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VIDEO OF THE YEAR

2018 was a stellar year for music. Increasingly accessible production and distribution methods meant that little independent labels can still thrive, on platforms like the venerable Bandcamp. Plus, vinyl sales were up! Here are some artists and albums that took my fancy in 2018.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Petite Noir - La Maison Noir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMoVH1pv5gg

BURNERS!!

Afrikan Boy - Peppeh Sounds, Vol. 1 Ammar 808 - Maghreb United Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - The Serpent's Mouth Baloji - 137 Avenue Kaniama Batuk - Kasi Royalty Bixiga 70 - Quebra Cabeça Blinky Bill - Everyone's Just Winging It And Other Fly Tales Burna Boy - Outside Calibro 35 - Decade Chancha Via Circuito - Bienaventuranza (WONDERWHEEL) Dizzy K. Falola - Sweet Music Volume I DJ Khalab - Zaire EP (ON THE CORNER) DJ Lilocox - Paz & Amor (PRINCIPE) Hagan - Yenkyi Karol Conka - Ambulante Khalab - Black Noise 2084 Kokoso - Liboso Maga Bo - Apresenta Samba de Coco Raízes de Arcoverde (KAFUNDO) Matteo Boyero with Tim Wall, Nick Onley and Robert Goldsmith - Morning Cartoon (WAHEVER) Mauskovic Dance Band - Down In The Basement EP (SOUNDWAY) Nonku Phiri - Sîfó Orchestre Abass - De Bassari Togo Orquesta Akokán - Orquesta Akokán (DAPTONE) Penya - Super Liminal Pongo - Baia EP Sonido Gallo Negro - Mambo Cósmico Umoja - Ayena / Kponyole Underground System - What Are You

BEATS and VIBES

47Soul - Balfron Promise Altın Gün - On (BONGO JOE) Anelis Assumpcao - Taurina Baq - Гэрээ Санасан (BABYLON) Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba - Routes *Dominique Fils-Aimé - Nameless Dur-Dur Band - Dur Dur of Somalia Emily Wurramara - Milyakburra (WANTOK) Esinam - Esinam Fossiles de l’Atlas - Fossiles de l’Atlas Vol. 2 Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell Khruangbin - Con Todo el Mundo La Luz - Floating Features *Melissa Laveaux - Radyo Siwèl *RAMZi - Pèze-Piton Ribongia - M∆∆T Rosalia - El Mal Querer Scott Xylo - Find Us When You Get There Sons of Kemet - Your Queen Is a Reptile Sudan Archives - Sink EP Tigermoth - Gung Fu

COMPILATIONS

VA - Spiritual Jazz Vol. 8: Japan Parts I & II - Modal, Esoteric and Ethereal Jazz from Japan (1961-1983) VA - Camarão - The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie (1964 - 1974) VA - Havana Cultura ¡Súbelo, Cuba! VA - Hong Kong Disco (WAN CHAI) VA - Radio Mawimbi: Volume 2 VA - Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (STRUT)

LABEL MENTIONS : Support indie music and indie labels!!

Galletas Calientes Black Acre Hakuna Kulala On The Corner Int’l Black Gqom oh Kafundo BLTNM 100 copies Tiger’s milk Under U DOHITS Hello Sailor Wantok

As always check out our previous favourite album posts here:

The Tumbao Afro-Latin DJ Collective, of which WSTB host DJ Rhythm & Hues is a member, have been putting out a series of radio shows highlighting the best african, caribbean, brazilian, and latin music on vinyl, with special guests including Tupi Collective, Andy Williams, DJ Kobal, La Rumba Buena and more. Heavy on the music, light on the talk.

Check them all out here:

http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/author/tumbao

or here:

Freshly returned from a stint of several months in Hong Kong and China with a crateload of vinyl in tow, WSTB veteran Parker Mah crafts an all-vinyl portrait of the musical stylings of 70s and 80s Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Singapore. Whether it's the go-go stylings of Pancy Lau or Cantonese covers of popular funk and disco tunes, this show pulls out some real gems. With a special feature on the king of Cantopop, Samuel Hui!!

Mix / Selection / Host / Production / Edit / Photo: Parker Mah

Full show link here: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/worldskipthebeat/may-14-2018-hong-kong-singapore-taiwan-china-on-vinyl/

2017 went by in a flash and flurry of new and exciting albums.  Here’s what kept DJ Rhythm & Hues musically curious in 2017.

* as always indicates Cancon. BOLD albums are special faves.

Bantu - Agberos International Barrio Lindo - Albura La BOA (Bogotá Orquesta Afrobeat) - Volumen *Boogat - San Cristóbal Baile Inn Clap! Clap! - DIG! DELVE! DAMN! (Dutch Archive Edition) Combo Chimbita - Abya Yala Coruja Bc1 - No Dia dos Nossos Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Les Sourdes Oreilles Curumin - Boca Daymé Arocena - Cubafonía Denis Mpunga & Paul K - Criola & Criola Remixed DJ Nirso - Nirsópolis EP Don Leisure - Shaboo Èkó Afrobeat - Èkó Afrobeat El Búho - Chinampa EP & Balance El Rass - Baadelhazimeh  Equiknoxx - Colon Man Les Filles de Illighadad - Eghass Malan Ibaaku - Alien Cartoon (AKWAABA) Ibeyi - Ash ÌFÉ - IIII+IIII (2017) Ghetto Kumbé - Soy Selva (GALLETAS CALIENTES) Hagan - Roots EP Hamad Kalkaba - Hamad Kalkaba and the Golden Sounds 1974-1975 Hard Proof - Stinger Orchestra Soledad - Vámonos; Let's Go (1970, Remastered 2017) Jacob Mafuleni & Gary Gritness - Batanidzo Joey Le Soldat - Barka KKing Kong - Da Linha La Misa Negra - La Misa Negra Lord Echo - Harmonies Mim Suleiman - Kawaida Mina - Sentah Mo Laudi - Afro Paris House Club Mula - Aguas Nídia - Nídia é Má, Nídia é Fudida Nuri - Drup (SHOUKA) Ondatrópica - Baile Bucanero Oumou_Sangare - Mogoya Ozferti - Southern Roads Quantic & Nidia Góngora - Curao Penya - Super Liminal Populous - Azulejos *Ramzi - Pèze-Piton Rimas e Melodias - Rimas & Melodias Rincon Sapiencia - Galanga Livre Saeid Shanbehzadeh - Pour-Afrigha Sampa the Great - Birds And The BEE9 Satti - Arees El-Shamal Somi - Petite Afrique TLC Fam - Isbethelo seGqom The Heliocentrics - A World Of Masks Thornato – Bennu Thiago Elniño - A Rotina do Pombo Three Fall & Melane - Four Toto Bona Lokua - Bondeko

