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DOWNLOAD: http://bisa.bandcamp.com/track/bisa-ft-nneka-ty
PRE-ORDER VINYL: http://jakartarecords-label.bandcamp.com/album/the-warm-up-ep

For the last leak off Blitz the Ambassador's Warm Up EP (Available Aug 27th), the Ghanaian lyricist teams up with fellow African heavyweights Nneka and Ty for a track called "Bisa". Produced by beatsmith Tismé, the word 'Bisa' means 'Ask' in the Ghanaian language "Twi" and explores widespread inequalities from an African perspective. 


Produced by: Tismé
Recorded and Mixed by Jim Bertini @ Galaxy Smith Studios. Brooklyn, NY.
Nneka vocals recorded by Gaultier Frossard @ DaCrib. Paris, France.
Ty vocals recorded by D’lux Beats at The Sound Emporium, UK
TY appears courtesy of TYMUSIC, Tru Thoughts Records & Full Thought Publishing.
Artwork includes illustrations by Anna-Lina Balke, Ben Wachenje, Hamed Hazel.

BISA LYRICS:
[Intro]

[Hook: Nneka, [Blitz the Ambassador]]
Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, [Who you asking]
Bisa oh Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, Bisa na yɛn kankyerɛ wo oh,
Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, [Who you asking]
Bisa oh Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, Bisa na yɛn kankyerɛ wo oh,

[Verse 1: Blitz the Ambassador]
Look at how we living, Bodies are free but our minds are in prison,
Controlled by the system no longer we fall victim,
From Tahrir Square to Madison Square the streets are crammed,
Revolution will not be televised or instagramed,
The tables are turning the people are rising and burning,
Overthrow the corporations that are steadily earning,
So death to Monsanto, Death to Halliburton, Death to De Beers,
Death to Shell oil, Just look at what they did to Ken Saro-Wiwa,
Hanged him by the neck, murdered every other leader,
Either or war is how they making they funds,
Show me a factory in Africa thats manufacturing guns,
Yet theres AK 47's in every village but no food,
So the kids grow up and learn the same rules,
Violence that you sow is the violence that you reap,
Bisa oh Bisa, You ask what you seek.

[Hook: Nneka, [Blitz the Ambassador]]
Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, [Who you asking]
Bisa oh Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, Bisa na yɛn kankyerɛ wo oh,
Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, [Who you asking]
Bisa oh Bisa, [What you asking]
Wonyim a Bisa, Bisa na yɛn kankyerɛ wo oh,

[Bridge: Nneka]

[Verse 2: Ty]
I speak for the unfiltered and the unfettered
Parents taught me well help to boost up the method
I write through the wrist though the twists takes effort
Please don't blink you may just miss the message
You been lied to, tricked, bamboozled and whipped
History been flipped, knicked and then ripped into pieces
Some say peace is not the word to play
I tattoo shackles on my neck on my vertebrae
Dear child of a lesser the plan is to see you buckle quick under
Or succumb to a better vision supplied by oppressors
Hear me out down to the last letter
REMOVE ALL religious obligations
Especially if they house colonial modifications
Manipulation of soul spirit and self esteem
No self respect no wonder I don't like the self I'm
Seeing.

[Hook: Nneka, [Blitz the Ambassador]]

[Outro: Nneka]

LINKS:
www.twitter.com/blitzambassador
www.facebook.com/blitzambassador

www.twitter.com/Nnekaworld
www.facebook.com/NnekaWorld

www.twitter.com/tymusic
www.facebook.com/tymusicfanpage

BISA Ft. Nneka, Ty

Traversing Space Vortexes @ Hyper Speed 
Yet another remix of Medicatations. Guitar samples were triggered/modulated/manipulated live for this recording.

Next iteration >
Inclusion of a virtual air guitar using the leap motion
Drum&Bass modulations using the Kinect
Video Interactivity

Me Distant Stations

did a remix for my girls

if u like:
(1) play in your apartment/tent
(2) grab on itunes



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Icona Pop - All Night (K.Flay Remix)

SUCCESS' is the first single from Blitz the Ambassador's forthcoming studio album 'Afropolitan Dreams' in stores March 25th.
Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/afropolitan-dreams/id853817350

Video shot in Tokyo and Morocco: http://youtu.be/fFECQq9meXQ

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twitter.com/blitzambassador
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jakartarecords.de

Written By: Blitz The Ambassador
Produced By: Optiks and Blitz
Trumpet: Miki Hirose
Cabasa: Jim Bertini
Background vox: Kasiva Mutua

Recorded and Mixed By: Jim Bertini @ Galaxy Smith Studios
Mastered By: Chris Athens

Blitz The Ambassador - Success

Wishing It Was You

Make Me Fade

Purchase on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LogicUnderPressure

Pre-order the album: 

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Logic - Under Pressure (Prod. By Logic)

Pre-Order "People Keep Talking": 
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#PeopleKeepTalking drops October 14
Produced by Battleroy. Additional Production by Jason Mater
Mixing and Recording: Dylan McDougle (@djfreshdirect)

Act My Age

A song by Kyle, about not wanting to fall in love.

