http://www.blentwell.comtags.php/african Recent links posted on Blentwell. 60 http://official.fm/track/159491 Traditional and contemporary music from 5 continents, 25 countries, re-edited, mashed up, and dubbed out. The Fusion series is more for listening compared to the dancefloor heat of NGOMA, but there are certainly some bangers in here, alongside more tripped out and lyrical numbers. - Source Site:http://differentwaters.blogspot.com/2010/10/fusion-2.html Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:50:15 -0600 http://media.libsyn.com/media/parisdjs/Grant_Phabao_and_Djouls-21st_Century_Afro_Vol2.mp3 The second volume of our '21st Century Afro' series begins its trip with a peaceful afro-ethio-cuban trip from Lightning Head, then heads directly into heavy afro-kraut-jazz from Nomo, a collective from Michigan developing quite an unique sound. After another instant afrosoul classic taken from The Budos Band's masterpiece, the mix navigates into supafunky ethio-jazz from The Lions, a Los Angeles collective of musicians you may also find playing in Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Orgone, Madlib's Sound Directions, Plant Life, Clutchy Hopkins, the Greyboy allstars... Things then get more focused with a devastating pamphlet from Seun Kuti and Egypt 80. The Shawn Lee apparition in this selection which comes afterwards is quite a surprise, but since the multi-instrumentalist genius decided to go global on his latest album, there's no reason to pass out on it. The same goes for the closing track, the hard-hitting Afrobeat drum-powered 'Platypus Strut' by Ohmega Watts - with the help of members of the Breakestra/Connie Price/Antibalas... it's a small world. - Source Site:http://www.parisdjs.com/index.php/post/grant-phabao-and-djouls-21st-century-afro-vol2 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:57:40 -0500 http://media.libsyn.com/media/parisdjs/Grant_Phabao_and_Djouls-21st_Century_Afro_Vol1.mp3 Explore the many facets of 21st century African music, from Afrobeat to Afrofunk, from Afrosoul to Afrojazz, etc. - Source Site:http://www.parisdjs.com/index.php/post/grant-phabao-and-djouls-21st-century-afro Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:55:09 -0500 http://media.libsyn.com/media/parisdjs/Paris_DJs_Soundsystem-African_Mashed_Potato_Popcorn_Vol_6.mp3 African music is shining on ParisDJs.com, with this already 6th (!) volume of our African Mashed Potato Popcorn series, carefully crafted by our loyal co-founders Grant Phabao & Djouls from the T.I.M.E.C. music agency. Those guys have been digging for rare and trippy african grooves for many years now, and after a relaxed "Afrocool" selection (Vol.4) and a roof-tearing-off "Afrogroove" one (Vol.5), they've opted this time for a special psychedelic mashup of afro-trips from all over the world. - Source Site:http://www.parisdjs.com/index.php/post/paris-djs-soundstem-african-mashed-potato-popcorn-vol6 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:52:38 -0500 http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2009/02/13/voodoo-funk/ I am excited to bring the next guest mix by DJ Frank, who spent 3 years in Guinea, West Africa, where he travelled to various other countries in the region, namely Sierra Leone, Ghana and Benin digging for vintage African funk, disco, afrobeat among other things. If your feeling this mix do check out his voodoo funk blog at where he has documented his trip and there is a cache of excellent mixes. Playlist 1 Orlando Julius - Psychedelic Afro Shop 2 Fela Ransome Kuti - Beautiful Dancer 3 Orch. Anassoua Jazz de Parakou - Norou 4 De Frank & his Professionals - Psychedelic Man 5 Pat Thomas & Marijata - We Are Coming Home 6 Christiana Essien - My Kind of Man 7 African Bros Int. Band - Hold Your Lover Tight 8 Les As Du Golfe - Tsi Ma Le To 9 The Creation - Noble Kings 10 Jeff Tagoe & the Vis-A-Vis - Abifao 11 Antoine Dougbe & Poly Rythmo - Honton Soukpo Gnon - Source Site:http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:56:16 -0600 http://www.divshare.com/download/5664470-fe5 It's a depressing time of year anyway what with the weather changing and Halloween reminding us that the dead can come to life. Yikes. Now we have to deal with the most important election in a generation and the worst economy in just as long? Fuck that. This is Bear Market Beats, a happy little break from the doom and gloom. Buddy Guy - Buddy's Groove; The Upsetters - Hail Stones; Tabu Ley Rochereau - Aon Aon; Ashwin Batish - New Delhi Vice; Chahra & Nemri - Ferfara; Tricky - Over Me; James Brown - Rapp Payback; The Fatback Band - Street Dance; Tyrone Davis - Get On Up (Disco) - Source Site:http://www.myspace.com/djbalagan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:15:50 -0500 http://www.zshare.net/audio/50033930bc00ba71/ (Masters at) Work vs Coolie Dance, Radioclit (Alphabeat remix), Yelle, Stevie Wonder (A-Trak remix), Francois Lougah, Saeed Younan, Was (Not Was) (Paul Devro mix), Feist (Chromeo mix), In Flagranti, The Beach Boys, Pitbull (Tittsworth remix), Le Tigre - Deceptacon (DFA remix), Flairs - Source Site:http://getnice.net.au/blog/2008/10/getnice-3.html Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:58:26 -0500 http://gingersteve.co.uk/Gingersteve%20-%20Africana%20the%20Fourth.mp3 Hello all. Time for another instalment of the somewhat sporadic (well pretty much annual) and inconsistently numbered Africana series. This time I acided it, mainly because these days I'm more likely to get things done if I tackle it in chunks. Anyway, you're not arsed about that, you want to know why you should download this. Let me whet your appetite. It starts off all lovely and traditionally African with uplifting kora sounds from Mr Diabaté, then gets progressively more Afro Housey, taking in Afro-Funk, Afro-Dub and Afro-Latin along the way, and being hijacked by a marauding crowd of Brazilians wearing Afro wigs.... If you're familiar with previous Africana excursions, this is like them, but gets to the high octane stuff quicker ;o)......If you're not, go and get them now, I'm sure you can find them if you look hard enough..... This one's 192kbps, 1:19ish Tracks:.... 01. Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Single... 02. Mory Kante - Biriya (Rhythmes Du Mandingue)... 03. Malena - More Afro (Original)... 04. The Allenko Brotherhood Ensemble - Yoruba Road (Boozoo Bajou Remix)... 05. Nickodemus ft. Mick Stein - Back from Africa (Original)... 06. Afro-Cube - Muevete Mama (Afro Beats)... 07. DJ Mbuso - Swazi's Dance... 08. Sounds Delight - Beautiful Morning (Original Mix)... 09. Hideo Kobayashi - Closer to Me (Afro Soul Mix)... 10. Djaimin feat. the Oule Oule Family - Children of Africa (Guitar Mix)... 11. Bantu - Oya Oya (Quincy Jointz Remix)... 12. Idan K - Ache (KTA House Mix)... 13. Jordan Rivera - Alegria Musical (Afro Dub Mix)... 14. Bang Bang - Afro Cuban Band (Original)... 15. Friscia Lamboy - Zulu (Instrumental Mix) - Source Site:http://gingersteve.co.uk Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:16:44 -0500 http://www.getdarker.com/gotdarker/file/3957b4239033164c081d6bbeafc03619/ this is a mash-up album fusing global traditional music and dub / grime / bass / electronics. if you've ever wondered what Digital Gamelan is like, or what happens when Capetown Gospel singers move to London Ghettos, or how Robots would play Ethiopian Jazz... full track listing here: http://differentwaters.blogspot.com/2008/10/fusion-one-revised-and-expanded.html - Source Site:http://differenhttp://differentwaters.blogspot.com/2008/10/fusion-one-revised-and-expanded.html Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:03:22 -0500 http://www.zshare.net/audio/6294049c7f3474/ Music From Vintage Records Radio on cfrc 101.9 fm kingston..host sean187 - Source Site:http:// Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:07:28 -0600 http://gingersteve.co.uk/Gingersteve-Africana3.mp3 If you've got the first two, you know what to expect. Sunshine tunes from the motherland to fend off the impending autumn. 