Technology is one of the great drivers of musical change, and often one of its least understood. In this episode, we explore the synthesizer, looking closely at the history of this ubiquitous (and often debated) piece of musical technology, and investigating how and why it was first used in a variety of African musics. Enabled by groundbreaking record reissues by synth pioneers like William Onyeabor (Nigeria) and Hailu Mergia (Ethiopia), disco stars like Kris Okotie, and South African superstar Brenda Fassie, we take you back to the ’70s and ’80s, listening to the birth of a distinctly African electronic sound. Produced by Sam Backer.

APWW #676

Afro-Tech: Stories of Synths in African Music

One of my edits as part of my new Disco Toolbox! 🛠

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Enjoy Your Life (Joel's Disco Tool) - Oby Onyioha

Luis Cossene - Fresh Jump Vol 1 @ SKYDIVE PUJAUT - 2024 - FUNK / DISCO

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Welcome to the fourth Radio Mix, which includes Soul, Funk, Electronic, and IDM

Track List:
Enjoy Your Life - Oby Onyioha
Looking Up to You - Michael Wycoff
Just Can't Stay Away - Don Blackman
Arabest - SebastiAn
Purple Splash - Actress
Sleep Sound - Jamie xX
Syko - Kenton Slash Demon
Give a Man a Rod (2nd Version) - James Blake
Don't know how (feat. Alison Skidmore) - Andy Stott
Motion - Balam Acab
Moth - Burial & Four Tet
Babylon - Oneohtrix Point Never & Alex G
Bloom - Radiohead
W.I.G.T.S. - S.Maharba
Pandora (For Cindy) - Cocteau Twins

JACK APOLLOS Radio Mix #004 | Soul, Funk, Electronic, IDM

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Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

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