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	Upcoming shows: 2.4. Afro-caribbean Beats/w PapaPot @ Akropolis , Prague
1.4.2009 The Appril 1st issue: How is the birdflu and the music related? This DJ Lewis and his "Grippe Aviaire" 2006 coupe decale song gives you an answer :). Dance that is an imitation of dying chicken? "It's like a chicken with Parkinson's disease trying to dance to hip-hop," said one onlooker in an night club in Abidjan. Welcome to the Ivory Coast's ever-inventive night life: the bird flu dance. I dont know if this song was meant to be just a fun or or if has some more serious meanig. "I created the dance to bring happiness to the hearts of Africans, and to chase away fear, the fear of eating chicken" told DJ Lewis the BBC. There one more raw video to that song, but if you are sensitive souls, you shouldnt watch that video. Of course Ivory Coast is not the only country that has to deal with birdflu problem. The Trinidads soca-dancehall birdflu treatment is also interresting. Also the U.K./Sri Lanka women singer M.I.A. tries to fight against this serious illnes. If you see her live performance of her birdflu song you must admit that she didn't succed at all. Back to the Ivory Coast - Bird Flu is not the only issue that was transformed into the music video. In this song is solved the Guantanamo prison issue by DJ Zidane. All the mens prisoners in the Guantanamo song are forced to dance coupe decale without any accusation. Extremly coupable. The poll: The Birdflu is primarly caused by: A) DJ Lewis and his Birdflu Song B) M.I.A. and her Birdflu Song C) Soca-Dancehall Bubu bubu bubu BirdFlu Song D) None of the previous - birdflu is another HOAX E) this poll is so stupid , shut up and go dance the birdflu dance Read More about the birdflu dance
26.3.2009 Jagga Jagga When this song from Eedris Abdulkareem was released , the nigeriian president went on national tv and insulted authors father and family. If you will see and hear the song you will realize that this prezidents reaction was no surprise. The message of this song is so strong and clear, that everybody in power in country like Nigeria should be afraid of it.(Two faces of Lagos on the pictures - skyline and slums) Eedris Abdulkarem - Jagga Jagga Nigeria jagga jagga / everything scatta scatta / women dem suffa suffa / whats a whats a / gunshot ina di air Theres plenty of stories going on in Lagos: Lagos - Stori Plenti a documentary movie Lagos - Stori Plenti a music compilation
26.3.2009 Outhere Rec. - big respect goes to Munich Do you know what have Bassekou Kouyate (Mali, BBC World Music Award winner 2008), X-Plastaz (Tanzania), Alif (the first seneglese women hip hop band) and Rokia Traoré ( Mali) in common. All of them released their albums at the german Munich based recording compamny Outhere Rec. Besides these full lenght cds Outhere Rec also brought some compilations of contemporary african urban music like 'Bongo Flava - Swahili rap from Tanzania' ( aimed to the music called Bongo Flava - a HipHop influenced music which – unnoticed by the rest of the world - has become the best selling pop music in East Africa, today.) , Urban African Club (hip hop, dancehal and kwaito compilation ) and several others. For vynil fans most of their recordings are availiable also on vynils.
25.3.2009 Last week the radio was unavailiable. Its bacause I forgot to pay to live365 server for radio broadcasting. From tomorrow radio should be in the air again. Sorry for the inconvinience.
13.3.2009 Pepe Kalle - "La Bombe Atomique" If pepe Kalle would be born in Japan, he could be ( with his 136 kg ) a sumo wrestler. We should be happy that he was born in Kinshasa (DR Congo) where became a soukous singer. Soukous is a music style that that works with very high-energy vibrations by itself. Combined with Pepe Kalle's voice these vibrations are becoming extremly explosive and brought him one of his nicknames - La Bombe Atomique. Musically and physically huge. Blessed with a multi-octave vocal range and a dynamic stage presence. Members of his ensemble Empire Bakuba also created and named a new dance, the kwassa kwassa , that became popular in many variations throughout Africa. Pepe Kalle died of a heart attack in November 1998, during his two decade-long career he relaesed twenty albums. Pepe Kalle - Milla , my favorite video at the end :) . Pepe Kalle sings while Roger Milla ( legendary Cameroonian football player) is dancing on the football playground.
6.3.2009 Suzanna Owiyo - when the contemporary rhytms meet the traditional Kisumu is a city near Suzanna Oiwiyo was born. Kisumu 100 was her first hit that started her career. Soon after she recorded her first album, which received great success on the radio, won her a nomination in the Kora Music Awards 2002 in the “Most Promising Female Artist category”. Since then the listening audience in Europe, North America and Africa had many chances to hear her music live on her concerts. Music that is described as a fusion of traditional western Kenyan music and contemporary rhythms. Suzanna is currently working on her 3rd album which should be out this year. She has featured Oliver Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe, Mbilia Bel from DRC Congo in the album. Suzanna Oiwiyo official website
1.3.2009 Omar Pene and Le Super Diamono There's no doubt that Youssou Ndour is a king of mbalax in Senegal for many years. But it would be mistake to think that he is the only one, there are of course many other excelent singers in this genre. One of them is Omar Pene and his band Super Diamono. Omar Pene is an owner of beautiful melancholic voice and his music is ful of emotion. TRES BON. Omar pene - Rer Super Diamono - Domou Gainde Ndiaye
28.2.2009 Last 5 weeks there were no updates in radio playlist and on this pages as well. Its because I was traveling in west Africa that time. Just beeing there was one of the strongest experiences for me. Lot of new music that will be added to the playlist will be from this region - Morrocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and also from one of the african musical superpowers - from Senegal. Stay tuned. ( On the picture are sellers at "music shop" in Nouakchot (Mauritania) with sonicafrica flyers :) )
