Out Of Africa A trip into world music through an African perspective, insight and inspiration! We all came from Africa! In this show, we travel from Congo's beautiful voices, Franco and its famous O.K Jazz Orchestra, jazz from Ethiopia, the famous ethio-jazz, with its oriental expressions, and South African jazz, with...
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There are only a few acts able to generate global hype without having even released an album… Fulu Miziki is possibly one of the most unlikely examples. The collective, which came to light in Kinshasa roughly 10 years ago, not only hasn’t published an LP, but not even an EP...
Check out the 2nd single extracted from Congolese Kasai All-Stars‘ brand new album Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound, out on Belgian label Crammed Discs. “This is the story behind the lyrics: in certain villages of the Basongye people, someone occasionally plays the part of...
We’re still a few months away from the release of Ngbaka… In mid-November, Moshi Moshi Records will indeed finally unearth the debut EP of Congolese band Fulu Miziki and their “music from the garbage”: https://fulumiziki.bandcamp.com/album/ngbaka-ep In the meantime, enjoy their new single & video ‘Ok Seke Bien’ featuring Sekelembele...
Sun Followerr (Lèa Mondo) is a London-based singer/songwriter and guitar player of Congolese origins. Her influences range from Bob Marley to Franco Luambo and Fatoumata Diawara to Oumour Sangare and are fully embodied in her soulful Afro-fusion sound. Lea is currently working on her debut EP, Mwana Mboka,...
Rendez-vous with Lucas for a beginner’s guide to Baloji – the multi-faceted artist from DRC via Belgium making some of the most inventive Afrofuturist music and visuals about. Track List 1. Baloji – Le Reste Du Monde [from Hotel impala, EMI Music Belgium, 2007] 2. Baloji – Congo Eza Ya Biso [from Kinshasa Succursale; Crammed Discs,...
It goes without saying that we will miss Bandcamp Fridays… Today, till midnight (Pacific Time), is indeed the last appointment with one of our favourite initiatives meant to support and bring some well-deserved fee-free income to the pocketsof labels and musicians. So, to celebrate the 10th Bandcamp Friday of this...
2020 marks 60 years since independence for 17 African countries. For his latest Rendez-Vous à Bobo, Rhythm Passport’s Lucas Keen revisits 1960 sometimes known as ‘The Year of Africa’ to explore the euphoria and cultural renaissance of the epoch that followed via music from Nigeria, Congo, Burkina Faso and Mali....
This podcast is my way to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Congo, through contemporary musicians from Kinshasa & the Congolese diaspora in Brussels. Including a re-take of the classic “Indépendance Cha-Cha” + the master of Congolese guitar Dizzy Mandjeku. In Belgium it’s mainly through rap & slam that the...
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