Feel So Good

Kirk delivering all the best feels on this one.
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Black Soul

Here's an extra special treat for you guys... two freshly ripped tracks from Black Soul's excellent Bingo Fiesta LP! The LP is a goldmine of heavy African disco & funk cuts.

Black Soul - People

Mediafire • Zippyshare • 1976

Black Soul - Dakar Sound

Mediafire • Zippyshare • 1976

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Secret Santa 2012

Hey Jammers, Mike Simonetti has a Christmas present for you: 4 edits of raw African funk, soul & disco. Download them from the Soundcloud player below...


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I'm Ready

Buari im ready whiskey barons rework by whiskey barons

OCD tendencies...

This post turned out to be much more of a hassle than I thought. So I picked up this MCA double 12" promo yesterday. I checked online and found a CD rip of my favorite track, the Mateo & Matos Dub, to post. The file, which came from an official Femi compilation, was faster than the 12" version and had some vocals in it. My rip was 9:10, just like the label said it would be (and I ripped it on 33 with the pitch set to zero), but it was only 115 bpm and sounded odd compared to the 126 bpm cd rip and the vocal version of the same mix. At this point I was pretty annoyed so I tried it on 45 to check, but that sounded totally crazy. So I ripped it at +8 and now it sounds just like Mateo & Matos' other versions. I'll chalk it up to a pain in the ass pressing error. I better play this a lot at Apothecary.

Also, if you're in the Philadelphia area, Femi's playing at World Cafe Live in June.

Femi Kuti - Beng, Beng, Beng (Mateo & Matos Dub)
Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Sabanoh 75

Look what I found in Baltimore - a solid Afro-disco record!

Sabanoh 75 - Dance To Me | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Sabanoh 75 - Gbepeh-Mi | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

Sabanoh 75 - Baba Hausa | Mediafire | YSI | 320 kbps

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