Argan - Umlil (Ajdig)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qHf62z6rKg
From Berberism (1996) https://www.discogs.com/release/226754-Argan-Berberism
Argan - Umlil (Ajdig)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qHf62z6rKg
From Berberism (1996) https://www.discogs.com/release/226754-Argan-Berberism
Naab - Tamghra Nouchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AssGVwOe8HA
From Salam Haleikoum (2002) https://www.discogs.com/release/1118096-Naab-Salam-Haleikoum
Phil Von & the Gnawa musicians of Fès
L'autre nuit (1999)
https://philvon.bandcamp.com/album/lautre-nuit-with-the-gnawa-musicians-of-f-s
Still time to discover GQOM!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/faka-south-africa-gqom/
If you loved Kwaito, GQOM is its sibling: ghetto house music meets Kuduro and more, with style.
FAKA “is a South African performance art duo, founded by Desire Marea and Fela Gucci, dealing with issues of the black queer body.”
#AfroHouse #GQOM #Kwaito #LGBTQ #Soundcloud #SouthAfrica #Electro
Singeli, most frenetic music?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/singeli-frenetic-music-tanzania/
Discover the Singeli Sound – a frenetic sometimes 300BPM strain of dance music echoing throughout Dar es Salaam. […]
Philippe Cohen Solal – Afro Bolero
https://amf.didiermary.fr/philippe-cohen-solal-afro-bolero-angelique-kidjo-mo-laudi/
A “Radio edit”, extended version and multiple remixes of Afro Bolero featuring Angelique Kidjo & Mo Laudi.
Franck Biyong – Liyomba Church
https://amf.didiermary.fr/franck-biyong-liyomba-church/
Franck Biyong‘s “Liyomba Church” (2016) is Afro-Jazzy-Pop-Electro-Rock from Cameroon…
The track opens with high-energy screeches and thumps that won’t let you go. It’s a fervent and unabashed call to dance, an astonishing afro/pop crossover aiming for the clubs.
Arsenal Mikebe – Boiller Omukka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/arsenal-mikebe-boiller-omukka/
Based in Kampala, Arsenal Mikebe are a groundbreaking Ugandan ensemble who playfully dance around the fringes of acoustic and electronic music, infusing tempo-fluxed polyrhythms with dizzying chants and ghostly synthetic drones.
The band is made up of percussionists Ssentongo Moses, Dratele Epiphany, Luyambi Vincent de Paul and was co-founded by Portugese sonic alchemist Jonathan Uliel [……
Pierre Kwenders – The Last Bantu Emperor
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pierre-kwenders-last-bantu-emperor-teaser/
Pierre Kwenders blends genres, cultures, and languages in his indie-Afro electro sound, merging Congolese rumba, pop, and electronica while singing in Lingala, French, English, Tshiluba, and Kikongo. His first album “Le Dernier Empereur Bantou” (the Last Bantu Emperor) was released in 2014.
Listen to this Congolese music in Cajun style with Mardi Gras featuring Jacobus
Leo PaLayeng – Elephant Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/
This is Acholitronix (ElectroAcholi), traditional songs and rhythms from the Acholi people in Uganda (to South-Sudan), revisited with electro. Elephant dance is a tribal inspired creation blended with heavy electronic synth, produced from 2014-2020.
Musician, producer/Dj, architect of the “Acholitronix” genre, a hyper-frenetic version of electronic music with high BPM (90-200), [...]
U-CEF – Halal Monk
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ucef-halal-monk/
Moulay Youssef Adel aka U-cef is one of the greats of Moroccan Drum & Bass music. “Halal Monk” is from “Halalium” in 1999.
RedRed – How Far
https://amf.didiermary.fr/redred-how-far/
For those who know Fokn Bois with Wanlov the Kubolor, here’s M3NSA @ work… RedRed is made up of Ghanaian musician and one half of the FOKN Bois M3NSA and Budapest based producer DJ ELO.
M3NSA asks the question every Ghanaian should be asking themselves… How Far pushes boundaries in terms of sound, subject matter and […]
Woza Taxi (documentary)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/woza-taxi-documentary-mixtape/
Woza Taxi – Gqom Secret Stash Out Of The Locations.
