New Music Friday Maghreb is largely US rap and indie. Uh, thanks Spotify editorial
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
Welcome to Mena is more interesting
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 01:38 (five years ago) link
Well, my rogue efforts at globalist data-liberation notwithstanding, NMF Maghreb exists for the local audience, not for musical tourism. In North Africa by default you see that instead of the other versions, not in addition, so of course it has a lot of global artists...
― glenn mcdonald, Saturday, 17 November 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
Spotify Colonialism Maghreb
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link
But I like many of the other ones
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 November 2018 04:45 (five years ago) link
The city thing there is interesting. Had used it before but forgotten about it.
Back to Mordy's post -- yes to Ebo Taylor and the others...Thanks for reminding me
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 November 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
Bandcamp and Pitchfork contributor Marc M*st#rs got folks talking about African reissues and some new stuff on Facebook the other day: Here's some stuff mentioned
subscribe to the Now-Again/Rappcats thing where I get downloads every month of whatever obscure Zamrock thing they're currently doing
Dur Dur of Somalia on Analog Africa Bandcamp
All the Zamrock stuff is a blast - Witch, Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family. Ripping guitars African Scream, vol. 2; Ernesto Chahoud presents Taitu; Editions Syliphone Conakry reissues ; The first Rikki Ililonga record (Zambia) reish on Now-Again is GREAT.; Habibi Funk; Sahel Sounds; Asnakech, by Asnakech Worku; Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The violins and Synths of Sudan on Ostinato records via Bandcamp; Shina Williams & His African Percussionists are well worth checking out. He used a lot of the same musicians as Fela Kuti. ; Electric Jive label South African 60s reissues
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
I missed out on that Afro-garage rocking Zambia stuff like Witch when it was first getting reissued circa 2011 I think, but have heard a bit now
― curmudgeon, Friday, 30 November 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
i love that stuff
― Mordy, Friday, 30 November 2018 20:06 (five years ago) link
I need to get to the South African and Sudan reissues next.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 1 December 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
heads up jordan, there was a new toto bona lokua album in the past year, more than that long ago actually
http://www.noformat.net/album-toto-bona-lokua-bondeko-58.html
sounds great
― j., Saturday, 1 December 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
Sometimes Richard Bona can be a bit too syruppy jazzy, but maybe not in Toto Bona Lokua
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 December 2018 12:53 (five years ago) link
29. Hailu Mergia - Lala Belu
From the Wire magazine album poll. Sons of Kemet won
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 December 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
xps to curmudgeon:The Dur-Dur and Sudanese compilations are talked about (a bit) on this thread: ’Sweet as Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa' - THIS COMP OMG.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 3 December 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
https://amanardekidal.bandcamp.com/album/alghafiat
― Mordy, Monday, 3 December 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Afropop worldwide podcast/radio show "Stocking Stuffers"-new,and reissued African and Caribbean and Central American and Latinx
http://afropop.org/audio-programs/stocking-stuffers-2018
Ebo Taylor, Yen Ara (Ghana)Angelique Kidjo, Remain in Light (Benin artist covers T. Heads)Bokanté & Metropole Orkest & Jules Buckley, What Heat, (US, Netherlands, Guadeloupe)Ronnie Moipolai, I’m Not Hear to Hunt Rabbits, (Botswana guitarist)“Listen All Around” Double cd comp of pre-independence music from central (Congo & more0 and east AfricaBombino, Deran (Niger guitarist)Delgres, Mo Jodi,(Paris-based Guadeloupe meets Creole Louisiana)Stella Chiweshe, Kasahwa: Early Singles (Zimbabwe reissue)Toko Telo, Diavola (Madagascar)Damily, Valimbilo (Madagascar)Doctor Nativo, Guatemaya (Guatemalan reggae-cumbia)King Koya, Tierra de King Coya (Colombian techno-cumbia)Anbessa Orchestra, Negestat (Ethiopiques led by Israelis in Brooklyn)Hailu Mergia, Lala Belu (Ethiopia)Sidi Touré, Toubalbero (Mali)Fatoumata Diawara, Fenfo (Mali)Harouna Samake, Kamele Blues (Mali)Invisible System, Bamako Sessions (Mali)Irene Mawela, Ari Pembele - Let's Rejoice (South African old-school mbaqanga singer)Professor Rhythm, Professor 3 (South Affrican reissue on Awesome Tapes)Qhizzo, Gqom Plug (South Africa)Thabang Tabane, Matjale (South African Venda roots-jazz)Lucibela, Laço Umbilical (Cape Verde singer's debut)Los Rumberos De La Bahia, Mabagwe (Cuban rumba)RAM, RAM 7 - August 1791 (Haiti)Bachata Haiti, Bachata Haiti Sarazino, Mama Funny Day (Paris-based Algerian singer)MHD, 19 (Paris-based Afro-trap rapper whose parents are Guinean and Senegalese)Moulay Masters, Moulay Ahmed El Hassani, Atlas Electric (Moroccan mountains)Tallawit Timbouctou, Hali Diallo (Malian desert )Dur-Dur Band, Dur-Dur Of Somalia Two Niles to Make a Melody, the Violins and Synths of Sudan.Cheikh Lô, Ne La Thiass vinyl reissue (Senegal)African Scream Contest 2 (Benin)Dr. Nico, Dieu De La Guitare vinyl reissue (Congo)Bumba Massa, V70 (Congo)Jupiter and Okwess, Kin Sonic (US release 2018) (Congo)Bixiga 70, Quebra Cabeça (Brazil)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 December 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
yeah! i was just listening to that ep. those are always great, lots of exposure to different stuff.
