Omar Souleyman at Issue Project Room...the Video!

You asked for it. Here's a video from the Omar show in Brooklyn. You can clearly see Sem Dente dancing like a maniac up front. If it's cut too much on the border check the original link here.

Omar Souleyman & CSC Funk Band at Issue Project Room

Here are some pics from the June 27th event at Issue Project Room. CSC Funk Band opened. Omar Souleyman destroyed. Andy Mathey took the pics.

clandestino playlist 5/10

I was happy to be back on the air and with my own car to drive me there! Thanks to Studebaker Hawk and DJ 12XU for the fill-in action last week.

Things are looking pretty dope for the summer with a lot of amazing shows coming up. We're looking at Massachusetts visits by the likes of Tony Allen, Bio Ritmo, Grupo Fantasma, Zozo Afrobeat, Randy Weston (in the fall, actually), not to mention all the fresh local activity. I've got a few parties coming up as well. Stay tuned to this blog and Clandestino for further details.

And let's not forget that I will be guest selector/host on the next Funky Friday with Phil, on 93.9 (The River). It will air 7-midnight, including opposite our monthly Sweet Exorcist night (10-1). Yes, the extra special Rumba Psicodélica Raids the People's Pint edition. Bongohead, Mike P and B-COMING will be there. And I hope you will too. Details here. And via Facebook here.

Omar Souleyman..."Hafer Gabrak Bidi (I Will Dig Your Grave With My Hands)"...Jazeera Nights...(Sublime Frequencies)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Mutamassik..."Doundoun/The Crux"...That Which Death Cannot Destroy...www.roughamericana.com
Get the digi-LP for free on her website or on this Peace & Rhythm blog.

Flower Travelin' Band..."Satori" Part 2...Satori...(Warners)
Japanese Black Sabbath worshippers from '71. Just awesome. Sending it out to DJ Podolski.



Amanaz..."History of Man"...Africa...(QDK reissue)
Dark and eerie almost-proto Black Metal from 70s Zambia.



Witch..."Tooth Factory"...Lazy Bones!!...(QDK reissue)

Kukumbas..."Respect"...v/a-Psych Funk 101...(World Psychedelic Funk Classics)

Geraldo Pino..."Heavy Heavy Heavy"...Heavy Heavy Heavy...(RetroAfric)
Have there ever been a truer song title?



Orchestre Poly Rhythmo de Cotonou..."Zizi"...Echoes Hynotiques...(Analog Africa)
Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly Rhythmo de Cotonou..."It's A Vanity"...v/a-African Scream Contest...(Analog Africa)
Ladies and gentleman...this is real punk rock...



Bola Johnson..."Lagos Sisi"...v/a-Afro Baby...(Soundway)
Oscar Sulley's Nzele Soundz..."Bukom"...v/a-Ghana Special...(Soundway)
Sahara All Stars..."World People"...v/a-Nigeria Afrobeat Special...(Soundway)
Three from the mighty Soundway label.

Honoré Avolonto & Orchestre PolyRhythmo..."Tin Lin Non"...v/a-Legends of Benin...(Analog Africa)



The Ashantis..."I Wanna Do My Thing"...v/a-Ethiopiques 24...(Buda Musique)

Tirogo..."Let's Feed the Nation"...Float...(Shadoks reissue)

Kokolo & JoJo Kuo..."Afrika Man"...45...(Record Kicks)



Trio Mocotó..."Swinga Sambaby"...v/a-Brazilian Beats...(Mr Bongo)

Mongo Santamaria..."Sweet Tater Pie"...Mongo Explodes...(Riverside)



Francisco Aguabella..."I Wanna Know"...Hitting Hard...(CuBop)
RIP Aguabella...




Grupo Fantasma..."Teleraña"...El Existential...(Nat Geo)
We couldn't have expected anything less than amazing for the Fantasma album!



Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto..."Carruseles"...Mambo Loco...(Analog Africa)


Sexteto Miramar..."Sabor"...v/a-The Afrosound of Colombia...(Vampisoul)
Afrosound..."Cachucha Bacana"...v/a-The Afrosound of Colombia...(Vampisoul)
Vampi and Bongohead team up for this delightful insanity. Definate contender for compilation of the year!


Sonora Dinamita..."Ciclón"...v/a-14 Cañonazos Bailables vol 27...(Fuentes)

Ray Santiago..."Guajira"...AfroCuba a la NYC...(self-released)

