Rolling Outernational Non-West Non-English (Some Exceptions) 2016 Thread Once Known as World Music

Just saw this amazing video by Indonesian experimental duo (hand-built custom instruments and unearthly vocals) Senyawa. They've got 4 albums and a couple of EPs and live discs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZnzJIYsJ7s

Playlist is updated with lots from Mordy's haul of world music comps; it's 125+ tracks and 10 1/2 hours of whirled peas

ILM's Rolling Global Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Lots of songs to hear. I've been listening to Music from Saharan Cellphones Vol 2 .

Was also impressed live hearing an old-school Ethiopian guitarist trying to keep pace with a younger Ethiopian synth keyboardist pumping dance beats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5kcOPDbkCs

hey, i can see myself in that video ^^

i am the bassist in KSA's band

j/k i am one of the schlubby dudes in the audience

I like the title track a lot of the recent Noura Mint Seymali album Arbina.

Here's an interview (below the review) from back in September someone did that's interesting

http://thequietus.com/articles/20886-noura-mint-seymali-arbina-lead-review-interview

Drawn more and more and more to Rough Guide To Ethiopian Jazz, though some of it took a while. Also intrigued by this news from Numero:

By now you know that we’re very good at making box sets. Look across your living room and you can probably see one of those 2” wide spines peering at you from the shelf. Whether it’s a complete overview of an under-recognized Chicago soul singer or an omnibus of 45s, we pride ourselves on our ability to exhaust ourselves and your wallet. We’ve been nominated, and have won several awards since we issued our first box, 2009’s Light: On The South Side, and we think our latest offering is an unlikely sequel to that crowning work.

When Florent Mazzoleni approached us a few years ago with a stack of photos from the former West African nation of Upper Volta, we were immediately intrigued. Just as Michael Abramson captured nightlife on the South Side of Chicago in the mid-1970s, a world away Sory Sanlé was doing the same. Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta provides an intimate look into the landlocked nation's pop culture explosion of the me decade. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé's Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta's cultural capital as their nation transformed from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis.

And just as Light was accompanied by a double album of the kind of funky blues spilling from Pepper’s Jukebox, we’ve drawn together Bobo Dioulasso’s sonic titans Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Léopards to form a triple album soundtrack. Don’t own a record player? Don’t worry, we made a compact disc version with all the same material.

So let’s recap: For $70 ($35 on CD) you get three albums, a 120 page monograph (176 pages for the CD), a discography of Voltaic 45s and LPs, and a gorgeous slipcase to bind them all together. For Numerophiles ordering directly from our site we’ve also pressed up a limited edition replica LP of Echo Del Africa’s Récit Historique de Bobo-Dioulasso. The whole box is limited just 3000 copies on each format, and they will disappear.

Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta is out today in finer record stores everywhere and is always available on our website. Reminder: We no longer insert digital download cards into our LPs, but offer an instant download from our site upon check out.

http://www.afropop.org/32445/womex-2016-recommendations/?platform=hootsuite

fave acts at this European based, international music conference (more details at womex.com)

Rob Lokin, Artistic Director, Afrika Festival, Netherlands

Trio Da Kali (Mali)
Jupiter and Okwess (DR Congo)
Nakany Kanté (Guinée)
Derek Gripper (South Africa)
Mali Blues (film directed by Lutz Gregor)

Simon Broughton, Editor of Songlines magazine

Puerto Candelabra (Colombia)
Narf and Timbila Muzimba (Mozambique)
Tuuletar (Finland)
Derek Gripper (South Africa)
Black String (South Korea)

Paula Abreu, Associate Director, Programming, SummerStage, NYC

Delgres (Guadeloupe and France)
Bargou 08 (Tunisia)
Jupiter and Okwess (Democratic Republic of Congo)
H.A.T. (Morocco)
DJ Satelite (Angola/Portugal)
Anelis Assumpção (Brazil)

Jon Kertzer, radio host, “Music of Africa” KBCS-Seattle

Trio Da Kali (Mali)
Jupiter and Okwess International (Congo)
Calypso Rose with Kobo Town (Trinidad/Tobago/Canada)
Derek Gripper (South Africa)
Quinteto Bataraz (Argentina)

Jacob Edgar, President of Cumbancha Records and the head of research at Putumayo World Music, among other things.

