Been playing this in my recent sets (i've added a beat & extra percussions & re-arranged a bit), an absolute gem from Francis Bebey, if you dont know his music please check it out...

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Francis Bebey Senza Tristess (Simbad EDIT)

Around The World is proud to share with you their first rework. The original song "Hankuri" is interpreted by Mad Man Jaga, a Nigerian Afrobeat singer of the 70's.
We hope you will enjoy it !

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Cheers,
The ATW team

Mad Man Jaga - Hankuri (ATW Rework)

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London Afrobeat Collective - Ole (iZem Remix)- Played by Gilles Peterson

Space Echo - The mystery behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde finally revealed!

In the spring of 1968 a cargo ship was getting ready to leave the port of Baltimore with an important shipment of musical instruments. Its final destination was Rio De Janeiro, where the EMSE Exhibition (Exposição Mundial Do Son Eletrônico) was going to be held. 

It was the first expo of its kind to take place in the southern hemisphere and many of the leading companies in the field of electronic music were involved. Rhodes, Moog, Farfisa, Hammond and Korg, just to name a few, were all eager to present their newest synthesisers and other gadgets to a growing and promising South American market, spearheaded by Brazil and Colombia.

The ship with the goods set sail on the 20th of March on a very calm morning and disappeared from the radar on the very same day.

One can only imagine the surprise of the villagers of Cachaço, on the Sao Nicolau island of Cabo Verde, when a few months later they woke up and found a ship stranded in their fields, in the middle of nowhere, 8 km from the sea. 
After consulting with the village elders, the locals had decided to open the containers to see what was inside but the news had travelled fast and before they knew it, colonial police had already arrived and secured the area. 

Portuguese scientists and physicians were ordered to the scene; and after weeks of thorough studies and research, it was concluded that the ship had fallen from the sky. One of the less plausible theories was that it might have fallen from a Russian military air carrier. The locals joked that the government had wasted their tax money again on a useless exercise, as a simple look at the crater generated by the impact could explain the phenomena. “No need for Portuguese rocket science to explain this!” they laughed. 

What the villagers didn’t know, was that traces of cosmic particles were discovered on the boat. The bow of the ship showed traces of extreme heat, very similar to traces found on meteors, suggesting that the ship had penetrated the hemisphere at high speed. That theory also didn't make sense as such an impact would have reduced the ship to dust. Mystery penetrated the event.  

Finally, a team of welders arrived to open the containers and the whole village waited impatiently. The atmosphere, which had been filled with joy and excitement, quickly gave way to astonishment. Hundreds of boxes conjured, all containing keyboards and other instruments which they had never seen before: and all useless in an area devoid of electricity. Disappointment was palpable. The goods were temporarily stored in the local church and the women of the village had insisted a solution be found before Sunday mass. 

It is said that charismatic anti-colonial leader Amílcar Cabral had ordered for the instruments to be distributed equally in places that had access to electricity, which placed them mainly in schools.
This distribution was best thing that could have happened - keyboards found fertile grounds in the hands of curious children, born with an innate sense of rhythm and these children picked up instruments that were easy to use and would become instrumental for modernising local rhythms such as Mornas, Coladeras and the highly danceable music style called Funaná, banned by the Portuguese colonial rulers until 1975 probably due to the fact that it was too sexy!

Observation was made that the children who came into contact with the instruments found on the ship had prodigious capabilities to understand music and learn instruments. One of them was the musical genius Paulino Vieira who by the end of the 70s would become the country´s most important music arranger. 

8 out of the 15 songs presented in this compilation had been recorded with the backing of the band Voz de Cabo Verde lead by Paulino Vieira, the mastermind behind the creation and the promulgation of what is known today as “The Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde”. 




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Dia Ja Manche  - Dionisio Maio (Leave a comment for Dionisio, tell him how much you love his song !)

Hey everyone!
We are very pleased to drop our first edit from the great original track  "Ah Wo" by Bro Valentino, initially released in 1980.
Our edit is now kindly hosted by the nice guys Mawimbi from Paris in their new compilation alongside Nomad (Africaine 808), Umoja, Aroop Roy and more.
Get it here: https://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/album/radio-mawimbi-volume-1

Bro Valentino - Ah Wo (Newest Revolution LSD Edit) [Radio Mawimbi vol.1]

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

Drumphilia

El Guerrero

12" Vinyl (4 tracks) released 16 March 2018.

