Here is Tim's original introduction to the compilations: "I taught near Eldoret for two years in the early 1980s, fell in love with the music and then found that my Zigzag-reading, album-sleeve-obsessive completist's mindset was completely turned upside down because, of course, none of the friends I made - and who guided me towards the records I have sent you - cared about who was responsible for that amazing guitar solo or impassioned vocal on individual songs. All they were concerned about was "Can you dance to it?" Which isn't a bad take on things when it comes
down to it."
"I was also a long way out in the sticks at Lelmokwo, a village with no electricity and one shop. The nearest bar, at Mutwot, entailed a five-mile walk each way and we rarely made it into Eldoret. When we did, the town's one nightclub, the Olympic, owned by Kipchoge Keino, favoured Western music, which inevitably meant Boney M, Abba and Motown. The one record stall was by the bus station and sold cigarettes and sweets as well as a few records.
"I saw a couple of bands while I was there, but both were strange occasions. Super Mazembe played at the Eldoret Agricultural Show, erecting a bamboo fence around the area where they were to play - no stage, just an awning - and charging 10KSh entrance. Since it was daytime, there was very little atmosphere and the impression was of a band just jamming and jamming, with a heavy rotation of players. Soe one who play drums for half an hour or so and then just get up wander off and someone else would take over.
"The other band I saw was the Maroon Commandos, who were much tighter and slicker and put on a show. Unfortunately, it was at a local army base, so the audience consisted of about 500 soldiers, a truckload of women, who had been rather reluctantly bused in from local bars, and me."
01. Tshiku Pt 1 - Orchestra Les Noirs
02. Tshiku Pt 2 - Orchestra Les Noirs
03. Pamela Pt 1 - Orchestra Les Wanyika
04. Pamela Pt 2 - Orchestra Les Wanyika
05. Virunga Pt 1 - Orchestra Virunga
06. Virunga Pt 2 - Orchestra Virunga
07. Na Bimaka Pt 1 - Orchestra Super Mazembe
08. Na Bimaka Pt 2 - Orchestra Super Mazembe
09. Koleta Pt 1 - Orchestra Super Volcano
10. Koleta Pt 2 - Orchestra Super Volcano
11. Fifi Pt 1 - Orchestra Shika Shika
12. Fifi Pt 2 - Orchestra Shika Shika
13. Joka Pt 1 - Mwenge Jazz Band
14. Joka Pt 2 - Mwenge Jazz Band
15. Akamba Pt 1 - Orchestra Viva Makele
16. Akamba Pt 2 - Orchestra Viva Makele
50 DOWNLOADs ONLY
01. Yo-Mabe Pt 1 - Orchestra Super Mazembe
02. Yo-Mabe Pt 2 - Orchestra Super Mazembe
03. Amua Pt 1 - Orchestra Les Mangelepa
04. Amua Pt 2 - Orchestra Les Mangelepa
05. Kajituliza Pt 1 - Orchestra Les Wanyika
06. Kajituliza Pt 2 - Orchestra Les Wanyika
07. Ole Ole Pt 1 - Orchestra Les Mangelepa
08. Ole Ole Pt 2 - Orchestra Les Mangelepa
09. Paulina Wanje Pt 1 - Butere Sharpshooters
10. Paulina Wanje Pt 2 - Butere Sharpshooters
11. Celibataire Pt 1 - Orchestra Baba National
12. Celibataire Pt 2 - Orchestra Baba National
13. Shika Shika Pt 1 - Orchestra Shika Shika
14. Shika Shika Pt 2 - Orchestra Shika Shika
15. Mokili Pt 1 - Orchestra Mos Mos
16. Mokili Pt 2 - Orchestra Mos Mos
50 DOWNLOADs ONLY
17 comments:
All great stuff!
I'd love to hear more Nigerian afrobeat and rock, even repeats ...
Great blog. Keep it up!
G
Sorry folks but these have all been snapped up. Until next time. Matt
any chance to repost it ?
50 is way too small, even us fans who check constantly cant get it.
christopherspadone at yahoo.com
A though new rule indeed. The blog itself will suffer.
way way too few downloads. Sometimes I can't check for a day or two. Knowing what I missed is worse than never hearing about it at all.
Matt,
I can appreciate the reasons behind the limited number of downloads - I don't like to keep live links on my own blog for very long, either.
That said, it's awfully hard to keep up with your posts, given the limited number of dls you're allowing for.
Maybe there's a legit compromise solution here somewhere? (food for thought, anyway...)
Best Regards,
spinning
http://spinninginair.blogspot.com
Matt,
First, let me say that Matsuli is one of my regular stops when I'm surfing for new tunes. You have put together a great blog with many rare gems that have opened my eyes and ears to discovering new music. Lately, though, I haven't been fortunate enough to download any of the great music you have posted on here due to the limited downloads policy. I understand that this is your blog and you must have good reasons for carrying out this policy, but I have a few suggestions that you can take or leave as you wish.
I think this site features the most rare, funky african tunes out there. However, because of the amount of traffic it receives, 50 download spaces are taken within 5 minutes of posting. That means that you could check 5-10 times a day to see if anything new had been posted, and still miss the opportunity to download the music.
I have a suggestion as to how this problem can be alleviated. I know another blogger who provides download links to visitors through e-mail when they express interest in a certain post. After a person leaves a comment, they will then be notified through e-mail when the blog has been updated. I think this gives everyone a fair chance to download the music. I might employ this policy on my own blog in the near future, because I think it encourages people to comment about the music as well as creating a sense of community between the bloggers and their readers.
I also suggest that the download limit be raised to say 300-500, so that more people are able to download the tunes and share their thoughts on it. Please take what you like and leave the rest.
Cheers, Kevin
http://eclectic-grooves.blogspot.com
Please post links to email addresses on request. I don't think I've ever been able to download anything from your blog, except that jay-z/fela kuti mashup album, which wasn;t that good really (well, it was good, but compared to some of the stuff you post it pales in comparison)
Maybe form a mailing list or something...
I just don't think its very fair.
Well,well,well! Not what it used to be.Not as much interesting stoping by.So I quit. Good luck.
This seems to me to be a cheap ploy to try to get people to obsessively check the site over and over again. Or perhaps a simple sop to the snob factor.
Leaves a bad taste in my mouth--as much as I like this blog, if this keeps up I won't return.
I will cry myself to sleep tonight on missing the opportunity to pick these up.
Can I hope for a re-post maybe?
eXCELENTE TRABAJO QUE COLECCION TAN ESPECTACULAR,
LOS FELICITO, QUE TEMAS TAN BUENOS
That repertoire as spectacular but it hurts the links no longer work would not you kindly give me those links again in the soul would be grateful friend I like this music and for that I leave my mail wadoso@hotmail.com brother I appreciate the detail huge congratulations on his blog ......
Hi, I'm travelling right now but will drop you a line. Matt
Can you re-upload these downloads?
Hi soukousman...let me contact Tim and see what we can do...Matt
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