Thought you were specifically askibg about naija music, heez. Sorry again.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:10 (four years ago) link
No prob! I did find this record store in Joberg call Afrosynth Records which is now the first place I’m going when I eventually head over there again
― Heez, Wednesday, 7 August 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjpzUgZvbo
I'm thinking this girl has potential
I haven't found too many new things that excite me in afrobeats. Some things are good (Supernova, Boda Sodiq, Oil & Gas) but they're not "new".
― Nabozo, Saturday, 10 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link
Welcoming to the thread: Swae Lee. His new single is produced and co-written by Tekno.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBioIsLoXoESwae Lee ft. Drake • Won’t Be Late
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 17 August 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
Really enjoying Eazzy - Away posted upthread
― frame casual (dog latin), Sunday, 18 August 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
Happy Mondays!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odSYrpgSPccMaWhoo ft. Heavy K • Umshado
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 06:55 (four years ago) link
Got to say that the Swae Drake and Tekno works well for me.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 19 August 2019 09:10 (four years ago) link
It’s wonderful, plays to both Swae Lee and Drake’s strengths.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
Hoping it will become a big (US/international) hit, to keep the Afropop momentum going.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
Drake has no strengths :)but otherwise yes, very nice tune
― rob, Monday, 19 August 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
been trying to put together a nice afrobeats mix recently. but my first attempt ended up being a bit flabby, with about 70% drifting by, a little tame, lacking a bit of the fun and dynamicism of a previous mix I made, or how it feels when I mix dancehall and soca. there are some great tunes on it, but together they lack punch until I get to the faster stuff at the end. I guess it's my usual coming about (some) afrobeats, that it can sometimes be a bit smooth and lacking the bite of other styles. and a lot of rhythms are starting to sound like each other until, of course you get a curveball. I can't help feeling that the enormous wave of SA house kicked off by Sun El and co is starting to feel a bit like a glut, for example. I guess I'm really just asking where I can hear more bangers..
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 19 August 2019 22:57 (four years ago) link
also I accidentally contaminated the mix with Drake which makes it a curate's egg
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 19 August 2019 22:58 (four years ago) link
I’m curious: what do you consider “glut” (glut, natural glut)? When it comes to SA I would have thought stuff like “Tshikwama” or “Umshado” might be right up your alley.Also I think this thread at least offers a variety of bangers of many different stripes.This brings out the bang in banger, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDSuBKrTLPkScrô Q Cuia ft. Nerú Americano • O PintinPerforming it live on Angolan TV.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:16 (four years ago) link
Or I could always post the next A-Star, guy is relentless, it’s hard to keep up:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFMVEAdB2EsA-Star • Hypeman
Learn the dance routine.
― breastcrawl, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 08:19 (four years ago) link
I am absolutely loving A-Star and Material Culture and Eazzy at the moment. Feel like that's the kind of stuff I most want to mix rather than the more warm-house and r'n'b inflected stuff
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
do we cover much east african stuff ITT? I feel like with quite a few festivals like Nyege Nyege and Ongala taking place this summer, it's something I'd like to know more about
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Music from East African countries is relatively underrepresented here, and it tends to be mainly the chart-oriented stuff by people like Diamond Platnumz and Rayvanny. However, there was a bit of singeli/Nyege Nyege Tapes discussion on the Rolling herky-jerky thread earlier this year, as mentioned upthread, and I posted a Jay Mitta track here - which is of course also featured on this Spotify playlist of most of the African stuff posted on various threads.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
https://www.nyegenyege.com/2019-artist-lineup/This is the lineup for the Nyege Nyege Festival, to be held in two weeks’ time. Dozens of names, of which I know only a few. Feel free to post interesting tracks!
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
ah cool. i was so keen to go to NN this year but it was a mission and i didn't go in the end, mch to my current disappointment
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
that line up looks intriguing even though i've heard of maybe 2% of it.
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQ9MRxm9UoMr Eazi ft. Simi • DoyinGlorious production by Killertunes
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 06:35 (four years ago) link
oh, there’s a video already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMredVuy7M
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
gorgeous
― big city slam (Spottie), Friday, 23 August 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
Not all that random Ghanaian highlife rap I’m loving:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNCFKjB_x8NiiQuaye ft. Kirani Ayat & Akan • Twa Wonan Ase
― breastcrawl, Friday, 23 August 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
This is fantastic. A Best of Flavour and Flavour-featuring songs would be so great:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie6HixFu_IEJay Fashion ft. Flavour • Ikuwago(what’s that kick-ass high-pitched instrument that plays during the chorus and is most clearly heard in the final 18 seconds?)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
(I guess it could be a distorted version of the traditional flute that Igbo musicians like Flavour sometimes use when they “take it to the village”)
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
Two from Liberia:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7KxEhzAdYKobazzie ft. Davido • Bounce (Remix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOEQklxDFsJSB ft. D. Pretty • Bluetooth
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
Obama has Rema’s Iron Man on his summer playlist, lol.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 25 August 2019 05:32 (four years ago) link
never catching up on the thread this year, but "Doyin" is lovely
a friend just told me Koffee is on there too. If he tweets about "Balloon" we'll know he's a lurker
― rob, Sunday, 25 August 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
Koffee is on “Doyin”? Doing what? Backing vocals?HOWEVER, Killertunes has a 🎈in his Twitter bio, so I don’t know anymore...
