Nigeria Special 1970-76
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“Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-76” is a compilation released in 2008.
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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
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African Scream Contest 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-scream-contest-2/
African Scream Contest 2 est le deuxième tome, exclusivement consacré au Bénin, de ces compilations, sorti 10 ans après le précédent album. L’album couvre la période 1963-1980 dans la musique béninoise.
"A trove of Vodoun-inspired Afrobeat heavy funk crossover greatness Right from the laceratingly raw guitar fanfare which kicks off [...]
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Amadou Balaké – Super Bar Konon Mousso
https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-bar-konon-mousso-amadou-balake/
Although the video says it was recorded in Lagos in 1978, the reality, as Discogs states and as many musicians and bands did at that time, is that Amadou Balaké (or Ballaké) from Burkina Faso gathered musicians in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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Afrobeat Airways 2 – (1974-1983)
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Building on the success of the first installment in 2009, Afrobeat Airways 2 (2013) is a selection of 13 ultra-rare tracks by some of the musical giants who had created a movement that rocked the West African nation throughout the ‘70s: legendary singer K. Frimpong; Nana Ampedu (leader of the mighty African Brothers Band); Gyedu-Blay […]
Ghana Soundz
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Ghana Soundz: AfroBeat, Funk & Fusion in 70’s
Ghana Pounding rhythms, blaring horns and pumping vocals – the music is a document of a time forgotten when flares and Cuban heels strutted the streets and night-spots of Accra, the sizzlingly hot and humid capital of Ghana. Influenced as much by traditional rhythms and local highlife […]
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Francis Ndom et l’Orchestre National – Fe Bain
https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-ndom-orchestre-national-fe-bain/
Also known as “Fai Mbu”, produced by Manu Dibango in 1982, “Fe bain” is based on a war song from the North-West of Cameroon.
From album “Fleurs Musicales du Cameroun (Musical Flowers of Cameroon).
In 1982, the Minister of Information and Culture of Cameroon produced “Fleurs Musicales Du Cameroun”, a box-set of three discs, […]
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Scène musicale Africaine 80s à Paris
https://amf.didiermary.fr/explosion-scene-musicale-africaine-80s-paris/
Ce billet fait suite à un article de septembre 2018 sur l’explosion de la scène musicale africaine dans les années 80 à Paris, en particulier grâce au soutien de la diaspora, que j’avais lu en son temps… Si j’étais déjà “branché” musiques du continent, j’avais quitté Paris à cette époque et n’ai donc pas pu […]
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Se Ba Ho
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-poly-rythmo-cotonou-se-ba-ho/
“Se Ba Ho” est un titre du Poly-Rythmo, basé sur un rythme traditionnel Vodoun nommé Sato.
“On adorait ce mélange de rythmes africains bien dansants qu’on connaît puisque le Bénin est à un carrefour culturel” dit Mélomé Clément, éternel leader du groupe dans une interview. Il poursuit : “Si notre musique marie des rythmes comme […]
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Mbote Na Beno Vol. 1-3
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mbote-na-beno-vol-1-3/
The 3 volumes of “Mbote Na Beno” (Hi there! when greeting a person in Kikongo language) are compilations of Congolese music by NoForm: Production, a Swiss label by “La Société des Ambianceurs” (see also La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elégantes), to relay their work and eclectic projects.
Each compilation contains a mix […]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Congo #DJing #Rumba #Soukous
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Nu Afrobeat Experience
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The sounds of modern Afrobeat with “Nu Afrobeat Experience (Ultimate Afro-Funk Dance Grooves)” in 2002. Most of these artists stick to the basic blueprint created by Fela Kuti, but with more modern production. Others add varying degrees of other musical influences, like Tony Allen’s incorporation of HipHop or Jagunlabi’s Afrohouse dance sound [...]
#AfroFunk #AfroHouse #Compilation #Jazz #Remixed #TonyAllen #AfroBeat
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Afrobeat No Go Die!
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Released to coincide with Fela’s birthday [in 2001], “Afrobeat No Go Die” brings together recordings by the best Afrobeat artists on the scene, including cuts by Lagbaja and Dele Sosimi, which have never been on CD before, as well as Femi Kuti’s club hit “Beng Beng Beng”.
