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Shook # 9… Finalmente pronta! África do Sul, depois do mundial, ainda no centro do mundo. Tudo o que importa saber, abaixo:

South Africa has got it going on right now. Forget football (the country’s footballing heritage was decimated by apartheid), in 2010 it’s South Africa’s young party starters, streetwear entrepreneurs, dance music moguls, grassroots organizations, and Pan-African publishers who are attracting the eyes of the world.

South Africa has never considered itself anything but a First World country and this is what a new generation is out to prove. In our special South Africa issue, headline artists BLK JKS meet guitar hero Dr. Phillip ‘Malombo’ Tabane; international dance music stars Black Coffee and Culoe de Song provide an entry point into the ubiquitous house music scene; and in the beating heart of Soweto we meet the country’s future leaders. We also revisit the radical 1960s jazz players through Basil Breakey’s photography, the multi-racial 1980s hip-hop movement in Cape Town and highlight new movements like the Pan African Space Station.

Elsewhere in the issue, Bilal gets us all hot in the middle, DJ Spinn gives us a brief history of Chi-Town’s Footworkers and how he needs Juke Music All Night Long. There’s Sun Ra’s Arkestra, The Now Sound of Brasil, Colombian soundsystems and much more…

Pick up a copy here or at your local newsagent or record store. For all you readers in the US and Canada, we’ll be available in Borders and Barnes & Noble from next week, so there’s no excuses for missing out on SHOOK anymore.

Preview aqui.

Complete Mythology

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Amanhã, regressaremos ao modo «business as usual» com posts (quase) diários por aqui no 33-45.

Entretanto, bom apetite:

Red Beans & Rice

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We really don’t know how the good folks at Cheyenne, Wyoming’s World Psychedelic Funk Classics have the time to dig up so many incredible global-psych-funk joints and compile them… maybe the lack of decent local records to rediscover (the Soul Reflections’ “Grooving in the Basement” notwithstanding) has something to do with it. Anyway – their latest, an investigation into the “Aesthetic Expressions Of Psychedelic Funk Music In India,” is due out later this year. We just got a sneak peak at the cover and it looks miiiiighty promising.

As a prequel to the upcoming full length album ‘P&J Project’, producer J. Rawls and emcee ParanormL bring you this mixtape in collaboration with The Find Magazine!

Genre: Hip Hop / Jazz / Soul
Release: 2010
Preview: The ParanormL & J. Rawls – What’s That?

01. P&J Project - What’s That?
02. Black Star – Brown Skin Lady (Prod. J. Rawls)
03. The ParanormL – Keep It Moving (Prod. Freddie Joachim)
04. Lone Catalyst – Due Process (ft. Talib Kweli)
05. The ParanormL – Ask Your Self (Eccy Remix)
06. J. Rawls & Holmskillit – With U (Luv)
07. The ParanormL – Star Seeds (Prod. K-Murdock)
08. Lone Catalyst – Hustle
09. P&J Project – Tokyo Drifting
10. Sevent Heaven Planets – Don’t Sweat (Prod. Freddie Joachim)
11. J. Rawls – Bailar (ft. Aloe Blacc)
12. The ParanormL – Shapes Of Jazz (ft. Tableek)
13. The ParanormL – Only U (Unofficial Promo Remix)
14. J. Rawls – A Tribute To Jazz
15. P&J Project – Exellence (ft. Neila)
16. The ParanormL – Transcendence

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On this mixtape you hear some tracks off the upcoming ‘P&J Project’ album, some remakes of classics, brand new tracks, collaborations with a variety of artists and some songs you might’ve heard before. The mixtape is hosted by J. Rawls and we guarantee serious dopeness through your speakers when you download this!

P&J
J. Rawls is known for his topnotch, often jazz-orientated, productions. Combine that with ParanormL’s exquisite flow and you have one hell of a musical collaboration. Don’t sleep on this people, great jazzy vibes with a variety of  tracks and collaborations. Stay tuned on The Find Mag.com for more news about the upcoming album ‘P&J Project‘.

