"Lewd" album cover / Bembeya Jazz
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80smusic
Paul Ndlovu – Tsakane!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/paul-ndlovu-tsakane/
Before Shangaan Electro, there was Shangaan Disco in the 80s & 90s. It’s township pop music, just like Kwaito, but the difference is based on its ethnic origin, the Tsonga (Shangaan) language. Although the sound evolved and reached a larger audience, the ethnic name remained. […]
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Eboni Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/eboni-band/
Motown meets West Africa. This self-titled 1980 debut album by Eboni Band features Motown session musicians, producer and arrangers.
Reinventing itself as a record for the ages, a tour-de-force of cross continental soul and funk, it features session musicians from Motown and Ivory Coast’s Eboni Records alongside Fred Wesley (James Brown/Parliament). It was produced by […]
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Ismael Isaac & les Frères Keita – Nelson Mandela
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-isaac-freres-keita-nelson-mandela/
Anti-Apartheid reggae song from Côte d’Ivoire, from album “Liberté” released in 1986, by Ismael Isaac & les Frères Keita.
“It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.”
—Nelson Mandela
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Zig Zag Band, Chigiyo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zig-zag-band-chigiyo/
Zig Zag Band, a band from Kwekwe in Zimbabwe, fused traditional Zimbabwean rhythms with reggae to produce a hybrid genre they called “Chigiyo,” based on a traditional dance from Chimanimani, in East Zimbabwe.
This was one of their biggest hits: “Makatukura” is a protest track against the rich and their corrupt accumulation of wealth. […]
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Nigeria Special – Electronic Innovation
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-electronic-innovation/
The compilation of Nigerian music “Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93” chronicles a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. The late 70s saw a period of political turbulence and prompted change across [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #90smusic #Compilation #Nigeria #Electro
Edited 106d ago
Philip Tabane – Malombo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-philip-tabane/
Philip Tabane (1934 – 2018) was a South African musician, vocalist, jazz guitarist and band leader, part of the group Malombo in the 60s.
Edited 106d ago
Saturday Fever – Jivaro
https://amf.didiermary.fr/saturday-fever-jivaro/
Groupe sud-africain de musique disco et bubblegum, les quatre membres de Jivaro ont été actifs à la fin des années 1980. “Saturday Fever” est sorti en 1989.
"One of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece 'Saturday Fever,' the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly […]
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Empire Bakuba & Papy Tex – Livre d’or
https://amf.didiermary.fr/empire-bakuba-papy-tex-livre-or/
Empire Bakuba was founded in 1972 by Pepe Kalle, Papy Tex (Jean Dode Matolu) and Dilu Dilumona, and became an influential soukous band that formed in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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70s & 80s Kenyan Benga & Afro-Cuban Rumba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-benga-afro-cuban-rumba-70s-80s/
Kenyan Benga & Afro-Cuban Rumba playlist from the 3-LP set from Soundway Records’ release “Kenya Special – Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s and ’80s”.
Kenya Special is a collection of 32 recordings (most of which were only ever released on small-run 45rpm 7″ singles) that stand out as being different or [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroCuban #Benga #Compilation #Kenya #Rumba
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On Stage With Remmy Ongala & Orch. Super Matimila (1988)
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“This is a bootleg, it was released behind his back (as told to us by Remmy Ongala in person) and I guess he never got paid.”
Ramazani “Remmy” Mtoro Ongala (1947 – 2010), aka The Doctor, was a Tanzanian guitarist and singer, fondly remembered by many Tanzanians not only for his artistic prowess in soukous-based […]
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Songs For The Poor Man – Remmy Ongala
https://amf.didiermary.fr/songs-poor-man-remmy-ongala/
The Doctor Remmy Ongala, was a Tanzanian guitarist and singer. “Songs for the Poor Man” is the first studio album and second album overall, released in 1989.
His audience saw his lyrics as allegories, often attacking the country’s ruling elite. He never assumed the mantle of spokesman for the masses but did both articulate the […]
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AfroFunk Mixed
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrofunk-compilation/
A (too) short eclectic selection of Psychedelic, AfroFunk, AfroDisco and AfroLatino tracks, some remixed, from various origins and decades…
A few alternative vibes too, if you listen to the whole playlist.
Enjoy!
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #AfroHouse #AfroLatino #Disco #Dub #Mixtape #Nigeria #Remixed
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King of Modern Agbadja
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-modern-agbadja-gnonnas-pedro-dadjes/
4 songs by this magnificent artiste were included in the compilation Legends of Benin from 2009. This new compilation presents a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, the king of Modern Agbadja, with tracks between 1974 and 1983.
Very early in his career Gnonnas Pedro had landed his first hit with a song called […]
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King Kester Emeneya – Willo Mondo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-kester-emeneya-willo-mondo/
Jean Baptiste “King Kester” Emeneya Mubiala Kwamambu (1956 – 2014) was a Congolese singer.
Widely considered an innovator, Emeneya was among the first to use music programming and synthesizers, as featured on his Nzinzi album, which sold millions of copies worldwide in 1987.
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