#afrofunk — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #afrofunk, aggregated by home.social.
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Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-all-stars/
Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian Highlife and what would become Afrobeat.
His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]
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Mike Aremu – Coat of Many Colours
https://amf.didiermary.fr/doxology-coat-many-colours/
“Coat of Many Colours” is an album by saxophonist Mike Aremu released in 2013. His music style is a sort of funky Gospel Jazz, and he received awards as innovative Saxophone composer at TOMA (Today’s Gospel Music Awards) and AMEN.
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Good #afrobeat and #afrofunk etc on this show on Refuge Worldwide. The latest show focuses on groovy basslines. Which is extra nice.
https://refugeworldwide.com/radio/record-roulette-ami-wokloni-and-nzambisa-01-aug-2026
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Themba & T-Fire – No Stop Dis Musik
https://amf.didiermary.fr/themba-matebese-tfire-no-stop-dis-musik/
Extraordinaire guitarist and producer Themba Matebese, aka “T-Fire,” a South African artist who moved to Nigeria and released “No Stop Dis Musik” in 1976.
South African (adopted Nigerian) Themba Matebese with the Nigerian version of his band T-Fire, featuring some of the best musicians [...]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Disco #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
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Ivory Coast Soul
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/
“Ivory Coast Soul – Afro Funk From Abidjan from 1972 to 1982” is a compilation released in 2010 on 2 vinyl LPs.
Volume 2 was released in 2012 and covers music produced […]#70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #CôteDIvoire #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic
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N’Guessan Santa – Manny Nia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/santa-nguessan-manny-nia/
N’Guessan Santa (N’Guessan Kouakou Hugues, born in December 1951 in Bouaké and nicknamed the “studio shark”), below in “Manny Nia” from a 7″ vinyl, was a songwriter, arranger, guitarist, bassist, drummer and Afrofunk/Afropop singer. In the 70s, he was part of bands such as Les Fétiches, Les Super Fétiches, and New System Pop. […]
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Legends of Bénin
https://amf.didiermary.fr/legends-benin/
Legends of Benin “Afro Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro-Beat” is a collection of super rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin:
– Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes
– Antoine Dougbé
– El Rego et ses Commandos
– Honoré AvolontoEach one of [them] with their own distinctive sound...
#80smusic #AfroFunk #Agbadja #Bénin #Compilation #GnonnasPedro #OldAfricanMusic
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/poly-rythmo-minsato-le-mi-dayihome-marionnettes-typiques/
A nice old video with characteristic puppets from the West African region, with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou in the classic “Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome.”
By the late 60s the earlier synthesis of western popular music and African idioms, purveyed by such luminaries as E.T. Mensah, Bobby Benson, the Star Band and Alfa Jazz was wearing […]
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10LEC6 – Nsotching
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIulerl0docSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/10lec6
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Afro Super-Feelings led by Segun Okeji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-super-feelings-segun-okeji/
Afrobeat Disco/Funk from the vault… A 2-track LP Afro Super-Feelings Led By Segun Okeji released in 1970.
This is an album comprised of two super-rare Afrobeat disco/funk tracks from Lagos by the band Afro Super-Feelings, led by musician Segun Okeji. Segun Okeji was the tenor sax player in Fela Kuti‘s Koola Lobitos band in Nigeria […]
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Uta Bella – Monboulae
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uta-bella-monboulae/
Very old video from French TV (ORTF) in 1969, a live music show called “Pulsation.” The Diva Uta Bella starts singing @ 2:38. In the first part, you’ll see a very young Manu Dibango playing the organ. […]
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Lafayette Afro Rock Band was an American funk band formed in New York in 1970. Shortly after their formation, they relocated to France.
Upon their relocation to Paris, the local music scene influenced the group's work, inspiring the addition of rock and African elements.Soul Makossa is their 2nd album, released in 1973.
https://lafayetteafro-rockband.bandcamp.com/album/soul-makossa
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@blogamf Ibibio are fucking fantastic, ought to be in everyone's ears one way or another
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Ibibio Sound Machine – Tell Me (Doko Mien)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ibibio-sound-machine-tell-me-doko-mien/
Ibibio Sound Machine is an English electronic afro-funk band from London, formed in 2013. Doko Mien is their third album, released in 2019.
Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, and […]
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William Onyeabor – Atomic Bomb
https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-atomic-bomb/
Atomic Bomb, by the “mysterious” William Onyeabor, pioneer of electronic music in Nigeria…
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William Onyeabor, pioneer of Electronic Music in Nigeria, has a fascinating story…
Watch the documentary below…https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-pioneer-electronic-music-nigeria/
Little is known about William Onyeabor, and that’s the way he likes it.
Sure, you might hear something about him if you go to Enugu, a rural and isolated town in Eastern Nigeria, where he lives in a hidden palace in the woods. As a crowned […] -
Club Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/club-africa-compilation/
Club Africa is the name of 2 compilations of “Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz And Original Afro-Beat” released in 1999 and 2000.
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Ambolley – Simigwa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ambolley-simigwa/
Simigwa is a legendary Ghanian album – with one of the most iconic covers ever! – that fuses Highlife, Afrobeat, Folk and Funk. Ambolley’s debut solo album originally released in 1975, written and produced with Ebo Taylor.
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley grew up during the peak of Highlife in Ghana and was a key figure in […]
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Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simigwa-do/
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”.
Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the age of eight, when he began […]
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Honoré Avolonto – Lonlon Simpé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/honore-avolonto-lonlon-simpe-orchestre-black-santiago/
Vinyl released in 1978. Composed and arranged by Honoré Avolonto with Orchestre Black Santiago.
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Harari – Party
https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/
This single by Harari, “Party” (the 7″ release), entered the US Disco Top 100 in 1982.
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Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kaleta-super-yamba-band/
With Afrobeat & Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek (aka Kaleta) —a native of Benin Republic— on lead guitar, the Brooklyn-based Afro-Funk band Super Yamba Band explores the psychedelic sounds from Benin & Nigeria.
“Mèdaho” is the debut album from Brooklyn based afro-funksters Kaleta & Super Yamba Band [in 2019]. Fronted by Afrobeat and Juju veteran Leon […]
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Nigeria Disco Funk Special
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/
“Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79” is a compilation released in 2008.
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Sahara All Stars of Jos
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sahara-all-stars-band-jos/
The Sahara All Stars of Jos were based in the Havana Nightclub, in the central plateau town of Jos, a city in the North-Central region of Nigeria, far from Lagos. Dan Satch Ayo who led the band, had played with Dr Sir Warrior, a Nigerian Igbo highlife musical prodigy, guitarist, one of the pioneers of […]
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Sinkane – Ya Sudan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sinkane-ya-sudan/
Sinkane (born Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab) is a Sudanese-American musician who blends prog rock, electronica, free jazz and funk rock with Sudanese pop.
Sudanese music is already an amalgamation at the intersection of Arabic, Ethiopian and West African musical styles. But Ahmed Gallab, the lead singer and mastermind behind the band, also has [...]
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Dibango 82 (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dibango-82-live/
“Dibango 82” an unreleased live recording by Manu Dibango, taped in Marseilles, Dec 1982 and remastered with INA‘s help. [INA is the acronym of Institut national de l’audiovisuel, a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives.]
The electrifying live performance features the African legend alongside his stellar 8-piece group, blending funk, jazz, and […]
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Seigneur Tabu Ley Rochereau – Haffi Deo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tabu-ley-rochereau-orchestre-afrisa-haffi-deo/
The title track of Tabu Ley‘s 1985 album “Haffi deo” is a daring crossover to a smoother boogie funk sound. Scattered among his discography which spans over 100 albums, there are a few tunes that sound quite different from the usual rumba. On the flip [side of the Bandcamp release below] is a previously unknown […]
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Imaginez on est en juillet 2020.
Pas de concerts, pas de festivals, toustes les intermittent·es au chômage, les musiciens aussi.Le soleil vient de se coucher.
Et vous êtes en régie, dans l'herbe, avec 30 bénévoles déters et peut-être les seuls musiciens qui toucheront un cachet ce jour là en France.Et ce synthé ouvre le deuxième concert de la soirée, en direct dans les Ninkasi et sur internet.
https://youtu.be/JHEgoZOzDg4?t=1h9m48s
J'ai encore des frissons.
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K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta – Me Da A Ɔnnda
https://amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubanos-fiesta/
Me Da A Ɔnnda is a classic and essential Hi-Life & Afro Funk album from one of the greatest Ghanaian singer and composer, recorded in 1980 by the legendary K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta band.
K . Frimpong was born on July 22nd, 1939 at Ofoase in the Ashanti – Akim district and entered right […]
#80smusic #AfroFunk #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic