Various Opika Pende 4cd

4cd
2011/1909-196x
new
"Around one musical corner is another and another." It took both high-minded scholars and opportunistic furniture-sellers to capture a cross-section of music as diverse and verdant as the whole of the African continent. Jonathan Ward from the mighty Excavated Shellac picks 100 glittering 78s from the north, west, east & south & offers intense research, a zillion obscure subcultures & real analysis. Recordists began in cities like Cairo & Lagos and only slowly made inroads into pockets of isolated language or religious background, but Ward gives you everything from a Tunisian organist to the Algerian Caruso to Zulu guitar improvisors. Learn how the rules change when you switch from vinyl to acoustically recorded discs (there are no 78s from Uganda, anything remotely likeable counts as a Congolese rumba), & hear anonymous ensembles as well as forgotten stars. Tracklisting: Cheikh Amin Hasanayn-Surah Al-Haaqqa, Pt. 1 (Arabic; Egypt), Mohamed Ben Hamadi dit Marocain-E Zzine Emlih Yamana (Arabic; Algeria/Morocco), Cheikh El-Afrit-Enna Nehoub, Pt. 2 (Arabic; Tunisia), Cheikh Abdelkader Oueld Zine-Sigha Med'heb, Pt. 2 (Arabic; Algeria), Raïs Mohamed Sasbo-Ghina' Loziq (Arabic; Morocco), Les Griots de Tahoua-Chanson de Dyahadi, Pt. 2 (Hausa; Niger), Mahamoud Esma, Roble Hoche, and Kihien Ebrahim-Guelabiessi (Somali; Somalia), Yetna Taddeghegn-Ere Ye Agerie Lidj (Amharic; Ethiopia), Dan Titi And His Group-Abdulkadiri Kwori (Hausa; Nigeria), Groupe de Jeunes Filles de Bamako-Cèlu Mankan (Bambara; Mali), Elhadji Issaika Bamba Algrouane, Pt. 2 (Dyula; Burkina Faso / Mali), Sassi-Ahlen Bikoum (Arabic; Algeria), Youssef El Benzarti Et Son Orchestra-Zendani Staiffi (Arabic; Algeria), Rshisha, Hlima, and Cheikh Abdesalam-'Aishek Baba (Arabic; Morocco), Messaoud Habib-Steukhbar Rasd Eddil, Pt. 1 (Tunisia), Sami al-Shawwa-Taqsim Bayati (Egypt), Mahieddine-Mestakhbar Mezmoum (Arabic; Algeria), Aicha-Doumoua Ellaini (Arabic; Tunisia), Nina And Mary-Git Lil-Haq, Pt. 1 (Arabic; Egypt), Zohra El Fassia Aita Moulay-Brahim (Arabic; Morocco), Dalila Rochdi-Haragli Guelbi, Pt. 1 (Arabic; Tunisia), El Hadj Mohamed El-Anka-Rabi Alaamlih Iydaabar, Pt. 2 (Arabic; Algeria), Fatimah Bent Meddah & Kouïder-Adhouh, Adhouh, Pt. 1 (Arabic; Algeria), Cheikh Zouzou-Gheniet Ben Soussan, Pt. 7 (Arabic; Algeria), Tuareg Women of Adrar des Iforas-Air de Kel Ajjer (Touareg; Mali), Mbongue Diboue Et Son Ensemble-Tu Nja Tengene Elie (Duala; Cameroon), Yeboa's Band-Osu Oblanyo (Ga; Ghana), Salia And His Accordion-Tondo Muya (Mende; Sierra Leone), Yankori Beibatane-Air de Haoua (Zarma; Niger), Richard Ábé Brown Band-Bara Sanabo Bara (Ibani; Nigeria), Douta Seck-Dagagne (Wolof; Senegal), Youkoui Bamiléké-Ngwop (Yemba; Cameroon), Jolly Orchestra-Egberun Buso (Yoruba; Nigeria), Calender And His Maringar Band-The Jambo Song (Krio; Sierra Leone), Kamkam-Okafu Nyi (Twi; Ghana), Jeli Bakari-Kenssa (Eastern Maninkakan; Guinea), Jean Koroma-Morigbé (Bambara; Guinea), Yagbe And Her Group-Domagbe (Vai; Liberia), Aziakpon And His Group-Oyida Mayi Magbo (Gen; Togo/Benin), Ohue Sapey Band-Oblemo (Adangbe; Ghana/Togo), Pantanon-Djelouwei Wenike Ahlanon (Togo), Paul Béhanzin Et Son Ensemble-Cholie (Fon; Benin), Band