Official Official African Music Thread

[Sinnerman]

upped

 

[EQ.]

Siji - "Yearning For Home"

Some beautiful African women in this video.
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[Northern Son]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7cNtjQW4Mc"]angelique kidjo summertime - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Northern Son]

"RADIO TANZANIA" mixtape download:

AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #42: RADIO TANZANIA | Okayplayer

The Tanzania Heritage Project is an NGO dedicated to preserving and celebrating the musical heritage of Tanzania, with a particular focus on the archive of Radio Tanzania – the former state-controlled station that ruled the airwaves for 30 years after independence. The archive holds an estimated 19,000 reel-to-reel tapes, at least half of which are made up of unique recordings of bands and musicians made in Radio Tanzania’s studio, and solely for broadcast on the now defunct station.

Much of this music is musiki wa dansi – literally “dance music” – a big-band style drawing influence from Congolese soukous and rhumba, while remaining definitively Tanzanian. Also known as zilipendwa (the loved ones), and Swahili jazz, dansi was incredibly popular un the 70s and 80s as an urban music style loved throughout the region.

Africa In Your Earbuds #42 is made up primarily of 7″ dansi vinyl found in a dusty store in Dar, released on Kenyan labels such as Saba Saba, Moto Moto, African, and one imprint (Kwetu) from Tanzania. A couple of Congolese tracks also feature, but on the whole, its focus is the sound of Dar in the 70s, and a good representation of what the Radio Tanzania archive holds. Dansi tracks often follow a similar structure – a slower, highly melodic vocal-based song at the start, then a faster, more danceable section for the second half — which is often split over 2 sides on these 7″ pressings. Where this is the case, I’ve generally opted for the second part of each track, as that’s my thing.

-David Tinning

 

[EQ.]

Tawiah's voice tho
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[Northern Son]

Kora music

 

[Mastamimd]

Liberia stand up

 

[Northern Son]

 

[Northern Son]

More CHIMURENGA music from Mapfumo the gawd:

 

[Northern Son]

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

 

[Northern Son]

Mbira is such a beautiful instrument.

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

 

[EQ.]

I still get my when this track comes on​