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Samba Mascott - Mwana Angola (Congo, 1976, Sonafric)
Joseph Samba "Mascott" Mayanguila was a Congolese singer, born the 15 of August 1943 in the country of Loumou (Republic of Congo).
He played in several famous national orchestras such as "Les Bantous de la Capitale" (former musicians from Orchestre TP OK Jazz and Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo) or "Orchestre National du Congo" (read this article for more informations), and also released a few singles and albums by himself.
He died the 10 of April 1991 in Brazzaville, at the age of 48.
I selected for you "Mwana Angola", a deep acoustic track track he released in 1976 on a Congolese compilation destinate to promote the Samay record Edition.
Samba Mascott - Mwana Angola
Have a nice sunday evening,
Armand
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In a different stylee…
Here’s a review by us here at weeds (for “an associated writing project” as they say) of the excellent Japan Sound Portrait – Indication 1.1 – Bamboo USB Stick . Definitely go and have a look at Neil Cantwell and Nick Luscombe’s Japan Sound Portrait here.
Just before Christmas I received a gift from a friend at work: a credit card-sized bamboo USB stick containing just under an hour of sound emanating from or influenced by the island of Japan. It is a tactile article – one of only 100 produced – with simple red and black graphics cleanly executed on the surface of the polished light wood, while the USB device can be folded away into its bamboo casing, making it almost undetectable. What makes this artefact more interesting is that field recordings – audio recorded outside of a conventional recording studio – are used in the making of the sound collage.
This is the work of The Japan Sound Portrait who are creating a “crowd-sourced portrait of Japan in sound” in the run up to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. In a promotional tour of the country in 2015 the founders of the project, film producer Neil Cantwell and DJ Nick Luscombe, asked people throughout Japan to send them their favourite sounds to use in future recordings. I’m not sure who were asked or what the system of choosing the sounds were, but given the wide range of content it must have been a democratic one.
Indication 1.1 starts with what sounds like ceremonial bells or even a village clock, then segues into some chilled hip-hop beats which sample the chimes. It then builds as more layers are added – woodwind instruments of varying pitch, a metal gong of the sort that could be used to start a Sumo contest, unusual sounding chants – and ends with someone beat-boxing. This opening track gives a hint of the cultural and emotional breadth of the rest of the collage’s content.
As the soundscape unravels, a variety of samples are seamlessly blended into the mix: audio which straddles ancient and modern Japan. These include: monks chanting, traditional instruments, and the sound of various household appliances. There are also short musical interludes which fade in and out alongside tracks of Japanese folk music, downtempo hip-hop and upbeat electronica.
There’s a sample from a Shinto (an ethnic religion that focuses on rituals to connect present day Japan and the past) tatemae or “roof-raising” ceremony to pray for safety while a building is under construction and to thank the craftspeople for their labour. Money and sweets are thrown from the dwelling to awaiting happy children.
The movement of the whole piece can change from one mood to another quite rapidly, which is not a bad thing: from the Get Carter-esque instrumental which uses a sample of a click of a telephone handset being replaced, to a double bass-led track with lush orchestral strings overlaid with the sound of seagulls and later on a more abstract sounding tune composed by Verity Lane played on a 17 string Bass Koto (Japanese Harp) which is strummed and plucked (and possibly its body and strings hit with a drumstick).
There are no track listings but an email from Japan Sound Portrait gave some pointers “…Laurent Fintoni, interwoven pieces from Shinekosei’s Juel Suite…” but not knowing all the artists mentioned, I can’t identify many of the individual parts. I do though recognise the “Sharp Ag-ion coat washing machine” at 35 minutes in and if I’m not mistaken it also appears sampled as a bassline earlier on. But where is the sound of the “UFO catcher” also mentioned in the Sound Portrait’s email?
One thing that strikes us with Indication 1.1 is that yes it is predominately an instrumental piece, yet with the use of the found sounds vocals are not needed nor are they missed. The more you are exposed to it, the more you discover what you might not have noticed on previous airings: traffic on a country road, a child laughing and the sound of a gaming machine spilling out its winnings. There’s also fun to be had trying to guess what the other sounds that you don’t recognise could actually be.
The packaging of Indication 1.1 is an attraction and also hearing that future releases from the project will include a music player in the form of a Japanese lunchbox and music files embedded onto clothing. But this isn’t a case of form over function, as the range of high-quality music/sound textures compiled testifies. All in all this is a great release, the downside being that I now have to find an equally interesting gift for my work-mate next Christmas and it may require some thought.
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It’s a spring thing!
