Thursday 30 April @ Sketch Club: Ngoma Bass for Merano, the beautiful mountains, Giorgio Moroder's home town.
http://www.sketch.bz/
and Thursday 5 May @ Visionario Cinema: Ngoma Deadly Venom will murder the Far East Film Festival in Udine...
THURSDAYS 22-4H
at Das Hotel -- Mariannenstrasse 26A Berlin (Kreuzberg)
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APRIL 14 - DJ ZHAO + MARFLIX (TROPICAL BASS) + Marcel on Percussion!
APRIL 21 - DJ ZHAO + BOOM BROTHERS
APRIL 28 - DJ ZHAO + DOVECAKE
MAY 05 - DJ GRACE KELLY...
In Yoruba spiritual traditions (contemporary Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria) as well as its descendant Afro-diasporic faiths like Vodou, Santeria/Lukumi and Candomble in the Caribbean and Americas, Eshu (AKA Esu, Exu, Elegba, etc.) is an important Orisha (deity).
The divine messenger between...
finally, finally going to make my way to your beautiful country with teh bestest breakfasts.
as well as Dublin and maybe other cities in Ireland.
in May.
any suggestions which promoters / clubs might be interested in the classic, modern, and mutant Afro-Asian-Tropical sounds of NGOMA...
NGOMA 8 - Saudade
Historically the Afro-Caribbean connection has produced so much amazing music about romantic love. Particularly, Angola and Cape Verde has developed specific strands of musical expression which focus on a special feeling: that of loss and longing, of desire and nostalgia, of...
The super awesome and diverse Akwaaba asked me to do a mix to represent the first 2 years of their existence, and it was quite a challenge. The releases cover a wide range of both classic and modern sounds -- how was i going to move from Malian roots to Kwaito, to Hiplife, to African Salsa, to...
01 Dj Znobia - Ta Pio
02 DJ Ramatoulaye - Alhaji (Aladin Mix)
03 Helder, Rei do Kuduro - Felicidade
04 Unknown - Unknown (Helder Junior) (samples Dj Godfather)
05 Unknown - King Wendu
06 Directamente da Banda - Baza Baza
07 Project Winter - Progressividade
08 Dj Nedwyt Fox - Agora Nukutusula...
amazing book and collection of photos made by this danish hobo (first "immersive" photo journalist?) who traveled by hitchhiking during the past 4 decades or so, all available online:
http://www.american-pictures.com/roots/roots.htm
it is an immense visual historical document of poverty...
Radio Ngoma
VOL. 3 MOODY BOOTY
(still no soundcloud embedding in the mixes forum?)
a set for the Club. more bangin than previous volumes but not as many specials. in addition to Afro flavors such as Kwaito, South African House, and Kuduro, this includes some Brazillian and Jamaican vibes...
seems in this A.D.D. age of skipping through wave forms and files in a matter of seconds, it is a rare occurrence to play the same recording over and over in one sitting.
i personally sometimes decide against this practice even if i want to, because, you know, the pile of stuff i need to get...
don't matter if you're sad, glad, or bad -- come get wild and crazy to my sweet ass global electronic selections in this chic and fun bar with a dance floor.
in addition to loads of delicious Afro flavors this night will include some European and American underground sounds: UK Funky, Garage...
Traditional and contemporary music from 5 continents, 25 countries, re-edited, mashed up, and dubbed out. The Fusion series is more for listening compared to the dancefloor heat of NGOMA, but there are certainly some bangers in here, alongside more tripped out and lyrical numbers. Tracks are...
sorry forgot to post about this until now, 1 day before the show :/
DUB GABRIEL (Destroy All Concepts, San Francisco)
DJ DONNA SUMMER (Cockrockdisco / Nightshifters, Berlin)
DJ ZHAO (Ngoma Sound System, Berlin)
23.09.2010 - 22.00
Icon --- Cantianstraße 15 10437 Berlin
in the glorious...
here is how to succeed in today's dance music industry.
take good indigenous music such as Cumbia, Baile Funk, South African House, Hiphop, UK Funky, or anything else, and:
1. remove any trace of soul
2. take out all the organic groove
3. make mechanical funk-less machine beats roughly in...
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