met this girl at Worldtronics last year performing with Jahtari affiliates, delivering a dope set of digital Chinese Dancehall before Soom T got on the mic with more fire. Shanghai stand up!
ChaCha – Dub-Ragga inna Mandarin Stylee
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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
Tropical Bass Vol. 1 – Design by Optikom
Tropical paradise or apocalypse? Holidays in the sun or foreign backed corrupt governments and military interventions? Feel good grooves or intense urban pressure? the answer can only be BOTH.
these were the thoughts in my head as i designed the cover for this first compilation from long time friends and riddim comrades, Berlin collective Tropical Bass. Read, listen, and buy here.
visit optikom.com for more visual stimulation.
Ocora: Tchad Percussion
I really should continue the Complete Ocora Catalog upload Project from my old blog… and maybe i will. No, not maybe, i will. It is too important and we can not let such a great body of recordings be lost just because the label went out of business in these stupid times.
But until then, Easy Jams has put up this rare 7-inch, one of the (i both hope and hope not) few missing from my collection.
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: 
FUSION 4 – Djinn Bass
OR: STREAM: MIXCLOUD // 1 TRACK DL: MEDIAFIRE // SEPARATE TRACKS DL: MEDIAFIRE
Grounded in the rhythmic traditions and tonal language of North Africa and the Middle East*, Djinn Bass fuses Sufi Ritual Music and Club Beats, Sacred Egyptian Hymns and Abstract Dub, Classic Rai and Dubstep, Turkish Taqsim and Tech House, Moroccan Chaabi anthems and Tribal Electro. Ouds, Flutes, and Darbukas mix and blend with electronic pulse; vocal refrains underpinned by digital bass, sometimes chopped, looped, and dubbed out. Decidedly anti short-attention-span, as the FUSION series have increasingly become, the tracks are long because duration is essential for the ecstatic and immersive nature of this music.
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01 Georges Kazazian-Sagate Tassabih + Moritz Von Oswald Trio – Pattern 4
02 Salam E Varzesh – E Bastani + Sideshow – African Cherry (Zhao Extended Edit)
03 Farhang Sharif – Pishdaramad Homayoun + J Kenzo-Conqueror
04 Yaşar Akpençe – Kings of Tomorrow + Jason Cheiron – Afrotastico
05 Unknown – Sultana + Doomwork-Isla
06 Flutes Gasba Du Nord – Est De L’Algerie + Uncle Bakongo – Makonde
07 Es’lam Yfattar_VS_Dj Gregory-Elleeol Ritual (Zhao Percussive Mix)
08 Cheikha Rimitti – Mohammed Ay Sidi + Dj Jeroenski – African nights + Roska – Squark
09 Tabla Voyage – Tablat Barhum + Roska – Jackpot
10 Nass El Ghiwane – Salif Albattar + Zombie Disco Squad – The Dance
11 Nass El Ghiwane – Iahmami + Raw Artistic Soul-Keep On Shining
12 Scarab – Fall of The Towers of Convention + Dead Can Dance – Saldek + Foiledtorsos – The Specialist
13 Ali Hassan Kuban – Walla Abshero + Malente & Dex – Bangkok (James Braun & Dan M Remix)
14 Birol Yayla & Şenol Filiz – Outro
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*for a different take on North African and Arabic flavors, get into NGOMA 9.
Electro Gamelan
a brilliant Electronic Gamelan mix by Nautilus Sound from Australia. beautiful as it is suspenseful, subtle and powerful, totally epic. includes all kinds of tasty Nu-Gamelan (lol) treats from Downtempo Gamelan to Gamelan-Step to Tribal Gamelan Tech to even Junglist jump up Gamelan.
Komodo, Sofa Surfers and Jam’N Mix
Dj Zhao – Unknown Indonesian Traditional + Spring Water
Monkey Chant Traditional
Resident’s – Santa Dog
System 7 – Borobudur
Komodo – Shadow Dance
Gamelan X – Flutterswarm
Komodo – Bali Dub
Tomosuke – Gamelan de Couple
System 7 = Simon X Files
Dj Zhao – Deadbeat+ Lost Luggage
Sevish – Islands
Chichaton!
Sweet and groovy little 30 minute set of Chichaton, that psychedelic Peruvian Cumbia and Guaracha sound we all love with extra Moom sauce, by the Estropical Explorer Funklore DJ (who also writes for Norient); made with tender loving care while wearing only the finest hats of Latin America.
01. Aniceto y sus Fabulosos – Mi Gran Noche
02. Los Wemblers de Iquitos – Lamento del Yacuruna
03. Los Wemblers de iquitos – Un Silbido Amoroso
04. Los Mirlos – Cumbia de los Mirlos
05. Grupo Celeste – Mi Lamento
06. Tulio Enrique León – Cumbia Algarrobera (this one is actually from venezuela, not peru)
07. Manzanita – Serrano con Orgullo
08. Los Mirlos – Chinito en Cumbia
09. Los Orientales – La Danza del Mono
Imperial Tiger Orchestra
Thanks to the good people at Free Music Archives: Heavy Ethio-Funk jams by Imperial Tiger Orchestra, live at the OCCII in Amsterdam 20/11/2009 (where i played with Rebel Up crew 1 year later – and dropped one of my Ethio-House edits as grand finale for the set :)), for free stream and download.
