Best Ever Albums

Re: Africa

Jimmy Dread — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:14:33 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 12/11/2015 19:14

19loveless91 wrote:

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Volume 5 by Dur-Dur Band
On topic, here's a recent discovery. Completely forgot who was it that played a song off this on dubtrack. noWaxJim? Thanks for that, I've been loving the shit out of this album these days

Yeah, it's ace isn't it? In fact Awesome Tapes In Africa is a great label in general (it was they who brought the Ata Kak LP mentioned earlier to the 'masses' - the guy who runs the label started off as a blogger who got a tape of it from a market stall in Ghana). This 2015 release of theirs is well worth a listen too:

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Songs Of Paapieye by SK Kakraba

And if you like that you'll most likely love:

Congotronics by Konono Nº1

Re: Africa

19loveless91 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:30:51 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 12/11/2015 18:30

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Re: Africa

19loveless91 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:27:53 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 12/11/2015 18:27

Satie wrote:

Hey I'm starting to get into European music and am looking for some new artists / favorite albums to check out. So far, I've been listening to a lot of Bach, The Beatles, Jacques Brel, Eugeniusz Rudnik, Romica Puceanu, Beethoven, and Joy Division. I think my favorite artists are A. G. Cook and Burzum. What else would y'all recommend?

Satie wrote:

"There is more in one American city than is dreamt of in your whole continent's philosophy." - racist Hamlet

Are you arguing that the continent of Africa has the same amount of recorded music albums compared to Europe and America?
Also remember that you're on a European based website in English, too, where hardly anybody talks about music from other continents. But no, continue being a sarcastic dick even to those who want to broaden their horizons. �'�
When I open my own thread, I'll make sure it's about Waraabi or Kizomba, or any other specific genres of African music. It will go on super well of course, already looking forward to your contributions

Re: Africa

craola — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:20:07 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 12/11/2015 18:20

i am not going to pretend to have any sort of expertise on African music, but the track "Laban" off of this album changed my life:

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M'Bemba by Salif Keita

Re: Africa

gerhard — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:27:41 GMT

Author: gerhard

Posted: 12/10/2015 21:27

Applerill wrote:

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Obaa Sima by Ata Kak

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Asew by Ofori Amponsah

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Africa: Shona Mbira Music by Various Artists

Thanks Applerill, I enjoyed these a lot. Ata Kak was particularly wild, love the unexpected combination of sounds and loops

Re: Africa

PsychologistHD — Wed, 9 Dec 2015 12:38:46 GMT

Author: PsychologistHD

Posted: 12/09/2015 17:38

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Exile by Geoffrey Oryema

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Drums Of Death by Various Artists

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The Source by Ali Farka Toure

Re: Africa

Anonymous — Wed, 9 Dec 2015 12:15:56 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/09/2015 17:15

benpaco wrote:

though that's like saying "here's some stuff from San Francisco"

"There is more in one American city than is dreamt of in your whole continent's philosophy." - racist Hamlet

Re: Africa

gerhard — Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:37:21 GMT

Author: gerhard

Posted: 12/09/2015 15:37

baystateoftheart wrote:

I'm not the most well-versed in African music, but other than the artists you've mentioned, I really enjoyed these albums:

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Dimanche À Bamako by Amadou & Mariam

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El Rego by El Rego

Hey baystate, thanks very much, both of these were great, especially El Rego. Those guys can jam!

Re: Africa

benpaco — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:44:04 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 12/08/2015 23:44

Posted something in completely the wrong topic sorry but now that I'm here here's some stuff from Africa I enjoy, though that's like saying "here's some stuff from San Francisco" I like so don't expect any sort of specific genres, they just happen to be from there geographically.

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A Long Way To The Beginning by Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

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1er Gaou by Magic System

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Civil Twilight by Civil Twilight

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From Kinshasa by Mbongwana Star

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The King Of Anxiety by Petite Noir

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3 Bandeiras by Masta

Re: Africa

Anonymous — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:29:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/08/2015 22:29

Francis Bebey is basically the greatest human ever.

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Akwaaba by Francis Bebey

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African Electronic Music 1975-1982 by Francis Bebey

other than that I quite like these

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Obaa Sima by Ata Kak

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Afreaka! by Demon Fuzz

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Ilo Abu Chi by Celestine Ukwu

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Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974 by Mulatu Astatke

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Live At Real World by Royal Drummers Of Burundi

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Fanafody by Tarika Sammy

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The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya and Tanzania by Various Artists

Re: Africa

Anonymous — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 17:21:41 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/08/2015 22:21

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Toumani & Sidiki by Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté

Love this one.

Re: Africa

Romanelli — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:53:09 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 12/08/2015 20:53

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Aura by King Sunny Adé

This album of Juju music is really great, and features some nice harmonica work by Stevie Wonder on the opening track.

Re: Africa

meccalecca — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:33:45 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 12/08/2015 20:33

gerhard wrote:

Hey I'm starting to get into African music and am looking for some new artists / favorite albums to check out.

Howdy.

I started making charts a while back for various African nations but got lazy. here's the 2 that actually exist.

Ghana: http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=25171
Mali: http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=25174

as for new stuff. These all came out this year and are varying degrees of amazing.

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From Kinshasa by Mbongwana Star

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Nyanza by Owiny Sigoma Band

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Nozinja Lodge by Nozinja

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Ba Power by Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba

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Zoy Zoy by Tal National

Re: Africa

travelful — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:11:36 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 12/08/2015 20:11

Link

Re: Africa

Revolution909 — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:34:31 GMT

Author: Revolution909

Posted: 12/08/2015 17:34

William Onyeabor

Back in the d-day, this guy made some great albums that managed to be funky, electronic and just plain weird all at the same time, but in a good way. I got a boxset of his discography last Christmas and I continue to enjoy it.

Re: Africa

Applerill — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:34:30 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 12/08/2015 17:34

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Obaa Sima by Ata Kak

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Asew by Ofori Amponsah

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Africa: Shona Mbira Music by Various Artists

Re: Africa

Hayden — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 11:04:03 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/08/2015 16:04

http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=18070

I have some stuff on here you might like 😄 Mostly in the middle of the chart.

Re: Africa

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:57:23 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 12/08/2015 15:57

Satie wrote:

I was waiting for that

Re: Africa

Anonymous — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:53:43 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/08/2015 15:53

Hey I'm starting to get into European music and am looking for some new artists / favorite albums to check out. So far, I've been listening to a lot of Bach, The Beatles, Jacques Brel, Eugeniusz Rudnik, Romica Puceanu, Beethoven, and Joy Division. I think my favorite artists are A. G. Cook and Burzum. What else would y'all recommend?

Re: Africa

baystateoftheart — Tue, 8 Dec 2015 10:52:22 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 12/08/2015 15:52

I'm not the most well-versed in African music, but other than the artists you've mentioned, I really enjoyed these albums:

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Dimanche À Bamako by Amadou & Mariam

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El Rego by El Rego