.'L'AFRIQUE ENCHANTÉE' BONUS TRACK.

Les Mains Noires next dj Set will be with 'L'Afrique Enchantée & Les Mercenaires de l'Ambiance'
at Cajarc for the Africajarc Festival on the 31st of July!! !

As a bonus, here is a track to celebrate Africa and his sunny & positive energy.

Please don't forget to play it loud and several times for full effect !
  '1000 fois Merci' to my very generous friend Nicolas Skliris for sharing ! !!



.infos.

See you there !

.MEMORIES.

New page dedicated to the early works of this project from 2004 to 2008.

Click on picture to watch !

.Ritmo!.
.AfroCuban Rhythms from early 50's 78rpm.
 Journey back in the 50's and his outstanding Voices, Rhythms, Piano & Horns.
Rumba, Mambo, Guaracha and more !


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01 ANDRÉ EKYAN et son Orchestre - 'Mira Que Es Linda'
02 MONCHITO and his orchestra - 'Caledona'
03 ORQUESTA TROPICAL / piano: Vin Roddie - 'Strange Mood'
04 ORQUESTA TROPICAL directed by Tito Puente - 'Baile Simon'
05 FÉLIX VALVERT & son orchestre - 'Nagüe'
06 JOE LOCO His Piano and Quintet - 'Why Don't You Do Right'
07 ESY MORALES - 'Jungle Fantasy'
08 ORQUESTA TROPICAL directed by Tito Puente - 'Abaniquito'
09 XAVIER CUGAT and his Orchestra - 'Sun Sun Babae'
10 CARLOS VALADEZ acompanado por René Touzet y su conjunto vocal - 'Yiri Yiri Bon'

11 DON AZPIAPU and his Havana Casino orchestra - 'Wanna Lot O' Love'
12 LECUONA CUBAN BOYS Refrain chanté par Mm. Rabagliati et Bruguera - 'Tabou'

Invited to the Radio Show 'Mumbo Jumbo' on Radio Campus (Paris/93.9fm)
wich is happening every Wednesday between 11pm and midnight,
here are 2 selections made for the 'Gimme Five' topic.

.LATIN SELECTION.
for Superfly Records
30/03/2001

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 PUERTO RICAN ALL STARS feat. KAKO “ Descarga en Puerto Rico  ”

RICARDO RAY “ Parisian Thoroughfare ”
FRANK “EL PAVO” HERNANDEZ “ Bomba Gitana ”
PETE RODRIGUEZ “ Ya Tu Veras ”
JESUS VALDES Y SU COMBO “ Pa’ Gozar ”





.DIRTY CARRIBEAN JAZZ SELECTION.
for Les Mains Noires
11/05/2011

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RUPERT CLEMENDORE “ Eastern Conga ”
YOUNG TIGER “ Calypso Be ”
EL RANCHO NIGHT CLUB BAND “ _ ”
NORO MORALES “ Rumbandola ”
ROBERT LOISON “ Jean Fouillé, Pié Fouillé ”



You can listen to all the Radio Show in streaming on their website:
http://www.radiocampusparis.org/mumbojumbo
Have a listen ! !!

A huge thanks to the whole Mumbo Jumbo team (Daddy O, Johnny Fiasco & Smokey)

for the invitation and their happiness !
and sorry for my babbles...

.LES MAINS NOIRES & friends.

The next DANCEFLOOR SESSION will be on the 1st of July and will take place at

L' ALIMENTATION GÉNÉRALE / 64 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud / Paris 11 / M: Parmentier.
http://www.alimentation-generale.net/ 

featuring My Old Friend

AFRO, LATIN and CARRIBEAN GROOVES from 11pm to Sunrise ! !!
10€+1 drink

BE THERE !!!

.RAIL BAND SPECIAL.

photo: D.R.

Superfly Record's second reference,
the excellent 'Folk Rail °01' is now available to all as a Limited High Quality reissue Lp.
On this occasion, here are 7 tracks extracted from 'Rail Danse' and 'Folk Rail' séries Lp of the most emblematic Malian band.
Intensive and deep journey into Mandingo music who got to be played loud and listened carefully.