Produced by M-Phazes

superduperkyle.com

Buy :)

KYLE - Don't Wanna Fall In Love

"B4.DA.$$" Out Now & Available Everywhere! 
iTunes: po.st/b4damoney  
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Joey Bada$$ - "Get Paid" (Prod. by DJ RellyRell)

Can't Do Without You

Welcome to the sounds of the Indigenous future: a hyperpresent now, melding the worlds within and beyond what we can hear, see and imagine. In collaboration with Kimiwan Zine’s new issue, we are proud to bring you the Indigenous Futurisms mixtape.

Read more: http://rpm.fm/music/download-indigenous-futurisms-mixtape/

#IndigenousFuturisms

TRACK LIST:

NASA x John Mohawk - “War, Peace, Natives” x 2oolman - “Lost in America”
Flying Lotus - “Coronus, the Terminator”
The AfroFuturist Affair - “#BQF NonLocality Zine Soundtape”
Xquisite Ghost - “Firefall”
King Britt - “My Tribe Exudes Love” x Elizabeth LaPensée x Sun Ra
Legends & Lyrics - “Speak to Me of Justice”
Teeqwa - “Wooden Teeth”
NASA x Peter Morin “Time Traveller”
Moor Mother Goddess - “Parable”
Princess Nokia “Young Girls”
Impossible Nothing - “Destroy”
DJ Shub - “If You Want the Raw”
2oolman X TINC - “T.I.Kay”
Erykah Badu - “The Healer”
Joy KMT - “Origins”
King Britt - “Moonbathing”
Ryan Dennison - “Iina Baa Chanah Hasin”
Boogey the Beat - “Above Me” x Leanne Simpson “Airplanemode”
Darkstar - “Timeaway (Nguzunguzu Remix)”
Kelela - “Do It Again”
Silver Jackson - “From Another World (feat. Cat of THEESatisfaction)”
Shabazz Palaces - “Forerunner Foray”
Princess Nokia - “Biohazard Butterfly”
Shane Keepness - “Resurgence”
Notuv - “Ame” x Navajo Star Wars
Autechre - “Overand” x Jason Edward Lewis - “The Future Imaginary”
A Tribe Called Red - “PBC (Feat. Sheldon Sundon)”
Sun Ra - “Journey to Saturn”


 	

 
	 

Indigenous Futurisms Mixtape

Written by Miguel, Kurupt 

Produced by Miguel and Benny Cassette

Mixed by Chris Plata

Mastered by Larry Goetz 

NWA (feat. Kurupt)

Hype Machine http://awe.sm/iLnnq
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Written, produced and mixed by Kinnship.

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Gong

featuring Malee Bringardner (moonlasso) on vocals
The first 10 seconds of this song sample "This is How We See in the Dark" by Citycenter

The Internet (featuring Moonlasso)

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2015/01/cain-vayu/

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Cain - Vayu

MARTYRLOSERKING
Out Now
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CD and Vinyl: smarturl.it/MartyrLoserKing_Amz 
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MartyrLoserKing

All Coltrane Solos At Once (feat. Haleek Maul)

This is a DJ set compiled and mixed by novalima  in early 2014 for our friends from Osaka, representing our musical tastes and influences at the time....

Tupac sessions is the first of a series of mix tapes we plan to be releasing every now and then ... when time off touring and studio sessions allow us.. Enjoy! 

Tupac Sessions 1: Osaka - Mixed by Novalima

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Ba Power
Release date: April 24th 2015
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com

Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album Ba Power (and his first for Glitterbeat Records) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly and Bassekou’s masterful ngoni playing has achieved a new level of intensity that can only be called: afro-rock. Distortion and wah wah and propulsive rhythms are now the defining backbone of his songs and the heat lightning vocals of his wife Amy Sacko, more than ever serve as the passionate and perfect foil. This is not the same Ngoni Ba. This is indeed: Ba Power.

When asked what Ba Power means to him, Bassekou told us:
"Ba", in Bambara means "strong" or "great" and it also means "group.” I called the album Ba Power because I think the messages on it are very important and strong, and it is also definitely the album with the toughest sound I've ever made. I want these songs to grab as many people as possible.”