Other key tracks include cuts by original Fela drummer […]
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Wagadu Grooves
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wagadu-grooves/
Gaye Mody Camara, born in Abidjan, raised in Kayes, Mali, founded Camara Production in Paris and produced music for the West African diasporas between the years 1990 to 2010. His roster included artists from Mali, such as Aïchata Sidibé, and also from Sénégal, Mauritania, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso or Gambia. […]
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Music For A Revolution Vol 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-revolution-syliphone-vol-1-2/
Music For A Revolution: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label, a compilation in 2 volumes with Balla et ses Balladins, Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis & many more…
– Vol 1 – 1967-1973
– Vol 2 – 1968-1980
On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroLatino #Compilation #Guinea #OldAfricanMusic
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Togo Soul 70
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“Togo Soul 70” are 3 compilations of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70s and 80s.
A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk, […] a snapshot of some hundreds of rare and often forgotten tapes from the most prolific, professional and exciting phase of the country’s […]
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Les Belgicains
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The compilation “Les Belgicains – Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-1970” (‘Les Belgicains’ during the time of Covadia 1964-1970) tells the remarkable story of the first Congolese student orchestras in Belgium.
During that time Congolese referred to countrymen living in Belgium as ‘Les Belgicains’. The music presented on this compilation blew a new, fresh wind through […]
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LÉVE LÉVE Vol. 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leve-leve-vol-1-2-sao-tome-principe/
2 compilations focusing on the golden age of São Tomé & Principe Sounds in the 70s and 80s.
The two Portuguese-speaking African islands of São Tomé & Principe, located in the Gulf of Guinea, created an unique music called Puxa : a refined mixture of various musical components from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
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Dur-Dur Band
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The first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. Glamorous discos and beachfront stages disappeared as the city was bombed to the ground. Like a sleeping giant patiently awaiting its revival, we can finally hear a new recording by the living representatives of that […]
Air Volta – Volta Jazz
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Volta Jazz is a music group originating from the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. Created in 1964, it is one of the very first modern orchestras of Upper Volta, present day Burkina Faso.
Air Volta is a compilation, in 2022, combining many songs released as 7″ vinyls. Combining Congolese rumba, American R&B, French yé-yé, Cuban salsa and [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #BurkinaFaso #Compilation #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic
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Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans – Revolution
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pat-thomas-sweet-beans-revolution/
Ghanaian highlife master and “The Golden Voice Of Africa,” here’s Pat Thomas’ first full career retrospective, “Coming Home,” covering his career from his late ‘60s big band highlife recordings through to the “burger highlife” movement of the early ‘80s.
Growing up with music around him (“my uncle, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae
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Can’t you hear me?
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Can’t You Hear Me? (70’s African Nuggets & Garage Rock From Nigeria, Zambia And Zimbabwe) is a compilation released in 2016 as a 2 LP vinyl.
Tracks 1 through 9, 11, 12, 16 and 17 from Zambia; Tracks 13 and 14 from Nigeria; Tracks 10 and 15 from Zimbabwe. […]
#70smusic #Compilation #Nigeria #Psychedelic #Zambia #Zimbabwe #OldAfricanMusic
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Trésor Magnétique – Francis Bebey
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Francis Bebey was a true musical trailblazer. An artist who refused to choose between past and future, tradition and technology. Born in Cameroon and educated in Paris, Bebey carved a path all his own, blending pygmy flutes and thumb pianos with drum machines, tape loops, and synthesizers long before such hybrids became common. With this […]
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Francis Bebey / "NSFW" Cover?
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Alefa Madagascar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salegy-alefa-madagascar/
“Alefa Madagascar: Salegy, Soukous & Soul from the Red Island 1974-1984,” the first compilation to document the unique music culture on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Originating as far back as the 15th Century through folkloric ceremonial music and an a cappella chanting style called antsa, salegy emerged as a fast-tempoed local dance […]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #IndianOcean #Madagascar #Soukous
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Africa Funk – The Original Sound of 70’s
https://amf.didiermary.fr/africafunk-original-sound-70s/
Both these Africa Funk compilations collect African music from many artists’ standout tracks to make you dance till the end of night… No contest, some are clear dance floor fillers if your audience is ready…
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #FullAlbum #OldAfricanMusic
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