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FUSION Festival 2013
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DRUM Berlin
First of many DRUM Berlin events over the holidays, NGOMA Soundsystem live and direct smashing the dance floor. Big thanks to Marcel on percussion, Kovo on MC and Mbira, and our special guest vocalist Jah Of York.
DRUM Munich coming soon.
Concert reviews: Jagwa, Ebo Taylor, Jaliba Kuyateh, Antibalas
Berlin has been blessed this Fall/winter with many truly amazing out of this world vibes from the motherland and diaspora. Here are some brief personal accounts: 
this saturday!
Report from South Africa
Additional shows:
Fri. 28/09 —- Disofeng Dobsonville
Sat. 29/09—– Club Ozone (N. West)
Sat. 29/09 — Panyaza (with Zinhle)
Sun. 05/10 -– Panyaza
Sat. 06/10 — Vintage life style (pimville)
Sun. 7/10 -— Mofolo Park Stadium (w/ Nick Holder)
Sun. 7/10 -— Pandora Chesa Nyama (Ekhuruleni)
Sun. 7/10 -— Liquid Chef (Rosebank)
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(also published on This Is Africa.)
downtown Johannesburg
At once after touch-down i noticed the modern, international air of Johannesburg, which looked wealthy and stable; and of the friendly, smartly dressed and hip Africans around me, who seemed as informed as anyone in the East Village or London. But soon a more complex picture emerges.
Sinestezija Festival 2012 / Herceg Novi, Montenegro
one summer night in a historic park on a mountain by the mediterranean sea:
FUSION FESTIVAL 2012
For the 5th year in a roll, Fusion Festival going to get proper NGOMATIZED Friday 29. June 7-10pm on the Querfeld stage, featuring, for the first time, the mind bending tones and textures of Austrian Trombonist/Multi-Instrumentalist Werner Puntigam, alongside resident drummer Marcel and dj zhao. Will be a Northern Tropikal set in true Afro-Futurist spirit to remember.
UPDATE: When Werner first started going in with the Trombone i felt actual fear. Beautiful monster sounds like a hundred whales or a solar eclipse. The sheer power, finesse, and extraordinary sense of composition this man who comes from an improvisation and free-jazz background brought was simply immense. (Very different feeling from our set last year with trumpeter El Congo) Together with my deep and hard Afro-Tech selections and Marcel’s dexterous drumming, this proper Northern Tropikal set raised a thunder storm which caused entire Fusion Festival to be shut down for 15 minutes.
video was shot by 2 great film makers from Spain on 5 cameras, soon come!
DJ Zhao Summer Tour: USA +
Belgrade, Serbia, Mikser Festival
second time dropping Juju-Juke: after an awesome set by awesome tapes people were ready to go crazy. 160bpm Afro-Bass Explosion, 500 screaming Serbs, mosh-pit at 2am.
Saturday 26 May
a relaxed sunny afternoon in berlin.
Paris: 18, 19, 20 May
Friday, May 18, 2012
10:00pm – 4:00am
2, rue des Goncourt, 75011 Paris
FREE
Samedi 19 Mail 2012
de 23H à l’Aube
@ LA DAME DE CANTON
Quai François Mauriac [Face BNF]
Paris 13è
M° Quai de La Gare / Bibliothèque F. M.
PAF : 5€
and on Sunday, on the outdoor terrasse of the same party boat of previous night, Dj Zhao will be spinning all afternoon into the evening.
04/05 May: Linz and Vienna
Friday 04 May Dj Zhao will will be delivering music of the drums all night long as part of Treffpunkt Afrika at Strom in beautiful Linz. True Rhythm Culture doesn’t actually give a shit about being hip because it invented hip, is the very definition of hip, has been and will always be hip, even after all the world’s hip have become died and gone to square heaven. The following night Fokn Bois and Dala Dala Sound are playing.
Ghana Showcase with Appietus, Bradez, and Kwaw Kesse
8-10 March in Prague
After party for Czech Republic premiere of this badass documentary film about Punk Rock in Africa, as part of the 14th One World International Human Rights Film Festival.
