EKO – Kilimandjaro My Home
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Bandleader Eko, Eko Roosevelt Louis, went from Cameroonian music prodigy to chief of an idyllic seaside village.
Kilimandjaro My Home is an album released in 1977.
Eko Roosevelt Louis has had a music career spanning over forty years, born the grandson of a Kribi tribal chief, his musical persuasion beginning humbly with his village’s local church […]
Funky Disco Music – EKO
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A trip to 1979 with “Funky Disco Music”, Eko’s third LP.
Eko Roosevelt Louis has had a music career spanning over forty years, born the grandson of a Kribi tribal chief, his musical persuasion beginning humbly with his village’s local church before his formal education at the Senegal conservatoire and Paris’ Ecole Normale de Musique. […]
The Shaolin Afronauts – Follow The Path
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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!
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“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. […]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #FullAlbum #Rock #Zambia #Zamrock
Voices Of Darkness (1974)
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Voices Of Darkness was a Cameroonian group started in Douala, Cameroon in 1972. After many performances in several night clubs, they arrived in Lagos, Nigeria in November, 1972.
Idowu Funkyman Fakeye – We Gonna Make It
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When I first found this video of Idowu Funkyman Fakeye, there was no info on the band… The reason why appears on Discogs: “This name is made up. Actual artist for this are the Voices Of Darkness from Cameroon, based in Nigeria.” […]
Nguenang – Wouck
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Cameroonian singer, arranger and composer N’guenang Myke Maurice aka Nguenang recorded his album Doty Gouock in 1980 in Abidjan.
The Good Samaritans – Onughara
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Benin City in Nigeria. Edo-Funk. The Good Samaritans, led by Philosopher Okundaye, who composed many of the famous 80s tracks, between Funk and Highlife.
“No Food Without Taste If By Hunger” by “The Good Samaritans” is one of the most obscure Nigerian album ever recorded. Originally released in 1982, the band’s first album is full […]
Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz
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Leader Stanley Todd Kwesi assembled a monster ensemble of musicians from the Ghana Arts Council, intending to form a new Afro-Rock group, known as Hedzoleh Soundz, that would be more traditional & African in sound, and hopefully surpass Osibisa in popularity (alas it was not to be).
Hedzoleh Soundz were a band from […]
André-Marie Tala – Hot Koki
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Do you know what happened to this “Hot Koki” song? Something to do with James Brown…
Jo Tongo – Jangolo
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Our hero, Jo Tongo (born Joseph Ekambi Tongo Mpondo) was raised in Douala, Cameroon. In 1964 he headed off to Paris to begin Pharmaceutical studies.
Somewhere along the way the music in his soul eventually won out and he embarked on a life of music. In 1977, he produced and recorded his debut self titled […]
Bixiga 70 – Vapor
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A political force since 2010, the activist group Bixiga 70, in reference to Fela Kuti’s Africa 70, almost didn’t survive Covid and Bolsonaro’s mandate. Resurrected, they released a new album, Vapor, in October 2023.
São Paulo’s Afro-Brazilian groove visionaries Bixiga 70 return with an ecstatic 5th album – Vapor – their first […]
Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça
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São Paulo’s acclaimed 10-piece instrumental collective released their 4th album in 2018, “Quebra Cabeça”.
Urban Afro-Brazilian grooves, empowered horn-driven melodicism and massive dance floor inspiration.One of South America’s most exhilarating musical propositions. Almost four centuries after the first slave ships loaded their cargoes and set sail, the connection between [...]
Mombasa – Kenia (remixed)
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Essential and hard to find album with tons of true killer Afro Funk breaks.
Classic and sought after Afro Jazz Reissue of original debut LP by African jazz band “Mombasa” led by Lou Blackburn and recorded in 1975 at Cornet studio […]
Oneness of Juju – Poo Too
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Plunky & Oneness of Juju is the name of a rhythm & blues-African-jazz-funk band from Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
The group, originally known as Juju, was founded in San Francisco in 1971 and has continued to evolve for over 30 years, performing and recording with changes in personnel and under different group names, but always led […]
Manu Dibango – Africadelic
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“The Panther” is the main AfroFunk track found on “Africadelic,” an album released in 1973 by “Manu Dibango And His African Pop Group”.
In fact, this album was released a year before as part of the Mondiophone collection, a “library of recorded background music”…
Music design by Papa Manu, what else?
The Liberators was a band of some of Sydney’s best musicians playing Afrobeat and AfroFunk Jazz music.
For "Rags to Riches" from their 1st album, released in 2011, the accompanying music video was a tribute to Blaxploitation.
https://www.didiermary.fr/the-liberators-rags-to-riches/
Warning: this music video could be considered #NSFW…
The Funkees – Dancing Time
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“The Funkees hit London in 1973 as the tightest, funkiest and most audacious bands to come out of Africa. Hardened by endless touring and an unrelenting battle with BLO and Monomono to be the best band in Nigeria, they were in prime musical condition, ready to finally lay down their first album. The result was […]
Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity
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Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk & electro.
Their album “Electricity” was released in March 2022.
Harry Mosco – For You Specially
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The late Harry Mosco was the lead vocalist for legendary 1970s Nigerian afro-funk band The Funkees.
After unsuccessfully moving back to London, the group disbanded (after just four years) and Mosco released his first solo EP Specially For You in 1977.
At the time it received no commercial success. But it has been reissued.
Maurice Poto Doudongo – The Lost Album
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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 [...]
Ivory Coast Soul (Vol. 1 & 2)
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Ivory Coast Soul – Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982 is a compilation released in 2010 on 2 vinyl LPs.
Ivory Coast Soul Volume 2 was released in 2012 and covers music produced […]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #CoteDIvoire #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic
Petelo Vicka et son Nzazi – Sungu Lubuka
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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!, on retrouve des groupes de Kinshasa et Brazzaville, tels que l’Orchestre OK Jazz et Les Bantous de [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Congo #Rumba #OldAfricanMusic
Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu – You Need Love
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Conflict was originally released in 1980 and was partially remade as part of Taylorʼs 2009 “Love and Death” album. […]
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra
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Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra was (is?) an American Afrobeat band from New York City, founded by Ray Lugo and formed in 2001.
