Alim Qasimov Ensemble & Kronos Quartet - Getme Getme

Do they know what kwanzaa time is 4?

♪♪♪♪ KWANZAA IV ♪♪♪♪




Zazou Bikaye + CY1 - Lamuka
Amaswazi Emvelo & Mahlathini - Indon'emnyama
Proletário - Kimbombeia
Etoile de Dakar - Yalaye dogal
African System Orchestra - Baby Agnes
Bembeya Jazz National - Djanfamagni
Professor Jay ft Ferooz - Nikusaidiaje
X Plastaz - Msimu Kwa Msimu
Thione Seck - Dieylo
Ambassadeurs International - N'toman
Theo Blaise Kounkou - Bintou

happy hanukkah!

Elmeddin İbrahimov (Azerbaijan)

THIONE BALLAGO SECK w/Akon live on Senegalese TV

Mbalax dance-off with Akon, Didier Drogba and El Hadji Diouf!

Le SAHEL (Idrissa Diop, Cheikh Tall, Thierno Koité) - Tioro Baye Thierno

There was recently a reissue of some nice old mbalax by Idrissa Diop and friends from the label Teranga Beat

review @Rhytm Connection

X Plastaz - Msimu kwa Msimu

Penny Penny

Penny Penny is is awesome awesome. Checkout these 2 albums @awesome tapes from africa

Groupe ait Baamrane

Groupe Ait Baamrane by amdlfao

Amazones de Guinee - Ah N'dia

♪♪♪ African Empress Express ♪♪♪

♪♪♪ African Empress Express ♪♪♪

Mixcast/podtape made for Norwegian magazine UTFLUKT

www.utflukt.no


TRACKLIST

Hiran'ny Tanoran'ny Ntao Lo - Oay lahy e (Madagascar)
Martha Ulaeto - Ndito isong emana nyin (Nigeria)
Les Amazones De Guinée - Demembalou (Guinea)
Kiné Lam - Mame Thierno (Senegal)
Ami Koita - Defa wane (Mali)
Aby Ngana Diop - Dieuleul-dieuleul (Senegal)
Ramata Diakite - Kana kassi (Mali)
Bébé Manga - Amie (Cameroun)
Fatou Laobé - Doolé (Senegal)
Virtuose Diabate ft. unknown singer - Sankaranka (Guinea)

DJ Kreismyr - African Empress Express by kreismyr

♪♪♪ KWANZAA III ♪♪♪

Happy holidays y'alls! This is this year's kwanzaa tape. African dance music for the holiday season. Mediafire zip for your mp3 pleasure


TRACKLIST
Mandingo Ambassadors - Malakounya
Professor Jay - Vuta raha
Dessalegn Melku - Endateleyachehu
Mahotella Queens - Zibuyile nonyaka
Penny Penny - Shaka bundu
Oliver de Coque & his Expo '76 - Anyi cholu uwa silili welele
Belly Steve et les Soeurs Mariana - Tulante ya meinu
Fode Kouyate - Sokho
Opiyo Bilongo & Extra Golden - I Miss You Pt. 2
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International - Polygamy

DJ Kreismyr - Kwanzaa III by kreismyr

♪♪♪ MIGRAPOLIS ♪♪♪

TRACKLIST
Tarkan - Simarik (Turkey)
Rita Abatzi - Hira ke mangas (Widow and Mangas) (Greece)
Guillermo Buitrago - La Hija De Mi Comadre (Colombia)
Jorginho do Imperio - Potpourri Partido Alto (Brazil)
Wilmoth Houdini & Gerald clark's night owls - No mo' bench and board (Trinidad)
Lord Invader - Mary Ann (Trinidad)
Abdi Muhumud Amin & Waaberi Artists- Aynaaka hay (Somalia)
Unknown - Roho yangu (Zanzibar)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Daikhnay Ko YaMohammed (There Is No Other Like Mohammed) (Pakistan)
Unknown - Mundiyan dil de (India)
Nazir Ali feat Nahid Akhtar - Society Girl (Pakistan)
Vinicio Franco - Soy teenanger (Dominican Republic)
Juan Piña y su Orquesta - La puyanga (Colombia)
Carlos Martelo y su Orquesta - Vacilando (Colombia)
Mandalay Sein Mottah - Lover of smiling girls (Burma)
Shoukichi Kina - Crazy kacharsee (Japan)
Chailai Chaiyata & Sawanee Patana - Kwuan Tai Duew Luk Puen (You Should Die By Bullets) (Thailand)
Unknown - Daichovo Horo No. 2 (Macedonia)

DJ Kreismyr - MIGRAPOLIS by kreismyr

zipfile of the individual mp3s

Dur Dur (Somalia)

A few months ago I was completely taken by this Somali funk band called Dur Dur. At youtube I found a bunch of videos from a wonderful concert of theirs, in Djibouti, 1993. The playfulness of the scenes remind me a lot of the Talking Heads concert movie, Stop Making Sense. I'm not going to post all the videos here but you can find them by browsing related videos.