18.1.2009 Sizzlas first live concert on african soil: Gambia went crazy One of the most controversary as well as tallented jamaican artists Sizzla Kalonji enjoyed his first ever performance on african continent in the end of December, 2008. The show was held in one of the most reggae-promissed lands in Africa - in Gambia. In this interview for Gambian Observer, you can read Sizzlas opinions on Africa and african diaspora ,Rastafari and Bobo Shanti. Steroids, NO. Cocaine, NO. Heroine, NO. Morphine, NO.Guns, NO. Steeling, NO. Marihuana, YES. It Was his ( not surprising ) message to the crowded footbal stadium. Here you can see how Sizzla made the whole stadium crazy. Those, who saw on his concert in Prague, can compare :).
17.1.2009 Cesare Evoira is not the only Cape Verdean female singer. Do you like soul music? Do you like good soul music? Do you like good soul music with strong african ( and sometimes also latino) flavour. Then you will love Sara Tavares , Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist. She is of Cape Verdean descent and grew up in Portugal. She composes African influenced world music. Music that makes you calm and peacefull. If you don’t believe me, check her songs and you will see :) : Sara Tavares - Balance Sara Tavares – Mi Ma Bo
25.12.2008 Caling To The Most High - The New Spiritual Roots Reggae Mixtape Music is not just a fun. Music is sometimes also a prayer for me . Tonight on Christmass Eve instead of going to church I am posting the new spiritual reggae mixtape :) . Altough it doesnt look like the upcomming year 2009 will be happier for common people I am still praying for better future and hoping that we gonna chase those crazy N.W.O. baldheads out of the town. JAH People shall never be defeated. PEACE AND LOVE. STAY TOGETHER. To listen the mixtape go to download section.
10.12.2008 Musicians in South Africa fight against the crime in their lyrics Johannesburg: New anti-crime song calls on South Africans to fight crime. Local musicians, in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Community Safety, released the song which aims to draw people's attention to crime. Some of the lyrics of the song include: "Let us come together and deal with crime. Take Charge. The crime stops with me!" This reminds me other song: "Abukho" ( beautiful piece from McCoy Mrubata), whose lyrics also deal negative things in the South african society. "Wake up everybody, cant you we are geting lost? Where is brotherhood? Where is sisterhood? We gained freedom, we gained respect as one nation but we are loosing humanity" sings McCoy , and I wish these worlds will be heard among the southafrican people.
30.11.2008 Fela Kuti in a Hall of fame on the First Annual MTV Africa Music Award The first-ever MTV Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria delivered a heavily Afro-centric show and winners' list that has been welcomed by the continent's industry. Here are some of the MAMA winners- Best Female: Wahu (Kenya), Best Male: D'Banj (Nigeria), Best Live Performer: Jozi (South Africa), Artist Of The Year: D'Banj (Nigeria), MAMAs Legend: Fela Anikulapo Kuti
24.11.2008 Bole2Harlem - The checkpoint on the US - Ethiopian Border Bole is the entry/exit point for Ethiopia, and harlem is the entry/exit place for Contemporary African music in Ethiopia. Their first album ( Bole2Harlem - Vol.1 , released in 2006 ) is the concept of building the bridge between those worlds, creating a space where they can both exist without musically or culturally dilluting either one. Mixing traditional Ethiopian song themes with all of Harlem's influences. The World can Flow as One, Music is the frontier to pawe the way. HIGLY RECOMMENDED. WWW.BOLE2HARLEM.COM
10.11.2008 Byron Lee and Miriam Makeba passed away Two legends of worldmusic passed away this week, their music lives. Miriam Makeba from South Africa, sometimes also called "the first african superstar". She was the first african musician who won the Grammy Award in 1965. Her combination of south african music and jazz made her famous all around the world. Hear the Pata Pata song. When ska ruled Jamaica Byron Lee was there, when calypso ruled the west indies Byron Lee was there and when soca went on scene in Trinidad and Tobago Byron Lee was there. Enjoy the calypso-soca mix that includes only Byrons songs.
31.10.2008 Browsing on internet I found pages of french based DJ Speedhy. I like his kuduro and coupe-decale songs that sounds very fresh , modern and african :) . Especialy I like his song Afroteknology featuring with 50cent. Check it out: here and here
21.8.2008 4 new mixtapes added to this pages. Just go to download section and enjoy the music J Čtyři nové mixtapy přidány na stránky. Pro stánutí mixů jděte na stránku download a užijte si poslech J .
10.7.2008 On a webpages www.afro.cz you can read a profile of an senegalese musician Youssou NDour Na stránkách www.afro.cz si mùžete přečíst profil senegalského zpěváka Youssou NDour.
7.4.2008 Ve čtvrtek 10.4. proběhne v Meli-Melo warm up party na Ples Afrika, jejíž součástí bude i losování o 4 lístky zdarma. Losování proběhne cca ve 21 hodin , takže přijďte včas J On Thursday 10^th of April there will be a warm-up party to Ples Afrika at meli-melo. 4 of you will get free tickets to Ples Africa. A ballot will be at 9 pm, so make sure to be there at time J
6.3.2008 Podle únorových statistik poslouchaly sonicafrica radio lidé v 58 zemích. V současné době obsahuje cca čtyřicetihodinový playlist, který je průběžně obměňován a spousta nové muziky čeká na upload. Od dubna se plánuje hrát každý večer od 20 do 23 hodin jiná muzika – prozatím plánuji: podělí- roots reggae, úterý- ještě nevím, středa- zouk, coupe-decale, čtvrtek – ještě nevim, pátek- elektronická muzika- kwaito, afrolounge, raggajungle… , sobota – soukouss, ndombolo… - prostě samý rychlý věci, neděle – chillout songy celý den Jinak pokud chcete slyšet tuto muziku živě, tak na afro-karibské noci každý čtvrtek v meli-melo se většinou tancuje až do rána.
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Upcoming shows:
2.4. Afro-caribbean Beats/w PapaPot @ Akropolis , Prague