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
the meaning of Ngoma
“No matter the ceremony, whatever the cause, Ngoma set the beat, involving people in tradition and message. To this day, Ngoma is all about involvement, about joining rather than watching. Spectator and performer become one, and the beat rolls on.”
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
PIA Official Mix
In the era of branded lifestyle packaging, still sometimes something happens which makes us question our ideas of who makes/listens to what, what that means, where the lines are drawn, how this informs the construction of social identity, whose values are projected by which aesthetic, and which “genres” are assigned to what class and ethnic group. I think the release of this documentary film may be one of those times, and i hope this mix which goes with it is one of those things, demonstrating the connectedness between Rock and Roll and its African roots, between power chords and dance beats, between decades past and today, between defiant youth in London and defiant youth in Zimbabwe – and that the same rhythmic blood and spirit of revolt runs in all of our veins.
these 75 minutes include exclusive mashups and re-edits, and go from Punk to heavily Africanized Rebel Rock to Post-Punk, Dance-Punk, Political Dub, Punk Step, 60s Afro-Garage Techno, Bass Music and beyond, features remixes of Congotronics and a couple of tunes not from the motherland, but surely in keeping with the Afro-Punk spirit.
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before you listen and download: how much is this product worth to you? if possible, please make a donation.
SINGLE TRACK DOWNLOAD: sendspace or mediafire
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01 [South Africa] National Wake – Black Punk Rockers
02 [South Africa] National Wake – Mercenaries
03 [South Africa] KOOS – Is Jy N Moegoe
04 [South Africa] National Wake – Dreams In My Head
05 [Zimbabwe] Chikwata 263 – Dudumduri
06 [South Africa] Dread Warriors – Xighangu Xamina
07 [South Africa] National Wake – Tchindi (live]
08 [UK] Andy Moor – From E to F + Pinch – Warlord
09 [South Africa] Kalahari Surfers – Don’t Dance (Live) + Bass Boy – Stamp
10 [DR Congo] Docteur Nico & African Fiesta – Save Me
11 [Mozambique] 340ML – Shotgun (Zhao Fix)
12 [Zimbabwe] Evicted – Mapurisa (Remix) –
13 [Zimbabwe] Chikwata 263 – In the Jungle
14 [South Africa] National Wake feat. Warrick Sony – Bolina (Kalahari Mix) + Cyrus – Manhatten Blues
15 [UK] Andy Moor – Ella Speed + Unknown
16 [DR Congo] Kasai Allstars – The Incident At Mbuji-Mayi (Bass Clef Remix)
17 [DR Congo] Kasai Allstars – Mukuba Special (Shackleton Remix)
18 [France / UK] DJ Rupture & Andy Moor – Broken Minded
19 [South Africa] Powerage – Waiting For the War
20 [South Africa] Powerage – Freedom + FilthyBeatz – Bounced
21 [Angola] Acromaniacos – unknown
22 [South Africa] KOOS – Ek Is My Dilemma
23 [South Africa] Fuzigish – Burn the Fucking House Down
24 [South Africa] Wild Youth – All Messed Up
25 [South Africa] Wild Youth – Wot About Me
26 [Tanzania] Jagwa Sound System – Watu na Maisha Yao
27 [South Africa] A-Cads – Down The Road
28 [South Africa] The Dynamics – Garlic Baloney
thanks to the following blogs for support!!!
Guardian Music, Afropop, OkayAfrica, Tropical Bass, Rhythm & Roots, Future Legends, Have Plenty, WonderMaa, Dynamic Africa
DRUM POWER Spring 2012
choon for January
some tuned percussion in chilled North African House style for January.
To me many similarities exist between Molam and Cumbia: it is a music of the underclass, embedded in rural folk traditions stretching back decades and centuries; it has a mid tempo swing and a sensuous groove you can easily clap and move to; if reversioned for modern club sensibilities it would work wonders on the dance floor.
Yet is unlikely that Molam will enjoy a revival and become as popular with a western audience as happened with Cumbia in recent years, because South East Asian music have not historically circulated as much as Latin American music (of course due to no doubt a slew of political/economic reasons and not creative merit of the music itself).
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.
a paper on music and racism
musicology article from Black Music Research Journal published by Columbia University, detailing the inherent contradictions and dynamics within 2 post-war British youth cultures centered around Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American music — the Skinhead movement and the Northern Soul experience.
Voices of Hate, Sounds of Hybridity: Black Music and the Complexities of Racism (PDF: 1MB)
probably nothing mind shattering and even if none of it is news to you, still some interesting first person accounts of what went on in London and other places in the 60s and 70s, perhaps giving us insight into the political dimension of music and its consumption in our own time.
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!!!
NGOMA SOUND 