African tapes, many of them! Feeling dizzy now.
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I think I first heard about them after the dude did a Boiler Room set. Have since copped this re-ish:
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/LM8wsY82gIs[/media]
BBC Radio made a show about the dude who runs the site trying to track down Ata Kak and reissue this track that the internets had been going nuts over https://youtube.com/watch?v=OEyWIqQCTWk when they found him Ata was shocked they liked it because the tape had degraded and was playing the song all wonky, but until then everyone had just assumed that was part of the intended sound. Shit has a charm for sure, but I also find it kinda unlistenable tbh.
I remember the old blog from years ago when it was just another of the many music sharing blogspots, crazy how it's now a business and dude it touring the country off the back of it.
I remember the old blog from years ago when it was just another of the many music sharing blogspots, crazy how it's now a business and dude it touring the country off the back of it.
that Na Hawa Doumbia LP is pretty nice, and I think he's the one who put out some recent Hailu Mergia reissues. I would scour through his old blog every once in a while, it's kind of hit and miss but there's some cool stuff and I give him props just for the sheer variety of music he put up there. Look up the Penny Penny ones if you want some heavy 80s dance music vibes.
I also remember dude would do the occasional tape deck dj gig.
I also remember dude would do the occasional tape deck dj gig.
Yemsky said:Mowgli said:really dig this album they re-issued from 1985:
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/h12PA4ovTZc[/media]
That was a rather random contribution to this thread...
Well, Uku Kuut sounds faintly african and P.P.U. is kind of rescuing lost recordings too.
BTW, I like pizza.
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/avVMAz9rj9s[/media]
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/h12PA4ovTZc[/media]
That was a rather random contribution to this thread...
Well, Uku Kuut sounds faintly african and P.P.U. is kind of rescuing lost recordings too.
BTW, I like pizza.
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/avVMAz9rj9s[/media]
Yemsky said:Mowgli said:really dig this album they re-issued from 1985:
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/h12PA4ovTZc[/media]
That was a rather random contribution to this thread...
Whoops, yeah just realizing now i mixed the two labels up. Well, nonetheless P.P.U is akin to Awesome Tapes and is worth checking out.
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/h12PA4ovTZc[/media]
That was a rather random contribution to this thread...
Whoops, yeah just realizing now i mixed the two labels up. Well, nonetheless P.P.U is akin to Awesome Tapes and is worth checking out.
LaserWolf said
uderonomy said:
I think I first heard about them after the dude did a Boiler Room set. Have since copped this re-ish:
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/LM8wsY82gIs[/media]
That piano at 5:40!
I don't have the record to hand, but from memory the liner notes said that when she was born her grandmother, who was a musician, predicted that she would become a singer, so her parents took her to a blacksmith to have this "curse" lifted. The blacksmith's magic failed and her grandmother's prediction came true.
uderonomy said:I think I first heard about them after the dude did a Boiler Room set. Have since copped this re-ish:
[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/LM8wsY82gIs[/media]
That piano at 5:40!
I don't have the record to hand, but from memory the liner notes said that when she was born her grandmother, who was a musician, predicted that she would become a singer, so her parents took her to a blacksmith to have this "curse" lifted. The blacksmith's magic failed and her grandmother's prediction came true.
not sure if he was the first to unearth this frimpong belter but its where i heard it first, dude was around way before the analogue africas et all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
mickalphabet said:not sure if he was the first to unearth this frimpong belter but its where i heard it first, dude was around way before the analogue africas et all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Damn! That's that good stuff right there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Damn! That's that good stuff right there.
mickalphabet said:not sure if he was the first to unearth this frimpong belter but its where i heard it first, dude was around way before the analogue africas et all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Classic and amazing track but 2009 (Upload date) is actually pretty late... first time this was comped was in 2001. The original was probably the most sold Ghanaian record ever... and the most played, you usually find 20 hammered copies before you get one that's barely VG+.
When I went to an open air restaurant in Kumasi one evening in '07 or so the live band played a killer version of this. Goosebump-inducing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Classic and amazing track but 2009 (Upload date) is actually pretty late... first time this was comped was in 2001. The original was probably the most sold Ghanaian record ever... and the most played, you usually find 20 hammered copies before you get one that's barely VG+.
When I went to an open air restaurant in Kumasi one evening in '07 or so the live band played a killer version of this. Goosebump-inducing...
Frank said:mickalphabet said:not sure if he was the first to unearth this frimpong belter but its where i heard it first, dude was around way before the analogue africas et all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Classic and amazing track but 2009 (Upload date) is actually pretty late... first time this was comped was in 2001.
That refers to the Duncan Brooker's Afro Rock compilation, right?
There was a generation before those who have been driving the revival in the 2000s: In the 80s and 90s many unnamed or forgotten promoters brought African musicians over to Europe for concert tours and I still remember that at every gig there were record dealers with a good selection. I also remember some small mail order record shops dealing in African imports. I guess that out of that scene grew labels like Network Medien in Germany who already issued a CD compilation back in 1990 featuring Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3_Q8KOdd0
thems drums get me every time
Classic and amazing track but 2009 (Upload date) is actually pretty late... first time this was comped was in 2001.
That refers to the Duncan Brooker's Afro Rock compilation, right?
There was a generation before those who have been driving the revival in the 2000s: In the 80s and 90s many unnamed or forgotten promoters brought African musicians over to Europe for concert tours and I still remember that at every gig there were record dealers with a good selection. I also remember some small mail order record shops dealing in African imports. I guess that out of that scene grew labels like Network Medien in Germany who already issued a CD compilation back in 1990 featuring Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu.
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