Every Body Dance With Pa Pa Paa - Bappi Lahiri

♪♪♪♪♪ Kwanzaa 5.0 ♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪ KWANZAA 5.0 ♪♪♪♪♪
Mokhosi – Mokhosi
Kélétigui & ses Tambourinis – J.R.D.A.
Johnny Bokelo – L’Amour Sans Frontière
Bembeya Jazz – Guinée hety horémoun
Orchestre de Beyla – O.U.A.
Tchico & L’International Orchestre – Vivi la Perle Noire
Jagwasi Productions – Senator Barack Obama 2008
FAC Alliance – Conakry by night
Kiland & l’Orchestre Mabatalaï – Se bipale
Thione Seck – Manemi Gnoul
Leon Bukasa – Bibi Yangu
♪♪♪♪♪ merry kwanzaa ♪♪♪♪♪

Sanungwe Kouyaté - Armée Malí

Olsok ol'skool

DJ Kreismyr - Olsok ol'skool by Kreismyr on Mixcloud

Okatch Biggy - Okello Jabondo

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!