1.4.2009
The Appril 1st issue: How is the birdflu and the music related?
This DJ Lewis and his "Grippe Aviaire" 2006 coupe decale song gives you an answer :). Dance that is an imitation of dying chicken? "It's like a chicken with Parkinson's disease trying to dance to hip-hop," said one onlooker in an night club in Abidjan. Welcome to the Ivory Coast's ever-inventive night life: the bird flu dance. I dont know if this song was meant to be just a fun or or if has some more serious meanig. "I created the dance to bring happiness to the hearts of Africans, and to chase away fear, the fear of eating chicken" told DJ Lewis the BBC. There one more raw video to that song, but if you are sensitive souls, you shouldnt watch that video.
Of course Ivory Coast is not the only country that has to deal with birdflu problem. The Trinidads soca-dancehall birdflu treatment is also interresting. Also the U.K./Sri Lanka women singer M.I.A. tries to fight against this serious illnes. If you see her live performance of her birdflu song you must admit that she didn't succed at all. Back to the Ivory Coast - Bird Flu is not the only issue that was transformed into the music video. In this song is solved the Guantanamo prison issue by DJ Zidane. All the mens prisoners in the Guantanamo song are forced to dance coupe decale without any accusation. Extremly coupable.

The poll:
The Birdflu is primarly caused by:
A) DJ Lewis and his Birdflu Song
B) M.I.A. and her Birdflu Song
C) Soca-Dancehall Bubu bubu bubu BirdFlu Song
D) None of the previous - birdflu is another HOAX
E) this poll is so stupid , shut up and go dance the birdflu dance