Out 4th October 10

Limited Edition Vinyl, CD & Download

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Digital Tracklisting

01 – Ancestors ((Dreamtime) Mark Pritchard Rmx)
02 – Candylane (Bibio Remix)
03 – Ageing (Dam Mantle Remix)
04 – The Caliph’s Tea Party (Broadcast & The Focus Group
05 – Kobwebz (Jeremiah Jae Remix)
06 – Love Of Reign (Bear In Heaven Remix)
07 – She’s Gone (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
08 – Holidays (MRR Remix)
09 – Change (Shlohmo Remix)
10 – My Only Friend (Hezus Remix)
11 – DedNd (agdm Remix)
12 – SuzieQ (Dem Hunger Bowel Blood Remix)

It’s a tricky thing, re-working a completely unique and peerless piece of music. It is made even trickier when the personality behind the original music is so vivid and otherworldly that it is almost sure to continue to cast it’s long shadow over whatever new form is chosen for it.

Of course the questions of whether or not to remix Gonjasufi’s classic A Sufi and A Killer arose, but with that voice and those songs, it was never going to fail. Of course the fact that Gonja had made fans out of quite a few incredibly talented artists didn’t hurt either.

So, The Caliph’s Tea Party was slowly summoned to life. Like the Caliphs of the Ummahs of the 7th century, orchestrating affairs from their palaces, Gonjasufi has assembled a collection of artists in his musical world and invited them to exchange ideas.  In this spirit, the symbolic and musical centerpiece of the album, as well as its namesake, is the result of the mutual admiration formed between Gonjasufi and Broadcast and The Focus Group. A bewitching, drastic re-working of ‘DedNd’ it takes the form of a suite of layered compositions and radiophonic transmissions.

Elsewhere, reinterpretations from new talents shine while established artists continue to surprise. Mark Pritchard channels Ennio Morricone with epic orchestral dystopia on his remix of ‘Ancestors’ while retaining the inherent gravity of Flying Lotus’ original production.  Young guns Shlomo and Jeremiah Jae eschew their labeling as ‘beatmakers’ and tap into a fractured emotional core within ‘Change’ and ‘Holidays’, respectively, giving them new leases on life as subtly mechanized melancholia. Bibio smooths out the rough edges of ‘Candylane’ for a remix indebted to the 1980s R&B leftfield, while Brooklyn’s Bear In Heaven and Oneohtrix Point Never deal in heavy motorik meditations and ethereal musique concrete.

That The Caliph’s Tea Party lives up to it’s concept as a companion piece to A Sufi & A Killer is not only a sizeable accomplishment, but also a testament to the source material. Gonjasufi has emerged in 2010 as the most striking new voice in a vast musical landscape that continues to outrun true classification.  With so many errant strands of creativity moving in all directions, it may well prove fortunate that a Caliph has been selected.

Preorder Gonjasufi – The Caliph’s Tea Party at Bleep
(see photos for the silver foil – on both the vinyl and cd versions)

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Gonjasufi – The Caliph’s Tea Party
Released 4th October 2010 on silver foiled digipak CD, limited edition silver foiled vinyl and digital

01. Ancestors ((Dreamtime) Mark Pritchard Rmx) Listen above
02. Candylane (Bibio Remix)
03. Ageing (Dam Mantle Remix)
04. The Caliph’s Tea Party (Broadcast & The Focus Group “DedNd” Remix)
05. Kobwebz (Jeremiah Jae Remix)
06. Love Of Reign (Bear In Heaven Remix) Listen above
07. She’s Gone (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
08. Holidays (MRR Remix)
09. Change (Shlohmo Remix)
10. My Only Friend (Hezus Remix)
11. DedNd (agdm Remix)
12. SuzieQ (Dem Hunger Bowel Blood Remix)

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Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie… just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation by Samy Ben Redjeb, founder of Analog Africa.

To document these 14 irresistible tracks and the music scene from the’70s, Samy crisscrossed the lengths of Ghana and Togo in search of the producers and artists – or their relatives. In the process he recorded a dozen interviews, scanned 90 pictures and transferred 120 master tapes.

