soul grooves 3

This release contains 4 tracks edited by romanian maestro Rocky Siffredo, two mediterranean dubs that glorify life under the clear sky and two slow paced belgian tracks that tell the darker story of the industrial man that crushed everything for his love of money.

Released January 06, 2014.
All tracks edited by Rocky Siffredo: soundcloud.com/rocky-siffredo
Cover Art by Raphaël Garnier: raphaelgarnier.com
Available on Diavol Bandcamp: https://diavol.bandcamp.com

Rocky Siffredo - Loredub

We are happy to announce the first in an occasional series of fully licensed 12" releases on Autonomous Africa exploring the influence of music from Africa across the globe.

The first release comes from Colombia's Wganda Kenya with three tracks recorded in the mid 70s. The Caribbean coast of Colombia has a long relationship with Africa stretching back hundreds of years. Strong trading links and migration from West Africa to Colombia led to a distinct African influence on the music in cities such as Cartagena and the local music (cumbia and champeta) absorbed these influences. This was  particularly notable in the 70s as records by Fela Kuti amongst others arrived in Colombia. One of the leading practitioners of this Afro Sound were the mighty Wganda Kenya who were huge there in the 70s and 80s and whose music is still highly regarded to this day. 

While their music has appeared on compilations, there hasn't been a big fat 12" vinyl release since Island Records offshoot, Mango put "Shakalode" out as a 12" way back in 1989.

"Shakalode" on the A side is a powerful reworking of the Fela Kuti classic "Shakara" which was much covered in Colombia in the mid 1970s. It's a transcendental Afro Colombian funk bomb.

On the other side are two other Wganda Kenya gems; the call and response percussive and organ grooving "Pim Pom" and the more traditional Colombian cumbia singalong anthem "La Botellita".

Originally this was going to be a 2 x 12" featuring some other Wganda Kenya magic but sadly the masters to many of their tracks have been lost. There are plans to put out a second 12" of reworkings of these tracks aimed at djs who won't play records unless they can mix them, but of course, these 40 year old tracks will still rock any open minded dancefloor just as they are.

All proceeds will once again go to the Mtandika mission in Tanzania - www.actioninafrica.org/about-mtandika.php

Release date April 2015. Distributed by Above Board.

Autonomous Africa is a collaborative project run by JD Twitch, Midland and Auntie Flo.

Autonomous Africa Vintage  01 - Wganda Kenya - Afro Colombia 12" EP (sampler)

Led by drummer / multi-instrumentalist Max Weissenfeldt (The Whitefield Brothers, The Poets of Rhythm, The Polyversal Souls) and Peruvian guitarist Alex Mendoza, this new studio ensemble takes it’s cues from Max’s experience under several different band variations that have explored Late-60’s Funk & Soul, West African Rhythms, Ethiopian Grooves and now, for the first time on record, Afro-Peruvian Cumbia. Alex Mendoza’s quintessentially Peruvian style psychedelic guitar licks lay a sabor never heard before onto Max's typically raw and funky percussion style. It’s another notch in an increasingly diversified portfolio for Max.


Alex Mendoza y sus Poetas Del Ritmo - Bu - Ga - Luz

"Following Padme EP, co-produced with Gomorra and released on Origami Sound, Dersu returns with a throbbing four-track EP, a fusion of sounds. In its 25-minute entirety, Dersu synthesizes sounds from the mountainous range of the orient, the flat dunes of the scorching Sahara desert, the swampy lands of New Orleans to Berlin techno scenes into afresh air. Dersu EP is a musical fabric woven with ruminants of jazz, trance-inducing Afro-percussions, obscured vocals, soothing chimes and horns, sublime funk basslines underneath well crafted house beats. Dersu is part of Basel based Alma Negra with previous releases on Sofrito, Basic fingers, Highlife & New Kanada"

Mastered by J. De la Porte
Arwork by Tchale Figueira

Dersu - Moonlight

Xanga shocks the monkey, spanks the calf, drops delicious coconuts from the heavens...refreshingly raw and funky as fuck, let's all do the crocodile rock...

