The Liberators – Rags To Riches
Afrobeat/AfroFunk from Australia.
https://www.didiermary.fr/the-liberators-rags-to-riches/
#Afrobeat #Australia #Blaxploitation #English #EthioJazz #Funk #Jazz #NSFW
funk
JE Movement – Ma Dea Luv
https://amf.didiermary.fr/je-movement-ma-dea-luv/
Before Kwaito, in 1988, JE Movement released Ma Dea Luv, the first album of the duo formed by James Nyingwa et Elliot Faku. It’s dance music, a mix of Soul, R&B, Funk and Hip-hop. The eponym track is considered a wordplay on Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time.
Toward the end of the 1980s […]
#80smusic #Apartheid #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #HipHop #Funk #RnB
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Origins of Funky Nassau
A song written by Ray Munnings and Tyrone Fitzgerald and performed by the band named The Beginning of the End.
New music!!
Lyrics by @ai6yr and @shadenar.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy but I am responsible for everything else, lol.
This song is based on 3 posts in a mastodon thread.
https://video.stevesworld.co/w/fwBDpkJDurSEimxiR4ycau
#rock #funk #pop #music #NewMusic #MastodonMusic #Mastodon #MusicProduction
Soul to Soul (1971)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/soul-to-soul-ghana-1971/
Je pensais vous avoir déjà parlé de ce fameux concert Soul to Soul, mais en fait il semble bien que je l’ai omis pour l’instant…
Quelques années après cet événement, il y eut le fameux “Soul Power” à Kinshasa en 1974. Celui-ci à Accra y ressemble un peu, mais sans le contexte des boxeurs… Ce concert […]
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Addis Gurmesa – Talaq Chilota New (ታላቅ ችሎታ ነው)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/addis-gurmesa-talaq-chilota-new/
A deliciously retro sound for this black and white video of Ethiopian singer Addis Gurmesa in 2017.
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Matadi – Dance My Love
https://amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/
Matadi était un groupe de musiciens “mercenaires” africains basés à Paris et réunis pour un album unique afro-disco-funk en 1978 avec le célèbre bassiste et arrangeur camerounais Haladji Touré.
5 titres de cet album ont été utilisés pour la BOF du film et comédie musicale “Dance my love” (Danse mon amour) réalisé par Alphonse Beni, sorti […]
Edited 1y ago
Slim Ali and the Hodi Boys – You Can Do It
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hodi-boys-slim-ali-you-can-do-it/
Slim Ali was born in Mombasa, Kenya back in December of 1947 and started playing music while in high school at Hamisi Secondary School. He played some stints with the Kitale Hotel Band and the Tusker Band before deciding to join the Hodi Boys […]
Edited 361d ago
Heavy Baile, Leo Justi, DJ Seduty – Vai Quebrando (Desce Que Desce)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JKnkLRy6U
“Sounds that make your ass bounce.”
The powerful energy of funk carioca, going through electronic music elements.
Rim and Kasa - Too Tough (1982)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rim-and-kasa-too-tough-1982/
Too Tough, a superb three track EP from 1982, on Sum-Sum Records, was credited to Rim [Kwaku Obeng] and Kasa, whilst he issued the cracking 12” “I’m Not Going To Let You Go” as Rim And The Believers for Harmony Records the following year.
“Too Tough” kicks off with “Shine The Ladies,” an epic Afro-disco […]
Edited 153d ago
Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain
https://amf.didiermary.fr/prophetes-oublies-groove-africain/
Les prophètes oubliés du groove africain : éclipsés par l’ascension de l’astre Fela Kuti, ils ont pourtant fait danser l’Afrique des années funk. […] En Occident, le tout est ramassé dans une nouvelle catégorie —la world music— un magma informe qui s’est depuis effrité sous les coups de boutoirs répétés de labels indépendants, [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #Cameroon #Ghana #Libya #Nigeria #Soundcloud #AfroFunk #Funk
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Vaudou Game – Apiafo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/apiafo-vaudou-game-peter-solo/
Vaudou Game (2014) is an album by Peter Solo, a singer and composer born in Togo, in a major site of the Vodoun culture and raised with traditional values.
During some Vaudou rituals in certain areas, characteristic rythmic and harmonic lines are used, that usually differ from other rhythms or harmonies in other cultural […]
Edited 139d ago
Kokoroko – Carry Me Home
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-carry-me-home/
“Before melody or harmony, there’s rhythm,” cites Sheila Maurice-Grey, the band leader of Kokoroko, when speaking to Dele Sosimi about musical structure. A profound statement that is reflected through the sonic depths of their hypnotically bracing new single, ‘Carry me home’. The track was inspired by conversations with the masterful Sosimi, whose technical ability in […]
Edited 133d ago
Jupiter & Okwess – Mieux que ça
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jupiter-okwess-mieux-que-ca/
Taken from “Na Kozonga” album, by Jupiter & Okwess, released in 2021.
Hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afropop, funk, rock and jazz outfit Jupiter & Okwess returns with the explosive ‘ Na Kozonga’ album, a blast of energy that bewitches the body and feeds the spirit . Their latest invites guests from […]
Edited 131d ago
Harari – Party
https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/
This single by Harari, “Party” (the 7″ release), entered the US Disco Top 100 in 1982.
Edited 105d ago
Lafayette Afro Rock Band was an American funk band formed in New York in 1970. Shortly after their formation, they relocated to France.
Upon their relocation to Paris, the local music scene influenced the group's work, inspiring the addition of rock and African elements.
Soul Makossa is their 2nd album, released in 1973.
https://lafayetteafro-rockband.bandcamp.com/album/soul-makossa
Psychedelic Afro Rock
https://amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-afro-rock/
Compilation “Nigeria Rock Special – Psychedelic Afro Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria.” […]
Edited 48d ago
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/warsaw-afrobeat-orchestra/
Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra (WAO) push their own sound, rooted in Lagos while adding their own unique flavors.
Formed in 2012, the 10-piece band consists of musicians that have worked and collaborated with each other in different projects ranging from Rock, Jazz, Folk, Reggae and Funk in the ever-evolving and musically diverse underground music scene in […]
Edited 45d ago
The Free Music
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-free-music/
“The Free Music” est un album qui reprend neuf morceaux du groupe éponyme formé par l’artiste libyen Najib Al Housh, soigneusement choisis au sein de leur discographie de dix albums autoproduits à partir des années 1970, offrant un mélange unique entre funk, disco, soul et reggae… […]
Edited 35d ago
The Pacific Express
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-pacific-express/
Pacific Express was a South African funk/jazz outfit that has been regarded as “Cape Town’s answer to ‘Earth Wind and Fire’”.
Originally formed in the 60’s by bass player Paul Abrahams and guitarist Issy Ariefdien (who were previously together in a soul outfit called The Pacifics), it was after the arrival of pianist Chris Schilder […]
Edited 33d ago
Motor der Kommunikation: Missverständnis (Andreas Egert)
#photography, #makrofotografie, #rettungsdienst, #rettung, #rettungsdienstalltag, #rettung,
#rettungsdienstleben, #notfallsanitäter, #rettungskräfte, #rettungssanitäter, #bos, #funk, #wache, #infrastruktur
#photography, #makrofotografie, #rettungsdienst, #rettung, #rettungsdienstalltag, #rettung,
#rettungsdienstleben, #notfallsanitäter, #rettungskräfte, #rettungssanitäter, #bos, #funk, #wache, #infrastruktur
Nigeria 80, the next essential chapter in the legendary Nigeria 70 series, diving deep into the explosive sound world of 1980s Nigeria.