Afro

from the album Penny Penny "Shaka Bundu" (ATFA008), out now on Awesome Tapes From Africa.
Order LP/CD/Tape/Digital: https://pennypenny.bandcamp.com/album/shaka-bundu

http://www.awesometapes.com/

Penny Penny — Shichangani

Forthcoming Remix for Sunlight Square!
Promos available from Traxsource exclusively 6th June 2011
Vinyl & commercial downloads available from all good stores 20th June 2011

Full package contains remixes from: Franke Estevez, Sunlight Square & Mustafa Do Brasil!!!

www.sunlightsquare.co.uk
www.favouritizm.com

Hold tight! - As Sunlightsquare band leader Claudio Passavanti unleashes the 2nd single from his gigantic recording album venture - ‘Britannia Shing-A-Ling’. Recorded at Studio Miloco Studios, London, Claudio enlisted 25 musicians and vocalists (A BIG BAND!) to take part in this phenomenal live album project. Following their first single release, ‘Land OF 1000 Dances, taken from the album, Sunlightsquare roll out the Afro-Cuban vibes covering Cuban Latin jazz percussionist Mongo Santamaria’s 1976 smash ‘O Mi Shango’.  Featuring lead vocals from Rene Alvarez,  mixes on the package include an earthy, Cuban jazztastic original mix along with a selection of latin fuzed dancefloor grooves from NY’s Franke Estevez & George Mena (Fuzion), Brazilian resident Mustafa, UK house producer David Doyle and a Liberation mix from Sunlightsquare. Hola!!.. The Sunlightsquare Summertime party bus has arrived!!

TRACKLISTING
01 O Mi Shango (Original Mix)
02 O Mi Shango (Fuzion Beatz The Latin Drumz Remix Vox)
03 O Mi Shango (Mustafa Brazil To Africa Remix)
04 O Mi Shango (Dave Doyle Remix)
05 O Mi Shango (Liberation Mix)
06 O Mi Shango (Original Mix Instr)
07 O Mi Shango (Fuzion Beatz The Latin Drumz Instr Remix)
08 O Mi Shango (Liberation Mix Instr)

‘O Mi Shango’ will be released on June 6th (Traxsource Promo) June 20th 2011 (Vinyl & General) on Sunlightsquare Records

Sunlightsquare - O Mi Shango [Dave Doyle Remix] Teaser

STILL LIVING IN SLAVERY
RELEASE DATE	2014-09-08
LABELS	                Baobab Music
CATALOG #	        BBMCD001

Mr Raoul K - Sene Kela feat. Laolu (Mr Raoul K & Laolu Version)

a live collaboration between santuri safari deejays ,ambrose akwabi of mandugu digital,Idd Aziz,in conjuction with ketebul music during the rift valley festival 2014.
nyatiti meets the deejays. salaam is a swahili word for greetings but also meen well,thats what the singing is all about!

Salaam

Artist: Detroit Swindle
Title:  Figure Of Speech Ep
Release Date: 11th May (Vinyl) 18th May (Digital) 2015
Format: Vinyl/Digital
Cat No: FR202/FRD202

The Swindlers return and not a minute too soon as far as we’re
concerned!  The hardest working duo in house music have had a
mental couple of years playing every club and festival known to
man, having babies, seemingly buying up the entire stock of vintage
studio gear off ebay and thankfully knocking out some banging tunes
on top of all that.  Well all club bangers gratefully received here
at Freerange so with open arms and ears we’re happy to be bringing
you the Figure Of Speech EP.
Just as the non-believers think they know what to expect from these two they’ve thrown a rather large curveball and headed down a different road. Figure Of Speech wears some African influences on its sleeve with a bumping party groove punctuated by some nifty
afro beat keys stabs and just a hint of acid. Victoria’s Secret
treads more familiar Detroit Swindle territory with the boys trademark shuffling beats and larger-than-life side-chained pads bringing the drama. Finally, we have suitably titled Live At The Cosmic Carnival where we’re treated to some peaktime tribal business with rolling bass, dubbed out dancehall science and some nifty conga work. All in all, some fiyah for the dancefloor from a pair of lads who know a thing or two about how to get a room jumping.

