27 years ago (May 17, 1999), Moby released "Play," his fifth studio album.
Convinced no one would hear it, he licensed every track and sold 15 million copies, with every song appearing in ads, films, and shows.
Porcelain (Arty Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU5FD_0iWHk
Femi Kuti – Beng Beng Beng remixed
https://amf.didiermary.fr/femi-kuti-beng-beng-beng-remixed/
From the album “Shoki Shoki” by Femi Kuti released in 1998, “Beng Beng Beng” was a staple of MTV and got a special treatment with multiple remixed versions.
Nigeria’s military government banned the album’s second track, “Beng beng beng”, due to its objections to the sexual subject matter. […]
Pogo – Joburg Jam
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pogo-joburg-jam/
Joburg Jam is a remix or rhythmic collage of sights and sounds of Johannesburg in South Africa by Pogo. The single was released in 2013.
The internationally recognized Australian music producer and remix artist visited Johannesburg to try to make music from real life scenes. This is the result. Pogo, from Perth in Australia, is […]
Jupiter & Okwess – Na Kozonga
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jupiter-okwess-na-kozonga/
Na Kozonga comes from the Lingala word meaning “I’m returning”. After having travelled the world and seen so much, Jupiter returns among his family, “In Afrika”. But this journey becomes more metaphysical than a simple visit…
Hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afropop, funk, rock and jazz outfit Jupiter & Okwess returns [...]
Les Mangelepa – Nyako Konya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mangelepa-nyako-konya/
Nairobi, Kenya, 1978. The popular Congolese Rumba band Les Mangelepa is finishing a session. Things are going well: they have recorded all the music they planned and still have an hour to kill before giving back the studio keys. How about improvising one last song on the spot?
And this is how ‘Nyako Konya’ was born. […]
Busi Mhlongo – Izizwe (Remix & Live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/busi-mhlongo-izizwe-remix/
Busi Mhlongo (1947 – 2010) was a singer, dancer and composer originally from Inanda in Natal, South Africa.
Busi Mhlongo drew on various South African styles such as Mbaqanga, Maskanda, Marabi and traditional Zulu, fused with contemporary elements from Jazz, Funk, Rock, Gospel, Rap [...]
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Victor Démé – Djon Maya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-deme-djon-maya/
15 years ago, I met Victor Démé and his musicians, when they came for showcases in Paris. As a blogger and music journalist-like, I had been following the launch of his first album, and reporting on my late blog KoToNTeeJ. This song Djon Maya was on heavy rotation on all radios.
We spent quite some […]
DJ Cuppy – I Love My Country
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wole-soyinka-djcuppy-tunji-oyelana-love-my-country/
Did you know that Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka released socio-political critique songs?
The so-called “self-made and hard-working” DJ Cuppy released this song for her debut single in 2013.
This is in fact a remix of “Etike Revo Wetin” composed by Soyinka and Tunji Oyelana, side B on the sarcastic Unlimited Liability Company LP, released […]
Blay Ambolley – Simi Rapp
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simi-rapp/
A major force in Afro-funk since the early 1970s, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is considered the godfather of Hiplife, transforming the Highlife genre by adding elements of Hiphop, Funk and Jazz, as can be seen in this amazing and influential “Simi Rapp”.
This song was originally released in 1996, as part of the album “Blay Ambolley – […]
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