the endless groove of africa

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[chasea]

I was fortunate enough to meet/ host this guy for a few days this summer. He and his band filmed a music video in my apartment. 50 people dancing for hours in 105 degree heat. They filmed his shots over three days. We were often both the only two awake in the early morning hours and I really got to know him. Endlessly kind. He was tired from all of the work, but never anything less than grateful for all the work being done to promote his music.

A change in record labels means the vieo shot in my apartment won't be out til later this year.

Here's another:

Janka
Video snipped.


He's living in the DC area now. I would suggest that you go see him perform if the opportunity arrises.

After a year, the video we shot in my apartment, on the hottest day in the history of the world, has been released.

[Dustin]

My current favorites:

Fela Kuti
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Ali Farka Toure
Tinariwen

[Dustin]

Ok, Amadou and Miriam are pretty good too, but their albums are uneven in quality.

[Cookietruck]

a while back i was in the record store and didn't see much regular stuff
so i started looking for analogue africa stuff

ended up getting
an orchestre poly rhythmo record
also a vis-a-vis record
and ROB record

good purchases