Of The Gold Coast Police-High Life - Dagomba (Ghana), Kwaa Mensah's Band-Eho Ma Ne Wubu Efu (Fanti; Ghana), E.A.B. Jones-Ante Maria (Krio; Sierra Leone), Black Beats Band-De Ehuo (Fanti; Ghana), Onana Mbosa Isidore-Kurungu (Sanaga-Ubam; Cameroon), Unknown Cameroonian-Musique de Danse (Cameroon), Kekere Tiamiyu And His Group-Saka Amodu (Yoruba; Nigeria), E.K.'s Band-Suro Onipa (Twi; Ghana), Chanteurs a la Croix de Cuivre-Batata dia Bwanga (Katanga province, Congo), Stonik And Kiprono-Molildo Kiruk-Yuk (Kipsigis; Kenya), Adikwa Na Bana Loningisa Rumba-Tolingana (Lingala; Congo), Okoth Onuko-March Guitar (Luo; Kenya), Siti Ganduri-Arabian Conga (Swahili; Kenya), Abdu Owiti-Stephen Opio (Luo; Kenya), Tshamumania Anastasie And Singers-Ndumba Wakumi Diekde Dikasa (Luba-Kasai; Congo), Bekyibei Arap Mosonik-Iyan We Kimoino (Kipsigis; Kenya), Tobbo Eitel-Ja Bane (Duala; Cameroon), Kiko Kids-Tom Tom (Swahili; East Africa), O.S. Africa Jazz Onema Pascal-Furaha Ya Kanu (Swahili; Kenya), Kabasele Kibongue, Orchestre African Jazz-Titi (Lingala; Congo), Omolo Washiembu-N. Odera (Luo; Kenya), Pancras Mkwawa-Ngosingosi (Hehe; Tanzania), Richard Chelobani-Naswa (Luhya/Bukusu; Kenya), François Awila Ye Mpangi Zandi-Kiboba Kiyma Nkuaku (Kikongo; Congo), Ustad Amar Gaba-Ba'd el Zouz Marghub (Arabic; Kenya), Elhubi Jamila Yni-Mawali (Arabic; Rwanda/Burundi), Mwinyi Bin Said-Tela, Pt. 1 (Swahili; Kenya), Mbaruk Talsam-Comic Sketch (Swahili; Zanzibar), Evarist And Party-Nambanda (Haya; Tanzania), Kabongo Bonkoli-Musungayi Nembwa Matumba (Luba-Kasai; Congo), Sekinomu-Kayanda (Ganda; Uganda), Jean Bosco Mwenda-Masanga (Katanga, Congo), Coast Social Orchestra-Napenda (Swahili; Kenya), Unknown Mahafaly-Flute solo (Ampanihy, Madagascar), Flying Jazz Queens-Siyahamba (Zulu; South Africa), Thayelo Kapiye Nyanja Trio-Wachona Thayelo (Chewa; Malawi), Francis Baloyi And Shangaan Band-Sati Wa Vakwela (Tsonga; Mozambique), Evening Birds-Yenz Inqab' Intombi (Zulu; South Africa), Ranoko Sebabule-Ditee (Sotho; South Africa), Tarik'i Dada Raleva-Laloe E! (Malagasy; Madagascar), Orchestre André Philippe de St.-Pierre-Cuisine Roulante (Réunion), Aamiti And His Concertina-Onano (Ovambo; Angola / Namibia), Josaya Hadebe-Yini Wena Funa (Fanagalo; Zimbabwe), Americo Valenti-Wati Si Sasekahipahpa (Tsonga; Mozambique), Lucas Lunga-Vura Matambo (Shona; Zambia / Zimbabwe), Wilson Makawa And His Guitar-Bambo Siyaya (Chewa; Malawi), Dipela Tsabapedi-Kxomo Muwa (Northern Sotho; South Africa), Mulaji Ronger and 2 Chokwe Women-Fuzhi Inopenduka Kwenda Lamukiya (Luvale / Chokwe; Angola), Clement Nyamane and Sotho Men-Nkau Haka Khoele (Sotho; Lesotho), Marguerite and Razanatsoa-Dia Veloma I Said Omar (Malagasy; Madagascar), Caluza's Double Quartet-Imini Ifikile (Zulu; South Africa), Transvaal Rockin' Jazz Stars-Swaziland (South Africa), George Sisimayi And His Crazy Five-Ndapera Cha Cha (Shona; Zimbabwe), Elias Nelushi-Kama Kalinyana (Venda; South Africa / Mozambique), Orbert Nentambo Zahke-Nongqangqa Lishonile (Zulu; South Africa), Play Singer-Boshiwe (Zulu; South Africa), Seychelles United Band-Waltz Of The Young Hearts (Seychelles), Griffiths Motsieloa and Company-Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (Zulu; South Africa).