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01 ° Bajalamale  'Folk-Rail°01'
02 ° Finza  'Folk-Rail°04'
03 ° Noumounan 'Tiramakan'
04 ° Fankanté Dankélé 'Folk-Rail°03'
05 ° Kibaru  'Rail Danse°02'
06 ° Iounseny  'Rail Danse°01'
07 ° Mariba Yasa 'Folk-Rail°01'

'At one end of the decaying train line between Mali and Senegal, the Buffet Hôtel de la Gare de Bamako stands in a neglected garden surrounded by hibiscus, bougainvillea and palm trees. In its 1970’s prime and glory, this central Bamako location used to be an entertaining hub for a broad and diverse clientele : night people, businessmen, travellers, politicians, policemen, diplomats, music fans or hookers each played their parts in order to dance, drink out and rejoice to the music played by the house orchestra on a tiny stage two steps above the premises.

Nicknamed the Rail Band, the orchestra’s rhythm of seduction was the soundtrack for a golden decade in Mali’s music from 1970 to the early 1980s. Rail Band was led by Tidiani Koné, an outstanding and unsung musician who was both a griot and a jazzman. Koné’s idea was to bring Malian music out of what he felt was the dead-end cycle of Afro-Cuban and European imitations. Much to music lovers’ delight the world over, Koné was also the first to understand that Salif Keita’s voice was pure gold when he took the chance to recruit the young albino singer.

The Rail Band was established to « explore and propel the Mandingo repertoire in order to aim at the neo-classicism of the African chanson ». In combining Mandingo and Bambara folklore, Congolese rumba, and American Rhythm’n’Blues with French Pop and hints of Calypso, the Rail Band paved the way for numerous West African orchestras to follow. '

extracted from 'Folk Rail°01' liner notes by Florent Mazzoleni

 
 Special Thanks to Paulo Goncalvez, Nicolas Skliris & Florent Mazzoleni

without whom this post would not have been possible.

Picture of Juggler Hari Dasu, India. c. 1900

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 So if you enjoyed this mix,

then please check out more selections from Warwick via the Turning Point dancefloor sessions in the city of Toronto.

So I just want to thank him for allowing me to share this fantastic music and for his generosity with sharing musical vibes.

.JAZZ SOCIETY.

selected by Fred Martin

Half an hour of Deep & Modal Jazz at his best
in six heavy tracks selected by my old friend Fred Martin.

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01_Paul Gonsalves Quartet - Boom Jackie Boom Chick
from 'Impressed°02 with Gilles Peterson' Lp / Universal Jazz 982 197 0

02_Sahih Shihab - Di Da
from 'Sahib Shihab and the Danish Radio Jazz Group' Lp / Oktav Records OKLP111

03_Don Rendell, Ian Carr - Pavanne
from 'Don Rendell - Ian Carr Live' Lp / Emi Pathé Uk SX6316

04_Pedro Iturralde - Las Morillas De Jaen
from 'Jazz Flamenco' Lp / Hispa Vox

05_Harold Mc Nair - The Hipster
from 'RCA 1742' 7" / RCA Victor Uk Rca1742

06_Etta Jones - Nature Boy
from 'Hollar' Lp / Prestige Pr 7284

.NINGUEM DE LUZ A CEGO.
a portrait of Grégoire de Villanova

"This gentleman has inspired many with his taste and

pushed sounds that were yet to be appreciated by many collectors and Djs worldwide,

so much gratitude to his help in finding much lost music to keep

our dancefloors of today on there toes"

Turning Point

 Click on pics to read, watch & listen ! !! 

.TRACKS OF THE WEEKS°06.
pic: 'Bouldingue Musique' / Lyon_France / 2004 / by faud.
 
Already six volume ! !! Time goes fast . ..
So once more here are 12 tracks coming from contemporary labels releases.
Have a listen but if you like, please, do not forget to go buy music,
independant music industry needs all of us ! ! !!!



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W43_Nappy Brown_Coal Miner (Alternate Version)
from 'JukeBoxJam Serie 1009' 7" / SubDivision of Jazzman Records

W44_Idrissa Diop / Diamonoye Tiopité_Cintorita
from 'Idrissa Diop - Diamonoye Tiopité, l'époque de l'évolution' LP / Teranga Beat Records

W45_Quantic and his Combo Barbaro_Un Canto A Mi Tierra
from 'Tradition in Transition' LP / Tru Thoughts Records

W46_James Spaulding_Uhuru Sasa
from 'Progressive & Independent Spiritual Jazz 45s, 1968-75'  7" boxset / Jazzman Records
 
W47_Glen Brown_No More Slavery
from DSR 7-02  7" / Dub Store Sound Inc.

