Notting Hill Carnival 2010
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J✪ℂKiℕ ℬǃTžArticle on SpiegelOnline (in German) about the labels Analog Africa, Soundway and Strut Records who are releasing lost Afrobeat music from the 60s and 70s. Btw here is a funny video where Raymond Dumas tells the story about how he found a guy from the band Afronational after 7 years.
Facebook and Chatroulette mixing with meat space in this video by Toxik Avanger.. Not a big fan of french electro, but this tune is not too bad - there’s even some hiphouse beat aka bmore break in it. Anyway this video is a must-see. (via indecent xposure)
Bike thief come test me!
(via novh, jesuisperdu, zefrancisco, thechocolatebrigade)
Interesting special in the German Spiegel Online about selling music in the internet. Interviews with small indie labels, bookers, and our digital distributor Finetunes. The said numbers (sales, income) are really depressing and even companies, who do the full 360 degrees business circle (music, merch + booking), end up with a small income. Good news is: we do much better than I thought with what we do far from mainstream.
Nice cover version of “Famn fo” by the legendary zouk singer Edith Lefel, a classic Rubinel production and also one of my all-time favorite songs. Couldn’t find much info on Sabor a Miel, but this cover version seems also produced by Rubinel.
Bann Madjigriji by the great Haitian band Boukman Eksperyans. The song was made for this kanaval in Haiti which never took place due to the earthquake. Latest album release is La revolte des Zombies.