Calypso Rose (Trinidad)
Xabier Diaz (Galicia) Spain
H’Sao (Chad)
Gisele João (Portugal)
Bixiga 70 (Brazil)

Bill Bragin, Executive Artistic Director, NYU Arts Center, Dubai; co-founder of globalFEST

Bargou 08 (Tunisia)
Vassnik (Sami artist from Norway)
Niño el Beche (Spain)
Delgres (Guadeloupe and France)
Oligarkh (Russia)

Slowly going through above acts...

Trio da Kali 's singer--Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté, daughter of legendary Kasse Mady Diabaté, is the singer of the trio, one of the finest griot voices in Mali and often compared to Mahalia Jackson. At home, Hawa performs mainly on the wedding circuit, singing at parties held on the streets of Bamako (the main context in which most musicians in Mali make a living

http://fliartists.com/artists/global-roots/trio-da-kali/

Derek Gripper is gonna be doing a free gig at the Kennedy Center this month (and maybe in your town too). He's a white South African who melds classical, Malian kora and South Asian sounds together

Here's a list--- w/ Noura Mint Seymali at #1

http://worldmusiccentral.org/2016/11/01/transglobal-world-music-chart-for-november-2016/

still lots I haven't heard on these lists, but I have heard the recent Noura Mint Seymali and its a good one

I think me and the missus are gonna go see Seu Jorge doing his David Bowie songs in Portuguese tomorrow night at the Howard Theatre instead of watching election results at home

good call! pottery for me.

Seu Jorge did a nice if short set, an hour plus 2 encores of songs he had done earlier ("Rebel Rebel" and "Oh You Pretty Thing"). A certain non-David Bowie song got all the Brazilians in the crowd excited. Alas, I spent some of the time staring at twitter and 538 on my phone in disbelief and disgust and sadness.

Is it going to be harder for international musicians to come to the US now? Will have to see how this all plays out. Plus what will change with Cuba (or change back)?

Modern Brazil - s/d

Lots of Brazilian stuff for me to catch up on, plus some of those acts from that list I posted above on Nov. 1st

Brazilian singer Mahmundi's electro r'n'b pop with a touch of reggae is nice enough but only wows me on a few cuts. She's on Spotify.

I listened to Jupiter and Okwess (DR Congo) on Spotify. Despite being from the Congo, this band sounds more like Seun Kuti--sped-up afrobeats with horns.

love the bobo yéyé comp

I couldn't give it my full attention, but this Digital Zandoli comp sounded great: https://antillesseries.bandcamp.com/album/digital-zandoli

x-post-- will the reissue labels ever run out of old-school African music to reissue;

Thanks for the tip-- haven't listened yet to that Numero Group Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta

Oh, that comp Rob mentioned--80s zouk and more is a less researched area...

yeah I don't have the knowledge to talk much about it, but it was all new to my ears (I mean apart from the rnb and boogie influences) and a lot of fun

I listened to Kassav a bit way back when, but that's about the extent of my knowledge

Digital Zandoli is fantastic, maybe my comp of the year.

Was listening to current female artist Nakany Kanté (Guinée)...pleasant listen, need to listen again more closely

folks talking about Brazilian Rodrigo Campos on the Modern Brazil thread...Nice samba singer who sometimes gets a bit artsy

Thanks Rob for posting, been enjoying Digital Zandoli all week. Also looking forward to the Doing it in Lagos/80s Nigeria compilation on Soundway. Cuts I heard sound incredible

The opening track from Digital Zandoli , Puzzle Pulsion - Mwoin Ka Songe , has a bit of a Haitian konpa feel to it if you ask me even if the Dusty Grooves website description doesn't think so. Many Haitians were/are into zouk

