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you may want to look here: http://matsuli.blogspot.com/2007/05/lets-get-stoned.html and here http://combandrazor.blogspot.com/
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Actually no confusion about the styles. Like you I just like the Congolese style much more so I suggested people skip the highlife mixes. Keep flowing those downloads Ch==k=. Were you up on that site already? sorry about the misread, J. I've be…
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there seems to be some confusion about guitar styles here - the "kinshasa stuff" is congolese guitar a whole different genre and maybe the richest in africa. Highlife is usually considered as coming from ghana/eastern nigeria and to a smaller exte…
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Frank, this is my favorite of the 4 so far as well, the Les Sympathics tune blew me away I've picked up a few, but the only ones that are really great are the Soundways releases and the Afro-rock (which only has one volume, unfortunately). Lik…
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there's a lot of info (and scans of covers, backsides, labels) here: http://www.radagast.org/assagai/
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try melodica or asanands on tom mboye road - melodica is fairly well known (duncan brooker found a lot of the tracks for the kona afro-rock comp there)
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the back and forth influences of W. african and cuban music in general is pretty fascinating stuuf. There's a lot of theories that cuban son moutni, in general is indebted to drumming rythms from west and central africa, and you can hear these in t…
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Thanks, Frank! These mixes are an excellent listen, and appreciate your labors. This Black Santiagos track on mix 2 is killing me. What's the story on that one? Hi, here's a little info: here's what I know - based mostly on the liner notes of …