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
“Ndembe” is so fucking good!
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 5 September 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link
I had to rip it from YouTube in the end cos the version I bought on Google Play was quite different and nowhere near as good
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 5 September 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Is that the version I mentioned above with just G Nako that’s on Spotify? It’s not as singeli-larly spectacular, but still very good in its own right imo.
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 5 September 2019 18:30 (four years ago) link
In other news:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOoNEi8BlgMTiwa Savage • 49-99 (produced by Pheelz)
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 5 September 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
re: Ndembe - it's not bad but the video version is jaw dropping in how it ramps up a gear every couple of bars. Goes from this loping reggaeish best to full throttle singeli in the course of 4 mins. The Spotify version is more straightforward rap / bongo flava
― frame casual (dog latin), Thursday, 5 September 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
totally agree, only your “not bad” is my “still very good in its own right”
― breastcrawl, Thursday, 5 September 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Nigerian music writer Joey Akan profiles five Naija artists (Blaqbonez, Wavy the Creator, Fireboy DML, Odunsi and Teni) for the New York Times Style Magazine:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/t-magazine/nigerian-musicians-fireboy-dml-odunsi-the-engine.html(I note that, just like in his recent Burna Boy review for The Fader, he uses the term “Afrobeats” for his American audience. Guess we’re stuck with that one)
― breastcrawl, Friday, 6 September 2019 05:58 (four years ago) link
Been absent here due to major surgery a few weeks back, but saw this: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/world/africa/zimdancehall-the-music-that-moves-zimbabwes-uneasy-streets.html
Probably more appropriate for the dancehall thread, but an interesting read nonetheless...despite the music being a bit meh to my ears, the messages seem urgent, and sometimes that's enough.
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Saturday, 7 September 2019 12:30 (four years ago) link
Hope you’re doing better, table!Don’t know much about the Zimbabwean scene, but this was one of my favourite jams of 2017:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFzDqKRb7zcExQ ft. Killer T • NhemaGoogleTranslate told me the lyrics are about haters telling lies. I was going to say it’s hard to read a line like “we are free spirits” as completely nonpolitical, but then I came across this.
― breastcrawl, Sunday, 8 September 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
:
TNS has the Midas Touch as far as I’m concerned. “My Dali” and “Joburg” (with Mampinthsa) are two of the best tracks of the year. This is his latest - and there’s an album on the way:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVRbI2PjjogTNS ft. Mpumi • Umona
― breastcrawl, Monday, 9 September 2019 07:29 (four years ago) link
Nice low-key EP from Blackmagic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Busrs7LGwBlackmagic - BM19001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzum0bAFZ4Blackmagic - BM19007
― vcrash, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
Just heard this on Eazzy's EP:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8jNU1US2kEazzy - Away ft. Medikal
― vcrash, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
Away is so great
― frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
Ghetto love, made in Lagos.
― breastcrawl, Friday, 13 September 2019 07:59 (four years ago) link