Many thanks to the Kezira blog for posting the songs from their cassette "Africa". I took the liberty of lumping them together into a zip here. One of the songs, the track entitled "Ethiopian Girl", is actually not a Dur Dur song, but the 80s hit "I've been thinking about you" by London Beat. It remains a mystery how it got in there, but the cassette rip sound gives it a new edge and also makes it sound kind of like somali funk. Thanks also to Likembe for the original heads up. At Likembe you can find songs from another brilliant somali band, Iftin.

Mathias Tjønn - Interim EP out now

Say hello to the fledgling duke of chamber pop, my good friend and New York-based, Norwegian born and bred singer/songwriter, Mathias Tjønn. Mathias recorded this debut EP in Boston with friends from Berklee music college pitching in on strings, horns and backing vocals. Interim ep is available at iTunes and CDbaby. Mathias' website

Mathias Tjønn - I Wrote a Book and that Means I Can Do Anything by kreismyr
Mathias Tjønn - Vi elsket dem. Alle by kreismyr

Season's Greetings!

Kwanzaa times are here again, and i have been passing this link around to family and friends to set the holiday mood. 12 tracks of explosive african dance music.

KWANZAA_II



Dessalegn Melku – Guazuadegnozocheze
Super Jamono de Dakar – Yaraal sa doom
Johnny Bokelo – Moi Pas Comprendre Toi
Oliver de Coque & his Expo ‘76 – All Fingers Are Not Equal
Dur Dur – Hak Somalk Dumark
Extra Golden – Love Hijackers
Moussa Doumbia – Black & White
Mahmoud Ahmed – Nafqot Nèw Yègodagn
Cheb Amar – Sid El Harat
22 Band de Kankan – Sapony
Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Moçambique – Piquenique
Number One de Dakar – Adouna


Merry kwanzaa & a happy new year people!

Izanzaren

The place to get IZANZAREN is at the blog called Snap, Crackle and Pop. Comes heavily recommended. It's from the 60s and 70s, from the mountains of Morocco. The sound often reminds me of Tinariwen, though the jams are longer and the style is unique, the grooves are pretty similar. So I guess we could call it mountain blues. Heavy moroccan mountain blues banjo jams. And check out the pictures (!)

Golden age Guinea mix

Golden age Guinean mandingo music has been constant in my ears & head for a few months. It's a really distinct style, the vocals, guitarwork and horn arrangements are all off the hook. The bands have awesome names like Le Simandou de Beyla, 22 Band de Kankan, Le Nimba N'Zerekore and Tropical Djoli Band de Faranah. If you want more there are impressive guinea/mandingo back catalogues at worldservice and globalgroove.

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In april I was lucky enough to catch the Mandingo Ambassadors in Brooklyn, New York. They are led by guitarist Mamady Kouyate who was in Bembeya Jazz National back in the heydays. If you are ever in New York, they play every wednesday at Barbés by Park Slope.

OST: Farz (1967) & Jeene ki raah (1969)

This is great bollywood pop from the songwriting brains of Bollywood composer duo Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, aka Laxmikant-Pyarelal aka "LP" aka Laxmi-Pyare. The songs were sung by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and then of course mimed acted and danced by someone more beautiful in the movies. Anyway, the music is sweeet.

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The Thai that binds

12 tracks drawn from vintage Thai music compilations, Thai Beat a Go Go Vols. 1-3 samt Thai Pop Spectacular 1960s-1980s. Adds up to 33.6 minutes, which coincidently happens to be the exact amount of Thai music you can listen to without going koko like the guy on the cover above.

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Do they know it's Kwanzaa time at all? African xmas mix

Tracklist

“Obama” – Extra Golden

“Ma Jaiye Oni” – King Sunny Ade & His African Beats

“Obere nwa n’amu irienu” – Oliver de Coque & his Expo ‘76

“Sou” – Les Messagers du Mali

“Afufu uwa” – Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz

“Nduranga Ngwetereire” – Queen Jane

“Yèqondjowotch Mendèr” – Hirut Beqele

“Aykedashem lebe” – Tlahoun Gessesse

“Almaz Men Eda Nèw – Mahmoud Ahmed

“Chérie Sylla” – Theo Blaise Kounkou

“Guitar Boy” – Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis

“Goodbye Hully!” – Brother Charlly Computer & the Gloria Kings

“Oualahila Ar Tesninam” – Tinariwen

“Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” – The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit)

part 1

part 2