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Post by alireggae on Feb 8, 2006 20:59:53 GMT
I like African music but I'm not sure what and don't have much. I particularly like West African Djembe drumming and also like what I've heard from Ali Fakur Toure. Who can recommend something to me? Even better if it features on www.emusic.comCheers |
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Post by grumpy on Feb 8, 2006 21:15:18 GMT
If you promise to mend your ways regarding ska, I might feel inclined to send you some discs from the African Serenades series mentioned hereabouts. PM me your address.
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Post by matt on Feb 8, 2006 21:15:19 GMT
Try:
1. Hugh Masekela (Union of SOuth Africa)
2. Thomas Mapfumo (CHimurenga Singles)
3. Franco (Rough Guide)
4. Fela Kuti (best of)
5. Manu Dibango
6. Orchestra Baobab
7. Salif Keita (Soro or anything before that)
8. Youssou Ndour (Immigres or before)
9. Bembeya Jazz national
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Post by grumpy on Feb 8, 2006 21:18:08 GMT
Or (better than what I suggested above) pay attention to Bedward (aka saint).
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Post by alireggae on Feb 8, 2006 21:30:17 GMT
Great - thanks
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Post by prajna on Feb 8, 2006 21:33:35 GMT
try...comin' to visit me and checking out some stuff  |
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Post by E-dogg on Feb 9, 2006 4:51:53 GMT
I just got Getatchew Mekurya - Negus Of Ethiopian Sax, from the ethiopiques series, and it is a mind-bending insane trip. I fucking love it. Then again, if you listened to this and liked it, alireggae, then you would almost by default have to like John Coltrane ("India" by Coltrane has much in common with this stuff, for instance) and that's jazz, so be careful. Then again, a lot of this stuff is going to have a huge jazz influence, and in some cases be straight out jazz, so be very, very careful. For instance, the Orchestra Baobab stuff, suggested above, is basically afro-cuban jazz.
Anyway, I'm glad that everyone has suddenly become so forthcoming with the African cd recommendations.
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Post by grumpy on Feb 9, 2006 7:00:49 GMT
E-dogg, old chap, your question was quite specific and about a period of which I know little or nothing. Alireggae's was much more general. You already show from your post immediately above that you know more about it than I. Am more than happy to extend same offer of discs from the African Serenades series to you, though quite a lot of the selections are post 60s. PM me your address if yould like some. These discs have been compiled by five or six contributors to this and the Blood and Fire forums. The track lists are on the African Serenades thread.
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Post by E-dogg on Feb 9, 2006 19:32:45 GMT
I don't know if the music I've been looking for exists, but basically I am trying to find an early-mid 20th century African musician, a trumpeter perhaps, who had heard early Louis Armstrong and mixed that music with traditional African folk rhythms and N. African/Middle Eastern scales. That IS pretty specific, I s'pose, but I often function this way whilst seeking music, that is, I imagine something and then I try to go out and find it. It may sound odd, but they say everything's been done under the sun, and I've had some good luck finding things this way.
I have made myself happy with the Ethiopiques 4 & 14, which are deeply, deeply satisfying, and add to the mix some Miles Davis funk and some John Coltrane intensity, respectively. I love this stuff, and if anyone knows where more instrumentals by the two one-offs on the #4 set, Fèqadu Amdè-Mesqel and Girma Hadgu can be found, then please do share. I'm still trying to find some Pennywhistle Jive from SA on cd as well.
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Post by consciouspilot on Feb 9, 2006 22:55:59 GMT
That last Farke Toure outing with the great Kora player Toumani Diabate is great Ali if you like that African bluesy sound.
Don't forget Papa Wemba and Kanda Bongo Man to bring in a little soukous....
Pilot
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Post by alireggae on Feb 10, 2006 0:40:42 GMT
That last Farke Toure outing with the great Kora player Toumani Diabate is great Ali if you like that African bluesy sound. Don't forget Papa Wemba and Kanda Bongo Man to bring in a little soukous.... Pilot Great I love both of those players. I have an Ali Farke Toure album and 'New Ancient Strings' by Toumani Diabate |
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Post by rosko on Feb 10, 2006 1:29:09 GMT
I.K. Dairo M.B.E.
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Ghana Soundz (Collections on Soundway Records)
King Sunny
Prince Nico Mbarga
FELA, FELA, FELA!!!
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Post by prajna on Feb 10, 2006 3:09:18 GMT
>That last Farke Toure outing with the great Kora player Toumani Diabate is great
that album is probably my favourite release of 2005. the music is just so intricate and subtle. certainly repays repeated listenings (which i really have given it!)
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Post by kas on Feb 15, 2006 18:40:24 GMT
I seem to have fallen big time for the Mali/Wassoulou music and the Sahel/Sahara sound...
Ali Farka Touré has another great album called Niafunké that was recorded in his home village.
Sounds a bit like Tinariwen, very stark and basic.
The latest album by Mory Kante is also fine.
Then there are Oumou Sangare, Nahawa Doumbia...
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Post by alireggae on Feb 15, 2006 19:22:05 GMT
I Ali Farka Touré has another great album called Niafunké that was recorded in his home village. I have this album - it is very good... |
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Post by grumpy on Feb 15, 2006 20:50:00 GMT
You could do worse than turn your attention to Mauritania (incidentally the most recent African state to enjoy a military coup) which seems to produce music to live for. Instead of foisting its paranoia on us with talk of compulsory ID cards, our government would be far better advised to make it a criminal offence for a household not to own a copy of "Moorish Music from Mauritania" by Khalifa Oulad Eidi and Deemi Mint Abba. Once you have enjoyed that (you WILL enjoy it) you will want to find releases from Ooleya Mint Amartichitt and Malouma (Mint Mokhtar).
A decent primer for Sudan is "The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan" compiled and with notes by my old chum, Pete Verney (who also contributed the chapter on Sudanese music in the Rough Guide to World Music) - and I promise I'm not on commission here; this is a genuine recommendation. Most of the major Sudanese singers, Abdel Karim el Kabli, Abdel Aziz Mubarek, Muhammed Wardi, Muhammed el Amin and Abdel Gadir Salim are included along with more recent stars like Emmanuel Jal and Rasha. There are also some nice but obscure surprises like a recording from a Zar ceremony in Omdurman, apparently by Verney himself. As these ceremonies are strictly for women only, I'll have to ask him how he managed that - probably veiled himself up. Two records featuring the great Abdel Gadir Salim are worth having too, the more recent recorded with Emmanuel Jal is called "Ceasefire". An earlier one is The Abdel Gadir Salim All-Stars "The Merdoum Kings Play Songs of Love" (there is a track from each of these on vol 4 of African Serenades).
Souad Massi from Algeria is another favourite of mine though her most recent release "Mesk Alil" I found a tad disappointing. Much better to explore either her first record "Raoui" or my personal favourite "Deb". I'm really excited because I shall be seeing both Souad Massi and Emmanuel Jal in concert in Manchester this Friday (along with Amadou and Mariam).
To jump to another part of the continent (Angola) I've become a big fan of Bonga since seeing him in concert last year. Fave albums are "Angola 72" and his most recent "Maiorais".
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Post by prajna on Feb 15, 2006 21:30:45 GMT
I seem to have fallen big time for the Mali/Wassoulou music and the Sahel/Sahara sound... the "rough guide to the sahara" is pretty good. these comps are a bit hit-and-miss, some are very good (ethiopia, india), others less so (africa). there are some fine tracks on the "sahara" comp, particularly, tk 4 by a female wedding singer. |
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