All the evidence can be seen in the 44-page full colour booklet (see pictures below) accompanying these 73 minutes of heavy West African sounds. Afro-Beat Airways showcases an amazing diversity of local rhythms spiced with Afro-American funk, soul and jazz.

Samy Ben Redjeb, in his own words:

“Somehow this project started at Frankfurt airport when I accidently checked in the bag which contained my passport. The flight to Angola (via Addis Ababa) was delayed and the plane´s belly emptied in an attempt to find my luggage. Unfortunately, this was never found. As a consequence, I had to cancel my trip. I was at the Ethiopian Airlines offices the next morning (where this episode had become legend) trying to rebook my flight to Luanda, but everything was fully booked for weeks. I was told that if I wished I could selected another destination. The choices? Kinshasa, Yaoundé, Lagos and Accra. I selected the last, because my connections in Ghana had found some serious stocks of vinyl records, and I thought it might be the occasion to check them out.

“A few days later I´m in Ghana, and as on all my previous trips to Accra the first person I paid a visit to was producer Dick Essilfie-Bonzie, who I simply call Mr Essiebons, after his legendary label, Essiebons Records. Everything happens for a reason because the disappointment of missing my flight to Angola was soon replaced by excitement. Mr Essiebons explained that after more than a decade of being out of business he had decided “to give it another shot” and thus digitised all his master tapes for future releases. He then showed me the result – a box containing approximately 80 CDs, each with a track listing,– a total of 800 songs. I was allowed to take the “surprise” box to my hotel room and started listening. I had no idea what to expect, but I was in for a treat. Previously unreleased material by Apagya Show Band and Orchestre Abass were the first few amazing tracks that I discovered and that’s when I decided to start working on this compilation.”

The whole selection of songs was completed about a year later and now that I knew which tracks were going to be included, I decided to dedicate some time to find the artists for interviews and research. December 2008 and May of 2010 were solely dedicated to that process, as I flew to West Africa to meet Rob, Ebo Taylor, Nana Ampedu (founder of the mighty African Brothers Band), Issac Yeboah (lead singer of Vis-a-Vis, one of Ghana´s most impressive bands), Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (the personification of Ghanaian Afro-funk), saxophonist Ray Allen, Chester Adams (lead singer of the Uppers International) and few others. I did extensive interviews with all of them and managed to collect amazing pictures to document the liner notes that accompany the music.”

“While some light has been cast on the Ghanaian music scene of the 1970´s, Togolese music is relatively obscure and badly documented. However, we are working on this! In fact, we’ve already made a start, with our previous Analog Africa compilation “African Scream Contest” which showcased 3 Togolese artists. Afro-Beat Airways presents two more – Orchestre Abass and Cos-Ber-Zam. While the first band developed into one of the country´s best, to such an extent that none other than Fela Kuti once offered them a contract to play at his Afro-Spot night club (which later became The Shrine), the second artist was a one-hit wonder. “Né Noya” was a monster hit in Togo but it is to date the only release by this obscure artist. The reason why I decided to include these Togolese tracks on this compilation is that they were all recorded in Ghana and thus they worked well in the mix.”

Afro-Beat Airways is a time capsule, and promises to take you on a fascinating musical journey through West Africa´s vintage Afro Sounds.

AFRO-BEAT AIRWAYS – West African Shock Waves
Release date: 03.08.2010

1. Dankasa – Uppers International 3:36
2. Ma Nserew Me – Apagya Show Band 4:03
3. Me Yee Owu Den – K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas 8:52
4. Break Through – Marijata 5:06
5. Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara – Ebo Taylor & The Sweet Beans 9:54
6. Awula Bo Fee Ene – Orchestre Abass 3:45
7. Live in Other World – Itadi 5:05
8. Mumunde – Apagya Show Band 3:02
9. More – Rob 5:13
10. Né Noya – Cos-Ber-Zam 4:10
11. Afe Ato Yen Bio – De Frank Professionals 4:41
12. Ngyegye No So – African Brothers Band 6:17
13. Neriba Lanchina – Uppers International 4:04
14. Come Along – Ebo Taylor & The Pelicans 5:59

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