Featuring sweet desicated delights:
Boom Boom Boom (Remaster)+ Inkswel Remix
Xanga Banga (demo)
This Is The Way It Starts (Henri Le Blanc Disco Cookie)
My Rum My Jungle (unreleasable)
Random Jungle Narration and Samples of questionable origin

+ there's an excellent video clip to watch by Carla
http://www.carlauriarte.com/

x

A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts

New wave rumba disco crossover, recorded in Paris in the mid 80s. 

4 tracks spanning rumba, disco, new wave and reggae experiments from Congolese singer Albert Siassia and his group Tokobina, including two previously unreleased tracks taken from original demo tapes. 

Originally from Pointe Noire in Congo, Albert Siassia came to Paris in the early 80s as part of the Ballet Nationale du Congo and joined forces with a young French reggae group called Dread Lion – a band he re-christened “Tokobina” (Lingala for “let’s dance”). Keen to broaden their audience the group played a mixture of reggae, rumba, disco and new wave styles, often using drum machines and synths. 
They released one 12” EP, further altering the spelling of the name – “Tokobina” was phonetically anglicised to “Talk-Hoby-Night” in an unsuccessful effort to increase international sales. The record failed to make much of an impact and soon after Albert Siassia moved back to Pointe Noire to become an evangelical preacher. He passed away in 1999. 
Dancefloor sureshots Mama Africa and Pointe Noire are taken from the group’s only 12” release. In the world and Sangui are taken from demo cassettes from the archive of drummer Franck Benhamou. Sangui was originally scheduled for release on a 7” but the release was withdrawn due to a pressing fault.

SIASSIA & TOKOBINA - SANGI (B2) *previously unreleased*

The Whitefield Brothers - Safari Strut

Alin-The Whitefield Brothers

The Whitefield Brothers-Chich

The original incarnation of the Crooklyn Dodgers was a hip hop supergroup consisting of Special Ed, Masta Ace and Buckshot with production by A Tribe Called Quest. Their raison d’etre was to create the title track for Spike Lee’s 1994 film, <i>Crooklyn</i>. We sped up the group’s collectively laid back rhymes and fused it with the raw, heavy, afro psych-funk of German duo, The Whitefield Brothers (also known as The Poets of Rhythm). “Rampage” was originally an obscure, crate diggers’ 10” release. Luckily for us, Now-Again Records included the track, in addition to other rarities, when they reissued The Whitefield’s debut, <i>In The Raw</i>. We hope you enjoy this Brooklyn-Munich pairing as we continue exploring new ways to connect golden era hip hop with global funk rhythms.

Source Material:
The Crooklyn Dodgers “Crooklyn” (Crooklyn (OST) | 1994 | MCA)
The Whitefield Brothers “Rampage” (In The Raw | 2009 | Now-Again Records)

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Crooklyn Dodgers & Whitefield Brothers - Crooklyn Rampage (Steely Chan's Blender Mash)

Andrea Benini - Drumphilia Vol. 1
"a journey inspired by early African Electronic music and modern beats"

Written, Performed, Arranged and Produced by Andrea Benini 
Mixed by Andrea Benini and Andrea Scardovi at Duna Studio (RA) Italy
Mastered by Kelly Hibbert
Andrea Benini plays: electronic drums, analog drum machines, drum synthesizers, bass synthesizers, syncussion, percussions, log drum, marimbula, kalimba, sansula 
*Danilo Mineo plays Jew's harp on Marranzanu 
*Max Castlunger plays balafon, kalimba, percussions on Jawa

Out June 22nd - Cristalline a division of Agogo Records

A1 Jawa (03:31)
A2 Maharaja (05:30)
B1 The Juggler (02:31)
B2 El Guerrero (04:22)
B3 The Forbidden Tale (03:48)
C1 Marranzanu (04:16)
C2 Pink Twirl (04:22)
D1 Paramour (02:24)
D2 Blue Drop (02:59)
D3 Bacio Rubato (02:32)
D4 Cosmonomade (03:30)

bonus track CD/digi : Syncussion (06:51)