W48_Franck 'el pavo' Hernandez_Bomba Gitana
from 'Esta en lo Bailable' LP / Deja Vu Records

W50_Os Korimbas_Sémba Braguez
from 'Angola Soundtrack, the unique sound of Luanda 1968-1976' LP / Analog Africa Records

W51_Frankie Zhivago Young_I'm Yours
from 'The Age of Flying High' LP / Superfly Records

W52_Puerto Rican All-Stars featuring Kako_Descarga En Puerto Rico
from 'PuertoRican All Stars feat. Kako' LP / 

W01_Don Drummond_Confucious
from 'The Best Of Don Drummond' LP / Studio One records

W02_John Buddy Williams_Last Night The Landlord Nearly Killed Me
from 'Le Jazz Primitif' LP / Folkways Records

W03_Rubens Bassini e os 11 Magnificos_Mirage
from 'Ritmo Fantastico' Lp / What Music Records

.EXISTEREO interview.
2007

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If you download the whole file you will get the interview down on paper, in English and in French

and the bonus track below.

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.HIGHLIFE SPECIAL.
.BASEMENT.volume°02

Highlife from Ghana and Nigeria under Groove, Afro-Beat and Funk influences.

Good for your health and your mind!

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01_Dan Sonny Odogbo and the Iyoddos_World (Agbor) (Iyodo Frog Funk)
EMI Nigeria Nemi0124

02_K.Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiestas_Mensu
Ofori Brothers OFBL1011

03_Ebo Taylor_Peace on Earth
Philips Ghana 6354 017_1978

04_The Jewels_Onyame Tie Me
Amamfi Records AMRLP1001_1978 

05_C.K.Mann and the Masters_Mber Papa
Essiebons EBLS6195_1979



06_Oblajulum Super Sound Power of Africa_Iwe Nwunye Di
Nokwa Records SNLPS3021_Nigeria

07_Vis-A-Vis_Kankyema
Brobisco Ambassador Records KBL068

08_C.K. Mann Big Band_Fa W'akoma Ma Me
Essiebons EBLS6141_1976 


09_De Frank and the Professionals_Yare Ye Ya
Anopa Nsoroma NK5_1976

10_Waza Afriko_Ke Oda
Obuoba Ambassador Records JNAO3



HUGE HUGE THANKS TO SUPERFLY RECORDS WHERE HAS BEEN FOUND ALL THOSE TREASURES ! !!

 
.The Cameroon Update of Nicolas Skliris.

Here are 8 pics and 5 tracks brought back from Cameroon
by Nico while his last trip to Yaoundé for Superfly Records ! !!

To watch and listen, click here or on the cover above and scroll down... !

 
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MANY THANKS TO NICO, SUPERFLY RECORDS AND CACAO
WHO HELPED HIM THERE TO FIND THOSE RECORDS YOU CAN HEAR NOW ! !!!

.DIRTY CARRIBEAN JAZZ.
volume°02

 Deeper in 50's and 60's caribbean recordings...

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A01_Raymont Cicault et son orchestre Volcan_Josianne n°2
 DEBS DD14 - 45 rpm - 1968/69 

A02_Guy du Rosier and his orchestra_Belle Maripoli
 DECCA DL8602 - lp 'Haitian Rhythms' - 1957

A03_Enlloro (Voodoo Moon)
COLUMBIA BF125 - 78rpm - Mid 1940's
 
A04_M'sieur Michel_Unknown Artist
COOK 1021 - lp 'Musical pleasures from Martinique' - 1958

A05_Sir Artus and his Calypso Knights_Oken Karangee
Lafayette Records LR300 - 10inch 'Carnaval aux Antilles' - 195?

A06_Lord Cristo_Taxi Driver
COOK 1072 - lp 'Jump Up Carnival' - 1956

A07_UnknownArtist_Abandon
COOK 01021 - lp 'Musical pleasures from Martinique' - 1958

A08_l'orchestre Del's Jazz Biguine_Grand Gilet - Pitit Pantalon
Pathé PA1072 - 78 rpm - Late 30's

A09_Raymond Cicault et son orchestre Volcan_A Mon Ami Lucien Jolibois
 DEBS DD14 - 45 rpm - 1968/69 

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* BONUS TRACKS *


B01_The Soul Bros._More and More
Studio One SOLP112 - lp 'Hot Shot' - 1965/67

B02_Robert Mavounzy_Henri Te Vlé Mayé
DEBS DK601 - 45rpm -mid 60's

B03_Orchestral Overture_Me Ting Is Mine
COOK 1123 - lp 'Calypso Atrocities' - 1959


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.ANGOLA DANCEFLOOR SHAKER.
selected by Paulo Goncalves

Amazing mix of Angolan rythms & sounds from Paulo Goncalves // Superfly Records in
anticipation of the new Analog Africa compilation...
Percussions, rhytmic guitar and voices , great combo for maybe the fastest music from Africa...