98Mb 1:11 192kbps Tracklist: 1. Shaluza Max - Mangase 2. Zola - Somlinda Gengoba 3. Zola - Ehlala Zola 4. Mafikizolo - Soka Lami 5. Zap Mama - Belgo Zairoise 6. Zola - Shosholoza 7. Mafikizolo - Sebuyile 8. Geneses - Yaka Yaka 9. AWA-KLaSH - Akoba (Way Out West Remix) 10. Dennis Ferrer - Funu (Cameroun Guitar Dub) 11. Dele Sosimi - Di Bombs (The Jinks Remix) 12. UPZ - Mr Manna 13. T Kolai - Zouk (T Kolai Main Mix) 14. Raw Artistic Soul feat Wunmi - Oya O (Alix Alvarez Sole Channel Mix) - Source Site:http://gingersteve.co.uk/mixes Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:21:05 -0500 http://www.zshare.net/audio/28029316c82d24/ Boom. NEW!!!! URL MONRO live from The Nest in Hackney E8. All-over styles including exclusive re-mixes. Tracks from Panoptikum, Stephen Marley, SMD, Blaqqstar, Bole 2 Harlem, Full Pupp, Subway, Natural Rhythm, Kenny Dope, Radioclit, MIA, Joakim, Movado & Busy Signal, et al. The Pearl comes correct here in one take. You can tell it's live 'cause it is, dunny. This is one of those improvised sets where you can hear all the lovely imperfections. No wheel-ups, no chat, just pan-geographic hip-shaking bassbin business. A DJ beating some records. URL MONRO in the building people. Summer on blast, my ninjas. Tuck in and enjoy. - Source Site:http://bodymusik.blogspot.com Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:25:18 -0500 http://www.zshare.net/audio/cul-dur-kuduro-mix-www-masalacism-blogspot-com-mp3.html Is your butt solid? Kuduro stands for Hard Ass in portuguese slang from Angola and Cul Dur means and sounds the same in French. Kuduro is also a kickass uptempo (140bpm) style of electronic music. The first one 100% produced in Africa according to some. This 20min mix features some of the big hits of 2005 and 2006. Check the source site for tracklisting and give us feedback! - Source Site:http://www.masalacism.blogspot.com Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:09:15 -0600 http://gingersteve.co.uk/Gingersteve-Africana.mp3 Lots of people nabbed the follow-up, so here's the original for those too lazy to find it themselves. Sunny African vibes with a touch of doof doof :) 95Mb, 69 mins, 192kbps Tracks: 1. Bob Sinclar feat Djai Abby Ambena & Banyele – Kazet, 2. Bob Sinclar – My Dub, 3. Mafikizolo – See, 4. DJ Gregory – Block Party, 5. Bob Sinclar – Bisou Sucre, 6. BOP – MaBOP, 7. Steven King – African Soul (Dr Kucho mix), 8. Busi Mhlongo & Flipper Dalton – Way of Baba, 9. DJ Gregory – Tropical Soundclash, 10. BOP – Kakawe, 11. Themba Chauke – Xilenda (DJ Christos Remix), 11. Busi Mhlongo – Umthwalo, 12. BOP – City Life, 13. Jeremy Sylvester presents Socafrica – Hot (Club Mix) - Source Site:http://gingersteve.co.uk Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:43:53 -0600 http://gingersteve.co.uk/Gingersteve-Africana_II.mp3 African pop and Afro-House blended lovingly by Gingersteve. True sunshine music to fend off the coming Winter blues. Tracks: 1. Mory Kante – Mama 2. Reel People – The Rain feat Sharlene Hector (Rafa’s Beats) 3. Mafikizolo - !Nkomo? 4. DJ Cleo – Tlou 5. Kyllex – Sengi Khathele 6. Geneses – Afrika 7. Gingersteve – African Beasties (Beastie Boys vs Luke Howard) 8. Malik – ng’yawuu…za 9. Geneses – Vul’Isekele feat Andy Brown 10. Tiger Stripes – Dingo (Afro Dub) 11. Blaze & Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love (Sergio Flores Scientific Afro Vox Mix) 12. Ziv Shalit – Ganja (Afro Blitz Mix) 13. Candido – Jingo (Mount Rushmore Mix) 14. Native Soul – Our Day Will Come (Afro Tek Mix) 15. Bembe Segue/Da Lata/Mamani Ke ta - Serious - Source Site:http://gingersteve.co.uk Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:15:15 -0500