We are going to PARTY HARD like it’s 2012: Afro-Punk, Afro-Elektro, Afro-Bass in your face!!!
Kino Lucerna:
Vodičkova 36, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Thursday, March 8, 2012
10:00pm until 4:00am
FREE entry, and FREE DRINKS for first hour!
DJ Zhao [Ngoma Soundsystem, Berlin/Beijing]
http://www.listn.to/djzhao
DJ Donavinchi [Radio Wave, Zambia/Prague]
http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiowave/friday_ripple/_zprava/489167
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Friday Dj Zhao will be appearing on Friday Ripple on Radio Wave with Dj Donavinchi.
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Saturday all night party down Afro-Caribbean style with Ross the Boss, get ready to groove, rock, jump and sweat!
Sedm vlků — Vlkova 7, 13000 Praha 3 //// 9pm – 3am
WED 22 and THUR. 23
don’t forget Chief Boima is coming all the way from his Dutty Arts base in NYC to rock with us on Wednesday! here is his crazy new high energy vertical mix for XLR8R, 160BPM Afro Fire! and more in different modes here. see you on the dance floor!!!
update: and Boima just released an album. here is a video, which is his “personal reflection on Sorie Kondi’s original message, integrating footage from his video, and (his) own from New York and Freetown.” It infuses some much needed class consciousness, immigrant perspective, not to mention Soul, into modern club music.
after the Super Ngoma Session:
and on Thursday, I’ll be delivering the riddim goods next to Dj Obstsalat at the grand opening of 100° Festival at HAU 2, starting at 12:00PM.
update: 
22. Feb. Chief Boima!
we welcome a super dope guest straight from NYC, an Afro-Futurist with his feet firmly planted in timeless rhythm roots – CHIEF BOIMA.
CHIEF BOIMA [dutty arts/nyc] http://chiefboima.com/
DJ ZHAO [ngoma/berlin] http://listn.to/djzhao
MARCEL – percussion [ngoma/berlin] http://tropicfusion.jimdo.com/
DJ ZHAO [ngoma/berlin] http://listn.to/djzhao
MARCEL – percussion [ngoma/berlin] http://tropicfusion.jimdo.com/
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check this beautiful tune from Boima’s next album… how can anyone resist???
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CHIEF BOIMA is a Sierra Leonean-American electronic musician/DJ, cultural activist, and writer currently based in New York. He is a member of the Brooklyn based music, arts, and culture collective, Dutty Artz. He also has contributed to various music and culture online and print publications such as Ghetto Bassquake, Africa is a Country, WFMU Radio, and The Fader Magazine.As a resident of Little Baobab in San Francisco and as a touring club DJ (in Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia) he has become a respected figure in the promotion of various local styles from around the globe such as Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Kuduro, and Champeta.
check this beautiful tune from Boima’s next album… how can anyone resist???
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CHIEF BOIMA is a Sierra Leonean-American electronic musician/DJ, cultural activist, and writer currently based in New York. He is a member of the Brooklyn based music, arts, and culture collective, Dutty Artz. He also has contributed to various music and culture online and print publications such as Ghetto Bassquake, Africa is a Country, WFMU Radio, and The Fader Magazine.As a resident of Little Baobab in San Francisco and as a touring club DJ (in Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia) he has become a respected figure in the promotion of various local styles from around the globe such as Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Kuduro, and Champeta.
The past few years Boima has immersed himself in the world of music production, and has released original tracks and remixes alone as well as part of the duo Banana Clipz with DJ Oro 11. He’s also done numerous collaborations with folks like DJ Orion, Lamin Fofana, DJ Rupture, Matt Shadetek, and Uproot Andy, as well as producing tracks for international singers and rappers such as Los Rakas, Black Nature of the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, and Khady Black.