Have a listen, enjoy, and go get a copy of the compilation when she'll be out...



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Available on
Superfly Records.blogspot, Sofrito & Les Mains Noires.

.TRACKS OF THE WEEKS°05.

somes of my fav' re-edited tracks found from W25 to W42. .. . 14 tracks .. .
.. for me the most successful from the serie. .
.. hope you'll be agree . ...



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W25_Sun Ra_Enlightement - Jazzman record
W26_P.E.Hewitt Jazz Ensemble_More Than Anything - Now Again
W27_Spiritual Singers_Kimia - Mississippi records
W28_Dave Bartholomew_Shrimp and Gumbo - JukeBoxJam
W30_Sabu Martinez_Oh! Min Dara!! - Mellotronen records
W31_Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble_The Minstrel - Aestuarium Record
W32_Bang Chan_Nhung Dom Mat Hoa Chau - Sublime Frequencies
W34_Don Drummond_Silver Dollar - Treasure Isle
W35_Quantic Flowering Inferno_Portada Del Mar - Tru Thoughts recordings
W38_The Exciters_Exciters Theme - Sound Way record
W40_Woima Collective_März - Kindred Spirits
W40°_Sun Ra_Somebody Else's Idea - Kindred Spirits
W41_Ebo Taylor and The Sweet Beans_Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara - Analog Africa
W42_Cedric Im Brooks_Sabasi - Honest Jons

.PRESS IT . .. ! !!.

Journey through late californian's indi-underground hiphop scene .
Nine tracks never released on vinyl, all coming from Cassettes and Cdr
recorded between 1995 and 2006.
Unique basement sounds... Must heards also . . !! !


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°Deeskee Vs. of Mexican Descent°
Live in Moss Beach Ft 2mex the League Maleko Subtitle Joe Dub
from "Money is Meaning Less"
Released on Cdr in 2006.

°Die°
All of Me
from "Chainsmokers"
Released in 2004 on Cd.

°Orko Eloheim°
Jahova777 Ft Sumach
from "Starsystem Blacktica"
Released on Casettes and Cdr in 2005.

°Global Phlowtations°
Hard Work
from "Phlowtations Devices Volume 1"
1997's Cdr.

°RadioInactive°
Mystery
from "Fo' Tractor"
First released on Cassettes only in 1999.

°Genelec & Memphis Reign°
Elephantightus
from "Scorpion Circles"
Released on Cd in 2002.

°Log Cabin°
Sunsprayed
from"LA Experimental"
Earliest recording from the selection released on Cassette in 1995.

°Existereo°
Dope Song
from "Crush Groove"
Released on Cdr in 2004.



Thanks to Remy D and Dark Ox for bringing me
through those sounds few years before now.

.THE OUTERSPACE WORLD OF SUN RA.

Here are 9 tracks by the prolific jazz composer,
piano player, bandleader, poet and cosmic philosopher Sun Ra.


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°Lady With The Golden Stockings°
from "Nubians of Plutonia". Recorded between1958/59.Released in 1966.

°The Night Of the Purple Moon°
from "The Night Of The Purple Moon". Recorded in 1970 & 1964. Realeased in 1970

°Plutonian Nights°
from "Nubians of Plutonia". Recorded between1958/59.Released in 1966.

°Watusa°
from "Nubians of Plutonia". Recorded between1958/59.Released in 1966.

°Somewhere In Space°
from "Interstellar Low Ways". Recorded in 1960. 1st release called "Rocket #9" in 1960, 2nd release,as present,
with the new title and red cover by Claude Dangerfield in 1969.

°Between Two Worlds°
from "Angels and Demons at Play"
Recorded in 1960 (1st side +2 tracks), 1956 for the rest.
Released in 1965.

°Rocket #9°
from "The Shadows Cast by Tomorrow"
Recorded in 1967 or 68.
1st release issued in 1968. Re-edit on Jazzman 7" box-set in 2010.

°Watusa°
from "Space Is The Place OST"
Recorded in 1974. Released in 1974. Re-Issued in 2010.

°Somewhere In Space°
from "Out There A Minute"
Recorded in 19??. Released in 19??. Compiled in 1989.

Nico is part of what we may call the new generation of digger.
His favorite hunting ground: Africa.
Nico is an endearing character and fits a rare generosity.
You probably already know him as a seller if you try to find African records on the web ...
Here is his portrait, made up of the personnal test, 11 tracks and illustrated by 11 photos that he brought back for us from his last trip to Mali...

Click the cover on top to Read, Watch, Listen and Download.