NGOMA SOUND

Drum Sciences

Sound culture in the Heart of Light

Posted on October 15, 2012 by ngomasound

and here is a repost from the old blog, of classic Congolese Rumba, literally the sweetest sounds i have ever heard.

Big big thanks to Bolingo69 for the original upload. It is criminal that these heavenly sounds are out of print and commercially unavailable anywhere. Here are both volumes together on mediafire.

And I’ve been meaning to do an official NGOMA volume of modern dance floor Soukous for some time… it will happen soon. But until then, there are lots of awesome tunes in this episode of Radio Ngoma:

NGOMA MIX 5 – Nomad Boogie

Posted on August 4, 2011 by ngomasound

here is one for the boogie: classic and soulful grooves designed for more intimate spaces.

STREAM: MIXCLOUD // DOWNLOAD SINGLE TRACK: MEDIAFIRE

i made this mix for smaller and “normal” local bars and clubs: really tried to make something both for the general public, meaning anyone from any walk of life, as well as the music heads. the ideal is a CD that almost any bar anywhere in the world can pop in their stereo at any given night and have people nod their heads, tap their feet, and maybe even get a little jiggy. how close the actual product ended up being to this ideal is yet to be tested, as well as my thesis that one does not have to succumb to lowest common denominators to appeal to everyone. (we will see, i have already started giving these out to local establishments in berlin)