Without question Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba has revolutionized the sound and narrative possibilities of the ngoni, the lute-like instrument that is essential to Mali’s Griot culture. Griots are esteemed musician/storytellers whose lineage stretches back centuries. Bassekou was born into this resonant tradition but his relationship to it has been anything but static. From the beginning of his career, through his invention of a previously unheard repertoire built around the melodies and rhythms of four interlocking (and at times electric) ngonis, Bassekou has demonstrated his respect for the past by radically pulling it into the future. 

Ba Power contains all the swagger, precision and wide-eyed excitement that the title implies. It is the album where Bassekou’s music engages with the world in ways he could have only imagined 10 years before. It is the album where he confirms his status amongst the 21st centuries most relevant musical artists.

I think African music and culture deserve to be spread to the broadest audience possible.
That is what I want to accomplish with Ba Power.
--Bassekou Kouyaté


Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Siran Fen

Airplane Mode was premiered by The Fader: http://www.thefader.com/2015/07/21/soulection-sasha-marie-airplane-mode

Airplane Mode is what you want to listen to when you feel the need to disconnect and focus on self. Music inspires me; it gives me the ability to create, to dream, to focus and to relax. I like to get lost in the music I love without interruption from everything else that is going on. I've compiled a list of songs that do that for me and I've mixed them together. This mix is for the artist, the musician, the student, the traveler and anyone else who just wants to get away for a moment.

Memrise - Frank Ocean
Don’t Mind Me (feat. Whoarei) - Nosaj Thing
The Thought of You - Zuper
Wilhelms Scream - James Blake
Secrets - Louis Perpetual
The Journey - Tom Misch
beautifulaccidents  - Flying Lotus
Smiles & Frowns - Sango
Tea Leaf Dancers - Flying Lotus
Flowers (Instrumental) - Madlib
From Time, With Time ft MoRuf - Jesse Boykins III
Juss Know (feat. Travis Scott) - PARTYNEXTDOOR
One Step Back - Galimatias & Joppe feat. Goldlink (Gravez Remix)
Want You Back - El. Train
Runnin’ - Workers
Sun Sun - Jengi Beats
Hollywood Nights - J-Louis x Teddy Walton
Sleep Sound - Jamie xx
Special Affair - The Internet (E.Doza Remix)
Hey Mami - Krs x Masego
Sunshine - Kayloo x Loowood
Finest Dope - madbliss x rndysvge
She Lives in My Dreams LSD - Whoarei
Lonely Town feat. Dirg Gerner - Flako
Percebi O Quad - Haan808
Origami - Lately, I’ve Felt Unusual
1, 2, 3 (Swindail Edit) - Dabow
Your highness Ft. Monte Booker - Jarreau Vandal
Too Late - Cavalier
Space Message - Silo
Female Energy - prod. AzZi x Wilough
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
Advice to the young - Marina Abramovic(excerpt from interview)

artwork: Andre Power
photo: Sasha Marie 

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Airplane Mode 001

This track is in response to the initial recording of "Hell You Talmbout" by Janelle Monae. The track, albeit powerful, once again proved to the world that even within the minds and spirits of black people, our black trans siblings are left behind, even in death. This track is a call to those that have forgotten us, as well as a chance to lift of my fallen black trans symbols, who should have been lifted up in the first place.

Hell Y'all Ain't Talmbout

Get the Remix EP for FREE at http://www.facebook.com/youngthegiant

My Body (K.Flay Remix)

I Speak Fula

Musow (For Our Women)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Muscow

Quick remix i made for the "Scale It Back" Dj Shadow remix competition.
Vote for this track here : http://remix.djshadow.com/tracks/142

DJ Shadow - Scale It Back (Hugo Kant Remix)

I'm not too good with words, so here's some music instead. Rest easy Mr Hutcherson

FREE DL:
https://solarsoundsystem.bandcamp.com/album/dedication-ep

FREE DWNLD

For Bobby

Rest in Power Malik Isaac Taylor aka Phife Dawg, Nov 20 1970- March 23 2016.

This is a super rare recording of one of Quest's last shows together on UK soil. The improvisation, live beat-making and freestyles are just amazing, really representing the golden era of this genre. The outstanding documentary 'Beats Rhymes & Life - Travels of a tribe called Quest reminded us of the genius but to hear a full live show with all the classics is something else...

