” Since music is the school of love
I King Tapper Zukie rock the musical atmosphere

I no wan’ no war; I run to keep I life, yah !
That don’t mean I’m a simpleton, yaah !
I man jus’ umble !

This music make you walk and this music make you talk
And this music make you say it’s a sound a boss !

I man red; and if you not red you ah go dead;
And if you not dead, you ah go dread…”

‘Tapper Zukie’

This is maybe Tappa’s best LP, when it came out, we went
totally nuts. I remember Tapper playing at Paradiso Amsterdam,
they tore down the place, we had a great night.

tracks;

1 Pick up the rockers
2 M.P.L.A.
3 Don’t get crazy
4 Go de natty
5 Stop the gun shooting
6 Ital pot
7 Marcus
8 Chalice to chalice
9 Don’t deal with Babylon
10 Freedom

From Mali here’s Zani Diabate, our collegue at Worldservice
already gave us some older music of the group, on November 5.
This one is from 1988, on Mango, a division of Island Records.
I quote the backsleeve; “The Super Djata Band draw upon
traditional Malian culture for inspiration: Rhythms and dances
of Bambara hunters and Bozo fishermen, together with the melodies
of the Peul and Malinka, spiced with Zani’s almost
psychedelic guitar.”

tracks;

1 Super Djata
2 Bina
3 Djegnogo djougou
4 Bandjila
5 Tindoro
6 Noumousso
7 Facia
8 Farima
9 Fadingna kouma

Jamaican rhythm twin, Sly and Robbie, were really well ahead
of their time, early eighties. If you listen to this here LP,
that’s been recorded some 25 years ago, it still sounds modern.
With the friendly voice of Ini Kamoze, this album is great from
beginning to end. Ini Kamoze ( pronounced Iné Ká-mo-zé ) writes
and arranges all his own music, and aimed to shake up earth
with it. As far as I’m concerned he succeeded.

tracks;

1 Trouble you a trouble me
2 World a music
3 Them thing deh
4 General
5 Wings with me
6 Hail mi idrin

Orguesta Aragon started out in 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. They were
not the inventors but the main performers of the Cha Cha Chá.
This is the type of band that keeps existing through the years.
One member leaves the band, another comes in. Their career now
runs for about 7 decades. They still perform today. The quality
of this LP is not very well, but still worth a listen. read_more

tracks;

1 Le dije a una rosa
2 El baile suavito
3 Ven y ven
4 La muela
5 Mi escapulario
6 Que calor
7 Naranjo y Lucas
8 Separala tambien
9 Clavelitos
10 No puedo vivir
11 Comelon
12 Ah, que familia señor

One of the original members of the Zaiko Langa Langa family
was vocalist Bimi Ombale. He made this album with Carlyto,
Roxy and Nzaya Nzayadio. I do not know a year on this one,
if any one can fill us in here ?

tracks;

1 Trop de problemes
2 Muana – Nyoka
3 Sambela – Tozala
4 Mowunbu ya bolingo

Can’t seem to find a lot of info about Lita Branda, except
for the fact that she is from Peru.
The son she brings, produced by Roberto Torres is something
you can’t deny. The great cover artwork is ofcourse by
José Expósito.

tracks;

1 Marineros somos
2 Estoy contenta
3 Caña dulce
4 Tu no estás en nada
5 La cariñosa
6 Yo perdí el corazón

Miriam Makeba 1932 – 2008 , R I P

Monday, November 10,
Last night, 76 years old, Miriam Makeba died after getting
unwell on stage, she was still performing.
I would like to pay my respect to Africa’s most famous
female singer of all time with this LP.
For the full story, I’ll link you to this_article.

tracks;

1 Cameroon
2 Woza
3 Little bird
4 Chove-chuva
5 Same moon
6 Kilimanjaro
7 Khawuyani-khanyange
8 Wind song
9 Khuluma
10 Let’s pretend
11 Beau Chevalier
12 Maduna

I was in the mood for some Juju tonight so I decided to rip us
this sweet album by Chief Ebenezer Obey. Being an English release,
I have the feeling it is adapted to European standards a bit, the
songs are shorter and have pauses in between. Still, nothing can go
wrong, Juju is simply sweet. I find it irresistible.

tracks;

1 Miliki
2 Ojeje
3 Je ka jo
4 Don’t say no
5 Abente
6 Poto poto
7 Paga
8 Alo mi

Orchestre Zaiko Langa Langa was founded by Kinshasa students
in 1969. The name was constructed from ‘Zaire ya Bakoko’,
( Zaire of our ancestors ), Langa Langa is the name of the
people in the Equator region. The group grew fast and existed
of some 20 persons that kept changing along the way. A few names,
Papa Wemba, Evoloko Jocker, Nyoka Longo and Bozi Boziana were
some of the early members of the group. They blended Rumba with
Rock in the 70’s of which this LP is a fine example.
( info from ‘World Music, the Rough Guide’ )

tracks;

1 Elo 1 & 2
2 Liposa 1 & 2
3 Vie ya mosolo
4 Ando 1 & 2
5 Chouchouna 1 & 2
6 C’est la verité

To guide you along the musical flowers in my global garden,
I invented the Global Sampler. This is volume 11 and it tells
you where to find the honey of your taste.
It shows the flowers planted between August 17 and August 31.
As usual there’s quite some variation, we got sweet, bittersweet
and a tiny bit of Queenjelly perhaps, but that’s all up to you.
Suck some in and have a groovy taste, hummingbirds.

tracks;

1 Le Grand Maitre Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz – Cherie A
2 Orchestra Harlow – La cartera
3 Star Band de Dakar – Danguele fasso
4 Pedrinho Rodrigues – Salgueiro chorao
5 National Badema, Kasse Mady – Namory
6 Damiron y Chapuseaux – Cosa linda
7 Cartola – Aconteceu
8 Os Batuqueiros e as Mulatas – Minhas razoes
9 Roberto Ribeiro – Jura
10 Jorginho do Império – Samba sem cuíca
11 Ed Lincoln – Palladium
12 Super Jamano de Dakar – Cuur ngonee ngalang
13 Super Diamono de Dakar – Mam
14 Johnny Pacheco y Hector Casanova – La mulata
15 Keletigui et ses Tambourinis – Dembati
16 Winston Jarret and the Righteous Flames – Sheriff and his deputy
17 Syl Johnson – Let yourself go
18 Super Diamono de Dakar – Dou wey