Saturday, July 31, 2010
Diakari Dia Diakite dit Dia Sadjona
Side A
Sadjona
Noumou Foly
Marassa
Side B
Thié Foly
Soma Tjayala
Soma Foly
Another gifted vocalist/n'goni ninja piques my interest. Please go ahead and add him to the burgeoning list recently fortified by new releases from Yaala Yaala/Drag City. Hunters' music from south of Bamako is apparently all the rage in 2010 and I am not mad.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Bongo Flava 3
Side A
Cheka Kidogo—Dudubaya
Latifa—N.B. Dog ft. Madee
Sumu ya Teja—Vital Maende
Baridi Kama Hii—Enika
Itakuwa Ngumu—Vivan
Tulia—Jack Maria
Side B
Mapenzi Gani—Banana
Siku ya Leo—Bushoke
Milionea—O.B. Bryant
Leila Wakole Hexagone
Niko Simple—Dogo N Viny
Kama Yule—Q Chief
Who's up for a Tanzanian bongo flava compilation? It's nothing to write home about but in this epic heatwave I'm finding it hard to dig deep in the cassette boxes.
I am djing tonight at the Konono no. 1 show at Le Poisson Rouge.
Also, this Thursday, July 22 is Twin Shadow, Awesome Tapes from Africa, Hooray for Earth and Mammal Paradise at Cake Shop.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Omar El Knitri avec Saïd Dade
Side 1
Malika
Sidi Ya Hah
Dekkat 55
Nadia
Sidi Abderrahman
Side 2
Fatma Fatma
Shaïbi
Saïssih
Abdellah Ya Soussi
Fatima Hanan
Marhba Ya Lalla
Hbabahi
I got this excellent frentic freakout of a tape in Paris. I can't find any infos on this rai guy who is from Morocco or Algeria (I can't recall). While googling I came across these great music videos by a guy with a similar name.
Next Awesome Tapes from Africa DJ set is with Konono no. 1, Javelin, Just Wills and Prof DJ Rainstick at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on July 18.
