Ivory Coast Soul
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/
“Ivory Coast Soul – Afro Funk From Abidjan from 1972 to 1982” is a compilation released in 2010 on 2 vinyl LPs.
Volume 2 was released in 2012 and covers music produced […]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #CôteDIvoire #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic
Dr K. Gyasi & His Noble Kings (1974)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dr-kwame-gyasi-noble-kings-1974/
Kwame Gyasi (1929–2012), aka Dr K. Gyasi, was a Ghanaian highlife musician. He originated the Sikyi highlife sub-genre which combined electric organ with the known highlife genres.He formed the Noble Kings Band with which he spent a large portion of his career.
No collection should be without this classic by Dr. K. Gyasi and his […]
Jorge Ben – África Brasil (Zumbi)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zumbi-jorge-ben-africa-brasil-1976/
África Brasil is a great funky album by Jorge Ben in 1976…
[This album] represented a milestone in Ben’s career with Ben’s switch to electric guitar and incorporation of both Afro-Brazilian and African-American funk music styles into his sound.
Os Mutantes - Panis Et Circensis & Bat Macumba
Live on French TV in 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxwQhrfTEc8
Brazilian Psychedelic/Tropicalia
The Rise And Fall of Nigerian Rock
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wake-up-you-rise-fall-nigerian-rock/
Wake Up You! (1972-1977)
This compilation is a tribute to the many bands that formed this relatively unknown 1970s Nigerian Rock & Psychedelic circle. It includes tracks from Ify Jerry Krusade, The Hygrades, The Hykkers, Waves, The Funkees, Theodore Nemy and many more.
Miss Smodern
https://amf.didiermary.fr/miss-smodern/
Miss Smodern est l’une des raretés de la musique africaine, en particulier, car il n’y a pratiquement pas d’information sur le titre, ni les interprètes.
Le nom “S’modern” ou “Smodern” semble avoir été utilisé par de multiples variations de groupes des années 50 à 70, a priori pour des groupes vocaux Zulu féminins… […]
Blo – Chapter One
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chapter-one/
Blo, AfroFunk-Rock from Nigeria in the 70s.
Chapter One was Blo’s debut album, originally released by EMI in 1973. Blo were remarkable for a variety of reasons: they were arguably the first rock trio to emerge from Africa and its members — Berkely ‘Ike’ Jones on guitar, Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi on drums and Mike ‘Gbenga’ […]
El Rego et Ses Commandos – E Nan Mian Nuku
https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-e-nan-mian-nuku/
Was El Rego Benin’s Godfather of Funk? Listen to El Rego et Ses Commandos, an album released in 2011.
“There’s lots of James Brown in there, but while other Benin singers of the period are more scary than funky when they echo Soul Brother Number One, El Rego makes restraint sound not only more fun, […]
Orchestre de l’Université d’Abidjan (OUA) – Pétrole mouillé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-universite-abidjan-oua-petrole-mouille/
Créé dans les années 70-80 en Côte d’Ivoire, pour faire de la musique un élément d’épanouissement intellectuel et artistique des étudiants ainsi qu’un excellent instrument de pacification et d’éveil des consciences, voici l’Orchestre de l’Université d’Abidjan (OUA), groupe mythique de la scène [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #CôteDIvoire #FullAlbum #OldAfricanMusic
African Scream Contest
https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-scream-contest-full-album/
Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s
Sir Victor Uwaifo – Ohue (Edit)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sir-victor-uwaifo-ohue/
From “Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque” in 2011, one of Edo Funk classics revisited: Ohue “Frankie Francis & Simbad Edit” by Sir Victor Uwaifo.
Also available on “Sofrito Super Single – Benin City Grooves” with a revisited version of Sonny Okusun Ozziddi’s Odenigbo.
Zaïre 74 – the African Artists
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zaire-74-african-artists/
A côté des stars américaines qui ont fait le show à Zaire 74, il y avait aussi de nombreux groupes et artistes africains, dont congolais pour ce grand festival, aussi connu sous le nom “Soul Power” d’après le documentaire diffusé en 2009.
