Muthoni Drummer Queen – Nai Ni Ya Who
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mdq-upgraded-muthoni-drummer-queen-nai-ni-ya-who/
From album “MDQ Upgraded” in 2015.
Aslo: Remixed Feat. Wyclef Jean & Navio
Edited 125d ago
remixed
Momo – Digital Garab
https://amf.didiermary.fr/momo-digital-garab/
Momo stands for “Music of Moroccan Origin,” mixing their North African origins and their UK life into “DaR music,” their futuristic Digital and Roots style, a blend between dance sounds (house, garage, techno and breakbeat) and traditional Moroccan music, reflecting the multi-identity of Momo’s band [...]
Edited 123d ago
William Onyeabor – Why Go To War
https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-why-go-to-war/
Why go to war? Why not find peace, in this world?
[With remixes]
Edited 120d ago
Cerrone’s Funk Makossa Feat. Manu Dibango
https://amf.didiermary.fr/funk-makossa-cerrone-manu-dibango/
Funk Makossa is from Cerrone’s “Afro” album in 2016, that includes 3 tracks (one with Tony Allen and a second one featuring Manu Dibango) + 3 remixes.
Edited 38d ago
Gatanga Boys Band – Wendo Ti Mbia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gatanga-boys-band-wendo-ti-mbia/
In 1970s Kenya the two threads of rumba and benga loosely dominated the music scene. Benga quickly became Kenya’s unique contribution to afro-pop; spreading like wildfire through the interior countryside with it’s fast, 4/4 machine-gun beat and intricate electric guitar layers. Listen to Gatanga Boys Band and you’ll see by yourself…
Edited 117d ago
David Walters – Bwè Dlo Feat. Seun Kuti
https://amf.didiermary.fr/david-walters-bwe-dlo-seun-kuti/
From album “Soleil Kréyol” by David Walters in 2020.
“Creole Soul!” Two words are enough for David Walters to qualify his music. The exclamation point to support radicalism and faith in its purpose.
A lapidary definition behind the doors of which hides the maze of a culture that crosses the oceans, connects continents and islands by […]
Edited 33d ago
Sir Victor Uwaifo – Ohue (Edit)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sir-victor-uwaifo-ohue/
From “Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque” in 2011, one of Edo Funk classics revisited: Ohue “Frankie Francis & Simbad Edit” by Sir Victor Uwaifo.
Also available on “Sofrito Super Single – Benin City Grooves” with a revisited version of Sonny Okusun Ozziddi’s Odenigbo.
Edited 32d ago
DJ Malvado – Zenze Feat. Eddy Tussa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djmalvado-zenze-eddy-tussa/
DJ Malvado is a DJ, producer and artist who brings the rhythms of Africa to the world: Afro House, Afrobeat, Kizomba and unique fusions inspired by the roots of the Portuguese-speaking African countries.
“Zenze” is a track released in 2012, and remixed multiple times since. It features Eddy Tussa, a well known Angolan singer.
Edited 32d ago
Seinabo Sey – Younger
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seinabo-sey-younger/
The debut single by the Swedish-Gambian Pop-Soul singer Seinabo Sey, released in November 2013.
Edited 32d ago
Jimmy Dludlu – Tote
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jimmy-dludlu-tote/
Jimmy Dludlu (1966) is a jazz musician born in Maputo, who grew up in Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe and started playing guitar at 13 years old when he taught himself with a homemade guitar.
Edited 112d ago
The Spirit of Fela is Alive and Well!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/spirit-fela-alive-well-kaleta-remix/
An explosive slice of Afrobeat from Kaleta (Leon Ligan-Majek), originally clocking in at over 14 minutes, has been chopped virtually in half to add more punch and immediacy. […]
Edited 108d ago
Praktika – Fôli Folle Feat. Ko Saba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/praktika-foli-folle-ko-saba/
Ko Saba est une formation malienne de 6 musiciens de différentes couches sociales, fédérée par Barou Diassana, qui propose de la musique tradi-moderne métissée.
“Fôli” veut dire “musique” en Bambara. Aïda, jeune femme malienne amoureuse de danse contemporaine se retrouve embarquée dans une course effrénée dans les rues de Bamako. [...]
Edited 108d ago
Bandé-Gamboa – Pé di bissilon (Horizonte)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/horizonte-bande-gamboa-pe-di-bissilon-remix/
Originally, the record Horizonte brought together artists from Lisbon’s African scene (under the name Bandé-Gamboa), to celebrate gumbé and funaná. These 2 genres form the musical heritage of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, repressed during the Portuguese colonial era.
On this remix, Detroit Swindle keep the African spirit of the original track alive, mixing it [...]
Edited 107d ago
Djembe Monks – Rainmaker
https://amf.didiermary.fr/djembe-monks-rainmaker/
Djembe Monks is a Zimbabwean afro-house collective. Rainmaker is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional rain-dance ritual performed by the BaKalanga people from Botswana and Western Zimbabwe. Set in the present day and touching on the topical issue of the current global water crisis. [...]
Edited 101d ago
Oumou Sangaré – Minata Waraba (Sampha Remix)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oumou-sangare-minata-waraba-sampha-remix/
Sampha has remixed the “Minata Waraba” track of Oumou Sangaré’s latest album Mogoya. This version appears on a special remixed LP released in 2018.
Edited 30d ago
Kasai Allstars – The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allstars-large-bird-woman-baby-remix/
The Large Bird, the Woman and the Baby is the track picked by the band for their 3rd music video: they were inspired by the supernatural atmosphere which, they felt, is a great illustration to the song’s tale of magic.
The Kinshasa DRC collective pursues its productive streak: elected by numerous publications [...]
Edited 23d ago
Same Love (Remix By Art Attack)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/same-love-remix-art-attack-macklemore/
This video by Art Attack in 2016, a revisited version of “Same Love” (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis), is a snapshot of being gay in Kenya, where homosexuality is considered an “unnatural offense” punishable by imprisonment.
Edited 20d ago
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
Edited 11d ago
Alsarah – Your love is home // حبك وطن
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alsarah-your-love-is-home/
“Your love is home” is a song composed by Alsarah in 2021, as a response to the novel “Home is Not a Country.”
“Rather than re-narrate the character’s story, I chose to imagine a parallel world and character to it that echoes the same feelings. In doing so I hope to connect the common thread of […]
Edited 1h ago