Detroit Swindle -  Figure Of Speech [Freerange Records] (96Kbps)

Pre-Order the album now and download Kudaushe now for free!

AFRIQUOI
‘KOLABA’
Available in CD + digital formats
We’ve come a long way since the Drummers of Burundi’s now famous appearance at the inaugural WOMAD Festival in 1982. Today a new era for ‘world music’ is emerging, both in the UK and globally. The internet and permeation of mobile technology mean ideas and musical styles are shared globally at a rate faster than ever, with hiphop scenes in Senegal, house music scenes in South Africa, Kuduro in Portugal and futuristic African music across the UK.

In London, African music has become increasingly popular. No longer deemed “exotic”, it is simply part of the musical make-up of 21st century Britain. This is the starting point for Afriquoi - a new generation of musical producers and consumers who have grown up with African music alongside house, garage, drum and bass, grime, hiphop, reggae and jazz. 

Afriquoi’s debut album ‘Kolaba’, released 11th September on Wormfood Records, is a deep project with real roots. Rather than a one-off collaboration between musicians with no musical or personal connection, ‘Kolaba’ is 
the product of four years intense work with the same group of people, deepening their knowledge of each other’s musical, cultural and personal histories. This gives the Afriquoi sound a particular richness and uniqueness.

Bringing in elements of Congolese soukous and rumba, Mandinka griot music, Shona mbira and marimba, Jamaican dancehall, house, garage, disco and drum and bass, ‘Kolaba’ embraces styles from across the African diaspora but with its roots firmly planted in London where the band live. As guitarist Fiston ‘Papa’ Lusambo says, “This is a new music. If you miss it, you miss life”.

Afriquoi came to be in 2011 when promoter and percussionist André Marmot arranged separate production collaboration sessions between producer Nico Bentley, guitarist Fiston Lusambo, kora player Jally Kebba Suso and marimba player Kudaushe Matimba.

Having run ‘Rootmaster’, the world music sessions at Hootananny Brixton since 2009, André mixed with a huge number of London’s African musicians and groups, and so was in a unique position to arrange collaborations with fellow musicians. There was no set outcome planned beyond inviting a range of musicians he admired to collaborate with a producer he trusted, and seeing what happened. 

Further collaborations took place over the next few years with Jamaican/Birmingham vocalist Serocee, deep house/ disco vocalist and singer Andre Espeut, Algerian mandol player Seddik Zebiri, dancehall singer Warrior Queen, and grime MC Badness, as well as sessions with Swedish/Botswanan mbira player Otto Gumaelius, Gambian percussionist Musa Mboob, Senegalese singer Batch Gueye and guimbri player Nuru Kane. 

Although not all these artists made it onto the album it was an important formative experience for the band’s sound and after playing shows with a variety of personnel, the band cohered in Summer 2013 with the live lineup of Jally Kebba Suso (kora), Fiston Lusambo (guitar), André Espeut (vocals), Nico Bentley (live electronics) and André Marmot (percussion). 

Having performed at a hugely diverse range of festivals and venues including Glastonbury, The London Olympics 2012, Bestival, Secret Garden Party, Fusion Festival and many more, Afriquoi are set for more shows this summer with the ‘Kolaba’ album launch at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, 11th September.

2015 live shows:

JULY
4th	SCOTLAND		Kelburn Garden Party
5th	LEEDS			Hi-Fi
17th	LONDON 		Lovebox Festival
18th	LANCASHIRE		Beat Herder Festival
25th	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Secret Garden Party
AUGUST
1st	HOLLAND		Ruigoord Festival 
15th	GERMANY		3000grad Festival
29th	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	Shambala Festival (DJ set)
30th	ITALY			Kribiskrabis Festival
31st	CROATIA		Dimensions Festival
SEPTEMBER
3rd	CROATIA		Outlook Festival, Croatia
11th	LONDON		Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre


Kudaushe (ft Kudaushe Matimba)

AFRIQUOI
‘KOLABA’
DEBUT ALBUM RELEASED 11TH SEPTEMBER ON WORMFOOD RECORDS
Available in CD + digital formats
We’ve come a long way since the Drummers of Burundi’s now famous appearance at the inaugural WOMAD Festival in 1982. Today a new era for ‘world music’ is emerging, both in the UK and globally. The internet and permeation of mobile technology mean ideas and musical styles are shared globally at a rate faster than ever, with hiphop scenes in Senegal, house music scenes in South Africa, Kuduro in Portugal and futuristic African music across the UK.

