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Caribbean Funky Grooves

Destruction by the Nkengas originally hit streets in 1973, overflowing with heavy Afro-beat, Afro-rock, and gritty highlife. Few copies were pressed, and today it can take months of searching to find a copy of this coveted gem. It came about during Osita Osadebe and His Nigeria Sound Makers's UK tour. Financial hardship led members of the Nigeria Sound Makers to break off and form another group while in London, the Nkengas.

Next, the Nkengas were introduced to Jamaican born Sonny Roberts, well known in London for his Orbitone record store and label. After the recording sessions, the band returned to Nigeria and became known as the Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, finding much success in West Africa. Despite their later popularity, the heights of funky rawness in this early effort were seldom duplicated.

Reissue by Secret Stash Records in 2013.

Secret Stash is a Minneapolis based label centered around 60's and 70's Soul, Funk, African & Latin records. Big Up!

Tracklisting :
01. Pax Nicholas and the Nettey Family - Ata Onukpa
(from Daptone LP 2009 reissue)
02. Nkengas - Nkenga Special
(from LP 'Destruction' Tackle records 197?)
03. Mapp Brown - Murry Hup
(from 45t Sonafric 197? Cameroun)
04. Compaoré Issouf - Dambakalé
(from Sacodisc Cote d'Ivoire 1980)
05. The Black Hustlers - Hospital
(from Eboni Records Togo 197?)
06. Christy Essien - Rumours
(from Lp 'Give me a chance' 1981 Afrodesia Nigeria)
07. Doty Gouock - Wouck
(from Musique mondiale Cote d'ivoire 197?)

Tracklisting :
01. Bob Pinodo - Africa
(from 'Show master of africa' LP, 1978 / Essiebons) GHANA
02. Rex Lawson - Osima
(from 'The Highlife King in London' LP, 197? / Phonodisk) NIGERIA
03. Orlando Julius - Ise Owo
(from 'Ise Owo' 7 inch, 197? / Philips West African) NIGERIA
04. Tony Grey - You Are The One
(from 'Oh My Darling' LP, 1982 / EMI Nigeria) NIGERIA
05. Opamanbuo International Band Of Ghana - Show Me Your Love
(from 'Show Me Your Love' LP, 1981 / Niger Bridge) GHANA

Tracklisting :
01. The Funkees - Too-Lay
(from 'Too-Lay / Cool It Down' 7 inch, 1975 / Contempo) NIGERIA
02. The Peace - Peaceful Man
(from 'Black Power' album, middle 1970s / ) ZAMBIA
03. De Frank and His Professionals - Psychedelic Man
(from 'Psychedelic Man' album, 19XX) TOGO
04. Orchestra African Fiesta - I Got The Feelin (James Brown cover)
(from 'Chantal Komonela Ngait Te / I Got The Feelin, 19XX / African Sukisa) CONGO
05. Aktion - Groove The Funk
(from 'Groove The Funk' album, 1975 / Clover Sound) NIGERIA
06. BLO - Mind Walk
(from 'Step Three' album, 1975 / Decca) NIGERIA
07. E.T. Mensah and His Tempos Band - Mensah's African Rhythms
(from 'Mensah's African Rhythms' album, 1969 / Decca West Africa) GHANA

Tracklisting :
01. Ebo Taylor - Atwer Abroba
(from 'Twer Nyame' album, 1977 / Philips) GHANA
02. Ebo Taylor Junior and Wuta Wazutu - Mondo Soul Funky
(from 'Gotta Take It Cool' album, 1978 / Polydor) GHANA
03. Orchestre Poly Rhytmo de Cotonou - E Wa Dagbee
(from 'E Wa Dagbee' 7 inch, early 70s / Albarika Store) BENIN
04. D'Almeida Blucky Et Les Black Santiago - Les Nanes
(from 'Entente Africaine' 7 inch, 19?? / L.A. Aux Ecoutes) BENIN
05. T.P. Orchestre Poly Rhytmo de Cotonou Benin & Yehouessi Leopold - Aiha Ni Kpe We
(from 'Volume 4' album, 1978 / Albarika Store) BENIN
06. El Rego Et Ses Commando - Djobime
(from 'Djobime' 7 inch, 19?? / African Songs) BENIN
07. Joe King Kologbo - Another Man's Thing
(from 'Another Man's Thing' 7 inch, 1973 / Decca Afrodisia) NIGERIA
08. K.Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas - Kyenkyen Adi M'awu
(from 'K.Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas' album, 1976 / Ofo Bros) GHANA

