Afropunk

I hear that Kravitz guy is like a combination of Little Richard and the Bad Brains...Not really obviously

$40 to see Lauryn Hill, Kelis and Grace Jones is a fucking steal imo

true

lauryn hill conspicuously missing from the website lineup all of a sudden...

Ha, no surprise there.

Revised lineup for the NYC 8/22 date has Lauryn Hill back in the mix and adds Death Grips and SZA to go with Grace Jones, Kelis, Danny Brown, Suicidal Tendencies, Adia Victoria and Lion Babe.
That's what's up.

anybody wanna lay an over/under on which artists will actually attend?

From the Paris festival which finished yesterday, a new duo called Tshegue have made a great EP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzDkyjkCt2o

This mix wasn't planned as "an Afropunk mix," but I'd say by virtue of many of the artists represented having been part of Afropunk festivals in the past/present, it's at least Afropunk in spirit. Really exciting music. Hope you'll dig it:

https://musicophilia.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/musicophilia_00_various_-_old-souls_2015-2018_cover.jpg?w=1536

Various – ‘Old Souls’
(2015-2018)

01 [00:00] Serpetwithfeet – “Bless Ur Heart” (‘Soil’, 2018)
02 [04:12] Solange – “Don’t Wish Me Well” (‘A Seat at the Table’, 2016)
03 [08:19] Melo-Zed – “Still Hungry” (‘Eleven”, 2018)
04 [10:50] Ill Camille – “Renewed” (‘Heirloom’, 2017)
05 [16:00] Pierre Kwenders – “Makanda” (‘Makanda at the End of Space…‘, 2017)
06 [20:31] Lagartijeando – “Otono” (‘El Gran Poder’, 2017)
07 [23:30] Ibeyi – “Faithful” (‘Ibeyi’, 2015)
08 [26:48] Sampha – “Blood On Me” (‘Process’, 2017)
09 [30:55] Kendrick Lamar – “Love” (‘Damn’, 2017)
10 [34:22] FKA Twigs – “I’m Your Doll” (“M3LL155X” EP, 2015)
11 [37:26] Jlin – “Nandi” (‘Black Origami’, 2017)
12 [40:56] Ibibio Sound Machine – “Lullaby” (‘Uyai’, 2017)
13 [44:44] Frank Ocean – “Pink + White” (‘Blond’, 2016)
14 [47:35] Thundercat – “Where I’m Going” (‘Drunk’, 2017)
15 [49:34] Tawiah – “‘No Way” (“Recreate” EP, 2018)
16 [53:28] Syd – “Smile More” (‘Fin’, 2017)
17 [57:28] Nnamdi Ogbonnaya – “Should Have Known” (‘Drool’, 2017)
18 [61:23] Spellling – “Bolt From The Blue” (‘Pantheon of Me’, 2017)
19 [64:09] Nadah El Shazly – “Palmyra” (‘Ahwar’, 2017)
20 [69:00] Saba – “Busy/Sirens” (‘Care For Me’, 2018)
21 [74:28] Moses Sumney – “Incantation” (“Lamentations” EP, 2016)

[Total Time: 1:18:06]

https://musicophilia.wordpress.com/2018/06/10/old-souls/

From the Paris festival which finished yesterday, a new duo called Tshegue have made a great EP:

First video by them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC91GYRqwH0

- http://pan-african-music.com/en/new-video-tshegue-muanapoto

Shot in Abidjan, capital city of The Ivory Coast, the striking new video harnesses the primal energy of ‘Muanapoto’s kinetic drumming loops, beneath the no-f*cks-given attitude of French-Congolese frontwoman Faty Sy Savanet’s rhymes, to articulate a story which is actually about silence and isolation. Speaking about the film, which tracks a profoundly deaf and mute young girl negotiating her way out of a world devoid of sound, Argentinian directors Pantera say; “From the moment we first heard ‘Muanapoto’ we knew we wanted to make something that did justice to its insane rhythm and trance feeling. ‘Muanapoto’ speaks for African immigrants in Europe who upon arrival are forced to deal with the unknown, surrounded by new customs, foreign languages, different food and climate, all of which can lead to feelings of alienation. Muanapoto also feels like a release, a letting go, and that translates to the girl in our video, who feels the need to express something and is able to do so through dance and her body.”

nice

This is great, ty

yeah I'm totally into this. track of the week for me

muanapoto has such an incredible energy