#Analog Africa

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La Francachela - Mosquita Muerta (197?)

Afro-Colombian music from Discos Machuca, a label created by Rafael Machuca to recreate the African music that was selling so well in Colombia at the time.

#La Francachela #Mosquita Muerta #La Locura de Machuca #Colombia #Analog Africa #Rafael Machuca

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#world #afrobeat #africa #afrofunk #funk #record sleeve #discogs #analog africa

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Listen/purchase: Africa Iyo by Jean-Pierre Djeukam

#Cameroon #garage funk #Analog Africa #Bandcamp

[the-birth-of-art]

holy shit this album is good

#ranil y su conjunto tropical #ranil #analog africa #peruvian #cumbia #Youtube

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Futuristic Afro-Beat by way of Cabo Verde on this newly released compilation The Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde 1977 - 1985, courtesy of Analog Africa

#antonio sanches #pinta manta #afro #cabo verde #analog africa #soul funk

[mywifeleftme]

97: Rob // Rob

Rob Rob 1977, Essiebons (Bandcamp) My favourite Ivorian Robot Operating Buddy from Ghana, Rob’s first LP is what Jay-Z once called “Black superhero music.” Few of the songs develop a ton—what you’re hearing in the first 30 seconds is more or less what you’ll be hearing seven minutes later, but it must be said that there is not a moment of this record that does not feel like an appropriate soundtrack to history’s slickest motherfucker doing his thing. Rob is probably one of the better-known afro-funk reissues of recent years, an assessment I’ve made purely on the basis of knowing one guy who will understand what I’m referring to when I yell “FUNKY ROB WAY” at him. (Though another sign might be that two different reissue labels, Mr. Bongo and Analog Africa, appear to have re-released the album within a month of one another in 2019. The Analog Africa version seems to be a much more elaborate production, but my Mr. Bongo version sounds great and you don’t necessarily need to know Rob’s star sign or shoe size to enjoy the LP.)

As a frontman, Rob is mostly just kinda there, muttering or yelling something every few bars while his band produces Pacific Northwest quantities of smoke. (Or as of 2023, Montreal quantities of smoke.) They really have an incredible sound, the funk equivalent to one of those collector-bait underground psych rock bands that turned some uncle money into a spectacular amateur studio and recorded one melted opus before selling their instruments and beginning a Christian ministry in Vanuatu. Though plenty of Ghanaian bands of the era could make people move, Rob’s band are just as impressive on the spacier numbers, like the warbling synth-spined “Forgive Us All” and “Your Kiss Stole Me Away,” which are basically FM radio for Black UFOs. The ensemble began life as a military band called Mag-2 under the stewardship of fanfic-ass-named guitarist Amponsha Rockson (would be like my parents naming me Hieronymus Suckdickson—how could they have known?). I gather that at the time joining the military wasn’t a bad deal for a musician, as the army would provide kickass western gear in exchange for entertaining their fellow troops. The Analog Africa liner notes (kindly provided on their Bandcamp) say the Mag-2 guys were still living in their barracks during the recording of this album, which suggests the Ghanaian Army must’ve been a pretty chill org. (Please send your links to the Ghanaian Army’s Wikipedia page subsection on ‘Atrocities’ to my email.) Can you imagine the US Army Herald Trumpets playing something as cool as the horn hits on “More”? (Please send your links to the US Army Herald Trumpets’ Wikipedia page subsection on ‘John Zorn Collaborations’ to my other email.)

In conclusion, a hearty “FUNKY ROB WAY” to you and yours, goodnight.

97/365

#vinyl record #music review #'70s music #afro funk #ghanaian music #west african music #ivorian music #funk #analog africa #mr. bongo #funky rob way #funky rob

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(via ▶︎ Cameroon Garage Funk (Analog Africa Nr. 32) | Various )

#bandcamp #analog africa #cameroon #funk #soul #afrofunk #african funk

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"CK MANN & HIS CAROUSEL 7 - Yeaba"

#ck mann & his carousel 7 #music #analog africa

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# 4,125

Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972​-​1991) (2019)

Another legacy revived by Germany’s Analog Africa who, since 2006, specializes in Seventies and Eighties South American and African music. Omar Shooli’s “Hab Isii (Hug Me)”, Bakaka Band’s “Geesiyada Halgamayow (Brave Fighters)”, and Mukhtar Ramadan Iidi’s “Baayo (Hey Woman)” kicked off our second-annual bonus African music showcase on Omega WUSB. If that wasn’t enough, Iftin Band’s “Sirmaqabe (No Secrets)” gave us a grand old time where its fresh chopped-up beats and electric keys deliver an eerie and laser-line focused gaze straight out of any fancy Somalian ballroom or lounge. We also never forgot the funky “Baayo (Hey Woman)” for its lo-fi clarity and hearty vocal delivery. Let’s see what we can get out of Analog Africa for next year’s showcase.

