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It began with Fela ...
Originally published by dummymag.comOn August 12th 1997, in his birthplace of Lagos, Nigeria, the funeral of Fela Kuti took place. One million people attended. If anything can express the immense...
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Pierre Antoine – Kalabuley Woman
Afrobeat double sider, surely one of the hardest things to find in the genre out of French speaking West Africa & definitely the best thing I've ever heard from this region. 2 long killer tracks....
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - The Skeletal Essences Of Voodoo Funk (by...
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou is arguably West Africa’s best-kept secret. Their output, both in quantity and quality, was astonishing. During several trips to Benin, Samy Ben Redjeb managed to...
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From Spain: Eskorzo Afrobeat Experience
Talking about Eskorzo is talking of debauchery. Their incendiary blend of danceable rhythms: rock, reggae, funk, soul, Balkan rhythms, Mediterranean, ska or tango makes them one of the most emblematic...
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Femi Kuti talking about Fela (March 2013)
Why I Didn’t Talk To Fela For Six Years Fela Anikulapo’s son, Femi, tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI and GBENGA ADENIJI what people didn’t know about the late Afrobeat musician.Why did your father choose a...
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The Apagya Show Band - Unreleased LP 1973/74
Apagya Show Band – unreleased Essiebons LP of the No.1 “Afro Band” of the 1970s in Ghana, ft. Ebo Taylor, Gyedu Blay-Ambolley, Bob Pinodo, “the Showmaster of Ghana”, and Ebo Dadson on sax. Compulsory!...
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Brigth Engelberts And The B.E. Movement – Tolambo Funk
A killer and obcure rare afro funk album from an unknown Cameroonese bass player and lead singer. Recorded in EMI studio in Lagos in 1978 , the sound is definitely echoes of the soul funk american...
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The Uhuru Dance Band - The Sound Of Africa (GET IT!)
The Uhuru Dance Band's rare, 1975 album The Sound of Africa was posted in full by an ebay seller last month. Released on Kwadwo Donkoh's Agoro label, this unique album blends funk, American soul/jazz,...
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The Ogyatanaa Show Band - Yerefrefre (GET IT!)
The Ogyatanaa (or "burning torch") Show Band was founded in 1971 by Kwadwo Donkoh, a former diplomat turned highlife musician and record producer. I don't have much information about Donkoh, yet I...
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Dieuf-Dieul De Thies: Vol. 1-Aw Sa Yone
TERANGA BEAT proudly presents DIEUF-DIEUL de THIÈS in their first ever edition. Three singers ASSANE CAMARA, BASSIROU SARR and GORA MBAYE together with their chef d'orchestre and guitar player PAPE...
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Fela Kuti on KCRW (unearthed cassette interview)
Published on kcrw.com, written by Tom Schnabel (April 2013)KCRW has a long relationship with the Nigerian firebrand known as Fela Anikulapo (one who carries death in his/her pouch) Kuti. It started in...
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Kola Ogunkoya & The Atlanta Afrobeat Orchestra - Afrobeat
He was a band member in Nigerian music supper stars before coming out to follow his dream as a band leader on his own project called Gbedu Afrobeat, Kola Played with Dr Abimbola Victor Olaiya All stars...
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The Ogyatanaa Show Band - Obra Mu Asem (GET IT!)
GET IT!!! Here we have a second album by the Ogyatanaa Show Band, the group responsible for the legendary Yerefrefre (or "African Fire") album. Tracks from that record like "Yaa Amponsah" and...
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Zamrock special
The WitchWhile many of the other African nations’ music scenes have been well documented and in some cases have their music heard all over the world, not much is known about the Southern African state...
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Emefe - Good Music
EMEFE is hooked on phonics What happens when you give the reigns to a drummer?EMEFE (pronounced M, F, A) is a big, big band run by a drummer, Miles Arntzen, that does their best to skirt genre...
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Madlib - Beat Konducta In Africa
Beat Konducta in Africa is an instrumental hip-hop album produced & mixed with Madlib, featuring J. Rocc. This album bases itself on the obscure vinyl gems from the afro-beat, funk, psych-rock,...
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Max Tannone - Ghostfunk (get it) (AMAZING MASHUP!)
Released in July 2011, Ghostfunk pairs one of my favorite hip-hop artists, Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah, with vintage African funk, high-life, and psychedelic rock music.ReviewMax Tannone Projects)...
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?uestlove (The Roots): Fela Kuti
?uestlove from The Roots, now an associate producer on the hit musical Fela! on Broadway, talks about when he first discovered Fela Kuti's music, and walks us through Fela's influence in yesterday and...
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Fela Soul Instrumentals (get it)
Following the recent trend of musical mash-ups, this digital-EP combines vintage recordings of the afrobeat-soul legend Fela Kuti with hip-hop pioneers De La Soul. As the creator/producer (Amerigo...
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Hearts of Darkness puts 30 hands on Afrobeat
If only there were a TV show called America's Next Top Afrobeat Band. Imagine Kansas City's Hearts of Darkness taking the stage: a 16-piece ensemble composed mostly of white dudes who probably haven't...
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