Grooves from Congo! Baloji feat Konono no 1

BALOJI feat. KONONO n1 - KARIBU YA BINTOU from BALOJI on Vimeo.

"Shot in the streets of Kinshasa, site of Muhammad Ali's legendary 'Rumble in the Jungle', Karibu Ya Bintou ("Welcome to Life in Limbo") is a short film with music from the 2010 album 'Kinshasa Succursale' by (Belgian-Congolese artist) Baloji. Electric finger piano (likembé): played by Konono N°1, the legendary Congolese band who collaborated with Björk & count Vampire Weekend and Beck amongst their biggest fans."

feelin this track! broken and jagged Afro chunage.


Baloji's Myspace

Democracy in Dakar

I am usually pretty wary of hip hop activism documentaries and documentaries that are about hip hop in the "3rd World" so, of course, I am doubly wary of documentaries about hip hop activism in the 3rd World, but this one is not bad. Check it out!

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar - Episode # 1 from Nomadic Wax on Vimeo.

BLK JKS

Beautiful video of fakkin great South African rock band BLK JKS playing last spring at Harriet's Alter Ego on the Planet of Brooklyn.


Video by digforfire.tv
If you don't know this band, get to know one. Bigger things on the way.

Also, for a laugh you can read this Guardian article on how African music is the "new thing." It's the first and only thing people, betta get right.