Mixtape Monday: Spoek Mathambo - Future Sound Of Mzansi Aero Manyelo mix
Look out. A binder full of tuff new Mixtapes every Monday could make Monday into your favorite day of the week. And once that happens, it's a slippery slope to bizarro world. Enjoying Monday goes 'against nature' in a way that can be profoundly disorienting for a player. Next thing you know, cats and dogs will be living together, polar bears will need sunglasses and people will walk on their hands. Luckily, you will still have binders full of tuff mixtapes to get you through the end-times and if anything is profoundly re-orienting it's a new afrobeat mixtape from, say, DJ Rich Medina. We kick off however with international master of records Quantic, helping us through another painful transition. Putting down a selection of Cape Verdean seaworthy soul on a mix called Perdide E Sodade (trans. Lost and Longing)-Q nicely sums up the feeling that all Lusophone people are experiencing right now in the aftermath of FIFA Brazil 2014 i.e. total disaster unless your a German footballer or Rihanna. DJ Gingee contributes some more beats that speak Portuguese (not to mention Hindi, Spanish and...I want to say Tagalag?) with her Travels mix (via Generation Bass). Delroy Edwards delivers Vol. II of his Slowed Down Funk series and DJ Rahdu of Bama Love Soul makes roman numeral sexy with the latest Diamond Soul XXXperience mixcast. South African-via-Scandinavia beatgod Spoek Mathambo drops his new Future Sound of Mzansi and of course the aforementioned afrobeat--get to downloading and stay woke as we make Monday livable with more mixtapes.
Quantic, we may have mentioned, is a man of many records, from many different parts of the world; all connected--as he explained for OKP TV's cameras recently--by the concept of 'soul'. Perdide E Sodade takes the concept into the musical waters that connect Cape Verde to Angola, Brazil and Portugal. Stream or download below:
Rich Medina is kinda like the inventor of afrobeat--at least as far as East Coast hip-hop heads dancing to it is concerned--both in mixtape form and at his Jump n' Funk residency he has provided a master class for anybody willing to wind their clock. This new mix for 101 Apparel applies a slightly different filter on the canon by focusing on the work of drumgod (and actual afrobeat inventor) Tony Allen.
DJ Delroy Edwards returns with another round of slowed down funk, selections for a very slow moving ride in the 'lac--perhaps, as the cover image suggests, a G'ed up funeral procession. Hit the link below to download and answer that age-old question, Turn down for what?
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Generation Bass brings us yet another globetrotting mix from DJ Gingee, who covers everything from vintage Bollywood to vintage exotica by Yma Sumac to some classic sides of Afro and Afro-Brazilian funk. If you have a hard time wrapping your head around the range, Gingee's description suggests "road trip through the Himalayas"--which provides a pretty good framework. Stream below. scroll down for tracklist and hit the GB post for Gingee's Tradigital EP.
“Some of my favorite tracks from all over that I’ve collected through the years, whether found on the streets of Mumbai, blasted in jeep rides through the Himalayas, in music and dance courses I’ve taken, or played for me by my dad when I was growing up. This is music that nourishes my spirit and that I keep going back to.”
Sur Sudha – Mangal Dhoon
Aguas De Amazonia: Purus River
Simsime – Bajhau Khetma
Asha Bhosle – Dum Maro Dum
Bikram Ghosh – Megha
Thomas Mapfume – Shumba
Carnival in Rio – Catriburim Na Batucada
Yma Sumac – Tumpa (Earthquake)
Lila Downs – Arenita Azul
Vicentico Valdes – Bailar Por Bailar
Sergio Mendes Trio - Muito A Vontade
Beth Carvalho - Dance Da Solidao
Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe - Malong
Pakaraguian Sa Maguindanao - Kadtagonggo
Kreasi Beleganjur - Angga Yowana
Music From the Morning of the World - Gamelan Gong Kebyar: Baris; Gambang
Pt. Shivkumar Sharma - Raga Rageshwari
Shivkumar Sharma - Bhoop
Antonio Carlos Jobim - O Nossa Amor (Tambourine and Accordion)
Sons and Daughters of Lite – Let the Sun Shine In
Joe Bataan – Young Gifted and Brown
Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66 – For Me
Spoek Mathambo is back at it and by the time he's done with the Future Sound of Mzansi series, we will know Mzansi like the back of our hands and it will be the future. Or at the very least, Spoek's documentary with Lebogang Rasethaba "which aims to explore, express and interrogate, South Africa's electronic music landscape" will be, which is just as good. Stream below via Okayafrica:
The homie DJ Rahdu of Bama Love Soul returns with his regular bag, in his own words a "grab bag of soul, hip-hop, jazz and more!" jumping from Dilla donuts to Droogs to Diggs Duke. Stream below and scroll down for the tracklist:
J Dilla – I’m Back Nickl
Your Old Droog – Free Turkey
ThisisDA – I Know, You Know feat Juan Pablo Giraldo
Maxwell – Sumthin, Sumthin GDNA (RE)vison
Jill Scott – Golden (Rotary Connected Remix)
Moka Only – Inside My Heart
Funky DL – Untitled/Fantastic
Amp Live – IHeartHipHop
D/Will – The Cool feat Richard Gumbel
Terem & Zir Izzy – Bound
The Roots – Don’t See Us (HUSH/SLUT Remix)
Bernard Wright – Haboglabotribin
PMJ feat Roy Ayers – Time & Space Theme
Kelis – Friday Fish Fry (Rob Garza Remix)
Bah Samba – Have You got Your Bootz On?
Big Mean Sound Machine – Wolfpack
Q-Tip – Breathe & Stop (DJ Prime TubbysDubRemix)
Sola Rosa – Love Lost (Jay Knight Remix) feat LA Mitchell
FKJ – Waiting feat Madelyn Grant
SIAM – Same Thing
Muneshine – In Transit feat Jenn Grant
The Mouse Outfit – Never Get Enough feat Sparkz & Dubbul O
REdefinition – Bahia Affair feat Bobby Blunt
Marc Rapson – The Kalimba
Hi Tek – Get Ta Steppin feat Mos Def & Vinia Mojica
Jay Electronica – A Prayerfor Michael Vick & T.I.
Cody ChesnuTT – Scroll Call (Danny Swain OKP Remix)
Otis Brown – Part I feat Bilal
Diggs Duke – Secrets Seem Rehearsed
Emanative – Eastern Orbit
Sol Monk – Trumpet Galore feat Avishai Cohen
Malika Tirolien – Mwen Vie Sav feat Inword
Peven Everett – When You Touch Me
P’Taah- Everything is Naturally Free
