Afro funk – Page 2 – African Grooves

ADP018 – Take Me Back To Lagos, Nigeria (Mansion /Celebrant / Identicals / Visitors / Mary Afi Usuah / Super Wings..)

Hi dear readers !

It’s been a while since the last time we met ! This week, we travel to Nigeria, this strange and continuously moving country, with a few tracks from several well known Afro Rock / Funk and Disco bands back in the 70’s ! Hope you’ll enjoy this selection, it took me some time to prepare it, because those LP’s are reaaally hard to find nowadays, especially in such exceptional condition !

See you really soon for another Selection !

You can download the selection here !

Armand de Preseau – Take Me Back To Lagos

Tracklist :

1 – The Visitors – Togetherness

2 – Mansion – Devil Woman

3 – The Identicals – Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa

4 – The Celebrant – Funky Music

5 – Mary Afi Usuah – What’s A Woman to Do

6 – Clement Djimogne – Africa

7 – Etubom Rex William – Disco Baby

8 – MFB – Boredom Pain

9 – Super Wings – Men of the People

Sincerely yours,

Armand

ADP017 – The Malian Selection (Orchestre Rail Band, Kene Star de Sikasso, Idrissa Soumaoro among others..)

Hi dear readers !

As promised (for a looong time), here comes the Malian Selection, 9 tracks of pure deepness from this beautiful country – Hope you’ll like it !

Armand de Preseau – The Malian Selection

You can download the mix here !

Tracklist :

1 – Le Kene Star de Sikasso – Fitiriwale

2 – Rail Band – Mouo Dilo

3 – Idrissa Soumaoro et l’Eclipse de l’IJA – Nissodia

4 – Orchestre Kanaga de Mopti – N’do N’do

5 – Le Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou – Wale

6 – Le super Djata Band de Bamako – Zani Djabate

7 – Le Super Biton National de Segou – Siseni

8 – Idrissa Soumahoro – Toi que j’aime

9 – L’orchestre Rail Band du Buffet Hotel de la Gare de Bamako – Badialan Mallet

Sincerely yours,

Armand

ADP014 – En passant par le Cameroun – A Psychadelic Journey Into the country of The Bikutsi

Hi Everyone !

After a looong delay (sorry, I’ve been very busy these weeks..), here come the new selection of the week, one hour and half selection of (some) really hard to find Cameroonese tracks from the 60’s, the 70’s and the early 80’s !

I’m very proud of this selection, it took me a lot of time to prepare it, hope you’ll enjoy it !

Armand de Préseau – En Passant par le Cameroun

Download it here !

See you next week, take care of yourselves,

Armand

ADP011 – Fly Me Back To Kinshasa – A Selection of 70’s Congolese Afro Jerk and Soukouss Tracks

Merry Christmas everyone !!!

As a little Xmas present, here comes the last brand new selection of the year 2012 of some Afro Jerk / Afrobeat and Soukouss tracks from Congo (Zaïre) through some different orchestras and bands (Orchestre Veve, Orchestre Veve Star, Orchestre Cobantou, Orchestre Kiam) leaded by the great Georges Kiamwangana Mateta aka “Dynamite Verckys”,a legendary Congolese musician that began his carrer at the end of the 60’s – Enjoy !!

Armand de Preseau – Fly Me Back To Kinshasa

A 70’s Afro Jerk and Soukouss Congolese Track

(be patient with the flash player, it works but loading may be slow due to the size of the file )

Download the selection here !

Tracklist :

1 – Champro King et l’Orchestre Cobantou – Merci Roi Champro
2 – Bovick et L’Orchestre Veve – Venus
3 – Orchestre Bella bella – Milly
4 – Verckys et l’Orchestre Veve – Nakobala Yo Denise
5 – Orchestre Veve Star – Nitarudia
6 – Ndalani 77 Brothers – Nzaumi
7 – Orchestre Veve Star – Bassala Hot
8 – Franck Muzola Ngunga et l’Orchestre Kiam – Bamo Kangi

Merry christmas again and happy 2013 to everyone ! See you next week for the next selection !

Sincerely yours,

Armand de Préseau

ADP010 – Aktion, Blo, Comrades : A New Nigerian Afro Rock Fuzz Funk Selection

Hi dear readers !

Au menu cette semaine (as promised for a loooong time !) a selection of several huge afro rock tracks, taken from very hard to find Nigerian bands, such as Aktion, The Comrades, One world, Bongos Ikwue and The Apostles..

