Orchestre PolyRythmo De Cotonou - Echos Hypnotiques
True masters. Such a solid collection from one of the greatest funk collectives ever. #Benin #AfroBeat #AfroFunk #vinyl @vinylrecords #NowPlaying
Old footage of Harari live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/old-footage-harari-live-kippies-club-joburg/
Harari (“Lone Wanderer”) was a legendary Afro-Rock group founded in the late 60’s by Om Alec Khaoli, Selby Ntuli and Sipho Hotstix Mabuse.
Through the years Harari supported many international acts on their tours of South Africa, including Percy Sledge, Timmy Thomas, Brook Benton, Wilson Pickett and Letta Mbulu. […]
I've just added "Nigeria 70 (No Wahala: Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987)" by Various Artists (12'', 2019) on #Strut to the @musicbrainz database.
https://musicbrainz.org/release/2cb42a07-428f-47cf-841f-ce861694fcbe
Ekambi Brilliant - Ashiko Edingue
Some #afroFunk #disco #afrobeat bought on impulse. Brilliant vibes. #vinyl @vinylrecords #crateDigging #nowPlaying
Marijata – No Condition Is Permanent
Marijata was a group made up of three members – Kofi ‘Electric’ Addison on drums, Bob Fischian on organ and Nat Osmansu on guitar, hailing from Ghana. ‘This Is Marijata’ is the groups first LP; released originally on the Gapophone label – it is pure, rootsy, raw, driving African funk music of the highest order, […]
This morning's #workout #music is a live set of #SpiritualJazz #FreeJazz #AfroFunk from The Pyramids (with Idris Ackamoor) brought to you by #KQED - #publicTelevision doing what it does.
Togo Soul 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/togo-soul-70/
“Togo Soul 70” are 3 compilations of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70s and 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSIQdaZutvU
A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk, […]
Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ahmed-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/
Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation.
Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from Arabic musical [...]
Manu Dibango – Electric Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/
Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou & Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]
One Night in Pelican
https://amf.didiermary.fr/one-night-pelican/
“One Night in Pelican” is a compilation that features all the key groups and players of a special time and place. It captures the musical dreams escaping from Soweto’s first nightclub. Ten seminal tracks journeying through Jazz, Funk, Fusion and Disco, detailing the incredible story and sounds behind the Soweto nightclub during the height of […] …
Maurice Poto Doudongo – The Lost Album
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maurice-poto-doudongo-the-lost-album/
During the 80s in Brussels, a Congolese musician, Maurice Poto Doudongo, starts musical experimentations, after working with Zaïko Langa Langa in Kinshasa.
Poto Doudongo is in his 20s, works with Zazou Bikaye, and decides to record a solo album, where he plays all instruments. The result is a mix of Congolese Rumba and Funk, with […]
Motown meets West Africa. This self-titled 1980 debut album by Eboni Band features Motown session musicians, producer and arrangers.
https://amf.didiermary.fr/eboni-band/
Reinventing itself as a record for the ages, a tour-de-force of cross continental soul and funk, it features session musicians from Motown and Ivory Coast’s Eboni Records alongside Fred Wesley (James Brown/Parliament). It was produced by […]
Petelo Vicka et son Nzazi – Sungu Lubuka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/petelo-vicka-et-son-nzazi-sungu-lubuka/
En septembre 1974, le festival “Zaïre 74” avait fait monter la pression sur toute une génération de musiciens locaux, en les poussant à injecter une bonne dose de Funk dans la Rumba congolaise.
Dans la compilation "Congo Funk !", à paraître, on retrouve des groupes de Kinshasa et Brazzaville, tels que l’Orchestre OK Jazz et Les Bantous […]
Next Stop Soweto
https://amf.didiermary.fr/next-stop-soweto-compilations/
“Next Stop Soweto” is a compilation series, to remember an era of South Africa’s musical history where such genres as Funk and Soul were being played by bands even as apartheid firmly gripped the country’s music culture.
Volume 1 explores the vibrant energy of the township jive sound, whilst Volumes 2 and 3 cover rare […]
The Shaolin Afronauts – Follow The Path
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-shaolin-afronauts-follow-the-path/
The driving force of The Shaolin Afronauts is Ross McHenry, composer, bandleader, producer and bassist based in Adelaide. 2011’s debut album “Flight Of The Ancients” was a critical and commercial success story. The follow up “Quest Under Capricorn” further cemented the bands reputation for forging their own very particular sound.
Welcome to Zamrock!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/welcome-zamrock-psychedelic-zambian-rock-funk-jams/
“Welcome To Zamrock!” presented in two volumes, was an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence. Zamrock was molded in 1970s Zambia out of a dual influence of Jimi Hendrix’s acid guitar and James Brown‘s funk. […]