Dr Victor Olaiya – Baby Mi Da Feat. 2Face Idibia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-baby-mi-da-2face-idibia/
“Baby Mi Da (Baby Jowo) remix” is a revisited version of a classic track by Dr Victor Olaiya, featuring 2Face Idibia.
remixed
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. [...]
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Blay Ambolley – Simi Rapp
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simi-rapp/
A major force in Afro-funk since the early 1970s, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is considered the godfather of Hiplife, transforming the Highlife genre by adding elements of Hiphop, Funk and Jazz, as can be seen in this amazing and influential “Simi Rapp”.
This song was originally released in 1996, as part of the album “Blay Ambolley – […]
Edited 156d ago
Happy Mentality
https://amf.didiermary.fr/happy-mentality/
A mashup of Fela Kuti‘s “Colonial Mentality” and Pharrel William‘s “Happy” by DJ 100 Proof.
Edited 88d ago
Amadou & Mariam – Masiteladi Feat. M
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-mariam-masiteladi-feat-m/
The song “Masiteladi,” featuring Matthieu Chedid (aka -M-), was released on “Welcome to Mali” in 2008, and was part of a promo album in 2010 with remixes by multiple known DJs or artists (Bob Sinclar, Akon, Mo DJ…).
Edited 87d ago
Lester Bowie – For Fela
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lester-bowie-for-fela/
Lester Bowie spent 6 months in Lagos with Fela Kuti in 1977. Here’s an interview where he tells the full story.
“For Fela” is on side D of the double-LP “African Children”, released in 1978.
Lester Bowie appeared on the "No Agreement" LP, recorded by Fela Kuti in 1977. […]
Edited 86d ago
Seun Kuti and Black Thought remix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-dreams-remix-seun-kuti-and-black-thought/
Nigerian musician Seun Kuti and HipHop veteran Black Thought (head of legendary band The Roots) teamed again for a new remix EP African Dreams, that includes 3 tracks, after the release of “Kuku Kee Me (Remix).”
“This EP is something new. I don’t think that something like this has been done before,” the son […]
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DJ Cuppy – I Love My Country
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wole-soyinka-djcuppy-tunji-oyelana-love-my-country/
Did you know that Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka released socio-political critique songs?
The so-called “self-made and hard-working” DJ Cuppy released this song for her debut single in 2013.
This is in fact a remix of “Etike Revo Wetin” composed by Soyinka and Tunji Oyelana, side B on the sarcastic Unlimited Liability Company LP, released […]
Edited 152d ago
Femi Kuti – Shoki Shoki
https://amf.didiermary.fr/femi-kuti-shoki-shoki/
With “Shoki Shoki” (1998), Fela’s eldest son stepped fully into his own creations, his third solo effort, modernizing the sound with a tighter, more funk-driven attack and maintaining the political edge.
The title track, Beng Beng Beng, banned by the Nigerian military regime, became an international dancefloor anthem.
A remix album was released the same year. […]
Edited 81d ago
Victor Démé – Djon Maya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-deme-djon-maya/
15 years ago, I met Victor Démé and his musicians, when they came for showcases in Paris. As a blogger and music journalist-like, I had been following the launch of his first album, and reporting on my late blog KoToNTeeJ. This song Djon Maya was on heavy rotation on all radios.
We spent quite some […]
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Adekunle Gold – IRE (Pheelz Remix)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/adekunle-gold-ire-pheelz-remix/
Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko (1987), known professionally as Adekunle Gold, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
Edited 27d ago
Lagos All Routes
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-all-routes/
Lagos All Routes (Juju, Highlife, Apala and Fuji) is a compilation of Nigerian music from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, often considered the ‘golden age’ of African popular music. In Nigerian pidgin English, ‘chop-up’ makes figurative reference to a bountiful feast.
‘Lagos All Routes’ refers to the fact that while the [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Fuji #Highlife #JùjúMusic #Nigeria #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic
Edited 76d ago
A 30-minute Kwaito mix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/classic-kwaito-mix/
Classic Kwaito mix from 2014 via Afropop Worldwide.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela taking office as the first post-apartheid leader of South Africa, A.J. Holmes has dropped a mix of classic tracks from the mid ’90s and early ’00s.
Holmes’ mix provides a great chance to explore the genre’s roots in the […]
Edited 75d ago
Red Hot + Riot
https://amf.didiermary.fr/red-hot-riot-fela-kuti/
2002’s Red Hot + Riot album is available on streaming platforms in a Deluxe reissue for its 20th anniversary.
“The original album had to be heavily edited to fit the time limit of a physical CD, so there was a wealth of bonus material including extended versions of many tracks; along with early mixes, accapellas, […]
Edited 74d ago
Busi Mhlongo – Izizwe (Remix & Live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/busi-mhlongo-izizwe-remix/
Busi Mhlongo (1947 – 2010) was a singer, dancer and composer originally from Inanda in Natal, South Africa.
Busi Mhlongo drew on various South African styles such as Mbaqanga, Maskanda, Marabi and traditional Zulu, fused with contemporary elements from Jazz, Funk, Rock, Gospel, Rap [...]
#AfroHouse #LiveMusic #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica #Electro #Remixed
Edited 143d ago
Nairobi Matata Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nairobi-matata-jazz/
The Kenyan genre known as benga (“beautiful thing” in the Luo language) developed in East Africa in the early 1970s as a rhythmic, incisive style, with roots in Cuban music and Congolese rumba. Unifying various characteristics of Kenya’s musical past, it quickly crystallized poetic traditions of the country’s disparate communities, with lyrics conveying [...]
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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 22d ago
Judith Sephuma – Iya Iyo (Stixx Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJI7XQwgI2E
"Education is the key, the key for many.
Let’s educate our children."
Judith Sephuma is a South African jazz and Afro-pop singer.
Edited 21d ago
Dancers in Zimbabwe with Dembo remix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dancers-zimbabwe-remix-leonard-dembo/
A remixed version of a classic track by the late Zimbabwean guitarist Leonard Dembo, with dancers in Zimbabwe expressing themselves in the streets.
Original version
The song is “Funga Zuva Rimwe Pagore” by Leonard Dembo & The Barura Express, on their 1991 album “Tinokumbira Kurarama.” […]
Edited 16d ago
Nduduzo Makhathini - Re-Amathambo
Feat. Anna Widauer
Remixed by Chaleee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1HyHZFq8kU
The original track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zaXE43roR8 can be found on "Spirit of Ntu" https://amf.didiermary.fr/blue-note-africa/
There's a second remix by Fka Mash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHsQl6jGSI
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/warsaw-afrobeat-orchestra/
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra (WAO) push their own sound, rooted in Lagos while adding their own unique flavors.
Formed in 2012, the 10-piece band consists of musicians that have worked and collaborated with each other in different projects ranging from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Reggae and Funk in the ever-evolving and musically diverse underground music scene in […]
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