afrobeat

Song of the Day: Jimi Tenor “Manager”

Jimi Tenor combines world music influences with raw psychedelia on “Manager” from his four-song Cinema Dadaab soundtrack.

A collaboration between Algerian singer Lili Boniche and bassist/producer Bill Laswell, “Mezelt Ma Jetch Dub” is a meeting of two worlds.

Categories: afropop, Blog, dub, music, Song of the Day Tags: algeria, Bill Laswell, dub, lili boniche, music song of the day

Serge Gainsbourg teamed up with Babatunde Olatunji to craft this ode to arguably America’s most iconic city.

SPAZA is an experimental South African collective whose debut single is this transcendent wigged out electronics masterpiece.

Nenor returns to Sol Power Sound with another synthed out afro thumper for the crates of discerning DJs.

Categories: afrobeat, Blog, electronica, House, music, Song of the Day Tags: Natalie Wamba, Nenor, obas nenor, sol power sound

Benin’s mighty Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou brought their ‘a’ game with incandescent and gently pulsing “Idavi”. Dig that break down!

The Sol Power All Stars put their remixing touch on a track featuring the father of afrobeat rhythms, via the Chicago Afrobeat Project.

Afous D’Afous‘ modern desert blues, “Tarhanine Tegla”, turns up the heat and burns hotter than the Sahel sun from which it emerged.

This UK classic with Zed Bias behind the boards and Omar on the mic is a party smasher in perpetuity.

Categories: afropop, Blog, electronica, house, music, R&B, Soca, Song of the Day Tags: Omar, song of the day, Tru Thoughts, Zed Bias

“Mulatu” is a stirring, swirling and dreamy masterpiece by the father of Ethiopian jazz, the great Mulatu Astatke.

Categories: afrobeat, Blog, jazz, music, Song of the Day Tags: ethiopia, Ethiopian jazz, jazz, Mulatu Astatke, music, song of the day