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 […]
Admas – Sons of Ethiopia
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Sons of Ethiopia is a fascinating piece of the Ethiopian musical puzzle. Emerging from the community of Ethiopian exiles who had been scattered to the winds by the brutality of the Derg – the military dictatorship that had deposed Haile Selassie – the album was the sound of a new generation.
“Lost” album from 1984, re-released […]
#AfroFunk #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Instrumental #OldAfricanMusic
Xalam – Festival Horizonte
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Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms. Ade is a live concert recorded at Festival Horizonte in Berlin in 1979 and their first international release.
King Kester Emeneya – Willo Mondo
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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.
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 […]
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Rejoice
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When Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela met in the 70s, during Apartheid, they talked about recording together. They had to wait till 2010 to work together in the UK, but the sessions were unfortunately archived. Finally, Rejoice has been released.
After Masekela passed away in 2018, the value of these recordings [...]
#FullAlbum #HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #Remixed #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen
Sam Mangwana – Georgette
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“Georgette Eckins” on album “Sam Mangwana et l’African All Stars” released in 1978, when the band was rising.
The African All Stars is particularly aptly named, having featured no less than Dally Kimoko, Lokassa Ya Mbongo, Syran Mbenza among other emblematic signatures of Congolese rumba. In the late 70s, the orchestra accompanied Sam Mangwana on […]
Orchestra Baobab – Pirates Choice
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Réédité en 2001, puis en 2015 pour les 50 ans d’Orchestra Baobab, c’est l’occasion de redécouvrir Pirates Choice, enregistré à Dakar en 1982.
The Kings of Benin Urban Groove
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The album “The Kings of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80” is a compilation of songs by Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, released in 2004 as a double vinyl LP.
Orchestre Poly Rythmo are from the Republic of Benin in West Africa and are a household name in their home country… Arguably West Africa’s best-kept musical secret, Orchestre Poly Rythmo […]
Orchestra Baobab – Specialist in All Styles
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Specialist in All Styles is Orchestra Baobab’s 2002 comeback album, mixing Cuban and West African musics, Congolese rumba and Senegal’s own Mbalax, a subtle fusion, always rooted in traditional music.
#AfroLatino #Documentary #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Sénégal #OldAfricanMusic
Femi Kuti – The World is Changing
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Femi Kuti released his 8th album “No Place for My Dream” in 2013, with the single “The World is Changing”, three years after “Africa For Africa”.
Poverty is winning the game…
Are you ready to fight?
The cover shows a striking photo of a woman walking past a vast garbage heap, […]
Lady Donli – Wonda Wonda Feat. DarkoVibes
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Wonda Wonda is a non-album single in 2020 by Lady Donli, after the release of her first studio album in 2019, with many guests and various producers.
Zainab Elizabeth Donli, known professionally as Lady Donli, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. She is associated with Nigeria’s Alté music, a fusion genre that combines elements of […]
Dollar Brand – African Space Program
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“African Space Program”, recorded in 1973, contains 3 compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim / Dollar Brand, where he arranges for a big band.
This is unique, pancultural music. Brand, as his followers know, is a native-bom South African who is well-versed both in modern conservatory music and in the music of his native Africa. He’s skilled [...]
Lagbaja – Me (Full Album)
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Lágbájá (aka Òpátàmèdù) is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist as well as a musical humourist.
His stage name means “anonymous” in the Yoruba language.
Lagbaja’s music is a symbolic bridge that connects the old to the new; the dangers, apprehension, and injustices of the Nigerian military era [see also Fela Kuti] to a new […]
Manu Dibango (1971)
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The second album by Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango on the Fiesta label, with strong Latin influences and Jo Tongo on guitars.
This album contains a cover of Bebey’s Idiba and the first version of Senga, later revisited in the US album “Makossa Man.”
#70smusic #Cameroon #FullAlbum #ManuDibango #OldAfricanMusic
Djeli Moussa Diawara – Yékéké (Paris 2010)
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Following the remastered version of “Yasimika (Abidjan 1982)”, “Yékéké (Paris 2010)” contains 9 tracks, recorded a few years before the release of this album, but never officially published.
It also contains new recordings of his 4 original songs from 1982, reworked in a studio in Paris with Guinean musicians. […]
Youssou et Super Etoile de Dakar – Show !!!
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A live show recorded in Abidjan, from a vinyl self released in 1983, with Youssou N’Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar.
See also: 2 compilations released in 2010 – Etoile de Dakar featuring Youssou N’Dour – Once Upon A Time In Senegal – The Birth Of Mbalax 1979-1981
#80smusic #FullAlbum #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #Vinyl #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
Afro Blues – Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders
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Orlando Julius was a titan of Nigerian Highlife, with a career spanning almost six decades as a saxophonist. He died in 2022. Afro Blues is found on a 7″ vinyl from 1972 and is also available on the compilation “Nigeria Afrobeat Special.”
Dollar Brand – The Children of Africa
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The Children of Africa (aka Banyana) by Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), recorded in NYC and released in 1976. [...]
#AbdullahIbrahim #FullAlbum #Jazz #SouthAfrica #Vinyl #AfroJazz
Newen Afrobeat, Chilean collective
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The Chilean collective Newen Afrobeat gets inspiration from Fela’s music and activism.
In Chile, or rather, in all of South America, there’s no real information about Africa. There is a lot of ignorance about that big continent that has a lot of different cultures, but we just think of it as “Africa.” Like it’s just […]
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 […]
Orchestra Baobab – Made In Dakar
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Made in Dakar is an album released in 2008, consisting in part of re-recordings of the group’s earlier songs.
It continues the voyage that started with their 2002 comeback release, Specialist in All Styles, mixing Cuban and West African musics, Congolese rumba and Senegal’s own Mbalax, a subtle fusion, always rooted in traditional music. […]
Mulatu Astatke – Sketches of Ethiopia
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Sketches of Ethiopia is the first internationally distributed studio album by Ethiopian musician, composer, and arranger Mulatu Astatke, released in 2013.
The album’s closing track is “Surma”, a collaboration with the Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara, who co-wrote the song with Astatke.
Sunny Ade & His African Beats (1973)
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Un album du Nigérian King Sunny Ade & his African Beats des années 70, entre Highlife et Juju Music à écouter sans modération…
Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars
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Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian Highlife and what would become Afrobeat.
His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]
