https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEM7mNjw_k8
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# ? May 19, 2024 15:35 |
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Enjoyed the hell out of this. Thanks!
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# ? Sep 30, 2021 02:37 |
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Bola isn't playing guitar, but he's drat good at the two string lute and his singing is incredibly energetic. From awesome tapes from Africa: He is a singer and instrumentalist from Bolgatanga, Ghana who has been putting out tape after tape of ridiculously energetic and thoughtful songs for the last few years. I almost died when I heard this Volume 7 tape for the first time. Bola’s intense Frafra-language vocals, along with his shredding kologo—a two-stringed lute—boosted by bass-heavy, angular keyboard melodies and dance floor-ready drums. I am fascinated by Bola’s take on a traditional instrument and musical style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF-3zlHcQZc
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# ? Sep 30, 2021 13:04 |
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Double posting to add something in a completely different direction than Bola Mouhamodou Lo and His Childrenby theWau Wau Collectif of Senegal, as released by Sahel Sounds Throwback sounds to an older style of songwriting mixed with what comes across as outsider folk as heard through a dream The video is also really phenomenal for HD images of farming and animal husbandry, dedicated to the peasants for all their hard work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57bH_Z_8xsw
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# ? Sep 30, 2021 18:05 |
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unbelievable posts in this thread. where am I. why isn't this being shat upon or somehow turned into 50 pages of bayonetta sequel talk or something. why is there three pages of loving sick rear end music nobody I know in person would be interested in sharing with me. hell yeah edit: for content I stumbled across the sample source for the above posted Busy Twist song, which unsurprisingly is also a great song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm0gkZYRtrQ Deep Glove Bruno fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Sep 30, 2021 |
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I think I heard this on one of Frank "voodoofunk" Gossner's mixes back in the day and it was the gateway to a 15 year interest in african music that went beyond fela and king sunny ade. This is a mega classic to me. I was reminded of it because of the boogie track posted upthread with the same title, Makom Ma Bobe, no relation I can discern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4B88-aJHnw and for fun here's a third Makom Ma Bobe that seems unrelated to the other two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lKSW4I0hLk that song title, which I don't know the translation of, is batting 1.000
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# ? Sep 30, 2021 23:46 |
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Bola isn't playing guitar, but he's drat good at the two string lute and his singing is incredibly energetic. this rocks Are the drums programmed??
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# ? Oct 5, 2021 05:33 |
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PTSDeedly Do posted:this rocks Yup! Awesome Tapes from Africa posted:Volume 7, which came out in 2009, is just one entry in a brilliant series of recordings Bola has released on CD and cassette. Although he employs a traditional instrument and the age-old mode of griot story-telling, Bola embraces elements of up-to-the-minute mainstream Ghanaian music—drum machines, synths, bone-shaking bass. Inspired by pioneering kologo greats like King Ayisoba, Bola has taken a dynamic instrument used by traditional healers and herbalists to sing to god in search of advice and taken it to futuristic heights.
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# ? Oct 5, 2021 12:19 |
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:I think I heard this on one of Frank "voodoofunk" Gossner's mixes back in the day and it was the gateway to a 15 year interest in african music that went beyond fela and king sunny ade. This is a mega classic to me. I was reminded of it because of the boogie track posted upthread with the same title, Makom Ma Bobe, no relation I can discern. Must have been a common saying I guess? My lazy googling doesn't reveal much. They do have them some talent in Cameroon though evidently. Speaking of which, everyone should check out this new comp from Analog Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5yEOxwadfs This has been a secret weapon in my crate for years and one of the first second hand 45s I spent more than £50 on. I completely missed that it got re-issued a few years ago until someone pointed this out to me the other day so the selfish DJ nerd side of me doesn't feel too bad about sharing it now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apmyCctAVGA
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# ? Oct 9, 2021 21:25 |
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I’ve been listening to Simba Wanyika lately https://youtu.be/EBBV2w07BoU
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 07:35 |
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PTSDeedly Do posted:I’ve been listening to Simba Wanyika lately wow what a record!
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 09:06 |
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PTSDeedly Do posted:I’ve been listening to Simba Wanyika lately
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# ? Jan 21, 2022 15:07 |
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https://youtu.be/RC62hz7luII
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# ? Apr 16, 2022 20:59 |
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beautiful
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# ? Apr 17, 2022 12:13 |
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I’m going to see this fantastic group live tomorrow, really excited for some good vibes https://youtu.be/HIAOG9nhrt8
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# ? Apr 17, 2022 18:13 |
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Ralph Hurley posted:I’m going to see this fantastic group live tomorrow, really excited for some good vibes Sahel Sounds doing an old fashioned package tour with all of their artists would be a dream.
