December 2010
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Meistro - Jigawa Groove
I spent the summer and fall of 2009 in Kano, Nigeria working on a reproductive health communication project. I was there obviously to work, but my primary non-work objective was to find some dope Nigerian records. Kano is a huge sprawling city in the far north of the country, near the border with Niger. At one time Kano had a thriving nightlife. In recent years, however, it’s become...
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Chico Ye - La Primorosa
In just a year or two, Soundcloud has done more for global peer-to-peer music sharing than messageboards did in a decade or so. And by sharing I mean like minded artists sharing their tunes, not illegal downloads a la rapidshare. I just recently stumbled across Chico Ye (from Reynosa, Mexico) via a killer mix he posted, but he’s got some really outstanding original productions too. ...
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Herbie and Santana go in
H&H Saturday Nite; Beatfanatic rework by beatfanatic
As I was seething with envy over this beastly disco edit, I was also racking my brain trying to remember the original cut. Chalked it up to a senior moment when the homie Lil’ Dave reminded me that it was master Herbie Hancock at work.
What does this have to do with Sol Power? Go to the 2:01 mark for a massive percussion blast.
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Nu-Mark: Take Me With You
Oh, Nelly! DJ Nu-Mark, probably best known for his production work with Jurassic 5, drops some serious Sol Power flavor with his new Take Me With You mix CD. We collectively drop a lot of these tracks in our sets, but gotdamn. Nu-Mark is making us look bad. Anyway, this here is just a 20 minute preview of the full length mix dropping January 18 in stores, or sooner if you go through Mochilla.
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Analog Africa Sound System mix for Gilles Peterson...
As Gilles says in the intro, Analog Africa is one of the most prolific labels unearthing music that might otherwise fade away on the African continent. The label is responsible for the ridiculously dope Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou comps (Volumes 1 & 2), which everyone interested in West African music should cop.
One nice thing about all of these reissues, besides exposing amazing...