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clandestino playlist 6/8

Here's the playlist for this week's edition of Clandestino. It goes like this (artist/ song/ album/ label):
hugh masekela/ part of a whole/ home is where the music is/ blue thumb

nomo/ bumbo/ invisible cities/ ubiquity



kokolo/ mind power/ heavy hustling/ record kicks

henri guedon/ karma/ v/a-creole love calls/ isma'a

marva broome/ mystifying mama/ v/a-jazz bizness 3/ counterpoint
featuring a paris-based art ensemble of chicago! amazing funky jam

har-you percussion group/ welcome to the party/ welcome to the party/ ESP

tito puente/ philadelphia mambo/ classic 78s vol 3/ fania

charlie palmieri/ start the world i wanna get on/ a giant step/ tropical budah

sonora casino/ astronautas a mercurio/ v/a-obsession/ bully

ocote soul sounds & adrian quesada/ el diablo y el nau nau/ coconut rock/ ESL

el michels affair/ heaven & hell/ enter the 37th chamber/ fat beats



bozoo bajou/ divers/ 12"/ stereodeluxe

here's a set of great tunes from sublime frequencies...
the generation/ nan nan pob gan tee/ v/a-thai pop spectacular 60s-80s/ sublime frequencies
group doueh/ beatte harab/ treeg salaam/ sublime frequencies


boutaiba sghir/ malgre tout/ v/a-70s algerian proto räi underground/ sublime frequencies
omar souleyman/ shift al mani/ dabke 2020/ sublime frequencies

baris manço/ anadolu/ dünden bugüne/ guerssen

orchestre poly-rhythmo de cotounou/ ako ba ho/ the vodoun effect/ analog africa



the funkees/ acid rock/ v/a-nigeria rock special/ soundway

roger damawuzan/ wait for me/ v/a-african scream contest/ analog africa

weston prim & backlash/ simmerin'/ v/a-quantic presents world's rarest funk 45s vol 2/ jazzman

chocolate snow/ a day in the life/ v/a-smart's palace/ numero group

sharon jones & the dap-kings/ answer me/ 100 days, 100 nights/ daptone
naomi shelton & the gospel queens/ what have you done/ what have done lately, brother?/ dunham & daptone
menahan street band/ tired of fighting/ make the road by walking

Thanks for listening.
"Clandestino", with your host Andujar, airs live every Monday from 230-430pm (Eastern Time) at WMUA.org.
Send promos to:
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Omar Souleyman live in Amsterdam...

clandestino playlist 5/11

Another good show, this time it was SERIOUSLY eclectic...from old blues to arabic sounds to fresh cumbia, free jazz, soul 45s and more!! Big thanks to my guest DJs this week, B-COMING and 12XU, for coming thru again! Looking forward to next week for another good time.

It goes like this: (artist/ song/ album/ label):

salim daoud/ abney eqdah/ v/a-give me love: baghdad 1920s/ honest jons



blind boy fuller/ corrine what makes you treat me so?/ truckin' my blues away/ yazoo
thanks to chris belskis for scoring me this record



champion jack dupree/ junker's blues/ blues from the gutter/ atlantic

boutaiba sghir/ dayha oulabes/ v/a-1970s algerian proto-räi underground/ sublime frequencies

clifford thornton & jazz composers orchestra/ the gardens of harlem/ JCOA

joseph jarmin, don moye, johnny dyani/ mama marimba/ black paladins/ black saint

billy wooten/ chi congo land/ v/a-jazz biznezz 3/ counterpoint

bubbha thomas/ herbs of life/ country fried chicken/ lightnin'



hugh masekela/ ade/ union of south africa/ chisa

cane & able/ don't knock my love/ cane & able/ AKT

chairmen of the board/ finder's keepers/ skin i'm in/ invictus
that would be funkadelic providing the music

how about a short 45s set?
checkmates, ltd/ run nigger run/ 45/ rustic
willie bobo/ knock on wood/ 45/ verve
lee fields & the expressions/ my world/ 45/ truth & soul
syl johnson/ come on sock it to me/ 45/ twinight
lee "shot" williams/ i feel an urge coming on/ 45/ sussex
dyke & the blazers/ you are my sunshine/ 45/ original sound

sharon jones & the dap-kings/ inspiration information/ v/a-dark was the night/ 4AD
cool Shuggie Otis cover! Catch Sharon & the band twice in western Mass, 5/23 at MassMOCA (with me!) and 7/18 at the Green River Festival in G-field.

here's B-COMING's set:
glen adams/ you can't hide love/ v/a-jamaica funk/ soul jazz
the daktaris/ give it up or turnit loose/ soul explosion/ desco-daptone
fela/ chop n quench/ chop n quench
tony allen/ homecooking/ homecooking/ comet
the whitefield brothers/ witch jam/ in the raw/ now again
the exciters/ exciters theme/ v/a-panama!/ soundway
the harmonettes/ can't go halfway/ v/a-cult cargo: belize city boil-up/ numero group
the chosen few/ i love the way you love/ v/a-jamaica funk/ soul jazz

los chapillacs/ la cumbia delincuencal/ 45/tropic
a fresh peruvian cumbia burner that dj 12XU brought down...white label 45. we'll play the flip side next week!

zonora point/ huachita rica (douster rmx)/ ZZK

quantic, nicodemus, tempo/ mi swing es tropical (zeb reggae mix)/ wonderwheel

omar souleyman/ shift al mani/ dabke 2020/ sublime frequencies



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Please send promos to:
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BONUS:
Here's a very cool video for you from Omar Souleyman!!