All tracks written by Andrea Benini
www.andreabenini.com

This Album is dedicated to all the *Rhythm Diggers* around the Globe.
A big *Grazie" to my lovely Family (Patrizia, Gualtiero, Giulia) for constantly supporting me. 
Andrea Benini

https://andreabenini.bandcamp.com/album/drumphilia-vol-1

Jawa

Following the critically acclaimed compilation Togo Soul 70, here comes a 12inch including a side of edits and revisited versions of original funky tracks by Yta Jourias and Roger Damawuzan and a side of rare and unreleased Togolese soul tracks from Napo De Mi Amor and Sewavi Jacintho.
Bosq (Ubiquity/FaniaRecords) and DJ Pushin Wood (Loft Party, Holland) deliver a hot funky and soulful versions specially oriented for the dancefloors and the disco fans. And before the awaited release of Togo Soul 70 Vol.2 (July 2019), you can find on the B side, two tremendous soul tracks by Napo de Mi Amor (“The voice of Lomé”) and the tremendous artist Sewavi Jacyntho also known as Frejus Jacyntho signed on the famous SID label in Abidjan.
Soulful Music for the dancefloor and the connoisseur!

Roger Damawuzan - Loxo Nye (Pushin Wood Remix)

Artist: Umoja
Title: Palago
Label: Budabeats
Release date: 2012.09.27.
Cat. no.: BUBE-023
Format: 320 kbps, stereo mp3
Free download: http://www.budabeats.com/bube023.htm

umoja - fiya!

Premiere: Koichi Sakai & Afla Sackey - Atenteben Blues

01 - Dar Band Whitefield Brothers - Hammerhead

>> Spotify, Deezer, Bandcamp : https://kuronekoMedia.lnk.to/FoliKadi

Following up on their collaborative single with Colombian trio Ghetto Kumbé, released in November 2020, Parisian collective and record label Mawimbi unveils another extract from their debut album, to be released in June, 2021.

Although it definitely sounds like “afro electro”, a genre Mawimbi has been championing since their debuts as a DJ collective, “Fôli Kadi”, their second single in collaboration with Malian artist Fatim Kouyaté (Midnight Ravers), offers a more intimate and melodic profile, drawing in the inherent melancholy  of Mandingue music and the power of contemporary pop music.

"Fôli Kadi" has some of the essential features found in Mawimbi's debut album. In its musical content on the one hand, as it plays on a subtle balance between a dance beat and emotional melodic content, which gradually rises and ends in a cascade of kora and cymbals.

In its history too, because more than any other tracks on Mawimbi's LP, "Fôli Kadi" owes a lot to the meetings and opportunities gleaned by the collective over the last five years. Their collaboration with kora player Chérif Soumano and singer Fatim Kouyaté was made possible by Lyon-based producer Dom Peter, leader of Franco-Malian project Midnight Ravers and manager of Blanc Manioc. "Fôli Kadi" was made "here and there", through chance encounters and the sharing of musical vibes - for example, Soumano's kora line was recorded in one take as he was passing by the studio to send his greetings. 

"Fôli Kadi" translates to "music feels good" in bambara, a language widely spoken in Mali! 

Drums by Romain Vignaud, recorded at Red Bull Studios
Percussion by Yannick Van Ter Beek
Kora by Cherif Soumano
Vocals by Fatim Kouyaté
Bass, keys & production by Adrien Colle (Mawimbi)

Written by Adrien Colle, Chérif Soumano & Fatim Kouyaté.
Produced and arranged by Adrien Colle.
Mixed by Nicolas Taite.
Mastered by Cem Oral @ Jammin Masters.
Artwork by Michaël Sallit.

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Mawimbi - Fôli Kadi (feat. Fatim Kouyaté)

Names You Can Trust is an Independent Record Label based out of Brooklyn NY.

Artists & Alumni:

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition
Midnight Lab Band
Beverley Road All Stars
Frente Cumbiero
Meridian Brothers
Doctor Stereo
Tyrone Evans
Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
La Mecánica Popular
Ticklah
El Combo Chimbita
Romperayo
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Bixiga 70
Lascamāo
NY Hustlers
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