Read More about the birdflu dance

26.3.2009
Jagga Jagga
When this song from Eedris Abdulkareem was released , the nigeriian president went on national tv and insulted authors father and family. If you will see and hear the song you will realize that this prezidents reaction was no surprise. The message of this song is so strong and clear, that everybody in power in country like Nigeria should be afraid of it.(Two faces of Lagos on the pictures - skyline and slums)
Eedris Abdulkarem - Jagga Jagga
Nigeria jagga jagga / everything scatta scatta / women dem suffa suffa / whats a whats a / gunshot ina di air

Theres plenty of stories going on in Lagos:
Lagos - Stori Plenti a documentary movie
Lagos - Stori Plenti a music compilation

26.3.2009
Outhere Rec. - big respect goes to Munich
Do you know what have Bassekou Kouyate (Mali, BBC World Music Award winner 2008), X-Plastaz (Tanzania), Alif (the first seneglese women hip hop band) and Rokia Traoré ( Mali) in common. All of them released their albums at the german Munich based recording compamny Outhere Rec. Besides these full lenght cds Outhere Rec also brought some compilations of contemporary african urban music like 'Bongo Flava - Swahili rap from Tanzania' ( aimed to the music called Bongo Flava - a HipHop influenced music which – unnoticed by the rest of the world - has become the best selling pop music in East Africa, today.) , Urban African Club (hip hop, dancehal and kwaito compilation ) and several others. For vynil fans most of their recordings are availiable also on vynils.

25.3.2009
Last week the radio was unavailiable. Its bacause I forgot to pay to live365 server for radio broadcasting. From tomorrow radio should be in the air again. Sorry for the inconvinience.

13.3.2009
Pepe Kalle - "La Bombe Atomique"
If pepe Kalle would be born in Japan, he could be ( with his 136 kg ) a sumo wrestler. We should be happy that he was born in Kinshasa (DR Congo) where became a soukous singer. Soukous is a music style that that works with very high-energy vibrations by itself. Combined with Pepe Kalle's voice these vibrations are becoming extremly explosive and brought him one of his nicknames - La Bombe Atomique. Musically and physically huge. Blessed with a multi-octave vocal range and a dynamic stage presence. Members of his ensemble Empire Bakuba also created and named a new dance, the kwassa kwassa , that became popular in many variations throughout Africa. Pepe Kalle died of a heart attack in November 1998, during his two decade-long career he relaesed twenty albums.

