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Bad Girl by Lee Moses

Black River Killer

Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer

"The River" by Son Little from the self-titled debut album, available now

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Son Little

The River

Son Little - The River

Release date 02.12.2014

"On his visit to Kinshasa James Brown dubbed him *Mister Dynamite*"  

It has been a struggle to lay hands on Verckys, although the man doesn´t go unnoticed. Notorious for being one of Congo´s most ruthless business men, the legendary musician had build a whole imperium in Kinshasa, the capital city of the central african power house (arguably one of the toughest places in the world) and has a whole building with his name, in the very heart of the city.

So I travelled to the Congo in June of 2013 to find Verckys only to find out that he headed in opposite direction to sort out his health issues. But I did meet his manager who gave me his phone number, so I called:  "Oh Monsieur Samy, we need to met, lets talk business", he said, probably not knowing that I was an independent record label, with all it represents.  But the more I spoke to the men the more I realised that he was genuinely interested in music more then anything else. The following message I received few weeks ago, confirmed my feeling:

"Samy, I am writing to you because I´m a little worried. I´ve been thinking about your selection and I now wonder if your compilation will do well due to the fact that the chosen songs had little impact in Kinshasa. Others had much more success"

I was surprised but pleased to see that he cared about the project although I had already paid him in full. But why wouldn't he? Its his music after all.

"Most of the songs you´ve selected were recorded in Nairobi, for the Kenyan market. These songs did very well there, also in Zambia, but here in the Congo they flopped...except for "Ya Nini", that was a monster hit. Still, I am very surprised you´ve mentioned it has become a legendary track in Colombia, positively surprised"

This compilation was supposed to be released in October as a limited edition of 2000 copies, but after a few Skype chats with Verckys, seeing that he has come to terms with his health issues, and pushing for a European tour come next summer, we´ve decided to release this as Analog Africa No.17 which is now going to see light of day first week of December. 

In the mean time enjoy this incredible slice of "Congolese AfroFunk", probably one of the best coming out of the continent. "Cheka Sana" has become one of the most sought after 7inch singles around (the B side is killer as well). Collectors and diggers offering crazy sums for it (I don't even dare to mention the sum here). It deserves to be heard by more then just a handful....and it should set fire to many dancefloors around the globe.

Be so kind and leave a comment in the soundcloud. I will forward all of them to Verckys himself as an encouragements to come back stronger !!! 
Thank you for reading.
Samy (Analog Africa)


Listen and buy here

Cheka Sana - Verckys & Orchestre Vévé - Analog Africa No.17 (Please leave a comment for Verckys)

Fettel´s rework of Curtis Mayfield classic "Tripping Out"

out on January 2015.

A1.	"She's All Right"
A2.	"She's All Right" (Jimpster remix)
B1.	"Sundown, As The Beat Gently Skips"
B2.	"Tripped Out"

Tripped Out

Half The City

St Paul & The Broken Bones - Like A Mighty River

Metals

How Come You Never Go There

All Lyric's Written By Ken Capozzi All Rights Reserved
Music and Arrangement Done By The Suno App

The Hands of Time

Rasputin's Stash - Mr Cool

From Jon and Roy's upcoming Album "The Road Ahead is Golden", coming out Spring 2017. For more information please check out www.jonandroy.ca

You’re going down like heavy stone
through the muddy waters that you know
Dropped in another day, never saying what you ought to say
oh and now the lies are coming 

but hey, anyway, let them know
tell them how you don’t want to love them

You’re dragging on like summertime
rolling through the rubble on your mind
back in your knowing place, with a weapon you don’t want to waste
and hey, now you’re on the ground and running

I say, anyway, let them know
tell them how you don’t want to love them

oh no you’re not whole when you’re so unaligned
can’t you see we all know you got free
now just tell it honestly

Anyway, let them know
tell them how you don’t want to love them

Runner

Toussaint Morrison wrote the 1st verse for Baby Gots Venom in winter of 2014 and then, being the well-practiced self-saboteur he is, he stopped writing out of fear. Getting around to the spirit of Lesser Restoration, his soon-to-be-released debut album, Morrison befriends all his ghosts whether they be welcoming or not. Baby Gots Venom is no exception, and although it has disguised itself in the stripped down niceties of guitar, hand claps, and Morrison palming a plastic lid as a kick drum, listen closely and you’ll hear the new single for what it truly is: a neurotic dance on a one-way cyclical track. Whether the choreographed steps are cycling upwards or downwards, we’ll leave that to your own assessment.
Produced by Toussaint’s former bandmate from The Blend, Edward Folly on guitar, and his Phantom Menace, Dr. Wylie on everything else, Baby Gots Venom puts forth the best of Morrison in an unholy cabal of rap & soul shouting. Coming around to finish writing the song over 2 years later, it would be the highest deception to say this tune is “fresh”. Instead, it would be more appropriate to market this as “barrel-aged”.

Lesser Restoration

Baby Gots Venom

Toussaint Morrison - Baby Gots Venom

"Believe" is from Benjamin Booker's new album "Witness" out now: http://smarturl.it/booker-witness

Believe

From the debut album "Boys & Girls" now available on iTunes - http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/boys-girls/id498509882

Alabama Shakes - Hold On

01 Floating

Southern American music, post-genre.  Since 2013.

St Paul & The Broken Bones - Like A Mighty River

Single Lock Records

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