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Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose It Baby

https://amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-dont-go-lose-it-baby-hot-african-mix-1984/

The original version of “Don’t Go Lose It Baby”, here in a remixed version, comes from Masekela’s Techno-Bush album in 1984.

Hugh Masekala and the Medu Art Ensemble offer via their album Techno-Bush an Afro-futurist vision of South Africa. Protesting through sound and dance, after returning [...]

#80smusic #FullAlbum #Mbaqanga #Remixed #SouthAfrica #Electro

Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife

https://amf.didiermary.fr/electronic-highlife-ghana-special-2/

“Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980​-​93” is a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques. [...]

#80smusic #90smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #AfroBeat #Electro

Ekiti Sound – Drum Money

https://amf.didiermary.fr/ekiti-sound-drum-money/

Latest album for Ekiti Sound, Drum Money was released in June 2023, with “Chairman” as the first single.

A must-listen for anyone who appreciates genre-defying, boundary-pushing music from Africa, Ekiti Sound is back with his sophomore release, delivering a gorgeous and powerful album and a worthy follow-up to 2019’s award-winning debut “Abeg No Vex.”

#Dub #JujuMusic #Nigeria #Electro

African Head Charge – A Bad Attitude

https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-head-charge-a-bad-attitude/

From album “A Trip To Bolgatanga” by African Head Charge with King Ayisoba.

From the long-running studio and live collaboration between master Jamaican percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and English dub producer Adrian Sherwood.
“A Trip To Bolgatanga” is a musical journey to founder member Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue [...]

#Ghana #Jamaica #Electro #Dub

Thukuthela, JAZZWRLD, GL_Ceejay - iNgoma Yomthandazo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUXSoX34Wcg

#SouthAfrica #Electro

Blue Lab Beats – Motherland Journey

https://amf.didiermary.fr/blue-lab-beats-motherland-journey/

Blue Lab Beats are a London-based music duo, nominated since 2021 for multiple awards. They won a Grammy award in 2022 for their production on Angelique Kidjo’s Mother Nature. Their third album was released in February 2022 on Blue Note Records, and recorded in Ghana with Killbeatz. […]

#Ghana #LiveMusic #AfroJazz #Electro

The sound of revolt
On his third album, Afro-Portuguese artist Scúru Fitchádu fuses ancestral wisdom with urban revolt, turning memory and militancy into a soundtrack for resistance.

Album "Griots i Riots"
https://scurufitchadu.bandcamp.com/album/griots-i-riots

Read more: https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/the-sound-of-revolt

⚠️ This is #AfroHardBass ⚠️

#Africa #AIAC #Electro

⚠️ Les prochains concerts @mohameddali !
- 1/10 PÉNICHE (#noise #postpunk • FUFUFU (#mathrock) à @lamalterie, Lille
- 9/10 Release Party de DEAR DEER (#postpunk #electro) •
Bayacomputer (#synthpunk)
Anomalie Magnétique (#darkdisco) à @lamalterie, Lille
- 21/10 Noir Boy George (#postpunk) • Jessica93 (#grunge #noise) • Eya Patterns (#dreamgrunge) @labullecafé, Lille 🎸
- 23/10 HIBUSHIBIRE (#psyché) • V.LOVE (#rock60s) @ lamalterie, Lille
- 30/10 ZËRO + ANNE HOSER 0️⃣

Zakes Bantwini – Osama Feat. Kasango

https://amf.didiermary.fr/zakes-bantwini-kasango-osama/

“Osama” is a song by South African singer Zakes Bantwini, featuring Kasango, released on 2021, as the lead single from his third studio album “Ghetto King“.

#AfroHouse #Remixed #SouthAfrica #Electro

Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity

https://amf.didiermary.fr/electricity-ibibio-sound-machine/

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.

#AfroFunk #Nigeria #Electro

Mafikizolo Feat. Uhuru – Khona

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mafikizolo-uhuru-khona/

Mafikizolo is a South African Afro-pop group formed in 1996.
They have won 14 South African Music Awards and two MTV Africa Music Awards.

They released their first album, ‘Mafikizolo’, in 1997 and ‘Music Revolution’ in 1999. In 2000, their third album, ‘Gate Crashers’, became their best-selling album. In 2003, they released Kwela which featured Hugh […]

#AfroHouse #SouthAfrica #Electro

Synthesized Sudan

https://amf.didiermary.fr/synthesized-sudan/

“Synthesized Sudan: Astro​-​Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground” is a musical “UFO”.

Unknown in the capital Khartoum, without a telephone, the Sudanese keyboard player Jantra searches for inspiration in the countryside. It’s electronic dance music, made with foreign keyboards turned into uniquely Sudanese instruments able to play polyrhythmic notes. [...]