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 25 August 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
koffee is on O's playlist i think rob mean
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 25 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
aaah lolBarack BALLOON Obama
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 25 August 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
haha sorry that is what I meant, should have put an xp on that
― rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
a promoter friend is traveling through E Africa at the moment and heard this on the radio. It's brilliant
https://youtu.be/9VSz1gKlfmk
B Gway (et al) - Ndembe
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 22:46 (four years ago) link
weird'n'warpy Kenyan trip hop from Nah Eeto - Kichaa. This is from very late 2018 but there's a new album out soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxDQM7gcRM
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link
That’s the spirit! Loving “Ndembe”, especially when it goes into overdrive during Sholo Mwamba’s section. (unfortunately, this remix is not on Spotify, so it’s the original version [minus Sholo] on the playlist. Still good!)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
Still hardly any singeli “singles” on Spotify by the looks of it, but this is Sholo Mwamba’s most recent video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enq4afCTqwSholo Mwamba • KimbiaThis one is from a year ago and sounds like a bit of a pop move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWbDAHF-pUcSholo Mwamba • Anataka UmaLive scenes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3OyRYryt8
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
As for BGway himself (who does have stuff on Spotify), he makes “trap mdundiko” rather than singeli.“Ndembe” seems his most exciting track by far, precisely because of the singeli injection, and there’s some bongo flava there as well, I think.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
(just trying to school myself here, feel free to ignore)
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
no it's interesting. I only recently learnt the terms singeli and bongo flava
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
Very sad news, I only learned about this today:DJ Arafat, a giant of coupé-decalé and one of the biggest stars of francophone Afropop (and beyond: he also worked with Nigerian artists like Davido and Yemi Alade, for instance) died two weeks ago in a motorcycle accident in Abidjan. He was 33. https://www.france24.com/en/20190831-ivorian-music-star-dj-arafat-gets-royal-send-off-with-grand-funeral-concertHis funeral was today. His life was celebrated with a stadium concert featuring performances of many fellow artists. Here’s (all?) seven hours of it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xld7GMoqKycHis most recent hit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuk8PdGKv9cDJ Arafat ft. Naza • Ventripotent
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 31 August 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
This one, from a year ago, is pretty damn awesome:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkpsWXpRmSYDJ Arafat • Pandou Koulé
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 31 August 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
Horrible news.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 1 September 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
Hi all
Here's an thread-relevant mix I made over the weekend featuring a lot of songs ITT and from elsewhere. Tracklisting is partially complete as I need to wait till I get home tonight and check through my Serato history
https://soundcloud.com/charlieframedj/akrakabo-2019-more-afrobeats-pop-and-dance
Enjoy!
FOKN Bois - African HolidayJuls x Mr Eazi - CakeTiwa Savage - OneE.L. - EhuaRema - DumebiZero12Finest - Baby Are You Coming?A-Star - SolegeDJ Tunez x Busiswa - Majesty (Fuck It Up)Sefa - Suga
Mina x Bryte - SentahBryte x Busy Twist - HustlerA-Star x GuiltyBeatz - BogadaEazzy - AwayGoldlink x Maleek Berry x Bibi Bourelly - Zulu ScreamsMaterial Culture - NgenzanMina x Bryte - Make Money (SNØW Remix)Scró Q Cuia x Neru Americano - O PintinTshegue - The WheelPetrah - Tiaso
B-Gway ft Mesen Selekta - NdembeJay Mitta x Dogo Janja - Taitzo PesaNihiloxica - Kadodi
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 2 September 2019 13:28 (four years ago) link
I love Rema “Dumebi” . Great song
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 September 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
It’s been out since March, so I am a bit late.
https://www.thefader.com/2019/06/24/rema-dumebi-interview
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 September 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
There’s a Spanish version too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 September 2019 17:32 (four years ago) link
Didn’t know about that Spanish version, it’s fun!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuQiQFHgzDMJthyago x Oscar el Ruso x Samueliyo Baby x Irrita el Indio • Dumebi (Spanish version)Might as well post the Panamanian version of Skiibi’s “Sensima” too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNN-TBgAD9AItalian Somali x Dubosky • Loco Fefo
― breastcrawl, Monday, 2 September 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
Dumebi is beautiful. I prefer it to Ma Lo
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 2 September 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
not Ma Lo, I meant Manya which it's loosely based on
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 2 September 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link