Podcast: Radio Mukambo #516 – Top 21 of 2021

It’s the first week of the year so time to treat you to the best albums of 2021. A global trip that will take you from Colombian Pacific tot a refugee camp in the desert, from adrenaline fuelled jazz to the Beastie Boys making cumbia in the Congo. Ethiogrooves, Latin…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Azmari , Bejuco , Cumbiasound , DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar , Echoes of Zoo , Electric Jalaba , Gaspar Z'África , Jallanzo , Jumbo System , Kasai Allstars , Khalab , Lee Fry , Luka Afrobeat Orquesta , M'berra Ensemble , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , Oghene Kologbo , Ogun Afrobeat , Oliver Nayoka , Olumo Soundz , Rumble , The Anthronauts , The Selenites Band , Vito-Lalinga

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #510 – Behind the Groove

This week The Selenites Band takes us Behind the Mask to discover their original compositions where Ethiopian music of “Swinging Addis” encounter kraütrock, psychedelic music and afro-jazz, made in France. We also discover more tracks from the second Global Afrobeat Movement compilation, out on NYP Records, including He K Tombe from…

Artists: Azmari , Haitch , He K Tombe , IKOQWE , K'boko , Makala , Nihiloxica , Protassov , Rhabdomantic Orchestra , Spoek Mathambo , The Selenites Band

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #501 – Groove Machine

Radio Mukambo serves a Swedish cumbia band mixing analogue sound with brass and Beastie Boys energy: Cumbiasound‘s debut EP Maquina is our album of the week. We announce Jam’in Jette on tour at FIRM with Daniel Dzidzonu (afrobeat), Azmari (ethiogrooves) coming to Brosella XXS. Furthermore we listen to new afrobeat…

Artists: Àbáse , Azmari , Cumbiasound , Daniel Dzidzonu , DJ Tudo , DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar , Femi Koya , Gaspar Z'África , Krak In Dub , Lee Fry Music , MassaranDub , Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble , Mzee , Natty Campbell , Romperayo , Smile Davis , Tião Carvalho

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #492 – Animal Breakout

Breakout is the title of Echoes of Zoo‘s debut album, on which animals literally break out their cages on a soundtrack made of adrenaline fuelled jazz infused with an eclectic range of western, oriental and African influences, made in Brussels. Album of the week on Radio Mukambo. We also listen to…

Artists: Ayuune Sule , Azmari , DJ Tudo , Echoes of Zoo , Èkó Afrobeat , Guedra Guedra , Krak In Dub , Muito Kaballa , Okwei Odili , Radio Mukambo , Rumble , Sons Of Kemet

Podcast: Rebel Up’s Nightshop #81

Show for February 2021 on Radio Campus Bxl & Rhythm Passport, 3 hours of new global sounds. We have four songs of the day from a Palestine cult group via Akuphone, Maroc 60’s flower pop via Habibi Funk, African electronics (Shika Shika) and tribal percussion. Our albums of the month…

Artists: Alostmen , Anka Foh , Attarazat Addahabia , Azmari , Christine Salem , Faradjallah , HHY and The Kampala Unit , Lion’s Drums , Nahawa Doumbia , Nilotika Cultural Ensemble , Sabreen , SAULT

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #485 – Legacies & Legends

This week Radio Mukambo celebrates legacies and honours legends. “Legacy +” is our double LP of the week, by Femi Kuti and Made Kuti, son and grandson of the great Fela Kuti. Both bring their own peculiar blend of afrobeat. We also pay tribute to two legends who left us:…

Artists: Andre Sampaio , Azmari , Dekula Band , Femi Kuti , Grupo Bongar , IKOQWE , Koudede , La Fuerza Mayor , Lee Fry Music , Nomågik , Octa Push , U-Roy , Victor Rice , Zafîf

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #484 – Mandinga Dub

A full hour of dub on Radio Mukambo, starting with our album of the week Mandinga Dub by André Sampaio meets Victor Rice. Brazilian music inspired by West-Africa getting the dub treatment. The rest of the podcast is full of dub crossovers with ethiojazz, afrobeat, Afro-Brazilian rhythms, Indian sounds & Balkan…

Artists: Andre Sampaio , Azmari , Bixiga 70 , Buguinha Dub , Dub Colossus , Femi Kuti , Fokus King , Gala Zerua , Lee Fly Music , Lil Obeah , Luiz Claudio , Nga Han and The Hi-Flyers , The Anthronauts , Victor Rice , Zé Bigode Orquestra

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #483 – One Who Grooves

Azmari is the “one who praises” in Amharic, an Ethiopian singer-musician, comparable to the European bard or the West African griot. The Brussels-based ethiogroove collective is a 21st century version of Azmari, blending African and oriental melodies while providing a fresh take on the ethiojazz sound. Their debut album Samā’ī is…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Andre Sampaio , Azmari , Bantu , Boogie Castillo , Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers , Combo X , Cumbiasound , El Gato Negro , Eletrique Zamba , Frikstailers , Gaudi , Lee Fry Music , Lindigo , Lis Flores Varela , Plu con Pla , Victor Rice

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #482 – Zigzag to Africa and Back!

This week, Radio Mukambo takes you from Germany to Africa with Zik Zak, cd of the week by the German production duo Ancient Astronauts featuring upcoming vocalists and rappers from across Africa and the diaspora. We listen to plenty of new releases & remixes from Brazil, London, Afro-Colombia, Angola, Brussels &…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Azmari , Batida , ChampetaMan , Chouk Bwa and The Ångströmers , Dele Sosimi , DJ KL Jay , Eparapo , Faraon Bantu , Kind and Kinky Zoo , Lakou Mizik , Plu con Pla , Sumohair , The Fontanas , The New Mastersounds , The Soul Rebels

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #481 – Groovecasting 2021

The first podcast of 2021 announces some exciting albums coming out in the first half of the year. Going from global afrobeat from Brazil over Chile to Japan, a few promising Belgian releases to the newest NYP Records compilation presenting Tropical Beats. By the end of the podcast, we dig…

Artists: Abayomy , Ancient Astronauts , Azmari , Echoes of Zoo , Eparapo , Hippo Sound System , Max le Daron , Newen Afrobeat , ONIPA , Sahas

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #478 – Groove Like An Ethiopian

Quite some ethiogrooves on Radio Mukambo, starting with Eddy & The Ethiopians delivering our cd of the week. II by the collective from Eindhoven is a nice fusion of Ethiopiques (Ethiopian big band styles from the sixties and seventies) with afrobeat, jazz and funk. We also check out Azmari‘s new single, ethio/oriental…

Artists: Azmari , Echoes of Zoo , Eddy & the Ethiopians , Fokus , He K Tombe , Konkong Afrobeat , Max le Daron , Ozferti , Punta Diamante , Roforofo Jazz