On the road again...Dubai-Manama-Lagos-Abuja and no dashing please...thanks for all the positive shout outs and encouragement. Lots of requests for re-upping old content. Just need to find a way of prioritising three and a half years of posts. Any ideas?
My impression of the Nascente label changed when they started to commission some of the best DJs and subject matter experts for some of their CD compilations. Which means that they now issue some compilations that typically only smaller boutique labels would put out. A case in point is their "Funk Experience" series which has seen the following brilliant sets: NuYorican Funk Experience, Brazilian Funk Experience, more recently the Cuban Funk Experience set from John Armstrong and now the Tropical Funk Experience curated by Hugo Mendez.
The current Hugo Mendez set includes rare tracks and sought after classics that trade hands for absurd amounts on eBay and elsewhere. Out now and highly recommended. Available at Dusty Groove and other good dealers. Hugo and the Sofrito crew have also been busy with some 12" specials issued in small runs and only on vinyl (until compiled elsewhere!). To listen and for more details go to the Sofrito site here.
I was lucky enough to go to this performance in London last night. Highly recommended. Here's the blurb: "David Kramer's Koos Sas tells the story of the notorious and infamous Khoisan, Koos Sas who was accused of murdering a shopkeeper in Montagu, South Africa in 1917. In this musical work, Kramer re-imagines Koos Sas as a rebellious hero a thorn in the side of the farmers and the state who refused to accept that the veld where his ancestors had lived for thousands of years could belong to anyone. Shot as an outlaw, he was the last of what the authorities considered to be bushmen robbers of the previous century. It is a love story played out against the background of racism and subjugation, in a time when European trade in human remains was commonplace." Until 1 August. To book call 020 7328 1000 or visit http://www.tricycle.co.uk
I hope this summertime mix finds you well. I'm reaching the point where I need some encouragement to keep on blogging. So please some shout outs! The exciting stuff I've been hinting about is taking time to materialise and so many other things have just had to take priority. Enjoy! Matsulidelic Summer Mix - Selected by Matt 1. New Morning - Quantic And His Combo Barbaro (Tradition In Transition, 2009) 2. Nao Vou Chorar - Os Diagonais (Black Rio 2, 2009 compilation ) 3. Ephra - The Budos Band (The Budos Band EP, 2009) 4. Get it on with music - Zane Cronje (Glenda - Snake Dancer OST, 2009 reissue) 5. Blue Skies - Noah And The Whale (from TSURURADIO Presents... I'm Coming Home Mixtape!!!, 2009) 6. Deeper in Black - Lionel Pillay (Deeper in Black, 1981) 7. Tambourinis Cocktail - Keletigui Et Ses Tambourines (The Syliphone Years , 2009 compilation) 8. Heritage Ya Luambo - Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo (Immortal Franco: Africa’s Unrivalled Guitar Legend, 2009) 9. My World Is Empty Without You - Lee Fields & The Expressions (My World, 2009) 10. Hakilimaya - Horoya Band National (cassette from Conakry, undated) 11. Balla- Ambassadeur International (Mandjou, 1979) 12. Peru-t - Jazz Corps featuring Roland Kirk (The Jazz corps featuring Roland Kirk, 1966) 13. Fluorescent Half-Dome - Dirty Projectors (Bitte Orca, 2009) 14. Go Go's Feast - Peter King (Shango, 1974) 15. Alyo - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (10", 2009) 16. Shipbuilding - Yael Naďm (Around Robert Wyatt, 2009) 17. Ain't No Sunshine - The Soul Fantastics (Panama! 2, 2009 compilation) 18. Antenna - Sonic Youth (The Eternal, 2009) 19. Muato Wa N'gingila (Angola) - Teta Lando (Cazumbi - African Sixties Garage Vol. 1, 2008 compilation) RAPIDSHARE DOWNLOAD SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST
Can't wait to hear this new release from Buda Musique. In the meantime I've been playing Quantic's latest excursion into tropical sounds - Tradition in Transition - alongside the new Black Rio 2 compilation and Stern's magnificent Keletigui Et Ses Tambourine. Very soon I will have a whole lot more news with some exciting developments for African jazz fans.
Sore lips and plenty of noise. Bafana Bafana holding Brazil til the dying minutes (0-1). Then almost taking Spain in the playoff for 3rd place (2-3). A vuvuzela, sometimes called a "lepatata" (its Setswana name) or a stadium horn, is a blowing horn, approximately one metre in length, commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa. The origin of the name is disputed. It may originate from the Zulu for "making noise," from the "vuvu" sound it makes, or from township slang related to the word for "shower.[WIKIpedia]