First part of the mix : Acid Fuzz Rock oriented

Second part of the mix : Afro Funk oriented

Third part of the mix : Afro Transe oriented

Fourth part of the mix : Soulful and Deep funk oriented

Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau – Nigeria Rock Fuzz Funk Selection

(be patient with the flash player, it works but loading may be slow due to the size of the file)

Download the selection here !

ADP008 – African Garage Jerk Rock Selection

Hi there !

Au menu cette semaine, a selection of 10 tracks taken from terrific Afro Garage Jerk & Rock seven inches, from West To South Africa during the Golden 70’s era – enjoy !

Armand de Preseau – African Garage Rock Selection

Download it here !

A little game for you, dear readers : guess who are the artists or the songs of this selection, as some clues I give you the countries from where the bands are (not the countries where the songs were recorded!)

1 – Gabon
2 – Gambia
3 – Congo
4 – Burkina Faso
5 – Cameroon
6 – Ivory Coast
7 – Ivory Coast
8 – Cameroon
9 – Benin
10 – South Africa

Good search !

ADP007 – Guinea Conakry – The Discotheque Syliphone Series

Hi dear readers,

This week, a Guinean selection of tracks taken from the famouses “Discotheque” compilations, out each year from 1970 to 1976 on the well known “Editions Syliphone Conacry”.

The aim of this label – that existed from 1958 to 1984 – was to promote the artists and the Guinean culture troughout Africa.

As a first step for some of you into the Guinean sound, I decided to take one track from each compilation for this weekly selection – Enjoy !

Armand de Preseau – A Guinea Trip, The Discotheque Syliphone Series

Tracklisting :

Super Boiro Band – So I Si Sa (Taken from “Discotheque 74” compilation)

Balla Et Ses Balladins – Moi Ca Ma Fout (Taken from “Discotheque 71” compilation)

Keletigui Et Ses Tambourins – Miri Magnin (Taken from “Discotheque 73” compilation)

Super Boiro Band – Kha Mu Lan Ma (Taken from “Discotheque 75” compilation)

Bembeya Jazz National – Kana Sarakabo (Taken from “Discotheque 76” compilation)

Demba Camara Et Son Groupe – Exhumation Folklorique (Taken from “Discotheque 70” compilation)

Les Freres Diabate – N’Fa (Taken from “Discotheque 72” compilation)

You can download the selection just here !

ADP006 – The Sweet Talks, City Boys, Vis a Vis, K Frimpong, Psychedelic Aliens, Kelenkye Band, Gyedu Blay Ambolley : A Sunny Sunday In Accra, Ghana

Hi everyone !This week, as promised for a long time, a 70′ minutes Funky & more “traditionnal” Highlife selection of several Bands from Ghana, including : The Sweet Talks, The City Boys, The Vis-a-Vis orchestra, K. Frimpong, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, The Kyeremateng All Star, The Psychedelic Aliens & many more !

Armand de Preseau – A Sunny Sunday In Accra

To download, as usual, right clic and “save as” just right here !

Take care,

Armand

ADP005 – The Hygrades, The Funkees & Wrinkar experience : A Selection of Afro Rock & Funky 7 Inches from Nigeria

Hi everyone !

As promised, here comes a little summer selection of 10 funky / afro rock tracks taken from some seven inches of my personal collection.

These 7′, from famous Nigerian bands, were issued at the time on the Nigerian division of the well known English label EMI / HMV (remember the deaf dog ?) and are really hard to lay hands on, specially in this condition.

Armand de Preseau – A selection of Afro Rock & Funky Nigerian 7 inches

You can download this mix here, and listen to it near the beach or the pool, drinking a fruit cocktail.

(due to an imminent travel from the rainy Paris to the Southern France, i didn’t have the time to clean some of the records before recording the selection, so sorry for the dusty quality of some tracks !).

Tracklist :

1 – The Hygrades : In The Jungle (Vocal)
2 – The Funkees : Breaktrough
3 – Dan Satch & His Atomic Dance of Aba : Je nr’okan
4 – The Apostles : Your Bussiness
5 – The Ceejebs – Life In Cannan
6 – Founders 15 – Amen
7 – Danie Ian & His Spades : New Day
8 – Wrinkar Experience – I am a natural Man
9 – Mono Mono : Wake Up the Ded Onez
10 – Wrinkar Experience – Soundway