WORLD MUSIC EUROPEAN AIRPLAY TOP 15
October’s most played world music albums, compiled from returns from radio DJs all over Europe World Music Charts Europe
© giftmusic 2016
1.NOURA MINT SEYMALI Arbina (Glitterbeat)
2.KRISTI STASSINOPOULOU & STATHIS KALYVIOTIS Nyn (Riverboat)
3.ELIZA SOARES The Woman At The End Of The World (Mais Um Discos)
4.ACID ARAB Musique De France (Crammed)
5.DZAMBO AGUVESI ORCHESTRA Brass Like It Hot (ARC)
6.ZOMBA PRISON PROJECT I Will Not Stop Singing (Six Degrees)
7.ALSARAH & THE NUBATONES Manara (Wonderwheel)
8.TUULETAR Tules Maas Vedes Tavaal (Bafe’s Factory)
9.VARIOUS ARTISTS Urgent Jumping! (Stern’s)
10.ORKESTA MENDOZA ¡Vamos A Guarachar! (Glitterbeat)
11.YISHAK BANJAW Love Songs Vol.2 (Teranga Beat)
12.LUISA MALTA Fio Da Memoria (Cumbancha)
13.DJ CLICK Labesse Club (No Fridge)
14.SÖNDÖRGÖ Live Wires (Riverboat)
15.CIGDEM ASLAN A Thousand Cranes (Asphalt Tango

TRANSGLOBAL WORLD MUSIC CHART TOP 15
October’s favourite albums compiled from a worldwide panel of broadcasters and writers.
1.NOURA MINT SEYMALI Arbina (Glitterbeat)
2.CONSTANTINOPLE & ABLAYE CISSOKO Jardins Migrateurs (Ma Case)
3.KALHOR, AYNUR, GAMBAROV, QOCGIRI Hawniyaz (Harmonia Mundi)
4.KRISTI STASSINOPOULOU & STATHIS KALYVIOTIS Nyn (Riverboat)
5.VARIOUS ARTISTS Khmer Rouge Survivors (Glitterbeat)
6.RICHARD BONA & MANDEKAN CUBANO Heritage (Qwest/Membran)
7.TANGA Le Trésor Des Ancêtres (Buda)
8.REFUGEES FOR REFUGEES Amerli (Muziekpublique)
9.VARIOUS ARTISTS Urgent Jumping! (Stern’s)
10.TUULETAR Tules Maas Vedes Tavaal (Bafe’s Factory)
11.QUEYRAS, CHEMIRANI, SINOPOULOS Thrace Sunday Morning Sessions (Harmonia Mundi)
12.ABOU DIARRA Koya (Mis & Metisse)
13.BARCELONA GYPSY BALKAN ORCH. Del Ebro Al Danubio (Satélite K)
14.VIEUX KANTÉ The Young Man’s Harp (Stern’s)
15.ORKESTA MENDOZA ¡Vamos A Guarachar! (Glitterbeat)

both of these from the folk roots zine website

Best thing about the "Bobo Yéyé" comp is the book it comes with - many of the recordings were financed by this photography studio and there's tons of pictures. Some of people standing in front of a painting of an airport - aspirational.

So in 1983 after a military coup, Upper Volta became Burkina Faso. Listening to that Bobo Yeye comp now on Spotify. The comp with book sounds tempting. Numero group does a nice job with all of their releases.

So a few folks over the years on ilx have praised German producer Mark Ernestus for his remixes of African music and more. I somehow missed out, but see his new Senegalese remix effort got a nice review from Andy B*ta . I think the "Yermande" track from this may have come out in 2015

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22461-yermande/

César Lacerda & Romulo Fróes – O Meu Nome é Qualquer Um (google translate says that means in English): My Name is Anyone

Nice, quiet & folky yet bossa-samba-mpb inflected duo effort from Brazil

playlist updated with songs from those best of lists; probably another 80 or so tracks.

Thanks

My quick look at the year-end 2016 thread shows very few non-Western world albums...

I think I saw Bombino on one list & maybe Noura Mint Seymali on another, but no afropop/afrobeats, nothing from Central or South America....

Ben Ratliff, former NY Times writer, usually includes a Brazilian album in his list, but his 2016 list (in Esquire) doesn't have any.

Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.

NPR picked A-WA as their #23rd best album of the year!

I like some of that Yemeni pop, but not sure about the whole album

they put on a fantastic show. i really like them.

Noura Mint Seymali at #76 on Quietus list. Hoped she would have finished higher. I think the guitar playing on her album is as or more interesting than that on many of the rock and experimental albums that finished above it on that list

Afropop.org "stocking stuffers" list

The complete list of this year’s recommended records, and where to find them:

Bitori, Legend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands (Analog Africa)

Elage Diouf, Melokàane (DEP)

Tiwa Savage, R.E.D. (Mavin)

Bisa Kdei, Break Through (BLMC)

Yishak Banjaw, Love Songs Vol. 2 (Terenga Beat)

Debo Band, Ere Gobez (FPE)

Various Artists, Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta (Numero Group)

Various Artists, Urgent Jumping! East African Musiki Wa Dansi Classics (Sterns Africa)

Le Tout-Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Madjafalao (Because Music)

Vaudou Game, Kidayu (Hot Casa)

Bossacucanova The Best of Bossacucanova (Six Degrees)

Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, Dois Amigos: Um Século de Música (Ao Vivo) (Nonesuch)

Elza Soares, A Mulher do Fim do Mundo (Mais Um Discos)

Los Hacheros, Bambulaye (Chulo)

Ibrahim Maalouf, Black Light (Impulse)

Tiken Jah Fakoly, Racines (Universal)

Vieux Kanté, The Young Man’s Harp (Sterns Africa)

Bombino, Azel (Partisan)

Noura Mint Seymali, Noura Mint Seymali, Arbina (Glitterbeat)

Mohamed Abozekry, Karkadé (Jazz Village/Harmonia Mundi)

Osei Korankye, Seperewa of Ghana: Emmere Nhyina Nse (Akwaaba Music)

Richard Bona, Heritage (Qwest)

The Pedrito Martinez Group and Román Díaz, Habana Dreams (Motema Music)

Harold Lopez-Nussa, El Viaje (Mack Avenue)

Zomba Prison Project, I Will Not Stop Singing (Six Degrees)

Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni, Les Filles de Illighadad (Sahel Sounds)

Sahra Halgan Trio, Faransiskiyo Somaliland (Buda Music)

Aziza Brahim, Abbar el Hamada (Glitterbeat)

Rocky Marsiano, Meu Kamba Vol. Dois (Akwaaba)

Graveola E O Lixo Polifônico, Camaleão Borboleta (Mais Um Discos)

La Yegros, Magnetismo (Soundways)[i]

I couldn't give it my full attention, but this Digital Zandoli comp sounded great: https://antillesseries.bandcamp.com/album/digital-zandoli

― rob, Monday, November 21, 2016 3:25 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

love this

Los Hacheros, Bambulaye (Chulo)

This is fun retro Latin dance music (from NY I think)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/photography/finding-indias-lost-musicians/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20161210travel-indiamusic&utm_campaign=Content&sf45735326=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe7-MYliEzM

Got the Music of Morocco box yesterday finally and don't feel like I've come up for air since -- disc 1 on repeat, read the deets of disc 1 contents while waiting for band practice, learned tons already. And the package itself is pure delight to look at and anticipate. I'm saving the major essay for later.

Yeah, it's an astonishing collection. Worked my way through three times and each time a different disc is my favourite.

Haven't dug into Music of Morocco yet, but I did dig into some albums on that afropop.org list--

Vaudou Game, Kidayu (Hot Casa) was a fun listen. This is a band based in France I think, led by a guy from Togo who go for a Seun Kuti meets Orlando Julius afrofunk-afrobeat sound most of the time, but suddenly sound Ethiopian on a track or 2.

Richard Bona, Heritage (Qwest) -- he's a studio vet from the Cameroon who has played bass with African, Latino and jazz groups alike. He has played with a who's who of artists in Paris and NY. Also plays balafon and guitar. Its pleasant and sometimes more. A few cuts play up the clave beat more.