#Mogadisco #Moghadishu #Analog Africa #Omar Shooli #Bakaka Band #Mukhtar Ramadan Iidi #Iftin Band #African #cassette #omega #music #mixtapes #reviews #playlists

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Analog Africa No. 37 ECUATORIANA El Universo Paralelo De Polibio Mayorga 1969​ - ​1981

Junior y Su Equipo, Eduardo Morales y Su Requinto, Polibio Mayorga, Olmedo Torres, Alcibiades y Su Banda, Orti Mayorga y Chiriboga, Conjunto La Jorga, Polibio Mayorga y Su Conjunto

#currently playing #Polibio Mayorga #Analog Africa #1969

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Sonido Verde de Moyobamba - Melancolia (1980)

Led by guitarist Leonardo Vela Rodriguez, here’s Sonido Verde de Moyobamba with some fantastic Amazonian cumbia. 

#Sonido Verde de Moyobamba #Melancolia #Leonardo Vela Rodriguez #Analog Africa

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#senegal #african #world #70s #analog africa

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Listen/purchase: A Min We Vo Nou We by Les Sympathics de Porto Novo

#rock #African music #Bandcamp #Analog Africa

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Artist : Hallelujah Chicken Run Band

Track : Mudzimu Ndiringe

Album : Take One

#music #hallelujah chicken run band #mudzimu ndiringe #take one #analog africa

[mywifeleftme]

278: Dur Dur Band // Dur Dur of Somalia Volume 1 & Volume 2

Dur Dur of Somalia Volume 1 & Volume 2 Dur Dur Band 2018, Analog Africa (Bandcamp)

I’m not going to stand here and tell you directly that Dur-Dur Band is the greatest African group of all time, but if the thought kinda worms around in your brain a lil, well, more to the good. Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mogadishu, Somalia was one of the most happening cities on the continent, and Dur-Dur Band (Somali for Water Stream) held down a residency at a top hotel. They achieved enough local notoriety to have a chance to record some tapes, and their music was in heavy rotation on local radio. In contrast to Ghana and Nigeria, the most well-known loci for Afro-funk, Somalia lies on the east coast of the continent, and Mogadishu was traditionally a cultural hub in which Arabic and Indian influences mixed with the indigenous Somali culture. Colonial occupation by the Italians and the British thickened the stew, and as a result the milieu that produced Dur-Dur was cosmopolitan even by the standards of coastal Africa.

Released in 1986 and 1987 respectively and reissued as a triple LP in 2018 by Analog Africa, Dur-Dur’s Volume 1 and Volume 2 cover a ton of sonic territory, though their core sound is the type of exquisitely groovy horn-driven funk that drives aficionados nuts. The production is nice and raw (Volume 1 was recorded in a single afternoon session at a Mogadishu club) but robust and bass-heavy, and there are also some extremely tasty synth sounds that gesture towards the more electronic sounds happening at the time in places like South Africa. I don’t know what you’re supposed to do with yourself when something like the funk-centipede-conga-line “Doon Baa Maraysoo” kicks your door down and starts boogieing around the house other than join in.

While the band evidently played plenty of foreign music in their marathon stage sets, on record they focused on their novel fusion of these influences with local rhythms. The jittering “Jubba Aaka” matches dense hand-drummed percussion a la Sufi trance music and highlife horns with sassy boy-girl call and response vocals that wouldn’t be out place in a Bollywood dance number; the brief “Saafiyeey Makaa Saraayeey” is a trippy dub blues with fake-out record skips and ululating vocal runs redolent of Islamic prayer music; “Diinleeya” clearly pulls from classic reggae music, but also Dhaanto, a Somali folk dance with a similarly skanking rhythm. The compilation keeps you on your toes; “Salkuu Dhigey,” one of the previously unreleased tracks, has this insistent bleeping guitar figure and shifty beat that makes me think of a like, DJ Koze beat or something.

Basically everything on here slaps. Dur-Dur Band for World President.

278/365

#dur dur band #dur-dur band #analog africa #somalia #somali music #afrobeat #afro funk #'80s music #african music #east african music #east africa #music review #vinyl record

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Duppy Echoes 10.09. Midnight to 02:00am (WCSB 89.3FM Cleveland)

Roy Ayers - Just love you

Jayne Cortez - Lead

Pastor TL Barrett - After the rain

Billy Harper - Cry of hunger

Burning Spear - Door Peep

Little John Feat Billy Boyo - Janet Sinclair

The Scientist - Dangerous Matches

Desmond Dekker - Look What

The Movers - Give 5 or more

Kendrick - For Free?

Celestine Ukwu - Okwekuwe Na Nchekuwe

Sabu Martinez - Meapestaculo

Fela Kuti - Mrgramatalogical

The Roots - I will not apologize

Flying Lotus - Beginners falafel

Funkadelic - Tales of kid funkadelic

Erykah Badu - The Cell

#Funkadelic #Bernie Worrell #Flying lotus #The Roots #Fela Kuti #Sabu Martinez #Celestine Ukwu #Kendrick lamar #The Movers #Analog Africa #Desmond Dekker #The Scientist #dub reggae #Burning Spear #Billy Harper #Strata East #Jayne Cortez #Roy Ayers