Pepe Kalle - Milla , my favorite video at the end :) . Pepe Kalle sings while Roger Milla ( legendary Cameroonian football player) is dancing on the football playground.

6.3.2009
Suzanna Owiyo - when the contemporary rhytms meet the traditional
Kisumu is a city near Suzanna Oiwiyo was born. Kisumu 100 was her first hit that started her career. Soon after she recorded her first album, which received great success on the radio, won her a nomination in the Kora Music Awards 2002 in the “Most Promising Female Artist category”. Since then the listening audience in Europe, North America and Africa had many chances to hear her music live on her concerts. Music that is described as a fusion of traditional western Kenyan music and contemporary rhythms. Suzanna is currently working on her 3rd album which should be out this year. She has featured Oliver Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe, Mbilia Bel from DRC Congo in the album.

Suzanna Oiwiyo official website

1.3.2009
Omar Pene and Le Super Diamono
There's no doubt that Youssou Ndour is a king of mbalax in Senegal for many years. But it would be mistake to think that he is the only one, there are of course many other excelent singers in this genre. One of them is Omar Pene and his band Super Diamono. Omar Pene is an owner of beautiful melancholic voice and his music is ful of emotion. TRES BON.

Omar pene - Rer
Super Diamono - Domou Gainde Ndiaye

28.2.2009
Last 5 weeks there were no updates in radio playlist and on this pages as well. Its because I was traveling in west Africa that time. Just beeing there was one of the strongest experiences for me. Lot of new music that will be added to the playlist will be from this region - Morrocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania and also from one of the african musical superpowers - from Senegal. Stay tuned.

( On the picture are sellers at "music shop" in Nouakchot (Mauritania) with sonicafrica flyers :) )

18.1.2009
Sizzlas first live concert on african soil: Gambia went crazy
One of the most controversary as well as tallented jamaican artists Sizzla Kalonji enjoyed his first ever performance on african continent in the end of December, 2008. The show was held in one of the most reggae-promissed lands in Africa - in Gambia. In this interview for Gambian Observer, you can read Sizzlas opinions on Africa and african diaspora ,Rastafari and Bobo Shanti.

Steroids, NO. Cocaine, NO. Heroine, NO. Morphine, NO.Guns, NO. Steeling, NO. Marihuana, YES. It Was his ( not surprising ) message to the crowded footbal stadium.

Here you can see how Sizzla made the whole stadium crazy. Those, who saw on his concert in Prague, can compare :).

17.1.2009
Cesare Evoira is not the only Cape Verdean female singer.
Do you like soul music? Do you like good soul music? Do you like good soul music with strong african ( and sometimes also latino) flavour. Then you will love Sara Tavares , Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist. She is of Cape Verdean descent and grew up in Portugal. She composes African influenced world music. Music that makes you calm and peacefull. If you don’t believe me, check her songs and you will see :) :
Sara Tavares - Balance
Sara Tavares – Mi Ma Bo

25.12.2008
Caling To The Most High - The New Spiritual Roots Reggae Mixtape
Music is not just a fun. Music is sometimes also a prayer for me . Tonight on Christmass Eve instead of going to church I am posting the new spiritual reggae mixtape :) . Altough it doesnt look like the upcomming year 2009 will be happier for common people I am still praying for better future and hoping that we gonna chase those crazy N.W.O. baldheads out of the town. JAH People shall never be defeated.
PEACE AND LOVE. STAY TOGETHER.

To listen the mixtape go to download section.

10.12.2008
Musicians in South Africa fight against the crime in their lyrics
Johannesburg: New anti-crime song calls on South Africans to fight crime. Local musicians, in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Community Safety, released the song which aims to draw people's attention to crime. Some of the lyrics of the song include: "Let us come together and deal with crime. Take Charge. The crime stops with me!"

