidriver
King Kwabina Onyina - Taxi driver

Umoja - Groovalizacion #9 (Africa Taxi Special!)

'Moût (Max Le Daron & DJ Mellow Remix)' est inclus dans l'édition Deluxe de l'album Akö  disponible en digital le 17 juin. 

'Moût (Max Le Daron & DJ Mellow Remix)' is off Akö (Deluxe), available on 17th June on platforms. 

Akö (Deluxe)

Moût (Max le Daron & DJ Mellow Remix) 

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Blick Bassy - Moût (Max Le Daron & DJ Mellow Remix)

Taken from: Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You If You Cry
Order now: https://glitterbeat.lnk.to/KhmerRouge

It would be disturbing anywhere to see a mob gathered around a street-pole as an electrocuted utility-worker’s lifeless body was lowered down by rope as if lynched, but especially in a land with so many ghosts.

A reported three-million tons of carpet-bombs were dropped on Cambodia by the USA in the 1970s, more than were unleashed on Germany during all of WWII. Following the bombings, dictator Pol Pot seized the moment, emptying the cities into shells, then pitting rural residents against the urbanites and launching a genocide that claimed somewhere around two-million lives (i.e., nearly 1/4th of the population). This particular holocaust was especially catastrophic culturally as it specifically targeted the artists and “intellectuals”, of whom it is estimated that less than 10% survived. During this period, daring to wear eyeglasses— which had become a stereotyped symbol between classes— guaranteed almost certain death.

Musical director, flautist, and percussion player, Arn Chorn Pond managed to survive, first by playing music to entertain the Khmer Rouge troops, and later by himself becoming a child soldier against the Vietnamese, in a kill or be killed scenario. His weight had dropped down to 30 pounds due to lack of rations, before he was rescued by an American adoptive father.

“If you're a soldier, they will kill you if you cry. Now I cry and feel better. The turning point for me was learning to cry and listen to my own words, rather than just preaching peace and forgiveness to others.”

On the road to visit the legendary Kong Nai (“the Ray Charles of Cambodia”) we passed aging bomb-craters the size of ponds that had filled with stagnant rain water.

Parents commonly warn their children, “If you try to play like Kong Nai, you too will go blind,” as a way to scare youngsters away from music, so that they will hopefully instead follow some other,more respectable career pursuit.

When a young hipster from the city talked of knowing elders that played, “Country music,” it was intriguing. But upon further examination, it was discovered that what she meant was not cowboy hats and fiddles, but the murdered music of Cambodia’s own roots tradition.

There is an inherent disconnection of logic amongst Westerners that claim a culture like Cambodia, who speak a tone-language— where the meaning of many otherwise identical words is dependent on the pitch with which they are spoken— are not musical by nature. And, prejudice’s self-destructiveness is nowhere more apparent than in the common underestimation of an entire racial group as “passive,” particularly one with such a history of upheaval, perseverance, and resistance.


Khmer Rouge Survivors - They Will Kill You If You Cry

Khmer Rouge Survivors: They Will Kill You, If You Cry

Rab Ban - Orano (I Hate My Husband that Drinks)

An afro-soul piece by Ethio Stars introduces their international dance groove and lifts-off into the "Fikir" feeling for good!

** Out on Friday 24th March 2017 **

Ethio Stars | Tukul Band feat. Mulatu Astatke: Addis 1988
http://www.piranha.de/piranha/ethio_stars_tukul/addis_1988

Pre-order:  https://Piranha.lnk.to/Addis1988

Fuelled by Mulatu Astatke as artistic director, composer, arranger and collaborating musician, Ethio Stars and Tukul Band's Addis 1988 recordings vibrantly sustain the innocence of these musical originators, yet hold up to modern standards with timeless aplomb. The album helps to fill a gap: the period when Mulatu and his music were largely forgotten outside of his homeland.

"A fascinating album with a disarming blend of soul, jazz, funk, rock ,reggae and carefully plotted tracks. Great stuff!" fRoots

First released on CD in 1992
High-quality reissue & remaster for collectors on 180 Gram Vinyl

© Piranha Records
https://www.piranha.de

Addis 1988

Ethio Stars feat. Mulatu Astatke - Tiz Balegn Gize

Loi Tok Tok Eboma- Mungwana

We're excited to premiere this beautiful 'electro maloya' track by Reunion based artist Labelle from his new album “Univers-île” . It features Malian Kora master Ballaké Sissoko. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

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Blick Bassy - Moût (Max Le Daron & DJ Mellow Remix)

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