The Good Leaf Remix

 A remix that went under the radar but brought to us courtesy of the Fader.com
Spoek Mathambo's mix submerges the vocal in a disco swamp, adds flange and kicks up the back beat..intoxicating! Free mp3 on the down arrow..


 

Kinshasa Superbad

Following on from the DRC Music  Kinshasa 1.2 concept LP dropped last year by Damon Albarn, Warp Records  & Oxfam, there now comes a new musical documentary 'Congotronics vs. Rockers' an evolving cast of 10 Congolese musicians and 10 members of various indie-rock bands who've come together to record and play live gigs across the world. Filmmaker Pierre Laffargue has chronicled the Superband - which includes members of Konono N°1, Deerhoof, and Wildbirds &  Peacedrums plus Juana Molina and others..A project conceived by Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis from Crammed Discs in Belgium.Here's the first glimpse of the promo Reel.

Here you check out the Congolese members of the live group on their way to last years Fuji Rock festival in Naeba, Japan.

Kinshasa 1.2

Looking forward to this dropping in October via Warp records Kinshasa One Two is a collection of Congolese artists brought together by Damon Albarn all to benefit Oxfam and recorded in just 5 days with 11 producers adding their unique talents. Ordered mine...Awesome stuff!

Pre-Order all profits go to Oxfam's work with DRC musicians.

Body & Soul

An Afro classic coming outta West Africa in the late 70's early 8o's. William Onyeabor a contemporary of the mighty Fela and indulging also in the social-political woes of his country and the world, but instead of following the raw Afro-beat of Fela's grooves, WO goes for an altogether more smoother funky/disco style. Lifted from Booniay!! A Compilation of West African Funk, pure afrofunk pleasure!!...Njoy.

Afrodisiac Soundsystem remixes download

 

ill communication

The last pick from our jazz session from the wonderful double bassist and oud player, Ahmed Abdul-Malik's LP "jazz sounds of africa" A combination of "the music of ahmed abdul- malik" and his 1962 "Sounds of Africa" LP's, fusing the west african sounds of 'highlife' into intriguing jazz compositions...Awesome stuff!

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1. Nights On Saturn
2. The Hustlers
3. Oud BLues
4. La Ibkey
5. Don't Blame Me
6. Hannibal's Carnivals
7. Wakida Hena
8. African Bossa Nova
9. Nadusilma
10. Out of Nowhere
11. Communication
12. Suffering.
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House Of Afreaka Vol II

A great mix to share comes courtesy of DJUMB of Generation Bass as he explores the DeeeeeP side of South African House muzik and includes some of the current big boyz, Black Coffee & Culoe De Song.

He says of the mix...
This one I dedicate to those boyz who partly inspired it:
ENZO, aka ERNEST aka “THE CEO OF THE STREETS” and THABANG aka THA EYE and our trusted driver and now brother, Proff. It is also dedicated to all my SA brothers and sisters. Keep moving forward, your forgiveness is awe-inspiring!
In a way, this mix also mirrors some of my emotional journey in SA!
People always say that “you feel a thing” that people who go to South Africa say one can feel?
The mystery that enters into your soul about that place where man was born?
It’s a sacred place down there! …“This is the DeeeeP SoutH SessionS!”

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Copa do mondo

So just 10 days to go to the greatest show on earth and the anticipation felt around the world is gathering excitement by the hour...As readers will know we at mt@o are avid followers of the beautiful game...or as our friends in the US would say 'what that game with 22 grown men kicking a ball around'...yes my dear cousins that game which is truly GLOBAL and brings people together like no other. Now for the tunes to go with, Next Stop Soweto Vol.2 is the second in STRUTrecords three-part compilation series showcasing ‘underground’ South African music of the 60's and 70's. Thanks to several years of painstaking research and vinyl archaeology by compilers Duncan Brooker and Francis Gooding they've uncovered some rare gems of SA soul, funk, R&B and psych sounds from a time when these unknown musicians plied their trade under an oppressive apartheid regime during the years before the tumultuous Soweto uprising of 1976...We're dropping 2 tracks from the comp a quality funky groover from the Soul Throbs with a track called 'Little Girl' and some uptempo boogie bizniz from The Heroes with 'Come With Me', just wish the tracks were longer, re-edits anyone?... An overall amazing collection of obscure South African music....An essential purchase to enjoy head-nodding during those half-time brakes,

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