Burundi Beat S/D, RFI etc

interested in examples of this beat being used in pop music and its influence

according to wiki "The original source of this tribal rhythm is a recording of 25 drummers, made in a village in the east African nation of Burundi by a team of French anthropologists. The recording was included in an album, Musique du Burundi, issued by the French Ocora label in 1968. It is impressively kinetic, but the rhythm patterns are not as complex as most African drumming; they are a relatively easy mark for pop pirates in search of plunder. During the early 1970s, a British pop musician named Mike Steiphenson grafted an arrangement for guitars and keyboards onto the original recording from Burundi, and the result was Burundi Black, an album that sold more than 125,000 copies and made the British best-seller charts... Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, and several other bands have notched up an impressive string of British hits using the Burundi beat as a rhythmic foundation. But the Burundian drummers who made the original recording are not sharing in the profits. Nobody told them to copyright their traditional music, and trying to obtain copyright for a rhythm would be a difficult proposition in any case."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ba0gwBmUU

not a fan of Joni Mitchell, but this song is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhmuIyyFcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o1G0GSiNQM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtxuPqjSJDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGLK0vcByyI

Related:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NX00yu056M&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11yMCnhxZE

wow the music on that joni mitchell song is cool! too bad she has to sing on it. wonder if there is an instrumental version.

this isn't really the burundi beat but its probably my favorite rock song of the 90's just because it REMINDS me of the burundi beat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M54_GRmyeJM

some of these are not the burundi beat, they're just loose shuffles

eh, peoples ideas of similar beat/slight influence are ok too
Burundi Black seems to be conceived at the same time as the Glam/Glitter beat?
scott never heard of Course Of Empire before, spent the first 2 minutes of that video convinced the singer was Mary of Gaye Bykers/Apollo 440 etc

hmm the glitter beat is an interesting connection didn't think of that

Just saw the current version of the Burundi Drummers on a North American tour in October. The director told me none of the members were involved in the troupe back in the '70s or '80s. They were fun and athletic, but a little goes a long way (glad there was an intermission)

i am just such a sucker for bands with 2 or more drummers. always will be. i went and saw that band the warlocks twice live just cuz they had two drummers. (like the dead who used to be warlocks) i will always have nice things to say about slipknot.

great thread!

beastie boys - B-Boy Bouillabaisse samples the first Burundi sample - Burundi Black

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKuYFexR_pg

& we haven't posted the original master yet. 0:17:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwScppAICl4

& might as well post Thomas Dolby's cover of the Joni song, Burundi rhythm replayed with synth toms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXIOlEAfO30

burundi beat sample at the beginning of this song from 1959. talk about ahead of your time! found it by accident looking up lincoln chase singles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYAUzrwA4yY

Wow, the whole song is built around the sample, from the lyrics to the flute riff! And they even line up the chant with the song's rhythm for the breakdown.

Thanks Scott