Impossible to travel to Portugal without looking for Angolan records. I found this album in Coimbra last week. Semba is the name of the style and I love it. Their self titled record was recorded in the studio's of Angola's Rádio Nacional in 1984. Always happy to bring some of this hard to find music.[...]

We just got back from a short break spent in Portugal. April 1st there was some 8 cm of snow in the Netherlands so the timing to leave was perfect. When coming back yesterday we found 20 degrees Celsius, quite a lot better. What have we got for you today ? A samba album with[...]

Cape Verdean band founded in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1966. Their repertoire included Cape Verdean music such as the coladera and morna, American and European pop and rock, as well as Colombian cumbia, Dominican merengue, and Cuban guaracha. The original members were Luis Morais (Saxophone & Clarinet), Morgadinho (Trumpet, Vocals, Bass), Frank Cavaquinho (Drums), Jean Da[...]

On this sampler, which covers various songs from albums posted between april 16 and may 6, 2019, we find music from Nigeria, Haïti, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Congo, Cuba, Angola, Brazil and Jamaica. Enjoy listening and find your favourites by using our search-bar .. Op deze sampler, die nummers bevat van albums gepost tussen 16 april en[...]

One of my friends shared this album with us. Semba from Angola on the Rebita label. Three of the finest bands in the field on this compilation record. Nice .. Deze fijne compilatie met drie van de betere bands uit Angola wordt met ons gedeeld door een van mijn vrienden. Zeer fijne semba die je[...]

Back in 2018, when travelling was still an option, I took a trip to Portugal to find me some Angolan records. It was an adventure not to forget. In Lisbon I was kinda lucky and found quite some. Most of them were already posted. This here album is one of the last I still needed[...]

The biggest chalenge in crate digging lies in finding records from countries like Ethiopia, Angola and Panama to call a few. From Panama for instance I only managed to find some sixteen albums and a couple of singles. Find most of them here. One of the most interesting artists from Panama is salsa great Francisco[...]

01 - Tua kua divua 02 - Avante o poder popular 03 - Invasores de angola 04 - Ormãla vangue 05 - Kitadi kia angola 06 - Tchikolõna 07 - Poema 08 - Enu ilumba 09 - Ministro gatuno 10 - Estrangeiro 11 - Noite longa 12 - Rumo à independência

This is excellent electrifying traditional bakongo music (percussion, chant, el bass, el guitar, likembé). A trance inducing groovy kind of proto Konono nr 1 sound. Probably recorded and released in the eighties. It has 4 (long) tracks which were featured before on a 10 track cassette release, on Babi Production. "The group was founded in[...]

Good morning groovers, Angolan records are almost impossible to find here in the Netherlands. If you find them at all they cost a fortune so I decided to make a trip to Portugal last year. I had a great time digging in Lisbon and Porto and was rewarded with some nice finds. Of course nowadays[...]

Over the years we have seen quite some sambistas from the old days. Many great names of dito artists. Here's a short list of singers we saw on solo projects or on collector albums. The singer we want to introduce to you today wasn't on any of them so far. Ataulfo Alves is the man.[...]

I didn't use it for years but after re-installing the old tape-deck to record Musica Angola, I dived into the archives for some old tapes. Here's another one I found back. A tribute to Marco, or Marc Samb, the trumpeteer who found his untimely death in an accident. The Super Etoile sounds wonderful on this[...]

Origineel uitgebracht in Mozambique in 1975, hebben we hier de in Portugal heruitgebrachte versie uit ik weet niet welk jaar. Ook deze is ondertussen een collectors item geworden. Heel blij dat ik een exemplaar tegen het lijf ben gelopen vorige week. Vijf acts met grote namen uit Angola's zeventiger jaren.. Originally released in Mozambique in[...]

Hoe deze muziekstijl wordt genoemd weet ik niet precies. De groep komt van de Kaap Verdische Eilanden, Luis Morais werkt erop mee. Het is geen morna of coladera. In het eerste nummer hoor je dat ze het over samba hebben, in de titels lees je cumbia, merengue en carnaval, hoe dan ook, deels instrumentaal en[...]