And they’re off! It’s now officially spring, the forced rhubarb and a lonely crocus under the black plastic bucket out the back (above) are showing signs of life and the tomato seeds have started to germinate indoors (below). All we need now is some dry days and then we can start to prepare for the forthcoming months!
And to get you all in the mood for the forthcoming season here’s some tunes …
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In a different stylee…
Here’s a review by us here at weeds (for “an associated writing project” as they say) of the excellent Japan Sound Portrait – Indication 1.1 (Bamboo USB Stick). Definitely go and have a look at Neil Cantwell and Nick Luscombe’s Japan Sound Portrait here.
Just before Christmas I received a gift from a friend at work: a credit card-sized bamboo USB stick containing just under an hour of sound emanating from or influenced by the island of Japan. It is a tactile article – one of only 100 produced – with simple red and black graphics cleanly executed on the surface of the polished light wood, while the USB device can be folded away into its bamboo casing, making it almost undetectable. What makes this artefact more interesting is that field recordings – audio recorded outside of a conventional recording studio – are used in the making of the sound collage.
This is the work of The Japan Sound Portrait who are creating a “crowd-sourced portrait of Japan in sound” in the run up to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. In a promotional tour of the country in 2015 the founders of the project, film producer Neil Cantwell and DJ Nick Luscombe, asked people throughout Japan to send them their favourite sounds to use in future recordings. I’m not sure who were asked or what the system of choosing the sounds were, but given the wide range of content it must have been a democratic one.
Indication 1.1 starts with what sounds like ceremonial bells or even a village clock, then segues into some chilled hip-hop beats which sample the chimes. It then builds as more layers are added – woodwind instruments of varying pitch, a metal gong of the sort that could be used to start a Sumo contest, unusual sounding chants – and ends with someone beat-boxing. This opening track gives a hint of the cultural and emotional breadth of the rest of the collage’s content.As the soundscape unravels, a variety of samples are seamlessly blended into the mix: audio which straddles ancient and modern Japan. These include: monks chanting, traditional instruments, and the sound of various household appliances. There are also short musical interludes which fade in and out alongside tracks of Japanese folk music, downtempo hip-hop and upbeat electronica.
There’s a sample from a Shinto (an ethnic religion that focuses on rituals to connect present day Japan and the past) tatemae or “roof-raising” ceremony to pray for safety while a building is under construction and to thank the craftspeople for their labour. Money and sweets are thrown from the dwelling to awaiting happy children.
The movement of the whole piece can change from one mood to another quite rapidly, which is not a bad thing: from the Get Carter-esque instrumental which uses a sample of a click of a telephone handset being replaced, to a double bass-led track with lush orchestral strings overlaid with the sound of seagulls and later on a more abstract sounding tune composed by Verity Lane played on a 17 string Bass Koto (Japanese Harp) which is strummed and plucked (and possibly its body and strings hit with a drumstick).
There are no track listings but an email from Japan Sound Portrait gave some pointers “…Laurent Fintoni, interwoven pieces from Shinekosei’s Juel Suite…” but not knowing all the artists mentioned, I can’t identify many of the individual parts. I do though recognise the “Sharp Ag-ion coat washing machine” at 35 minutes in and if I’m not mistaken it also appears sampled as a bassline earlier on. But where is the sound of the “UFO catcher” also mentioned in the Sound Portrait’s email?
One thing that strikes me with Indication 1.1 is that yes it is predominately an instrumental piece, yet with the use of the found sounds vocals are not needed nor are they missed. The more you are exposed to it, the more you discover what you might not have noticed on previous airings: traffic on a country road, a child laughing and the sound of a gaming machine spilling out its winnings. There’s also fun to be had trying to guess what the other sounds that you don’t recognise could actually be.
The packaging of Indication 1.1 is an attraction and also hearing that future releases from the project will include a music player in the form of a Japanese lunchbox and music files embedded onto clothing. But this isn’t a case of form over function, as the range of high-quality music/sound textures compiled testifies. All in all this is a great release, the downside being that I now have to find an equally interesting gift for my work-mate next Christmas and it may require some thought.
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It’s a spring thing!
And they’re off! It’s now officially spring, the forced rhubarb and a lonely crocus under the black plastic bucket out the back (above) are showing signs of life and the tomato seeds have started to germinate indoors (below). All we need now is some dry days and then we can start to prepare for the forthcoming months!
