Track Listing

1. Save Mogo Bana – Issa Bagayogo
2. Boroto – Badenya – les freres Coulibaly
3. Mokote – Madeka
4. Kalicom – Julien Jacob
5. Vadzimu – A Peace of Ebony
6. Uhiki (Pinye’s Remix) – Hardstone
7. Wouyouma – Positive Black Soul
8. Bouba (Cool) – Dady Mimbo
9. The Lagos Communique – Thievery Corporation
10. One for Senegal – The Pleb
11. Khululuma – African Rhythm Travellers
12. Mofolo Hall – Ndumiso

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10092 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Amazon.com
This ain’t your daddy’s Afrobeat, but a prime sampler of cutting-edge urban dance grooves by African artists. Of course, most non-classical Western styles can trace their essence to the continent anyway. But now, as American and European pop saturate the world’s airwaves and the internet is omnipresent, enthusiastic cross-pollination in the opposite direction has also become commonplace. Ancient tribal traditions are colliding--and colluding--with hip-hop, funk, reggae, and electronica, incorporating every imaginable sound-manipulation technology with compulsively danceable results. The set opens with a spine-loosening, mid-tempo floor-warmer by Mali’s techno Issa Bagayogo, and progresses through a small universe where synth patches, wah-wahs, programmed beats, and manipulated voices coexist with talking drums, balafons, and hypnotic tribal chants. Musicians from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa are all heard from, and the beauty of these tracks is in how their birthrights somehow emerge transformed, but triumphantly unadulterated. -- Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Pure Listening Pleasure
I bought this CD over a month ago and I haven't listened to anything else since. As a former African resident and lover of reggae this music does feel like coming home. Though modernized and more electronic the music definitely captures the essence of Africa, the mixed cultures and languages - I never tire of it. You will not be disappointed.

Amazing African Groove
This Album is definetly a winner, the combination of traditional afro beats mixed with Electronica is such a refreshing sound from the current trend of monotonous sounds in the dance music scene today. Pick up this album and check out any globally influenced, Dance, Electronica, House, Lounge Groove, Hip Hop, Soul music liek Euro Lounge, Sahara Lounge and World Groove.

Feels like home
I received this as a gift. As a native of the Caribbean, this album reflects the roots of the music that I grew up with. It reminded me a lot of the reggae, soca, and calypso I grew up with and cherish so dearly.