Fly African Eagle: The Best Of African Reggae

Emma

Wonamati ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
"FAYA" 2012
All songs composed and performed by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll
Recorded at Six Studio in Marseilles, France by Cyril Pelegrin
Produced by Cyril Pelegrin and Joe Driscoll
Mastered by John Hendicott
Localization Records

Wonamati ©by Sekou Kouyate & Joe Driscoll

DEDY DREAD - steady thug

Alice Russell - Humankind (Grant Phabao Mix)

Get Over It

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Prince Fatty is a group put together by producer and engineer Mike Pelanconi, whose credits include Lilly Allen's smash hit Alright Still for Regal/EMI and Little Barrie’s Stand your Ground for Genuine/PIAS. The group was originally formed for the purpose of recording a limited-edition single for Stussy to celebrate their 25th anniversary. The track, titled Nina’s Dance, became an underground smash, enjoying multiple plays on Radio 1, and by popular demand the Mr Bongo label secured Fatty's recording services for a follow up album titled Survival of the Fattest.

Prince Fatty’s sound – delivered in an upbeat, positive and organic funk fashion – is designed to dub your feet with rock steady beats while stimulating brain waves in a jazz-like way. Mixed in an analogue haze of vintage spring reverbs, tape echoes and a custom high grade mixing console, Prince Fatty’s music won’t disappoint lovers of the early 70s dub sound. 

Survival of the Fattest boasts a guest line-up that includes legendary drummer Style Scott from the Roots Radics, Hammond organ by Bubblers from the infamous Ruff Cut Band, Afrobeat star Bukky Leo on sax alongside the Nostalgia 77 horn section and special guest vocals from Little Roy, Winston Francis and Hollie Cook, The Slits’ latest vocalist. 

Little Roy has worked with such reggae greats as Jackie Mittoo, Prince Buster, Lloyd ‘Matador’ Daley, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and Studio One and has enjoyed hits with tracks such as Bongo Nyah, Black Bird and Tribal War. Winston Francis for his part is the prodigy of Chuck Bird, the great impresario, writer and performer. Winston has worked with Carlos Malcolm, Derrick, Harriott and Boris Gardiner and recorded at Coxson's infamous Studio One in Jamaica, where he collaborated with foremost reggae artists such as Dennis Brown, Bob Marley and Bob Andy amongst others. He enjoyed success with Mr Fix It and his cover of the Mamas and the Papas' classic California Dreamin', which was Tony Blackburn's ‘Hit Pick of the Week’ on Radio One for two weeks straight.
All of which makes Prince Fatty champion in the Dub Arena.


Prince Fatty ft. Hollie Cook - Milk and Honey

Kool Kreol

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Ras Ninin - Kool Kreol

11 Blundetto - Every Little Things (feat. Biga Ranx)

*** Mad producer dreadsquad meets singer & songwriter Daphne BlueBird in a fresh reggae collaboration - Enjoy & Spread the Love - Bless!

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SF036 Dreadsquad & V.A. - Freedom Train Riddim

dreadsquad & Daphne BlueBird - Little Little Lies

11. Le Maximum Kouette - Out Of Time Man

08 - Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun (Tontelas Roots Version)

Sekou Kouyate 'Exuberant virtuosic fusion'
The Guinean Kora Master and inventor of the electrified Kora, presents an elegant mix of Funky Jazz & West African Mandingo Traditions. Sekou Kouyate is considered among the world’s finest Kora players. The album 'Sabaru', meaning patience, sums up Sekou´s musical history. Rooted in his West African traditions and influenced by the contemporary Blues, Soul, Funk and Jazz, that has also been his early inspirations. astonishing rapid-fire cascade of notes from the African harp that inevitably has drawn him comparisons with Hendrix.

Sekou's fine, soulful voice, extraordinary playing and the invention of the electric Kora with added experimental Wa Wa effects, has inspired a whole new generation of Kora players and earned him several Awards. 

Not only a great master of the classical musical tradition, Sekou Kouyate also amplifies his instrument, the pioneering idea he got at the age of 12, and that set new standards for West African traditional music to enter the stages of contemporary music. Yet preserving the virtues and techniques of the beautiful instrument, and the knowledge he has proudly inherited from his father, M´Bady Kouyate, and carried on the band with Ba Cissoko; and while you know it's still a Kora, the things he does with it, turn it on its head; it's little wonder he's been called the Jimi Hendrix of the instrument. The sound becomes totally new, exciting waterfalls of notes that are palpably thrilling. 

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