To celebrate a great 2009, our friends at Six Degrees are letting the world sample their releases: they’re giving away 8 mp3s on their site, go check them out! We couldn’t resist to share one of the tracks right here:
Eddie Stats gets to the decks and pours a lot into this short lil’ mix:
Ghetto Palms 83 Spider Web blend:
Uproot Andy, “El Bolleton” (Bersa Discos)
Macka Diamond, “Think You Can Handle it” (Spider Web/ZJ Sparks)
RDX, “Every Man Need a Woman (Wine On)” (Spider Web/ZJ Sparks)
Mad Dog, “Wine it Gyal” (Spider Web/ZJ Sparks)
Winstar f. Tonny Cruz, “Pegate Mas”
You should really read the full post here, but if you’re in a hurry, download the mix directly here.
Marcos Sacchi’s Mundiando podcast always packs a whirlwind of a playlist. In the latest episode, we find our own Rose Dede Tetteh among some of our favorite artists. Here’s the full playlist: (from Mundiando)
01- Vieux Farka Touré | Sarama (Earthrise Soundsystem Remix) | Other Roads: Fondo Remixed | www.sixdegreesrecords.com
02- Jamshied Sharifi | Hyena | Footsteps In Africa: A Nomadic Journey | www.footstepsafrica.com
03- Baaba Maal | International (John Leckie Remix) | International Remixes DJ promo | www.baabamaal.tv
04- Fat Freddy´s Drop | Pull The Catch (Radio Vocal) | Promo Single | www.fatfreddysdrop.com
05- Tom Waits | Clap Hands | Peter Kruder Private Collection | www.g-stoned.com
06- Richard Bona | Shiva Mantra | The Ten Shades Of Blues | http://tinyurl.com/y85bqey
07- Tommy T Feat.Gigi Shibabaw | Eden | The Prester John Sessions | www.easystar.com
08- Somi | Enganjyani (Feat.Hugh Masekela) | If The Rains Come First | www.somimusic.com
09- Telmary Diaz | Spiritual Sin Egoismo | Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura- New Cuba Sound | www.brownswoodrecordings.com
10- Ocote Soul Sounds | Cara de Yo No Fui | Coconut Rock | www.eslmusic.com
11- Mulatu Astatke | I Faram Gami I Faram | New York-Addis-London The Story of Ethio Jazz | www.strut-records.com
12- Cedric Watson and Bijou Créole | Zydeco Paradise | L’éspirit Créole | www.valcourrecords.com
13- René Lacaille | Kaméléon | Cordéon Kaméléon | http://tinyurl.com/y9gp3yb
14- Robert Loison | Jean Fouillé, Pie Fouillé | Tumbélé! Biguine, Afro & Latin Sounds – French Caribbean 1963-73 | www.soundwayrecords.com
15- Karlex | I Nèg’Marron | With All Due Respect | www.karlexmusic.com
16- T.P.Orchestre Poly-Rhytmo | Aihe Ni Kpe We | The Kings Of Benin Urban Groove 1972-80 | www.soundwayrecords.com
17- Staff Benda Bilili | Marguerite | Très Très Fort | www.crammed.be
18- Rose Dede Tetteh | Wonju | Akwaaba Wo Africa | www.akwaabamusic.com
19- The Very Best | Warm Heart Of Africa (Architeture In Helsinki Remix) | The Very Best Remixes | www.myspace.com/theverybest
20- Bela Fleck & Oumou Sangare | Ah Ndiya | Throw Down Your Heart – africa sessions: Tales From the Acoustic Planet Vol. 3 | www.belafleck.com
21- Kottarashky | Blatoto | Opa hey! | www.asphalt-tango.de
22- Unknown Artist | Gringo | CDR From Bar Nosso Recanto In Belém Pará – Brasil
23- Otto | Filha | Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranqüilos | www.nublu.net
24- Diogo Poças e CéU | Nada que Te Diz respeito | Tempo | www.myspace.com/diogopocas
25- Boban I Marko Markovic | Kum Boemcina | Devla: Blown Away To Dancefloor Heaven | www.piranha.de
26- Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz | O Samba Nasceu Na Bahia | Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz | www.myspace.com/letieresleiteamporkestrarumpilezz
27- Gangbé Brass Band | Um Été À Vodelée | As
From Dutty Artz:
Dutty Artz is proud to present The African By The Bay EP, an exclusive collection of irresistible remixes from San Francisco/Bay Area producer Chief Boima. The EP is available for free download, and features a healthy dose of Afro dance remixes and instrumental reworkings of songs by Birdman (”Money To Blow” feat. Drake and Lil Wayne), Akon (”Right Now”), The Jacka (”Glamorous Lifestyle” feat. Andre Nickatina), Fabo & T-Pain (”Own Step”)
African By The Bay EP is a potent batch of new stateside rap tunes given the remix treatment by Boima, our favorite African-American (in the Obama sense) producer, whose trail-blazing approach weds percussive patterns from sounds like Ivorian Coupe Decale and Senegalese Mbalax. (Not to mention Angolan Kuduro, Nigerian Club, and South African Kwaito, and his Sierra Leonean Highlife and Palm-Wine refix of Cold Flamez “Miss Me, Kiss Me”.)
01 Chief Boima – Shake Them Dreads
02 The Jacka – Glamorous Lifestyle feat. Andre Nickatina (Chief Boima Remix)
03 Sean Garrett – Smooches feat. Young Joc (Chief Boima Remix)
04 Birdman – Money To Blow feat. Drake and Lil Wayne (Chief Boima Remix)
05 Akon – Right Now (Nananana) (Chief Boima Mbalax Decale Remix)
06 YV – Own Step feat. T-Pain & Fabo (Chief Boima Remix)
07 Cold Flamez – Miss Me, Kiss Me (Chief Boima Remix)
We recently got in touch with Graeme Sinden, DJ and host on London’s Kiss FM, who just did a show with Daniel Haaksman of Man Recordings. The show featured a lot of Man’s new stuff, in particular the Ku-Bo EP stuff (Ku-Bo is none other than Stefan Mörth, aka Stereotyp). But ALSO, and this is where you might start to feel your ears tickle, some tracks off of Killamu‘s album A Minha Face, which drops right here on Akwaaba January 12. Now luckily, the Dirty Friends blog posted the entire show, which you can download there or directly here.
New track from Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars available via Cumbancha, download it here for free.
So who are the Refugee All Stars? From refugeeallstars.org:
The film ‘Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars’ tells the remarkable and uplifting story of a group of six Sierra Leonean musicians who came together to form a band while living as refugees in the Republic of Guinea. A brutal civil war (1991-2002) forced them from their homes in Sierra Leone. Many of their family and friends were murdered in the violence, leaving them with physical and emotional scars that may never heal. Despite the unimaginable horrors of civil war, they were saved through their music. Through music they find a place of refuge, a sense of purpose and a source of power. The film follows the band over the course of three years as they make the difficult decision to return to their war-torn country and realize their dream of recording an album of their original music.