Greetings people, since I've never met a smoker who didn't love good music when they heard it, I'm thinking this must be a good place to get recommendations

have here a compilation called Golden Afrique - Orchestra Baobab, Super Eagles, Miriam Makeba, Rail Band etc. - and it's fucking amazing


if anyone knows of some more stuff like this, albums, artists etc., esp. 60s and 70s roots, funk etc. I'd love to know - thinking of bands like The Daktaris (from New York) - super heavy Afrobeat, this kind of thing, but the genuine African article

downloading Bamba by Orchestra Baobab right now

Cheers,

Namkha

[malkop_zolkop]

I spent some time in Benin last year, and I happened across this bar/restaurant/nightclub called Repaire De Bacchus.
The house band at the time was a three piece outfit, drummer playing a three piece drum kit, a bassist and guitar playing vocalist. They played a chunky fat funk based version of the local jam. I haven't been so damned impressed with "local" variants of music anywhere in Africa. Sadly these guys hadn't cut anything so I only have my memory to go on but damn, it was brilliant, and did they know how to work a crowd!

Other than that, Senegalese music is pretty good. Baba maal and the like. As well as the Francophone hip hop scene is pretty good.
Nothing else really grabs my attention.

[malkop_zolkop]

Oh, yesterday a song popped into my head. I have no idea why, but it seems applicable even though it isn't African per se.
Eddie Grant - Give me hope Joanna.

you bastard, if I had a short-term memory, that could stick in my head for hours!

(next thing you will be talking about Boney M - cf. "Touching the Void" where he thinks he is near dead on a mountain and one of their tunes pops into his head, the poor bastard)

Re. Senegalese hip-hop, I had a listen to Daara J - not for me, I think

Maybe I should just stick with Mozart, since it's what plants are said to dig - but fuck it, I swear mine prefer King Tubby

Namkha

p.s. - "and she looks like a sugar in a plum - plum, plum!"

Revenge!!!

[malkop_zolkop]

Speaking about plants and music, I believe there was a "Mythbusters" episode where they tried that whole music for plants thing.
I'll search around for what the outcome was.

[malkop_zolkop]

Ah, mythbusters deemed a bad experiment:
https://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/plant-e...er/007770.html

[afropips]

I Love African Music.
This is not really the top ten but a list of my most favourite, famous & Cool South African Musicians of varying styles for different moods.
I will start with SA & work North.
So Here's the first 10.

Miriam Makeba for melodic vocals featured in the Hit show of the 70's
Ippi Tombe.
Married & Divorced from the Dynamite Trumpet Player Hugh Masekela.
Both Freedom Fighters returned from Exile to the New South Africa.

Soweto String Quartet for Classical African Music.

Lucky Dube for Reggae.

Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens for Mbaquanga Music, a strong and explosive potion of various types of traditional music (Zulu, Sotho, Shangaan, Xhosa) mixed with Marabi (South African jazz) and American r&b, soul and gospel.

PENNY PENNY & JOE SHIRIMANI for Shangaan-Tsonga neo-traditional music.

Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka for English Zulu Cross over Beat.
Artist Johnny Clegg merged the white, English-speaking culture with the Black, African culture of South Africa to form South Africa's first interracial band Juluka. In the days of apartheid, Juluka encountered their share of problems, including the banning of their first album by the South African government. After this group disbanded in the mid-80's, Clegg formed another band, Savuka, which blended European pop with African music. Savuka toured North America, opening for Steve Winwood and George Michael, as well as garnering a Grammy nomination in the Best World Music Category.

Simba Morri (Kenyan Born) & the Mapuntsulas for a unique brand of cross-cultural music, which he calls Mashariki Muziki - an exotic mix of melodic African tunes that crisscross with a combination of rhythms from West Coast hi-life, embracing elements of East Coast benga, Central African socca, Zimbabwean chimurenga, Southern African mbaqanga and township jive, with a hint of reggae and a touch of the blues. And if that is not enough this intriguing blend is overlaid with the distinctive tropical Creole feel of Palm Wine music.
https://www.3rdearmusic.com/reissue/simbamorris.html

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a Grammy Award winning a cappella singing group.
https://www.mambazo.com/pages/1/index.htm

Shakes penny whistle Kwela style.

Here is an Interesting Link:-
https://africanmusic.org/glossary.html

Happy Listening.........

nice one, appreciated, downloading that Miriam Makeba album and others will definitely be following

have Bamba by Orchestra Baobab now, and it's truly brilliant, recommended

Namkha

p.s. first two Malawi 99 had nuts, damn them, but man did they grow fast and look mean, if only one of the other two turns out to be a gal I will be happy still, they have a great look to them already, and a very promising smell

Juluka - Work for All is my most favourite album. I love that and never tire from hearing it.

[afropips]

Hi Namkha,
Sorry to here about the nuts. Did you use the cotton wool method of germing?
Small pots of soil covered with a sheet of glass works best for producing females as there is no stress due to handling the seed growing tip.
For maximising the female to male ratio,
transplant the sprouts when about 5cm tall from the small pots into large pots before the root tip reaches the bottom of the plant pot.

Best of Luck.........