Sahel Sounds just announced a listening party for Africa Yontii by Tidiane Thiam:Africa Yontii Listening Party with Tidiane Thiam!The event is scheduled for:Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT
More details via label bandcamp
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 19:52 (one month ago) link
I could have sworn we had a dedicated Mdou Moctar thread. Anyway, I was already a huge fan, but the new one absolutely rips. "Imouhar" is the one I keep coming back to most.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 16 May 2024 14:08 (one month ago) link
X-post - that Tidiane Thiam album is mellow but beautiful guitar playing from Senegal
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 May 2024 18:24 (four weeks ago) link
https://wapo.st/3UQ292T
gift link should hopefully work- Washington Post article title--With Europe’s support, North African nations push migrants to the desert
A year-long joint investigation by The Washington Post, Lighthouse Reports and a consortium of international media outlets shows how the European Union and individual European nations are supporting and financing aggressive operations by governments in North Africa to detain tens of thousands of migrants each year and dump them in remote areas, often barren deserts.
European funds have been used to train personnel and buy equipment for units implicated in desert dumps and human rights abuses, records and interviews show. Migrants have been pushed back into the most inhospitable parts of North Africa, exposing them to abandonment with no food or water, kidnapping, extortion, sale as human chattel, torture, sexual violence and, in the worst instances, death.Spanish security forces in Mauritania photographed and reviewed lists of migrants before they were driven to Mali against their will and left to wander for days in an area where violent Islamist groups operate, according to testimony and documents.In Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, vehicles of the same make and model as those provided by European countries to local security forces rounded up Black migrants from streets or transported them from detention centers to remote regions, according to filmed footage, verified images, migrant testimony and interviews with officials.European officials held internal discussions on some of the abusive practices since at least 2019, and were flagged to allegations in reports by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Frontex, the E.U. border agency.
The E.U. provided more than 400 million euros to Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania between 2015 and 2021 under its largest migration fund, the E.U. Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, an initiative to foster local economic growth and stem migration.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 15:56 (four weeks ago) link
That's just some context for the music that I try not to overlook
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 May 2024 16:12 (four weeks ago) link
guitar led band Etran de L'Air touring Europe in May and most of June, then touring North America in end of June and July
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 19:41 (three weeks ago) link
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2024/g:african-music/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 May 2024 23:10 (three weeks ago) link
xp they were great when I saw them last year
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 03:35 (two weeks ago) link
Mdou Moctar were on Office Hours two weeks ago and they fucking ruled
― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 03:37 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xeQKXQrWIo
Office Hours performance in California
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:07 (two weeks ago) link
https://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/ballak-sissoko-derek-gripper
very nice kora/acoustic guitar duo here, two master musicians who don't fuck about + put this together in 3 hours.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 2 June 2024 18:08 (two weeks ago) link
Yep been meaning to listen to that .
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 June 2024 03:22 (two weeks ago) link
Also this:
Congo Funk! - Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/Brazzaville 1969-1982)
some might consider Arooj Aftab outernational
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 3 June 2024 10:39 (two weeks ago) link
Some recent things I've been digging (mostly dance music, but not sure where to put it otherwise - thought we had a thread for it but can't find it)
Most of these came recommended via the Terrain Facebook Community - join up if you're inclined!
Gqom vibes from Mr Thela - Wetsalang Remake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UCkqk55vY
Polyrhythmic Arabesque techno: Muskila - QAAR A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H82_LZDXnzw
UK/Uganda team-up: Swordman Kitala x Burland - Sweet Bebe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIXUBojWv0
A real favourite here from young Turkish artist Fevzi Kaan alongside Şenol Evgi - Size Mi Kaldı
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KkLGb4kzJE
Cambodian Drill: B-Side Khrew - Phlerng Jonk Keang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__05EYHocU
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Monday, 3 June 2024 11:09 (two weeks ago) link
Thanks . I need to check those out
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2024 21:15 (two weeks ago) link
thanks for the re-up!!
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 14:29 (one week ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sisso-maiko-singeli-ya-maajabu/
sisso Maiko on nyege nyege might be better placed on an electronic or club thread but whatever
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 19:10 (one week ago) link
I thought we had a "global club" thread, but I couldn't find it, so here will do. Thanks for this
― your mom goes to limgrave (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 June 2024 20:06 (one week ago) link
It's been on a couple of threads already! it's fantastic
― nxd, Thursday, 6 June 2024 14:51 (one week ago) link