Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

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Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

Post by Seagull » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:41 pm

Recently I've been listening to a lot of music come out of the continent from the 60s-80s and would appreciate any contributions!
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Re: Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

Post by Lidl » Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:46 pm

Love this stuff, great choices; funk is my happy music so getting to discover more of it is always welcome!

My picks:

William Onyeabor is someone I discovered a few years ago through I think the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show on Radio 6, love basically everything I've heard from him so far but my favourites are Atomic Bomb
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and Good Name
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Other stuff I've found through radiooooo.com (the best place I've found for finding random bits of world music.)
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Re: Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

Post by Lidl » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:09 pm

Some more recent stuff as well that's less funk and more Afro rock I guess

Tinariwen
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Songhoy Blues - these guys are absolutely brilliant
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Bombino
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Re: Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

Post by Seagull » Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:21 pm

<diva> Will check them out!

Also second that on radiooooo, great website.
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Re: Afrobeat, Afrofunk etc.

Post by skalpel » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:12 am

Manu Dibango:
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And just because no Afrobeat thread is complete without Fela:
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