 Abstract radio just featured this recording on the special tribute show...I'm humbled. Thanks for the memories Phife, see you next lifetime. https://www.mixcloud.com/QRIP/q-tip-abstract-radio-beats-1-20160325/http://www.flipthescriptbook.com

A Tribe called Quest 'Midnight Marauders' live Subterania 2.12.94 London UK

Akua Naru - Nag Champa

Watch the video for the original here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fI5TZOfjj8

Nneka - My Home (Coki - Digital Mystikz Remix) [Free Download]

Thanks to <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jenova-7">Jenova 7</a> for the invite to play the flute on this great track :)

Full LP "Dusted Jazz Volume Two" available at : 
Bandcamp : http://jenova7.bandcamp.com/album/dusted-jazz-volume-two
Dusted Wax Kingdom : http://dustedwax.org/dwk119.html

Jenova 7 - Inner Space (feat. Hugo Kant)

State of Bengal VS Paban Das Baul - Kali Kali

From the LP 'I don't want to be an emperor' - released by Bellring on June 27th 2011.

Scratch : <a href="http://soundcloud.com/zemateo-chineseman">Zé Mateo (Chinese Man)</a>
Artwork : <a href="http://houbiiii.com/blog/index.php/Ced">CéMar</a>

Request events : http://hugokant.com/event_requests/

I don't want to be an emperor

Thou shalt not kill (scratch by Zé Mateo - Chinese Man)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba return with a new single, new album and live dates

Mali's ngoni ace returns. After his celebrated debut album Segu Blue and the Grammy nominated follow up I speak fula, hundreds of concerts all over the globe, an appearance headlining the AfroCubism project and, just a few months ago, stunning appearances at the latest Africa Express events performing with Sir Paul McCartney, Damon Albarn and many others, Bassekou Kouyate is back with his new album.

Jama ko means 'a big gathering of people'.  It is the first song to be released from the forthcoming album of the same title. It is a call for unity, peace and tolerance in a time of crisis: no matter who you are, let us come together and enjoy life, and celebrate the true spirit of Mali.

“Jama ko, c’est pour tout le monde”, says Bassekou Kouyate, the celebrated ngoni player, explaining the title of his third album, “There are over 90% Muslims in Mali, but our form of Islam here has nothing to do with a radical form of Sharia: that is not our culture. We have been singing praise songs for the Prophet for hundreds of years. If the Islamists stop people music making they will rip the heart out of Mali.”

The recording of Jama ko took place in March 2012 in Mali's capital Bamako. It was recorded with an entirely new line-up including Bassekou's two sons Madou and Moustafa Kouyate, ngoni ace Abou Sissoko and a number of other young talented musicians from Bamako. It became political by accident. In the afternoon of the first day in the studio the military overthrew the president Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT).  It was a shock for Bassekou as the former president was a great supporter of his music. Somewhere between power cuts, fuel shortages and the uncertainty of daily curfews the recording went on. Meanwhile the situation in the north of Mali was getting worse and worse by the day. In the studio a musical answer started taking shape: Instead of keeping quiet Bassekou plugged in his wah wah pedal, cranked up his amp and let loose: Ne me fatigue pas: don't wear me out. You can hear the heartbeat of Malian music pulsing in this music.

Kasse Mady Diabate is featured on the Latin-flavoured Sinaly singing about Sinaly Diarra, a Bamana king famous for resisting forced Islamisation in the 19th century. Kele Magni is a duet between Amy Sacko and Khaira Arby from Timbuktu, calling for peace in Mali. Zoumana Tereta praises the cotton farmers of Mali in Mali Koori with a voice that takes you back into the time of the great Bambara warriors. Jama ko also features an incredible duet between Bassekou and Taj Mahal (vocals / electric guitar) and ends with the touching song Moustafa by Bassekou’s son Moustafa dedicated to his parents thanking them for all they have done for him.

Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Hotel 2 Tango) recorded the album in Mali and ended up mixing and co-producing most of it back home in Montreal. Andrew Barr (Barr Brothers) and Max Weissenfeldt (Poets of Rhythm) added drums. Mocky Salole (Feist, Jamie Lidell) contributed to the production and played organ and drums.

Jama ko digital single out now 19 November 2012
Jama ko album out in the UK on 28 January 2013
Live in the UK: 26 January 2013 - Barbican, London + 27 January - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of Celtic Connections (Sahara Soul triple bill with Tamikrest and Sidi Touré)


Watch preview video:
http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw


Jama Ko
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/outhererecords/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-jama
YouTube: http://youtu.be/lfU4rxQL4Dw

Bassekou Kouyate online:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bassekoukouyate
Twitter: @Bassekou http://twitter.com/Bassekou
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bassekoukouyate

Out Here Records online:
http://www.outhere.de
http://www.outhere.de/jamako

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jama ko (Single - Song for Peace)

i love metric & i love this song

so i made this last night
hope u likes

All Coltrane Solos At Once (feat. Haleek Maul)

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