this must be 1960s Franco Luambo🔥🔥🔥🔥 thanks. never heard of these

🎋 We harvest what we sow - From little seeds grow mighty trees - Blooming with memories 🌻
🌳 Remembering our roots - We are all different flowers from the same garden - Around the world 🌍
📷 Photo credit : JOANA CHOUMALI (www.joanachoumali.com/) 🙏🏼

🌱 FROM LITTLE SEEDS TO MIGHTY TREES ~ ROOTS & FRUITS 🎋

Written and composed by Toy Viera, edited and performed by Pupkulies // Tibau.

If you want to download this track for free check:

https://soundcloud.com/normoton/pupkulies-tibau-danca-ma-mi

Danca ma mi criola - Pupkulies // Tibau

12" vinyl available from www.sofrito.co.uk

A1: Dionisio Maio – Corpim Sabe (Alma Negra Edit)
B1: Bulimundo – Santo Antòni La Belèm (Hide & Smile Edit)
B2: Os Kings – Minino Na Tchora

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Musical collisions in the Atlantic!
Sofrito kicks off the new Island Series with a celebration of the vital dancefloor sounds of Cape Verde – a mixture of local Funana and Coladeira rhythms, Batuque percussion and psychedelic disco synths.

Hailing from the island of Sao Vicente and originally released in the early 80s, Dionisio Maio’s anthemic Corpim Sabe is stretched into a 12” mix by the Alma Negra collective – bringing the thumping bassline to the fore and tweaking the piano-led groove into a slice of cosmic Coladeira-disco perfection.

On the flip the dynamic Hide & Smile duo (aka Frankie Francis & Miles Cleret) splice an early track from trailblazing Santiago-based group Bulimundo into a percussive workout that prefigures the sounds of Kuduro and Coupé Decalé.
Os Kings (from the island of Sao Vicente) complete the EP with an ode to struggling youth, anchored by sweet guitars and a slick bassline.

Fact fans:
The Republic of Cape Verde is an island chain situated 500 km off the coast of Senegal. Uninhabited before Portuguese colonization in the 15th century, the country was a staging post for the transatlantic slave trade and occupies a unique cultural position between Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.
There are large Cape Verdean communities in Paris, Lisbon, Rotterdam and Boston and as a result the music of the French Caribbean (in particualr zouk) is extremely influential.
Extra fact:
One of the most popular drinks in Cape Verde is a pint of gin and tonic.

Sofrito Island Series: Sound of Cape Verde // O Som de Cabo Verde EP

In the heyday of Dubstep taking over America, Zeb decided to make his own version of steppers dub & wobbly bass that had more Soul, Dub & World influence rather than edgy techy vibes. Here you have the missing tapes of "ZEBSTEP" by ZEB aka The Spy from Cairo who has had over 5 studio albums to date as well as remixes for hundreds of artists including Bob Marley, Billy Holiday, Tosca, Nickodemus & Quantic, Mr Scruff, Bet.E & Stef, See-I & many more. 

File under: dub, dubstep, world

Zebstep

Nafas

Samba Touré: Gandadiko
Release date: January 30th, 2015
Glitterbeat Records
www.glitterbeat.com

His voice is resonant, the rhythms have a relentless groove and his guitar burns with the intensity of the desert sun. But above all, there’s a confidence and gravitas that reinforces the feeling that Samba is a man whose time has come.
**** Review of “Albala”/ Songlines (UK)

Samba Toure’s previous album Albala was recorded during the fear-laden atmosphere of 2012, when northern Mali (including his ancestral village of Diré) had succumbed to sharia law and radical Islamist control and Bamako, his adopted home, still reeled in the chaos of the recent military coup.

Albala received widespread acclaim and was rightfully recognized not only as the best album of Samba’s career but also as an undeniable musical statement about the human toll of war and political crisis. Samba had spent years honing his artistry (including stints playing with Malian blues master Ali Farka Touré and Kora genius Toumani Diabate) and Albala signposted a mature artist, full of sonic imagination and narrative fire.

Gandadiko, the title of Samba’s potent, diverse and ambitious new album, translates from his native language Songhai as: “Land of Drought” or “Burning Land.” The title seems to indicate a return to the dark textures that marked Albala but in fact Gandadiko is a more complex story than that. 

Philippe Sanmiguel, a record producer living in Bamako (Anansy Cissé, Mariam Koné) and Samba’s producer for both albums, provides the details:

“One thing I’m sure of is that we didn’t want to do a second ‘Albala’. For Samba that album was maybe a little too sad and he wanted something closer to who he really is: hopeful. So the challenge was to have something as strong as ‘Albala’, but with more variety in the rhythms and moods and colors. I think the album sounds musically less dark, it’s more danceable and up-tempo, but, sorry Samba, it’s not entirely a joyful album. Tension, troubles and danger are still there in many of the songs. 