Wonderful Afromix by Loik Dury. Vinyl Sound Only. Big Up!

Funky Flute Grooves From The 60s & 70s

Label M founder Joel Dorn is the same Joel Dorn who produced many of the great Atlantic jazz albums. Now that Dorn has access to that legendary Atlantic catalog, he's taking advantage of some of the classic flute tracks of that era to make a statement about that instrument's coming of age in the 1960's.

 Marijata ‎– This Is Marijata (Mr Bongo, 2017)

Tim Maia, The Brazilian Soul Funk Godfather !

Dans la série Word Psychedelic Classics. Une excellente compilation très R&B.

Free Jazz, Funk, Afrobeat & Spoken Word with Afro & Carribean Rhythm !

The album was recorded over two days in Meudon, France, with guests Keziah Jones, Joseph Bowie (Defunkt) and vibraphonist David Neerman. During the sessions, 20 songs were recorded live in the studio with no overdubs.

El Rego is a true legend of African Soul Music.

Here for the first time on album are 12 of his greatest recordings from the late '60s and early '70s hand-picked by Daptone Records. Afro-Soul collector/DJ Frank Gossner had spent years combing West Africa tracking down 45s by Theophile Do Rego (aka El Rego) before nally meeting him face to face in his home in Benin. The music of El Rego varies astoundingly in style and rhythm: traditional rhythms of Benin played with modern instruments, John Lee Hooker-esque blues, Fela Kuti inspired afro-beat, afro-cuban claves, and straight-up James Brown style funk.

New Orleans Soul incorporated the soulful vocals of the gospel church, the driving beat of rhythm and blues, as well as traces of the second-line parade bands and the latinized rhythms of the city. Here you will find New Orleans soul in all its glorious variations – from the deep, deep soul of singers Aaron Neville, Willie Tee and Robert Parker to the storming northern soul of Maurice Williams and Eldridge Holmes, the funky soul of Eddie Bo, Lionel Robinson and Ernie K-Doe all alongside the Crescent City’s finest soul sisters – Irma Thomas, Betty Harris, Jean Knight, Inell Young and more!

This unique compilation spotlights the best tracks of Mocambo Records' scarce 7 inch vinyl releases that took the deep funk scene by storm in summer 2006.

Along with the labels own productions (Mocambo Allstars, The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band & Gizelle Smith), the first releases host new recordings by obscure English groups like The Delta Rhythm Section, The Sound Stylistics and the supreme Vinylizor Productions team (Jay Glover, Gary Crockett & Dominic Glover), together with unreleased tracks by all time greats such as the James Taylor Quartet and Speedometer...

Deep FunkyGrooves

Le 2ème album de Karl Hector & The Malcouns, toujours chez Now-Again Records.

Groupe allemand, voici leur 1er album, qui balance sacrément... Bless.

Fusion Afro-Space-Rock-Kraut-Funk... from Germany. Big Up!