The 2017 documentary explores how taxis were a driving force to help GQOM music reach its audience.
#AfroHouse #Documentary #GQOM #Mixtape #SouthAfrica #Electro
Taxi Sampler 01 (mixtape)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/taxi-sampler-python-syndicate/
Taxi Sampler: Rhythms & Vibes from the Spirit of Young Africa : GQOM, Afrobass, Ethiopiyawi Electronic… (2016-2019)
[…] a showcase of exclusive and featured beats from Crudo Volta’s documentary series Taxi. Taxi as a project captures contemporary youth and music cultures across African urban cities. [...]
#AfroHouse #Ethiopia #Ghana #GQOM #Mozambique #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Electro
Sho Madjozi – Dumi Hi Phone
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sho-madjozi-dumi-hi-phone/
Sho Madjozi is a big name in South Africa’s gqom music scene—that spare, darkly textured and infectious dance sound that evolved out of house music. The 25-year-old rapper does her work in the Xitsonga language, choosing to remain true to her mother tongue. In this hype track and vibrant video, she sings a song of […]
Sho Madjozi – John Cena
https://amf.didiermary.fr/john-cena-sho-madjozi-kona/
Video for Kona released for the 1st anniversary of Sho Madjozi‘s debut album Limpopo Champions League. It follows the now famous and previously unreleased single “John Cena.”
On 15 August 2019, Madjozi was featured on the global music platform COLORS, where she performed her song “John Cena” commonly named and inspired by professional wrestler. […]
What A Life – Sho Madjozi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sho-madjozi-what-a-life-mixtape/
“What A Life” is an album / mixtape, released in 2020 by Sho Madjozi, that includes 9 tracks, many with guests: Manu WorldStar, Makhadzi, Thomas Chauke, Russian Army, DJ Mfundhisi, Sunglen Chabalala
It received SAMA27 Best Traditional Album and Female Artist of the Year awards in 2021.
Davido – I Got A Friend Feat. Mayorkun & Sho Madjozi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/davido-got-friend-mayorkun-sho-madjozi/
“I Got A Friend”, a single from album “A better time” released in 2020.
Pablo Nouvelle Feat. Angelique Kidjo – Milambi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pablo-nouvelle-angelique-kidjo-milambi/
Beninese legend Angelique Kidjo, fresh from her 4th Grammy, explored electronic music with Swiss DJ/producer Pablo Nouvelle on ‘Milambi,’ first track/single from the newly released EP Eliso (2020).
Amaka Jaji – Tidet
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amaka-jaji-tidet/
The Tuareg musician and photographer Amaka Jaji, born in Ghat, an oasis in the Libyan south and based in Tunis, fuses tradition with modern sounds in his debut album “TIDET” (truth).
“My vision is to take Tuareg and Sufi music and make it popular and understandable, so those who don’t know what I’m saying can […]
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess – Jigueenu Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guiss-guiss-bou-bess-jigueenu-africa/
Guiss Guiss Bou Bess mixes Sabar drums, Mbalax influences & electronic beats in “Jigueenu Africa,” meaning “African Women.”
TAXI KEBAB تاكسي كباب – Leïla Jiqqir & Romain Henry
https://taxikebab.bandcamp.com/album/visions-al-2ard
"At the crossroads of influences from all sides, Taxi Kebab is the collision between synthesizers, machines, modulated guitars and buzuq.
Through a poetic register in darija, Leïla Jiqqir interferes with the acid arpeggios led by Romain Henry (machines).
Mainly electronic, their influences are haunted by the specter of North African roots. A rough, psyche sound, disoriented and 'disoriental'."
Masanka Sankayi – Il ne faut pas intervenir
https://amf.didiermary.fr/masanka-sankayi-faut-pas-intervenir/
This short video shows members of the band that would later be known as Kasai Allstars. What would become CongoPunk! Masanka Sankayi was a Congolese band, the result from fusion of Masanka and Orchestre Sankaï.
DuOud – When the Oud goes Electro…
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oud-electro-midnight-express-duoud/
DuOuD covers Giorgio Moroder‘s The Chase, theme song for the famous movie “Midnight Express”.
DuOud consists of two oud playing: Tunisian born Jean-Pierre Smadja, and Algerian born master oud player Mehdi Haddab.