In London, African music has become increasingly popular. No longer deemed “exotic”, it is simply part of the musical make-up of 21st century Britain. This is the starting point for Afriquoi - a new generation of musical producers and consumers who have grown up with African music alongside house, garage, drum and bass, grime, hiphop, reggae and jazz. 

Afriquoi’s debut album ‘Kolaba’, released 11th September on Wormfood Records, is a deep project with real roots. Rather than a one-off collaboration between musicians with no musical or personal connection, ‘Kolaba’ is 
the product of four years intense work with the same group of people, deepening their knowledge of each other’s musical, cultural and personal histories. This gives the Afriquoi sound a particular richness and uniqueness.

Bringing in elements of Congolese soukous and rumba, Mandinka griot music, Shona mbira and marimba, Jamaican dancehall, house, garage, disco and drum and bass, ‘Kolaba’ embraces styles from across the African diaspora but with its roots firmly planted in London where the band live. As guitarist Fiston ‘Papa’ Lusambo says, “This is a new music. If you miss it, you miss life”.

Afriquoi came to be in 2011 when promoter and percussionist André Marmot arranged separate production collaboration sessions between producer Nico Bentley, guitarist Fiston Lusambo, kora player Jally Kebba Suso and marimba player Kudaushe Matimba.

Having run ‘Rootmaster’, the world music sessions at Hootananny Brixton since 2009, André mixed with a huge number of London’s African musicians and groups, and so was in a unique position to arrange collaborations with fellow musicians. There was no set outcome planned beyond inviting a range of musicians he admired to collaborate with a producer he trusted, and seeing what happened. 

Further collaborations took place over the next few years with Jamaican/Birmingham vocalist Serocee, deep house/ disco vocalist and singer Andre Espeut, Algerian mandol player Seddik Zebiri, dancehall singer Warrior Queen, and grime MC Badness, as well as sessions with Swedish/Botswanan mbira player Otto Gumaelius, Gambian percussionist Musa Mboob, Senegalese singer Batch Gueye and guimbri player Nuru Kane. 

Although not all these artists made it onto the album it was an important formative experience for the band’s sound and after playing shows with a variety of personnel, the band cohered in Summer 2013 with the live lineup of Jally Kebba Suso (kora), Fiston Lusambo (guitar), André Espeut (vocals), Nico Bentley (live electronics) and André Marmot (percussion). 

Having performed at a hugely diverse range of festivals and venues including Glastonbury, The London Olympics 2012, Bestival, Secret Garden Party, Fusion Festival and many more, Afriquoi are set for more shows this summer with the ‘Kolaba’ album launch at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, 11th September.

2015 live shows:

JULY
4th	SCOTLAND		Kelburn Garden Party
5th	LEEDS			Hi-Fi
17th	LONDON 		Lovebox Festival
18th	LANCASHIRE		Beat Herder Festival
25th	CAMBRIDGESHIRE	Secret Garden Party
AUGUST
1st	HOLLAND		Ruigoord Festival 
15th	GERMANY		3000grad Festival
29th	NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	Shambala Festival (DJ set)
30th	ITALY			Kribiskrabis Festival
31st	CROATIA		Dimensions Festival
SEPTEMBER
3rd	CROATIA		Outlook Festival, Croatia
11th	LONDON		Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre


