MO’ AFRIQUE
Ghislain Poirier’s Mix Afrique generated quite a bit of traffic here so I’d like to direct y’all to Matt Yanchyshyn’s equally generous assortment of African hiphop. Won’t be up for long!
Matt’s tastes tend toward the smoother end of the spectrum, laidback lush productions a nice complement to Ghis’s Afrocrunk selection. One hand can’t clap, one turntable can’t mix…
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W&W introduces me to juke (via these embedded flash players that crash my win2k firefox)
(some of DJ Clent’s productions have that strange synth-fluttery grime feel, yes, bring it.)
January 24, 2007
Thanks to everybody who downloaded/enjoyed the mix ! I’ve been asked by the Mary Anne Hobb’s show (radio1) to do another mix, more focused on the grimey and cruncky sounds coming out of Africa. Stay tuned !
More news soon.
January 24, 2007
on the “grime feel” tip, Clent’s “Bounce” — with its marching, ominous strings — also seems par for the course; wouidn’t be out of place in a dubstep set:
http://profile.imeem.com/pBtLq/music/KKkaXJog/bounce/
as for “what have you done,” you can hear, kinda, what it sounds like at an actual juke throwdown here; dig that xtra-distorted bass!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AupG39k9ybE
&lookin fwd to the next mixx, ghis!
January 24, 2007
exactly, Bounce is the one!
January 30, 2007
matsuli music has just upped their entire African Serenades series for a limited time.
http://africanserenades.co.nr/