#Sudan #Electro

IR-Sankara Future Dub Resurgence

https://amf.didiermary.fr/ir-sankara-future-dub-resurgence/

Based in Uganda, East Africa, the musicians IR::Sankara Future Dub Resurgence like to describe their music as “Future Dub.”
They take elements of noise, non-metric riddims, experimental electronics, dub reggae and dub poetry, and djembe and nyabinghi drumming together to create the unexpected. [...]

#Dub #FelaKuti #Uganda #Electro #Reggae #Anarchism #Africa

Nana Benz du Togo

https://amf.didiermary.fr/nana-benz-du-togo/

Groupe togolais produit par Peter Solo (Vaudou Game), Nana Benz est un groupe afro-électro-féministe, qui propose un digital vaudou, rythmé, moderne et futuriste, sur une base instrumentale presque 100% organique et recyclée (au moins pour les percussionnistes). Il y a un côté très “CongoPunk” dans ces rythmiques et cette musique…

Leur nom se rapporte bien […]

#LiveMusic #Togo #Electro

Mo DJ – Amadou & Mariam remixed (2008)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/mo-dj-amadou-mariam-welcome-mali-remixed/

“Amadou & Mariam remixed” is an “old gift” in 2008 by my friend Mo DJ (Morike Keita).

He sent me this 1+ hour mix of old tracks, for the release of Amadou & Mariam‘s Welcome to Mali. […]

#DJing #Mali #Mixtape #Remixed #Soundcloud #Electro #EDM

Tsa Ma Ndebele Kids, Feat. Candy Tsa Mandebele
Extended Remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVV8ZZMbY3o

"The song celebrates cultural heritage and community spirit, using metaphors of traditional practices and communal activities to convey a sense of unity and shared identity."

Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Tsa_Mandebele

#Electro #SouthAfrica

Classic Kwaito mixed (duration: 52 minutes).

https://amf.didiermary.fr/classic-kwaito-mixed/

#Kwaito #Mixtape #Soundcloud #SouthAfrica #Electro

Nihiloxica – Kadodi / Black Kaveera

https://amf.didiermary.fr/nihiloxica-kadodi-black-kaveera/

From their debut album, Nihiloxica presents percussions and electronic music out of the Nyege Nyege collective.

The Kadodi rhythm traditionally accompanies the East Ugandan Imbalu circumcision ritual, and this traumatic yet powerful experience feeds the ferocity of the music.

#Drums #Uganda #Electro

Shakes & Les, Mbuxx - Hhay wena Maan Feat. Scotts Maphuma, Uncool MC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPIJG5ZctEE

#Electro #Amapiano #SouthAfrica

Frigid Armadillo – Penga Feat. Njivinator

https://amf.didiermary.fr/frigid-armadillo-penga-feat-njivinator/

The South African duo Frigid Armadillo in 2023 with their EP Penga.

Self-described “pioneers of uncharted house music terrain”, 31-year-old Lebo Lechela and Siyabulela Buhlungu of Frigid Armadillo have been making waves with impressive fusions of tech and mainstream house since meeting at the U. of Johannesburg. A decade of friendship later [...]

#AfroHouse #SouthAfrica #Electro

Fouma System – Xamal Sa Bopp

https://amf.didiermary.fr/fouma-system-xamal-sa-boff/

Fouma System is a project born out of the collaboration between Dakar based griot vocalist Mustaf Mbaye and Danish producer Exampler. Their EP “Mind Mi Dem” was released in 2014. It rides the line between melancholy and raw energy, reflecting the duo’s unified aim to create music that transcends barriers. […]

#Sénégal #Electro #Rap

Nozinja is a South African producer/DJ and creator of Shangaan Electro.

https://amf.didiermary.fr/nozinja-shangaan-electro-nwa-gezani/

#ShangaanElectro #SouthAfrica #Electro

Kuduro anyone? (2) With a story inside…

https://amf.didiermary.fr/kuduro-anyone-profile-picture/

Where does the profile picture (PP) I use on my main Mastodon account @cybeardjm come from?

Check the post and watch the video...

#Angola #Kuduro #Electro

Thievery Corporation – Vampires Feat. Femi Kuti

https://amf.didiermary.fr/thievery-corporation-vampires-femi-kuti/

“Vampires” featuring Femi Kuti comes from the album, “Radio Retaliation” by Thievery Corporation in 2008.

Radio Retaliation is the fifth studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation, released on September 23, 2008, and was intended to be a political album.

#FelaKuti #Nigeria #Remixed #Soundcloud #AfroBeat #Electro

Dowdelin Feat. Pat Kalla – Funky Chicken

https://amf.didiermary.fr/dowdelin-pat-kalla-funky-chicken/

“Dowdelin explores as a tireless ever moving trailbazer a path where Creole jazz, electronic dancefloor sounds and Caribbean percussions come together to create a unique Future Kréol feeling.”

#Antilles #Jazz #Electro