The musical moods and textures found on Gandadiko often play against the moralistic, reflective and at times anguished tenor of the lyrics. For example, Touri Idjé Bibi (Black Fruits) breezes along with a straight-ahead, infectious dance groove, punctuated by soaring backing vocals. The hopeful sound that Samba had originally sought seems to have been found. But the final lines of the song are pointed and cautionary:

Oh earth, forgiveness, oh river forgiveness,
Everyday we offend you.

The songs on Gandadiko are framed by a restless eclecticism. 

Samba’s guitar playing has never been so anxious, exploratory and rock and roll and his voice has never been as smooth and relaxed. Samba wants to be many places at once and the accomplishment of Gandadiko is that by successfully navigating these sorts of “contradictions,” Samba’s artistry has reached an even higher level. 

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Samba Touré - Touri Idjé Bibi

Jamm

Il n'est jamais trop tard

Just a homage to one of my favourite producers Richard Blair aka Sidestepper. Sometimes not credited I feel for being light years ahead of all the johnny-come-latelys to the tropical music scene (myself included). He's been making great progressive music with Colombian musicians since the mid-nineties. I can't make it available for download I'm afraid...the original is beautifully restrained and minimalist but I just wanted to try to add beats for DJ sets. 

Sidestepper - In beats we trust (Griff remix)

Neba Solo - Mussow (from the album Can 2002)

Neba Solo - Mussow

Ali & Toumani

Samba Geladio

Super Mama Djombo  N'Tchintche

🎶 "Ecoute ma mélodie, c'est pour toi que je la chante" (Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou)🎶 
📻 2017, Nov 14th : My first time at Kiosk Radio (https://kioskradio.com). A musical and amical meeting 🤝🏽 
🌳 Watching the gardeners swirl to the rhythm of music and dead leaves in the Brussels Royal Parc 🍂
🎙️ A fiery melody for a friendly story. Heart beats from Senegal to Congo, from Haiti to...Turkey 🌎

HEART BEATS ~ A FIERY MELODY FOR A FRIENDLY STORY 📻 14-11-2017 @ Kiosk Radio

🎆 2018, January 9th. For a second sauna session @ Kiosk Radio 📻 Time to play : Happy New...Yeah! 🎉 
🔥 African fires. Warm wishes and wild whispers from Angola, Benin, Congo, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru...🌞

AFRICAN FIRES ~ WARM WISHES & WILD WHISPERS 🔥 09-01-2018 @ Kiosk Radio

💃🏾 Bringing carnival records for your ears & some costumes for your eyes 🕺🏽 Cold outside, warm inside 🎭  Sauna show @ Kiosk Radio! Check the video! https://www.facebook.com/kioskradiobxl/videos/329880577520023/?q=kiosk%20radio

CARNAVAL HIVERNAL & FESTIVAL INFERNAL 🎭 06-02-2018 Sauna Show @ Kiosk Radio

Kiosk Radio - 13-03-2018 - Episode 4 : Cosmogonic ceremony - Black magic plastic & smoking machine 💨 Voodoo spirits & Fetishes trance. Sacrifice chants & Ghosts dance. Hearts on fire. Death has no eyes...🌑
🙏🏼 Photo credit : ANTHONY KAREN (https://www.anthonykaren.com/keyword/Anthony%20Karen/)

COSMOGONIC CEREMONY ~ IT'S YOUR VOODOO WORKING 🌑 13-03-2018 @ Kiosk Radio

✊🏾 Amandla ! Musical power in memory of Nelson Mandela (18 July 1918 / 5 December 2013). Uhuru !
🇿🇦 Long walk to Freedom (11 February 1990). First black president (10 May 1994). Eternal love & respect

SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA ~ AMANDLA ✊🏾 18-07-2018 @ Kiosk Radio

Tribute to Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (06-07-1938 / 12-10-1989). Franco de Mi Amor 🇨🇩
African musician master, congolese Rumba king, guitar wizard...On entre O.K., on sort K.O. 🎸

CONGO 🇨🇩 FRANCO LUAMBO DE MI AMOR 🎸 11-10-2019 @ Kiosk Radio

Azgo Festival Compilation 2018

Brincar de Casamento (feat. Toty Sa'Med)

📡 Contact : koulgraoul@yahoo.fr
📻 Kiosk Radio (monthly pleasure)      
👉🏼 https://kioskradio.com/artist/xogn

CONGO 🇨🇩 FRANCO LUAMBO DE MI AMOR 🎸 11-10-2019 @ Kiosk Radio

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