The Mixed Grill – A Brand New Wayo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-mixed-grill-brand-new-wayo/
“Brand New Wayo – Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983”, 15 pulsing Nigerian boogie tracks on a 2xLP compilation, released in 2011.
The years between 1979 and 1983 were Nigeria’s Second Republic, when democracy finally returned after 23 years of uninterrupted military dictatorship. It was also Nigeria’s oil boom era. [...]
OK Jazz – Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ok-jazz-tcha-tcha-tcha-de-mi-amor/
This song “Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor” appears on Congo Revolution – Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62 – a compilation that explores the Congolese rumba explosion.
“A look at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960. Congolese rumba, a […]
Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gnonnas-pedro-dadjes-dadje-von-o-von-non/
Gnonnas Pedro [with or without his Dadjes band] had always excelled in many styles of music but if one had to associate him with a particular genre it would be Agbadja. Agbadja is a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana. Its based […]
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroCuban #AfroFunk #Agbadja #Bénin #Compilation #GnonnasPedro
Burger Highlife
https://amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highlife/
The first ever compilations focussing on the phenomenon of “Burger Highlife”, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond.
The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds [...]
#80smusic #90smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Disco #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic
Essiebons Special 73-84
https://amf.didiermary.fr/essiebons-special-73-84/
In Ghana, few labels are as influential as Essiebons, the “Ghana Music Power House.” Founded by the producer and businessman Dick Essilfie-Bondzie, its catalog features sterling work from number of modern highlife legends.
For most of the 1970s Essilfie-Bondzie’s Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous with the best in modern highlife, and his [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic
Fela Kuti – Waka Waka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fela-ransome-kuti/
“Waka Waka” and “Se E Tun De” on this 45T from the sixties by Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos.
There’s a live version on the 3-disc set Highlife: Jazz and AfroSoul (1963-1969) below.
A collection of recordings made between 1963 and 1969 that provide unique insight into the beginnings of Kuti’s craft. […]
#60smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Highlife #Jazz #Nigeria #AfroJazz
Nigeria Disco Funk Special
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/
“Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79” is a compilation released in 2008.
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe
https://amf.didiermary.fr/roots-rocking-zimbabwe/
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980
In the early 1970s, the townships of the Rhodesian capital, Salisbury (which would become Harare upon Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980), were buzzing with new sounds from diverse backgrounds. Bands began to fuse Anglo-Saxon rock, Congolese rumba, South African Mbaqanga, Soul, and [...]
The Original Sound Of Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/original-sound-mali-compilations/
The two compilations “Original Sound Of Mali” offer a selection of songs from across the country in the 70s.
Following Mali’s independence, after ten years of maturation, the 1970s saw modern Malian culture revealed to the world through musical anthologies and overviews of national and regional productions. It was a remarkably fertile period of the […]
African Electronic Diaspora: Black Lives Matter
https://rebeluprecords.bandcamp.com/album/african-electronic-diaspora-black-lives-matter
The aim of this compilation is to raise funds for various (inter)national NGO’s, anti-racism advocacy groups and organisations of black initiative, with all proceedings to be donated to these causes.
(compilation - 2020)
Club Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/club-africa-compilation/
Club Africa is the name of 2 compilations of “Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz And Original Afro-Beat” released in 1999 and 2000.
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”. There’s also a second volume with tracks from the same period. [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroCuban #Benga #Compilation #Kenya #Rumba
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
https://amf.didiermary.fr/indestructible-beat-soweto/
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto is a compilation album released in 1985, featuring twelve tracks by artists from South Africa. The sleeve notes state that all songs are in the mbaqanga style, a guitar-based style popular at the time in the townships of Johannesburg and Durban, but the tracks actually cover four different styles, mbaqanga, […]
Musique de Fëte
https://amf.didiermary.fr/musique-de-fete/
The “Musique de Fëte” collective was started by Nowadays Records and the producer KasbaH to spotlight the electronic Eastern scene through a series of mixtapes and parties in Europe and the Maghreb.
With Musique de Fëte Vol. 4, a meticulously curated compilation by KasbaH, the artist continues his exploration of Maghreb and Middle Eastern sounds […]
Bankolo Miziki – Masters of Congolese Rumba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bankolo-miziki-wendo-alongwi-kinshasa/
Bankolo Miziki (“Masters of Music” in Lingala), subtitled “Les Pionniers de la Musique Congolaise de Leopoldville à Kinshasa” (Pioneers of Congolese Music from Leopoldville to Kinshasa) is a series of 3 compilations (anthology of sort) with multiple artists / pioneers of Congolese Rumba in the 50s. [...]
#50smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Congo #FullAlbum #Rumba #OldAfricanMusic
Doing It In Lagos
https://amf.didiermary.fr/doing-lagos-boogie-pop-disco/
Boogie, Pop & Disco in 1980’s Nigeria
#80smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Disco #FullAlbum #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic
Psychedelic Afro Rock
https://amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-afro-rock/
Compilation “Nigeria Rock Special – Psychedelic Afro Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria.” […]
Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-super-borgou-parakou-bariba-sound/
Super Borgou de Parakou was a band created by Moussa Mama and guitarist Menou Roch. This group, influenced by Afrobeat and Funk in the 1970s, also drew inspiration from Beninese folk music such as Bariba and Dendi.
Originating from the Kwara state of northwest Nigeria, the Bariba – a predominantly Islamic […]
Nigeria 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-70/
Originally released in 2001, the first volume of Nigeria 70 was the first compilation of its kind to explore in depth the fertile music scene in Lagos as domestic artists mixed Highlife and traditional rhythms with Soul, Funk, Rock and Jazz. Three further volumes followed, exploring the far corners of original Afrobeat, Juju, Funk and […]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #FullAlbum #Jazz #JùjúMusic #Nigeria
Two Niles to Sing a Melody
https://amf.didiermary.fr/two-niles-sing-melody-sudan/
“Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan” is a journey through the golden age of Sudanese music and a restoration of this forgotten heritage. […]
Yoruba Women Of The Drum
https://amf.didiermary.fr/yoruba-women-drum/
Not a lot of information on this album from 1995 with Madam Comfort Omoge and Madam Mujidat Ogunfala, called ”Yoruba Women Of The Drum”. It’s best to listen to it…
Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music […]
#70smusic #Compilation #Drums #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic
Los Fantasios – Assez Pleuré
https://amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasios-assez-pleure/
Part of 2 compilations, titled "Soul Sega Sa ! Indian Ocean Segas From The 70s", covering music from islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean.
#70smusic #Compilation #IndianOcean #LaRéunion #Maloya #Mauritius #Sega #Folk
Nigeria Soul Power 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-soul-power-70/
Compilation “Nigeria Soul Power 70 (Afro-Funk ★ Afro-Rock ★ Afro-Disco)” […]
Bobo Yéyé – Belle Epoque in Upper Volta
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/
Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a compilation available as a 3-disc, 37-song box set.
Burkina Faso was called The Republic of Upper Volta. Then came Thomas Sankara. During this period of cultural revolution, in the ’60s and ’70s, the nation exploded with new bands and sounds, mainly across its large cities. Centered […]
Mista Savona – Havana Meets Kingston
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mista-savona-havana-meets-kingston-full-album/
“Havana Meets Kingston” was an original release in 2017 – a world-first project bringing together musicians & artists from the two Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Cuba.
Recorded at Egrem Studios in Centro Habana, and Bob Marley‘s Tuff Gong Studio in Kingston, Jamaica.
Includes fresh versions of “Chan, Chan,” “El Cuarto De Tula,” and [...]