Soundway Records presents the debut EP from The Mauskovic Dance Band – a heady, tropical blend of cumbia, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and space disco, culminating in a vibrant hypnotic groove destined for bustling dancefloors.

With each band member of varying heritage, the group draws inspiration from diverse genres: primarily Afro-Colombian styles such as champeta, palenque, cumbia and the picó soundsystem culture, as well as the Afro-Disco and No-Wave scenes in their current base of Amsterdam. The city’s hotbed of underground producers has also brought an electronic edge to the band, with vintage drum machines and synthesisers effortlessly melding with Afro-Latin rhythms and slick guitar riffs to create a contemporary sound rich with cultural influence.

Down In The Basement EP

The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down In the Basement

Buy & listen full compilation for 1€ : bit.ly/2DPbvnu

ATTENTION: Although we're giving away these edits for a modest contribution of 1€, we're currently dealing with copyright claims from another label. The release was temporarily taken down and will soon be back up on our bandcamp. Thanks for your patience.

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Since its inception in 2013, Mawimbi founders have been expanding their knowledge of lesser known and rather undiscovered musical territories thanks to chance encounters with likeminded DJs/producers, who were kind enough to put them onto a good amount of under-the-radar tropical gems.

Launched in 2017 and named after Mawimbi's bi-monthly radio show on Rinse France, the "Radio Mawimbi" compilation series is dedicated to unearthing vintage tropical gems in the form of free download edits and remixes by some of the most seasoned diggers and promising rookies of the tropical-enthusiast community!

From deep, drum-heavy workouts to essential Guinea Bissau melancholy, through remixed Beninese afrofunk and vintage South African kwaito, this second installment features the editing and remixing works of Yeahman (Frente Bolivarista), LSD (Love Saves The Day), Déni Shain (ATANGANA Records), Umoja, Mawimbi, ATW (Around The World), Calisto, Turbo Boom-Boom (TBB) and Midnight Ravers.

Compiled by Mawimbi, 2017-2018
Artwork by Vianney Postic / Bertrand Cerruti
Mastered by Jammin Masters in Berlin

Antonio Dos Santos - Djal Bai Si Camin (Deni-Shain Remix) Radio Mawimbi • Volume 2

Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon •  Yesu Yan Yan (Village Cuts Remix) 
Kalba Remixed EP 

Having released the album Kalba to huge critical acclaim, Wah Wah 45s are now ready to unleash the next stage of this unique cross-continental project, fronted by Ghanain xylophonist Isaac Birituro and Leeds based sing-songwriter and Grammy nominated producer Sonny Johns, AKA The Rail Abandon. Their debut album caused something of a stir this year, with Gilles Peterson, Cerys Matthews and many more showing it the love it deserves. Even though the album has plenty of club friendly moments, the label decided to let some of their favourite producers give you their own interpretations of this landmark album for Wah Wah 45s.
So up stepped rising stars of the tropical scene, Village Cuts, to deliver a typically uptempo and life - affirming re-work of Yesu Yan Yan; the erstwhile Innocent Sorcerer from Poland, Envee, to give the same cut a more Afro-disco feel; Hong Kong bass worriers Blood Wine or Honey to rework So Ma into a monstrous dance floor destroyer; and Singapore based Kaye from the mighty Darker Than Wax with his clever re-rub of Nye Fo Chen that’ll put you in a proper jazz dance trance

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Diffusé le 23 août 2019.
Broadcasted on August 23rd 2019.

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[PREMIERE] Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon •  Yesu Yan Yan (Village Cuts Remix)

A simple slice of bumping Cadence Disco sounds for a happy dancefloor - a hit at recent Sofrito sessions...

Fanatik - Sofrito Cadence Disco Edit

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Timo Lassy - African Rumble (Umoja Re-Edit)

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

The Mauskovic Dance Band - Down In the Basement

Soundway Records

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