PRESS: Guardian UK, XLR8R, The Fader
a few upcoming gigs
Wed, Feb 1 – 11:00 pm // NGOMAsound @ Soju Bar // Berlin // 2€ B4 midnight, 4€ after
with Marcel on drums
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Sat, Feb 4 // 11:00 pm // ZÄP @ Saal9 // Berlin – cost ?
with Marcel on drums and CLICK CLICK
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Wed, Feb 22 // 11:00 pm // NGOMAsound @ Soju Bar // 2€ B4 midnight, 4€ after
with Marcel on drums and Chief Boima (US)
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Wed, Feb 29 // 11:00 pm // NGOMAsound @ Soju Bar // 2€ B4 midnight, 4€ after
with Marcel on Drums
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Thu, Mar 8 // 11:00 pm // Punk in Africa Party @ Lucerna // Prague, CZ // cost ?
with surprise guests
NGOMAsound Friday, 27. Jan
AFRO-TECH // KUDURO // ZULU-HOUSE // UKFUNKY // CUMBIA-BASS
NGOMAsound celebrates Afro and Afro-Diasporic rhythm cultures in the 21st Century. Timeless musical traditions and urban tech-bass fuse into one, acoustic and electronic sounds collide, NGOMA is the sound of tomorrow.
this time we bring you one of the world’s fastest rappers (according to Guiness World Records) from Angola on the mic, top heavyweight selectas from all over, and of course the badass drummer Marcel on live percussion. it will be a Global Bass odyssey you will not forget!
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MARFLIX — [Tropical Bass/Faluma – Berlin]
SELECTA JAH MIKE — [Global Vibz – Andalucia/Wolfsburg]
Dj Zhao — [Ngoma – China/Berlin]
MC Diamondog — [Nomadic Wax – Angola/Berlin]
Marcel – live drums — [Ngoma/Tropicfusion – Berlin]
MARFLIX — [Tropical Bass/Faluma – Berlin]
SELECTA JAH MIKE — [Global Vibz – Andalucia/Wolfsburg]
Dj Zhao — [Ngoma – China/Berlin]
MC Diamondog — [Nomadic Wax – Angola/Berlin]
Marcel – live drums — [Ngoma/Tropicfusion – Berlin]
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from Warschauerstr: just walk 10 meters past RAW Temple and Cassiopeia, and Badehaus is standing on the left.
from Warschauerstr: just walk 10 meters past RAW Temple and Cassiopeia, and Badehaus is standing on the left.
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2 euros B4 12, 4 euros after.
2 euros B4 12, 4 euros after.
New Years Eve!
i’m playing 2 parties, first with food and drinks at a nice restaurant bar until 3AM, and second my set is 4-6 AM at a proper quality underground rave in a 2 story sound-design-studios building (and yes the sound will be phenomenal) organized by Hans & Gloria collective and Bass Emergency Collective.
flyer for the first one is here, and the address to the second one will not be given out until the day before so i will drop it here again
and here is info for the second one, my set will be from 4-6 AM on the Dubstep floor:
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extra-special location: DP64 is where the ambitious GDR youth radio station had their recording studios. Before it’s torn down next year, we gonna use the structure for a last big blast on three floors with exquisite music & live-performances..
Cu there!
NGOMA SOUND @ Soju Bar 28.Dec.
This time the bomb selecta Mataklap from Bomb Diggy Amsterdam joins us on deck. Together we will journey deep into the tropics and beyond with the latest and all time favorite jungle rhythms.
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MATAKLAP [bombdiggy.nl]
DJ ZHAO [ngomasound.wordpress.com]
MARCEL – Live Drums [ngoma / tropicfusion.jimdo.com]
DJ ZHAO [ngomasound.wordpress.com]
MARCEL – Live Drums [ngoma / tropicfusion.jimdo.com]
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2 euros B4 12, 4 euros after – see you on the dance floor!!!
sorry for lateness: dropping beats for Ghanaian superstars Kwaw Kese, Bradez, and Appietus tonight at Worldtronics. first time ever Hiplife concert/party in Berlin? in Europe???
addendum: biggest regret of 2011 was not taking any photos with Appietus, Bradez, and Kwaw Kese while hanging out back stage. but we do have concert video, just need to find time to edit…
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