Ningde Jubeh- Part 2

Brand new 12” on Wonderwheel from Italian producer DJ Khalab, previously notable for a string of buzzy solo releases on Clap!Clap!’s Black Acre Records. Khalab teams up with prolific Malian master musician and Griot singer Baba Sissoko for an exploration into deep, minimal experimental African/Electronic sounds. On the “A” side “Kumu” is a dark, glitchy four to the floor track with bubbling synths, live percussion and Baba Sissoko’s unmistakeable voice,  while German producer Harmonious Thelonious aka Stefan Schwander (Antonelli Electr., Repeat Orchestra, Rhythm Maker) stretches out the tracks inherent minimalism while tastefully beefing up the drums, adding synth flourishes and well timed drops. On the flip, “Kumu” is a more acoustic vocal and Xalam driven track with stuttering electronic growls and groans and minimal percussion. London based Ibibio Sound Machine (Soundway Records) brings the funk into the mix with keyboard stabs, guitars, and a  super catchy bassline and plenty of synthesizer explorations. 

DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoko’s debut album will be out late fall on Wonderwheel Recordings. 

Khalab & Baba

Kumu

Daniel EP available on itunes, Deezer and amazon from 25 January 2016 

This time the dynamic house music culture of South Africa is reflected by the rhythms and sounds of Batuk’s debut EP, Daniel. Batuk is a creative collective founded by South African electronic music producers Aero Manyelo and Spoek Mathambo; along with the prolific artist and vocalist Manteiga. 

Two original tracks, Daniel and Reya Congo, offer a hypnotic take on tribal house, and feature the vocal talents of frequent collaborator Nandi Ndlovu. Next to the 2 original tracks, are remixes from an international cast of club luminaries including German luso music aficionado Daniel Haaksman, Angolan afrohouse duo Homeboyz Music, and Mozambican best kept secret (till now) producer/DJ Freddy Da Stupid. 

From slow-burners, to straight up peak time anthems, our favourite changes every time we hear them and we're sure you'll find your own one to treasure. Enjoy.

Batuk - Daniel ft Nandi Ndlovu (video & itunes out 25 Jan)

Back to basics.  Dancing at Footprints.  Taken from my latest release Edits.  Buy Now: Edits Mix Version - asdfmuzxxx.tumblr.com/store

Water No Get Enemy - Fela Kuti (ASDF Edit)

Artist - Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra, Laolu
Label - Innervisions

https://pro.beatport.com/track/too-much-information-laolu-remix-edit/7360974

Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra - Too Much Information (Laolu Remix) Edit

STW Advent Calendar Day 15 - all proceeds go to Help Musicians.

An unreleased edit from the Highlife World Series.

Download: http://www.stampthewax.com/2015/12/15/day-15-bantu-clan-vs-sarabi-africa-ni-leo-esa-nonku-phiri-kaap-mix/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/africa-ni-leo-esa
Advent Calendar playlist: bit.ly/advent-sndcld
Follow:
@esamervin
@nunulooloo
@bantuclan

Download

Bantu Clan vs Sarabi - Africa Ni Leo (Esa & Nonku Phiri Kaap Mix)

Call Me Naughty Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdr3G9oEudQ

"GIVE ME HUGS NOT DRUGS...'COS DROGAS FICA FEIA"

Batuk is a creative collective founded by South African electronic music producers Aero Manyelo and Spoek Mathambo; along with the prolific artist and vocalist Manteiga.

Call Me Naughty is from Batuk's debut album Musica da Terra, coming out on May 27th on Teka Records. 

Batuk's debut album, Musica da Terra, is a brave and genre-defying record featuring the the collective seemlessly expressing a variety of influences from zouk, afro/tribal house, techno and traditional African music. 

The album features collaborations with artists such as Nandi Ndlovu, Grupo Zore and Grupo Makarita (Mozambique); Giovanni Kiyingi, Annet Nandujja, Lebon and Nilotica (Uganda).

2016 will see Batuk performing their exciting live show worldwide.
For bookings requests, remixes and enquiries write spoekspoek@gmail.com

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/batuk2015

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/batukcollect...