This reminds me other song: "Abukho" ( beautiful piece from McCoy Mrubata), whose lyrics also deal negative things in the South african society. "Wake up everybody, cant you we are geting lost? Where is brotherhood? Where is sisterhood? We gained freedom, we gained respect as one nation but we are loosing humanity" sings McCoy , and I wish these worlds will be heard among the southafrican people.

30.11.2008
Fela Kuti in a Hall of fame on the First Annual MTV Africa Music Award
The first-ever MTV Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria delivered a heavily Afro-centric show and winners' list that has been welcomed by the continent's industry. Here are some of the MAMA winners- Best Female: Wahu (Kenya), Best Male: D'Banj (Nigeria), Best Live Performer: Jozi (South Africa), Artist Of The Year: D'Banj (Nigeria), MAMAs Legend: Fela Anikulapo Kuti

24.11.2008
Bole2Harlem - The checkpoint on the US - Ethiopian Border
Bole is the entry/exit point for Ethiopia, and harlem is the entry/exit place for Contemporary African music in Ethiopia. Their first album ( Bole2Harlem - Vol.1 , released in 2006 ) is the concept of building the bridge between those worlds, creating a space where they can both exist without musically or culturally dilluting either one. Mixing traditional Ethiopian song themes with all of Harlem's influences. The World can Flow as One, Music is the frontier to pawe the way. HIGLY RECOMMENDED. WWW.BOLE2HARLEM.COM

10.11.2008
Byron Lee and Miriam Makeba passed away
Two legends of worldmusic passed away this week, their music lives. Miriam Makeba from South Africa, sometimes also called "the first african superstar". She was the first african musician who won the Grammy Award in 1965. Her combination of south african music and jazz made her famous all around the world. Hear the Pata Pata song.
When ska ruled Jamaica Byron Lee was there, when calypso ruled the west indies Byron Lee was there and when soca went on scene in Trinidad and Tobago Byron Lee was there. Enjoy the calypso-soca mix that includes only Byrons songs.

31.10.2008

Browsing on internet I found pages of french based DJ Speedhy. I like his kuduro and coupe-decale songs that sounds very fresh , modern and african :) . Especialy I like his song Afroteknology featuring with 50cent. Check it out: here and here

21.8.2008
4 new mixtapes added to this pages. Just go to download section and enjoy the music J
Čtyři nové mixtapy přidány na stránky. Pro stánutí mixů jděte na stránku download a užijte si poslech J .

10.7.2008
On a webpages www.afro.cz you can read a profile of an senegalese musician Youssou NDour

Na stránkách www.afro.cz si mùžete přečíst profil senegalského zpěváka Youssou NDour.

7.4.2008
Ve čtvrtek 10.4. proběhne v Meli-Melo warm up party na Ples Afrika, jejíž součástí bude i losování o 4 lístky zdarma. Losování proběhne cca ve 21 hodin , takže přijďte včas J

On Thursday 10^th of April there will be a warm-up party to Ples Afrika at meli-melo. 4 of you will get free tickets to Ples Africa. A ballot will be at 9 pm, so make sure to be there at time J

6.3.2008
Podle únorových statistik poslouchaly sonicafrica radio lidé v 58 zemích. V současné době obsahuje cca čtyřicetihodinový playlist, který je průběžně obměňován a spousta nové muziky čeká na upload. Od dubna se plánuje hrát každý večer od 20 do 23 hodin jiná muzika – prozatím plánuji: podělí- roots reggae, úterý- ještě nevím, středa- zouk, coupe-decale, čtvrtek – ještě nevim, pátek- elektronická muzika- kwaito, afrolounge, raggajungle… , sobota – soukouss, ndombolo… - prostě samý rychlý věci, neděle – chillout songy celý den

Jinak pokud chcete slyšet tuto muziku živě, tak na afro-karibské noci každý čtvrtek v meli-melo se většinou tancuje až do rána.

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