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FUSION series connect global musical traditions and today's electronic dance sounds, and some volumes have been on the abstract side, often more cerebral and chin-stroking than the booty-popping physicality of NGOMA series. Not this one...

rather chilling how accurate this article about Gen Xers approaching or at 40 seems to me. So uncanny, as if it was written about me. i never grew up and now find myself getting old. But it doesn't feel like it at all. ever since jumping off of the hollywood corporate ladder, i find...

AFRO BEETS IS THE HOTTEST NEW GENRE IN THE WORLD! GET FAMILIAR: https://soundcloud.com/djzhao/afrobeets info/tracklist: http://ngomasound.com/2013/06/19/afro-beets/

tell you the truth i've been super bored with reggae/dancehall for the past couple of years. but maybe will dip back into it a likkle. lets kick it off with an afrocentric housey riddim (nevermind the wack off-key sirens and IDs on this youtube): what's hot round your street?

the talks in this conference have been rewarding on the old ipod during the daily commute for the past week: reconsidering the secularization narrative with which nearly all of us were raised, its assumptions, failures, problems and complexities; as well as re-examine possible roles of...

WINTER IS OVER. IF YOU WANT IT :) https://soundcloud.com/djzhao/heart-of-light info/tracklist here. you are welcome for listening.

Following the success of last year’s party at Floripa, OneTaste is bringing back the afrobeat vibes to London for this unforgettable party packed full of exciting big bands and DJs. FRIDAY 8th FEB. 2013 £7 tickets in advance HERE / £10 on the door facebook Electric Jalaba Ancient songs from...

If the world is ending soon, lets not waste time on the way to the dance floor. This edition in the Ngoma Mix Series focuses on new 125 bpm African Electronic Dance Music, which may or may not have much to do with what is traditionally known as “House”. Selections come mainly from South Africa...

http://soundcloud.com/rebootfm/dj-zhao-fusion-5_apocalypse neocolonialism. exploitation. corporate greed. systemic oppression. global warming. over population. rising oceans. resource depletion. military conflict. economic collapse. mass extinction. hurricanes. famine. disease. hunger. war...

http://soundcloud.com/ngoma-soundsystem/ngoma-soundsystem-vol-1 Dj Zhao: Edits, Mixing and Selection (Berlin) Werner Puntigam: Trombone + Conch Shell (recorded in Linz, Austria) Marcel: Percussion (recorded in Berlin) A hybrid musical entity made of dj and live instrumentation consisting of 2...

This one takes us right up to the electro apocalyptic edge of the meaning of "tropical"; yet all selections, no matter how cold or mechanical, are driven by a prominent sense of polyrhythm, and use drum patterns derived from African percussive traditions. With a few Angolan tracks and a South...

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Juju-Juke demonstrates the epic reconnection between African tradition and Afro-Diaspora: between Nigerian Juju/Fuji music and Chicago Juke/Footwork, between Ethiopian dance styles and Detroit Ghetto-Tech, between Iberian trad-modern street sounds and American R’n'B/Pop, between Afro-Punk and...

anyone around these parts want to come to any of these parties let me know! and let your organizer friends know about my open dates! June 5 ————- Boston ———————— Music Ecology June 7 ————- Chicago ———————– WNUR 89.3 Fm June 6-7 ———– Chicago ———————- OPEN June 8 ————- Chicago ———————– Sonic...

by the not not fun label, not not unpleasantly. but only not not heard 1 compilation so far, know next to nothing about them... and looking at their website, the back catalog is not not huge. what you think? any recommendations?

To what extent does European post-colonial guilt sustain a continued sense of superiority and racism, and enable further neo-colonialist violence? To what extent is guilt both an integral part of the cycle of domination for the perpetrators, and a cycle of dependence (on charity) for the...

saw Red State last night. starts out as standard horror with some kind of awkward realism and a fundie christian twist, so far so good. and then it becomes a shoot-out action thriller. kind of. but not really. on one hand i didn't really give a damn about any of the characters (nothing...

Origin of US "duple" rhythm we have one of these threads in the THOUGHT forum, might be cool to have one about muisc as well? i'll start: just learnt this, and not saying it's 100% accurate or in any way a complete picture, but fascinating none the less: as a result of West African...

Grounded in the rhythm traditions and tonal language of North Africa and the Middle East, Djinn Bass fuses Sufi Ritual and Bass Music, Sacred Egyptian Hymns and Abstract Dub, Classic Rai and Dubstep, Turkish Taqsim and Tech House, Moroccan Chaabi anthems and Tribal Electro - testament to the...