And to get you all in the mood for the forthcoming season here’s some tunes …
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The Motherland Influence: The Motherland Influence: March 5, 2017, Segment 1
African, Latin & Caribbean Music
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The Motherland Influence: The Motherland Influence: March 5, 2017, Segment 2
African, Latin & Caribbean Music
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Ambiance Congo: AMBIANCE CONGO: March 5, 2017, Segment 2
Congolese Popular Music
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Ambiance Congo: AMBIANCE CONGO: March 5, 2017, Segment 1
Congolese Popular Music
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Thank You All ///
Εκατοντάδες μικροί και μεγάλοι δίσκοι έφυγαν για τα κατάλληλα χέρια κι έδωσαν τον απαραίτητο χώρο για όλους τους νέους που θα πάρουν τη θέση τους.
Μείνετε συντονισμένοι για πολλά και διάφορα, ήδη από αυτή την εβδομάδα!!!!
Σας ευχαριστούμε όλους και όλες για την υποστήριξη!
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Ambiance Congo: March 5, 2017
Welcome!
On Ambiance Congo, I offer a variety of great Congolese music. Because Congolese music is great.
Listen here:
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/u40Cj
or from the archives here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=result&action=series&series=Ambiance%20Congo&nav=&
Tracks:
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On Ambiance Congo, I offer a variety of great Congolese music. Because Congolese music is great.
Listen here:
https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/u40Cj
or from the archives here:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=result&action=series&series=Ambiance%20Congo&nav=&
Tracks:
PART A
1) King Kester Emeneya & Victoria Eleison Dream Team Dream Band
sebene from DORIS ILOKO (this program’s theme song)
from the CD PAS DE CONTACT
Black Music
2) Bumba Massa
CONFESSION
from the LP MASS-MEDIA
Star Musique
3) Verckys et le VeVe
FAMI ZOBA
from the LP VERCKYS A PARIS
African
4) Abbe Imana avec l’Afrisa International
ESENGO
from the LP MOBUTU ALONGI
Genidia
MOUR NALA
from the CD MELANIE
Colomotion Records
6) Youlou Mabiala et son Orchestre Kamikaze-Loningisa
MOTEMA NA NGAI TELEVISION
from the LP FRANCO PRESENTE YOULOU MABIALA
Edipop
7) Ensemble Ryco-Jazz
IVECIA
from the LP FANTASTIQUE RYCO-JAZZ
Hit Parade
8) Rock A Mambo
YOUYOUS
from the LP AFRICAN RETRO VOL.5 ROCK A MAMBO
Pathe Marconi/EMI
PART B
9) Loko Massengo
BEAUTE NOIRE
from the LP MILLE KILOS DE “BLOQUE ZINGUE”
Safari Ambiance
10) Le Poete Lutumba Simaro
CABINET SUITE
from the CD 36 ANS DE CVEC BANA OK DANS TRAHISON
Ets. Kaluila
11) Yondo Sister
AVE MARIA
from the CD AGENDA
Air B. Mas Production
12) The Revival Okapi
KAKA YO
from the CD LONGO
PPP Productions
13) Quartier Latin Integral
PLAY BOY
from the CD VOODOO
La Grand Classe
14) Patrouille des Stars
DOSE PRESCRITE
from the CD KANGA NZOTO: FERME TON CORPS
Denide Productions
15) Chancelier Desi Mbwese
CHERI KAYEMBE
from the CD LES MAMANS D’ABORD
GV Worldwide Production
16)Nouvelle Generation de la Republique Democratique
VIGILANCE
from the CD STATION RADAR
Esselta
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Τα λέμε, Γιάννη.
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[CD] Puto Portugues & Nacobeta - Kuduro Is Life (2010)
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Artista: Puto Portugues & Nacobeta
Álbum: Kuduro Is Life
Ano: 2010
Tamanho: 107 MB
Formato: Mp3
Velocidade de Bits: 320 Kbps
Género: Kuduro
CD: 01
Faixas: 12
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01 - Viva o Kuduro
02 - Ta Maluca
03 - É Hoje - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Zoca Zoca
04 - Você - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Vc
05 - Lava Mão
06 - Cai Chuva - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. D Faray
07 - Sogra
08 - Manda Potência - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Vui Vui
09 - Umba Yaye
10 - Acção
11 - Baba Bum
12 - Bónus Track
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Artista: Puto Portugues & Nacobeta
Álbum: Kuduro Is Life
Ano: 2010
Tamanho: 107 MB
Formato: Mp3
Velocidade de Bits: 320 Kbps
Género: Kuduro
CD: 01
Faixas: 12
01 - Viva o Kuduro
02 - Ta Maluca
03 - É Hoje - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Zoca Zoca
04 - Você - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Vc
05 - Lava Mão
06 - Cai Chuva - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. D Faray
07 - Sogra
08 - Manda Potência - Puto Portugues & Nacobeta Feat. Vui Vui
09 - Umba Yaye
10 - Acção
11 - Baba Bum
12 - Bónus Track
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