Favourite Compilations

VA - 2017 Mr. Bongo Record Club, Vol. 2 VA - Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds Vol. 2 (1977-1984) VA - Electro Zajal (RBMA Presents) VA - Esoteric, Modal and Progressive Jazz inspired by Islam 1957-88 VA - Versus II (ON THE CORNER) VA - Ote Maloya; The Birth Of Electric Maloya In La Réunion 1975-1986 VA - ANDINA; The Sound of the Peruvian Andes 1968-1978 VA - Tokyo Nights- Female J-Pop Boogie Funk - 1981 to 1988 VA - Sweet As Broken Dates Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa VA - Uzelli Psychedelic Anadolu VA - Gabriele Poso - The Language of Tambores

As always check out our previous favourite album posts here:

2016

2015

2014

2013

A rundown on highlights from the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival, and a taste of what's to come at the Festival International Nuits d'Afrique from both local & visiting bands. Also included is a telephone interview with Théo Nzonza of Mbongwana Star, and a live in-studio interview with 3 of 4 members of the Dizzy Brains, a rock group from Madagascar.

Selection / Production / Editing : Parker Mah

Show iink: https://www.mixcloud.com/worldskipthebeat/july-17-2017-jazz-nuits-dafrique-festival-coverage-mbongwana-star-dizzy-brains/

Playlist:

Of interest to all the world / latin / tropical / brazilian / reggae music fans out there!

À la fin des années 2010, l'empire a plongé le monde dans l'effroie. Gangréné par la corruption et la peur, la terre est menacée par les puissants qui la dirige. Plus que jamais l'homme éprouve un besoin de lumière, de joie, de danse et de musique. Quatre collectifs montréalais semblent avoir trouvé une solution pour rendre à ce monde la beauté qu'il mérite. Leur remède est simple, faire bouger le public jusqu'au bout de la nuit sur les rythmes ensoleillés des tropiques. En octobre dernier dans le cadre du festival Mundial Montreal, ils ont décidé d'unir leur forces. Après un premier rendez-vous qui a marqué les esprits et causé des lineups, le Cartel Tropical de Montréal est de retour le vendredi 17 mars 2017! Venez préter allégeance au Cartel, danser votre vie, transpirer avec nous, faire la fête pour illuminer ce monde troublé de notre joie et de notre énergie. Collectifs: Canicule Tropicale (La référence des rythmes tropicaux) - DJ Philippe Noël // La Mano Peluda Pull-Up Selecta (Le collectif Reggae/Dub de la métropole) DJ Noyl // Formal G // MC Clinton Sly Tumbao (Le soundsystem Afrolatin de Montréal) DJ Dr. Bahar // DJ Rhythm & Hues Tupi Collective (Les maitres incontestés des rythmes brésiliens) DJ MKS // DJ Wallace Roza

Rhythm & Hues presents a spotlight on the music scene in Burkina Faso. There are two short interviews with hip-hop artists Art Melody (Akwaaba) and Wendlamita Kouka (Ouaga Jungle), plus a feature on the 2nd edition of the Africa Bass Culture festival - including conversations with the founder, Camille Louvel, and Kantala Traoré, a participating local artist.

Africa Bass Culture:

https://www.mixcloud.com/worldskipthebeat/africa-bass-culture-burkina-faso/

Art Melody:

https://www.mixcloud.com/worldskipthebeat/entrevue-avec-art-melody-burkina-faso/

Wendlamita Kouka;

Serge Tomondji, artiste-chanteur et ancien membre du DADJES BAND de Gnonnas Pedro, nous raconte son expérience au sein de ce fameux orchestre bien connu et aimé de tous les béninois. Chanteur et multi-instrumentaliste, et auteur de chansons maintenant légendaires telles que "Yiri Yiri Boum", "Feso Jaiye", "Midho Miton", "Irma Koï", et bien d'autres, Gnonnas Pedro était un mélomane fini, reconnu pour sa fusion des sonorités funky et afro-latines à sa musique et pour son traitement novateur d'un des rythmes de chez lui, l'Agbadja, pour en créer l'Agbadja Moderne. Serge Tomondji s'est joint à ce groupe dans les années 80 et l'a cotoyé tout au long; il nous partage des anecdotes et des impressions de l'homme, de son orchestre, et de l'une des périodes les plus fécondes de l'histoire de la musique béninoise.

Enregistrement: Parker Mah, Burkina Faso, Janvier 2017 Montage: Parker Mah

Podcast Complet:

https://www.mixcloud.com/worldskipthebeat/entrevue-avec-serge-tomondji-membre-du-dadjes-band-de-gnonnas-pedro-b%C3%A9nin/

Playlist:

Gnonnas Pedro - Okpo Videa Bassouo

Entrevue avec Serge Tomondji