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/batuk_sa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Batuk_SA


Batuk - Call Me Naughty ft. Nandi Ndlovu

Traditional meets contemporary on this jubilant African-inspired stomper from @krywaldandfarrer. Taken from the 3rd @gottwax from the team behind Gottwood Festival. 

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/04/11/premiere-krywald-farrer-innacamo/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/krywald-farrer-innacamo

Listen on Youtube

Krywald & Farrer - Innacamo (STW Premiere)

Credits: Maalem Mahmoud Guinia &amp; Floating Points

Maalem Mahmoud Guinia & Floating Points - Mimoun Marhaba (Herr Vogel Edit)

“Gira” (a portuguese word meaning to change or turn around) is Batuk’s third single and music video (following the tribal house of “Daniel”, and the upbeat township house of “Call Me Naughty”).  Batuk's debut album, "Musica da Terra" will be released on May 27th 2016. 

Batuk’s latest single, is a hard hitting song of protest, calling for change. Addressing the constant war and fighting in Africa, the song is born of dance floor culture, but not of it’s typical hedonistic nature. Gira is a loud call for change from the youth of Africa. There are currently fifteen African countries involved in war, or are experiencing post-war conflict and tension. The statistics are not only shocking/frightening…the time has come for CHANGE. 

The beautiful music video was submitted to Batuk, by a fan who was touched by the song at a live show, and dug through his trove of documentaries and stock footage to create a powerful montage. 

On the EP, the Gira original version is accompanied by two stunning South African house remixes, one by the Ggom stalwarts, Rudeboyz, and another by Johannesburg legend producer/DJ Eltonnick. 



Gira ft. Nandi Ndlovu

Follow K&F:

- www.facebook.com/KrywaldandFarrer/
- soundcloud.com/krywaldandfarrer
- twitter.com/Krywald_Farrer

Unknown Artist - Oye Coma Va (K&F Edit)

Yeke Yeke

Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke 2016 (Dj H∀M H Remix)

PREORDER COLOURED VINYL  NOW: http://bit.ly/afriquoistarship

Wormfood Records & One House Records are very pleased to announce the release of Afriquoi’s latest EP presenting two original tracks channelling afro and jazz fusion, backed with two remixes that rework the tracks for the dancefloor.

From humble beginnings in South London, Afriquoi have spent the last six years developing their own unique diasporic sound drawing on influences from across the African continent and reworking them for the dancefloor. The live show involves virtuoso musicians from Gambia, Congo and the UK and has been blowing the roof off festival stages and venues around Europe. In 2015 Afriquoi released their first album - Kolaba - to a sold out 1200 person audience at London’s Southbank centre.

On the EP’s title track - “Starship” - Afriquoi collaborate with the Mercury Music Award nominated saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, also winner of numerous other awards, and balafon player Moussa Dembele from Burkina Faso. Moussa has toured Europe and Africa extensively with his own band Koroleko. 

On A2 Hector Plimmer provides a deep electronic reworking, drawing out the soaring melodies from the original composition. Hector’s productions have been garnering lots of support on the radio recently and he releases his own much awaited album - Sunshine - on Albert’s Favourites in March.

On the B side “Can I Know You” is a frenetic collaboration with Kakatsitsi - a group of traditional drummers, dancers and singers from the Ga tribe of Southern Ghana. Since 1996 Kakatsitsi have toured the UK multiple times and have established themselves as one of the leading African tradi- tional groups in the UK. 

Percolate resident and infamous party starters Krywald & Farrer regularly share the desks with the likes of Floating Points, Jeremy Underground and Motor City Drum Ensem- ble and provide a fitting house remix on B2.

Afriquoi Live:
April 21st - Mangle, London April 28th - Castlecary, Somerset May 4th - The Fleece, Bristol

Starship / Can I Know You

Starship (ft Shabaka Hutchings and Moussa Dembele)

Afriquoi - Starship (ft Shabaka Hutchings And Moussa Dembele)

Remix by @olofdreijer
Original song by @emmanueljal
Also you can download it there https://yadi.sk/d/SsWNAWx9FZfLq

Afro

Rinooo