"Now-Again nous emmène cette fois pour un voyage funk aux couleurs africaines commencé dans le sud du Sahara et enregistré en Allemagne. Sahara Swing est porté par les excellents musiciens de Poets Of Rhythm et Whitefield Brothers ayant rapportés dans leur Munich natal les influences de l'Est autant que de l'Ouest Africain. Le résultat est une aventure au coeur des polyrythmies de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, de l'Afrobeat de Fela Kuti, de la musique Ethiopienne de Mulatu Astatke, du jazz sud-africain de Hugh Masekela, des expérimentations de Sun Ra et de Can, et du groove de James Brown. Cet album n'a pourtant rien d'un disque de musique du monde, c'est un album reflétant le monde". Cultura.com

1er album, instru, pour ce groupe de LA, d'inspiration funky/70's/cinématrographique/Afrobeat... Bless.

(Le Volume 3 est déjà sur le site )

Voici les 4 autres volumes de la série Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International orchestré de main de maître par le collectif français Paris DJs qui à l'origine partageait gratuitement la musique sur internet.

Une mine d'or de mix (bientot sur le site). Epoque révolue.

We take over! 

Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.1: Dis Is Good For You (2012)

Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.2: We Are The Fire Inside Your Mind (2013)

Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.4: Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland? (2013)

Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.5: A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand (2014)

Broasted Or Fried: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo (2000, Harmless)

Freak Off: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo (2001, Harmless)

 Brown Sugar: Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo (2002, Harmless)

Des pépites Latin. Classic All-Stars. Afro-Cuban, Descarga, Boogaloo & Latin Jazz.

Le tout réuni par le Label Anglais Harmless.

Shaolin Soul (1998, Delabel)

Shaolin Soul (Episode 2) - (2001, Hostile Records, Because Music)

Shaolin Soul (Episode 3) - (2014, Parlophone, Because Music)

Shaolin Soul (Episode 4) - (2018, Because Music)

Shaolin Soul Plays Motown - (2019, Because Music)

Soul Power. La Matrice du Hip-Hop. Yo!

Excellentissime dernier album de Janko, dont on a parlé il ya peu, accompagné des Soul Surfers, un groupe funky venu de Russie. Bless.

Album assez particulier, lisez la belle chronique ci-dessous pour en savoir plus :

Triste nouvelle : Luka Šipetić, le rat de studio croate derrière le premier album de Nemanja, Tarot Funk, paru en 2019, est décédé.

Cessez vos lamentations ! Vous n’avez probablement jamais entendu parler de Nemanja, votre deuil semble donc peu sincère, et de toute façon, M. Šipetić est revenu d’entre les morts. Sa miraculeuse résurrection préside à la sortie du deuxième album de Nemanja, devenu un véritable groupe de cinq musiciens depuis, du moins sur scène (sous sa forme enregistrée, c’est encore largement la vision singulière de Šipetić).

Tarot Funk suivait une formule bien précise : une pièce pour chacun des neuf arcanes majeurs du jeu de tarot. De la même façon, Cosmic Disco propose de guider l’auditeur à travers les bardos Chikhai, Chonyid et Sidpa du Livre des morts tibétain. Le concept est beaucoup moins convaincant cette fois-ci, mais bon, si c’est l’illumination que vous cherchez, essayez du côté d’un magasin de luminaires.

Dāw Yĕn démarre en territoire du label suisse Bongo Joe avec un mélange étourdissant d’ersatz de molam thaïlandais, de chants disco ivres, de basse à faible gravité et de directives ésotériques. Au fur et à mesure, Nemanja ajoute d’autres sonorités qui sont familières aux fans du mouvement révisionniste mystery-funk, du folk-rock turc par-ci (Kozmik Oyun), de la cumbia classique par-là (Cumbia Cosmica) et beaucoup de disco, évidemment. As Above, So Below jumelle une arabesque jouée à l’orgue à une groove rocksteady, le tout baignant dans le dub. Les neuf titres ici sont tous suffisamment achevés – c’est tout à l’honneur de Šipetić –, merveilleusement étranges tout en étant bienveillants, et ont l’exubérance de quelqu’un qui a eu une seconde vie.

(Rupert Bottenberg, www.panm360.com)

Bless.