― Mordy, Sunday, 9 December 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
A Rosalia song seems to be the token non-English language track on Pitchfork’s top 100 tracks.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
33-year-old singer Jackson Aluta Kazimoto, known as Dogo Jackie or Jackie Simela, of great Tanzanian band Jagwa Music died in a car accident
https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/tanzania-jagwa-music-frontman-dies
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
I listened to Irene Mawela, Ari Pembele - Let's Rejoice (South African old-school mbaqanga singer)Thabang Tabane, Matjale (South African Venda roots-jazz)
from the afropop stocking stuffers list above-- eh they're ok. Still loving Ebo Taylor from Ghana. Need to hear more from that afropop list
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
https://www.catrinfinchandseckoukeita.com
Folk Roots critics poll album of the year is a collaboration between a Welsh harp player, Catrin Finch and a Senegalese kora player, Seckou Keita
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
http://www.transglobalwmc.com/category/charts/annual-charts/
Monsieur Doumani is their top North African/ Middle East winner
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 19:06 (five years ago) link
I still haven't listened to Doumani. Heard a little of the Finch and Keita record -- beautiful at times, too easy listening at other times
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 December 2018 13:53 (five years ago) link
The Afro-folk of Madagascar group Teko Telo is pleasant enough
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 15 December 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link
Transglobal WM Chart Best of 2018!BEST ALBUM OF 2018: Monsieur Doumani2-Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita3-Fatoumata Diawara4-El Naán5-Ammar 8086-Gabacho Maroc7-The Turbans8-SANS9-Vigüela10-Samba Touré
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link
20 = Ammar 808 Maghreb United (Glitterbeat)
This on Folk Roots poll. I like it
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
Monsieur Doumani did not wow me. It turns out that they are a three-piece Cypriot band
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:53 (five years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4cRw6TIIg
Guitarist Ronnie Moipolai from Botswana has over a million views
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
Check out the flashy fingerwork, people!
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 December 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
That Jupiter & Okwess album from Congo is a keeper. Great guitar sound, unusual arrangements, head nodding but not typical rhythms
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 December 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
Some albums on the Quietus list of 100 that I need to check out. Heard a little of this one and liked it:
The sheer range of what Maryam Saleh, Maurice Louca and Tamer Abu Ghazaleh are trying to combine on Lekhfa - trad chaabi, mahraganat, Nile Delta psych, classic Egyptian pop, Middle Eastern jazz, smoky... ...That's a choice by the Q editor who has posted here on ocassion
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 December 2018 16:07 (five years ago) link
Listening to Qhizzo- Gqomm Plug now. More interesting than European techno, but still the club beats can get a bit tiresome. This is from South Africa and the vocals are melodic and interesting in how the interact
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 December 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
Ammar 808 Maghreb United (Glitterbeat) has made a few polls
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
looking for Mdou Moctar bookings in florida, charleston sc, savannah, open to house shows - get at us at booking (at) sahelsounds (dot) com
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
didn't know you were repping Moctar curmudgeon! Hoping to see him briefly at Drom early next month.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
That was from a Sahelsounds tweet. I am just trying to help Moctar and Sahelsounds out. Have seen Moctar live 3 times and he and his band are wonderful. They deserve well-paying gigs in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 December 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
Jason King in his year-end piece as part of the Slate discussion among critics:
Though Africa has largely fallen off the American news radar, the music rocketing out of the continent remains straight fire. Projects by GuiltyBeatz, Aka, Fatoumata Diawara, Seun Kuti, Femi Kuti, Emmanuel Jal, Burna Boy, Muzi, Tal National, and Ammar 808 are all worth streaming. My favorite contemporary record this year, however, was I’m a Dream, the sophomore set from Gambian-Swedish chanteuse Seinabo Sey.
https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/2018-music-both-directions-at-once-coltrane.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 December 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
xp ah, okay.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2027032/barack-obama-best-songs-2018/news/
Jupiter & Okwess are on it; Fatoumata Diawara too
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
Rolling Global Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2019 Thread Once Known as World Music
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link