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# ? Apr 18, 2022 02:19 |
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Great thread! Amazing collection of music I've never heard before. Has anyone posted any Ebo Taylor yet? An afrobeat guitarist from Ghana who has been recording since the 50's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVkO6yfKnfI Check out Batsumi, a South African jazz fusion band from the 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsH9_y-7Qm0
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# ? Apr 18, 2022 02:48 |
This is a cool af thread and thanks to whoever bumped it
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# ? Apr 18, 2022 02:56 |
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tunisian lute jazz fits close enough. this guy is one of my favorite modern composers and he's a great player in his own right. all sorts of different fusions of styles and instruments across his albums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0c3hI5uyoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkBntrqDOO0
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# ? Apr 18, 2022 20:01 |
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Doctor J Off posted:Great thread! Amazing collection of music I've never heard before. A few years ago a song from Conflict came up on a recommended playlist and I’ve been listening to the album on a regular basis since then. Good stuff. https://youtu.be/c_2HFdQrSb4
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# ? Apr 21, 2022 08:24 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arTBp7MQiM throw down the cardboard 2 this
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# ? May 25, 2022 23:55 |
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https://youtu.be/nJ5o6PkQLIA
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# ? May 26, 2022 14:21 |
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Loving all the recommendations in this thread. My first introduction to African music was when my dad brought back the greatest hits of Malathini and the Mahotella Queens from South Africa when he was over there covering Nelson Mandela's release. My current favourite playlist for work focus or chillout is all Kora music by various artists.
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# ? May 26, 2022 20:09 |
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5arTBp7MQiM Yes!
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# ? May 29, 2022 01:51 |
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Does this count? My uncle's from Zimbabwe/South Africa, and been playing guitar all his life. I grew up listening to this album in particular: https://ilanzagoria.bandcamp.com/album/coaltrain-to-cape-town He was also in a group called Sundiata Marimba Band, which was also a fixture of my childhood, though they split up long ago and I can't find recordings online (and at any rate the guitar pieces are just ones from Coaltrain to Cape Town anyway).
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# ? May 29, 2022 02:32 |
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wise fwom yo gwave african guitar thread!! BAZUKA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01LPzoDrHQ
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# ? Jun 29, 2022 00:52 |
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https://youtu.be/L8yWfjD-kTA Koo Nimo’s cover of Yaa Amponsah
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# ? Jul 30, 2022 20:34 |
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This just came up in my youtube-recs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wGBR0Lh5JY
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# ? Jul 30, 2022 20:52 |
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Pondex posted:This just came up in my youtube-recs: Doesn't seem to fit the thread theme, unless I'm missing something this is a world-jazz band from Boston.
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# ? Jul 30, 2022 22:44 |
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Leon Sumbitches posted:Doesn't seem to fit the thread theme, unless I'm missing something this is a world-jazz band from Boston. Apologies. I figured the gnawa-influences made it relevant.
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# ? Jul 31, 2022 09:23 |
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https://youtu.be/2PJ1jOjxwH8
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 04:19 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1JXc9ifRQ There is so much good African psych. I saw someone posted Witch way back, I discovered them when I was looking for stuff by the other witch, a more recent American stoner/psych band.
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 06:21 |
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this thread is making my night, thank you all
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 06:37 |
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Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder did a pretty groovy album. Love the clean wandering big wide open sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac1CHAfmQMI
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 07:01 |
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Also I did this see any Jupiter and Okwess yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhBJib0XOLI
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 07:12 |
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hell yea i like this kind of stuff let me post a few of my favs in this mould https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRQxlUF7HM there's a lot of great fuzzed-out african psychedelia but ofo the black company is the very best, imo. there's a great story about how they were invited to play some kind of youth communist festival in east germany and blew everyone else off the stage - carlos santana, who happened to be in the audience, was so amazed that he insisted on getting on stage to jam with them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ozKPGwjDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOvUWk0r5N0 i love 80s african funk/boogie a lot also, here are two great examples of female artists from cote d'ivoire absolutely smashing it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrUwA2ggS1M i just love the combination of wonkiness, funkiness, and the attitude of this one. goddy oku was also a member of the hygrades who made some great 70s rock and he also produced a bunch of records during the late 70s/early 80s in lagos yugioh mishima fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Nov 24, 2022 |
# ? Nov 24, 2022 07:24 |
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This thread is amazing, keep it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXQ68ZkWVw This isn't guitar-centric per se, but I can't get enough of it.
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# ? Nov 24, 2022 07:51 |
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african guitar thread re-animator strikes yet again. i will never stop, not until each and every one of us is dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKffizZe6Dc oh poo poo this youtube channel guy is one of those african-record-obsessed barranquilla colombia dudes and has loads of good poo poo. seriously check this channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSOU21wuH1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24iiFX7O-E4 why is there such deep african music collecting and love in barranquilla? oh. people have written about this. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/08/columbia-african-music-palenque https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/colombia/barranquilla-world-capital-african-music-37287/
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# ? Apr 18, 2023 23:12 |
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great psych/afro-funk from gambia https://terangabeat.bandcamp.com/album/ndigal some highlife https://basabasa.bandcamp.com/album/homowo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOkLBjgFOM
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