“Ali, boma ye” (en français : “Ali, tue le”)
Pour mémoire, ce grand festival […]
Almon Memela (Soweto)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/almon-memela-soweto/
Born in 1936, Almon Memela is (was?) a South African composer, guitarist and producer, from Donnybrook, KwaZulu-Natal, who taught himself to play guitar as a child (first on homemade instruments and with no encouragement from his family). A remarkably versatile artist, his music went from Soul Jazz and Jive to Mbaqanga and AfroFunk. [...]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Jazz #Mbaqanga #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
Sénégal 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-compilation/
The compilation “Sénégal 70 – Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s,” released in 2015, offers an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. It reflects the unique fusions of Funk, Mbalax, Cuban Son and Mandigue guitar sounds that transformed Dakar […]
Nigeria Special 1970-76
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-1970-76/
“Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-76” is a compilation released in 2008.
MonoMono – Give The Beggar A Chance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/monomono-give-the-beggar-a-chance/
MonoMono was an AfroRock band formed in Lagos, Nigeria in 1971 by Sierra Leone-born Joni Haastrup (lead vocals, keyboards), Babá Ken Okulolo (bass, vocals), and Danjuma “Jimi Lee” Adamu (guitars, vocals).
The infamous Yum Kippur war of 1973 which sent global oil prices through the roof left Nigeria with a sudden windfall. Flush with petrodollars, […]
Nigeria Special – Electronic Innovation
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-electronic-innovation/
The compilation of Nigerian music “Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93” chronicles a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. The late 70s saw a period of political turbulence and prompted change across [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #90smusic #Compilation #Nigeria #Electro
Akido – Afro-psych Rock
https://amf.didiermary.fr/akido-afro-psych-rock/
Akido released this self-titled album in 1972, produced by Small Faces/Faces bassist Ronnie Lane. The band for this unique record consisted of Ghanaian percussionist Neemoi “Speedy” Acquaye (who also worked with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker’s Airforce (1970), Rod Stewart and many others), Nigerian bassist Biddy Wright (a member of Blo), [...]
Orchestre du Bawobab – Bure Yaay Damaan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestre-bawobab-bure-yaay-damaan-1975/
Orchestre du Bawobab, also known as Orchestra Baobab…Here’s a song from their album “Guy Gu Rey Gi” in 1975.
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban “Son” and “Pachanga” band formed in 1970 as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band they adapted the then current craze for Cuban Music.
Francis Bebey – Un petit ivoirien
https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-petit-ivoirien/
“On les aime bien” is a fun song (in French) on white tourists in Africa… from Bebey‘s album “Un petit Ivoirien” in 1979. […]
Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané – Heywèté
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tesfa-maryam-kidane-heywete/
The saxophonist Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané was one of the most remarkable stylists of his generation and between 1965 and 1972 emerged as a brilliant, inspired player. Tesfa Mariam got his start with the Police Orchestra in Asmara. After his stints with the second Ras Band & The All Star Band. He left Ethiopia to study at […]
#70smusic #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Instrumental #MulatuAstatké #AfroJazz
Themba & T-Fire – No Stop Dis Musik
https://amf.didiermary.fr/themba-matebese-tfire-no-stop-dis-musik/
Extraordinaire guitarist and producer Themba Matebese, aka “T-Fire,” a South African artist who moved to Nigeria and released “No Stop Dis Musik” in 1976.
South African (adopted Nigerian) Themba Matebese with the Nigerian version of his band T-Fire, featuring some of the best musicians [...]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Disco #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
Manu Dibango – African Battle
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-african-battle/
Originally credited as Manu Dibango’s “African Battle” on the compilation, and later changed to “Soul Fiesta” on others (although it was the title of the A-side on a 7″ vinyl in 1975)… But the real track is “The Panther”, IMHO….
All these tracks can be found on the same album: Africadelic. […]
Fela Kuti – Upside Down
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-upside-down/
From the LP “Upside Down” released in 1976 (CD release 1997).
Sandra, the woman who stood by Fela and also brought him in contact with the Black Panther during his transformation years in the United States, came back to visit a highly popular and successful Fela in Nigeria in 1976. The track was written by […]
El Rego et ses Commandos de Cotonou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-cotonou-1976/
Beninese band originally formed by Théophile Do-Rego in Cotonou, Benin (ex-Dahomey) in 1963 as The Jets. The band was renamed to Los Paras, in 1964, then to Los Commandos in 1965 and finally to El Rego et Ses Commandos in 1966.
Here’s the album “Rep Pop Du Benin” in 1976 as “Commandos de Cotonou”. […]
