Get With The Groove

The combination of January, winter, Monday, lousy weather and another working week leaving and returning to home in pitch darkness combine to flip me into a funk. I'm talking funk here in the sense of Leonard Cohen, not George Clinton.

So, what better way to banish the blues than to light the place up with some global grooves, taking in Niger, Spain, Malawi, England, Mauritania, Mali, Jamaica and the USA?

 

Several of these have come from compilations by Sahel Sounds (USA), NYP Records (Belgium) and Dub Store Records (Japan), available as a name your price purchase via Bandcamp. All highly recommended.

I prescribe 45 minutes per day, taken with water and plenty of (dance-based) exercise. You'll feel much better for it.

 

1) Tunan: Mamman Sani (1978)

2) O.D.O.O. (F.E.L.A. Tribute Rework): DJ Makala (2012)

3) Tumastin: Mdou Moctar (2019)

4) Tadekha (Too Young To Start It): Andy One (2020)

5) Nyash! E Go Bite You!: Yaaba Funk (2008)

6) Elyn: Jeich Ould Badu (2022)

7) 3: Tallawit Timbouctou (2020)

8) Cry (Disco Mix By Prince Fatty): Hollie Cook ft. Horseman (2011)

9) Dangerous System (Single Version By King Jammy): Pad Anthony (1986)

10) Ribes: The Bombillas (2020)

11) Majrad Ajen: Amanar (2010)

2010: Ishilan n-Tenere: 11

2011: Hollie Cook: 8

2013: La Musique Electronique Du Niger: 1

2014: Dub Store Records Sampler Volume One: 9

2019: Ilana: The Creator: 3

2020: Sahel Sounds Label Sampler 2: 7

2021: Global Riddims Volume 4: 4, 10

2021: Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement 2: 2, 5

2022: Music From Saharan WhatsApp: 6

 

Get With The Groove (45:09) (Box) (Mega)