Since Fela’s voice is much cooler than mine, I have switched out my intro with his, and this mix originally made to promoteBlackBox number 1 has grown into a proper NGOMA release – with a few changes and much new goodness, including two wicked special edits – one of the Ethio classic by Mahmoud Ahmed (following a funktastic number by Berlin’s own Woima Collective), and another of a very unique cosmic disco track by the techno-head Lego Welt’s Afrocentric alter ego Nacho Patrol. Old version of this mix can still be heard here.

Again, no time for purism: music both classic and new is represented, African Jazz, Rock, Soul, Disco, with a few electronic remix treatments – within the loose parameters of the various related styles comprising the “Afrobeat” constellation, the primary concern here is the dance floor.

Tracklist

01 Fela Intro / Tony Allen – Push Your Mind (Break Beat Remix)

02 Kokolo – Late Night, Closed Eyes (White Mike Mix)

03 Umoja – Amou Baleke

04 Ogyatanaa Show Band – Disco Africa

05 Manu Dibango – Souk Fiesta

06 Ofege – Adieu

07 Oghene Kologbo – Na Yawa

08 Tony Allen – Get Together

09 Saravah – Soul Supersossego

10 Woima Collective – Marz

11 Mahmoud Ahmed – Bemen Sebeb Letlash (Ngoma Push Edit)

12 Soul Jazz Orchestra – Mugambi

13 Soul Jazz Orchestra – The Blind Leading the Blind

14 Ebo Taylor Jr. – Children Don’t Cry

15 Gabo Brown & Orchestre Poly Rythmo – It’s A Vanity

16 Antoine Dougbé & Orchestre Poly Rythmo – Ya Mi Ton

17 L. Barrabas – Tabou For The People (Sofrito Edit)

18 Candido – Jingo

19 Nacho Patrol – Africa Space Program (Ngoma Hardhouse Edit)

20 Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu – Global Party

21 Soul Ascendants – Tribute

22 Cesaria Evora – Nho Antone Escade

23 Manu Dibango – Ceddo End Title

24 Fela Outro / Tony Allen – Push Your Mind (Break Beat Remix)

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