Gilles Peterson Worldwide - World Cup 2010 Edition

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium - Port Elizabeth, South Africa

One of my all time favorite djs - Gilles Peterson, has a show on BBC Radio1 called Worldwide. He's a huge football fan and came up with the brilliant idea of doing a show with a World Cup theme. It's a creative soundclash that matches up music from 32 different countries based on the preliminary stages of FIFA's official bracket. Two parts, two hours, 32 teams, and 32 tracks to represent each team/country.

GP World Cup Edition Pt 1

GP World Cup Edition Pt 2

Group A:

South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay & France

DJ Mujava - Pleaze Mugwanti (N.E.W.S)
Mexican Industry Of Sound - Bittersweet Symphony (National Records)
Opa - Montivideo (Milestone)
Roce - Si Peu Comprennent (White)

Group B:

South Korea, Greece, Argentina & Nigeria

Epik High - Map The Soul (Map The Soul)
Eleni Karaindrou - Tou Vals Tou Gamou (ECM)
Gotan Project - De Hombre A Hombre (Ya Basta)
Nneka - The Uncomfortable Truth (Yo Mama’s Recordings)

Group C:

England, USA, Algeria & Slovenia

Zed Bias - Blaow Featuring Rodney P (White)
Tom Waits - Diamonds On My Windshield (Asylum Records)

Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui - N'sel Fink (Earthworks)
Murat - Tko To Gre (White)

Group D:

Australia, Germany, Ghana & Serbia

The Raah Project - Will You Be There (Summer Dawn)

The White Field Brothers - Safari Strut (Now - Again)

The Cutlass Dance Band - Hwehwe Mu Yi Mpena (Sound Way)

Gramaphonedize - Why Don’t You (Positivia / Virgin)

Group E:

Holland, Denmark, Cameroon & Japan

The Opposites - Broodje Bakpao (Top Notch)
Quadron- Average Fruit (A:Larm)
Manu Dibango - New Bell (Atlantic)

Soil & Pimp- Popcorn (Brownswood )

Group F:

Paraguay, Italy, Slovakia & New Zealand

Ripe Banana Skins - Estar Vivo (Asunzionvirtualmusique)
Raphael Gualazzi - Reality (White)
Oscar Rozsa - Barflies Pendulum (White)

Electric Wire Hustle - They Don't Want (Wonderful Noise)

Group G:

Ivory Coast, Portugal, Brazil & North Korea

Dobet Gnahore - Djiguene (Cumbancha)
Burka Som Sistema - Yah (Modular)
Caetano Beloso - A Cor Amarela (Universal)

Kuktan Arirang – Arirang (White Label)

Group H:

Switzerland, Chile, Spain & Honduras

Rolf Lieberman & George Gruntz - Les Echanges (Turicaphon)
Ricardo Villalobos - The Contempt (Playhouse)
Ketama Y Toumani Diabate - Caramelo (Nuevos Medios)

Lunga Centeno - Finra (White)

Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Rustenburg, South Africa

Hutchy - Welcome to the World Cup (2010)

Welcome to the World Cup - Hutchy

Welcome to the Dub - Hutchy

Thankfully I ran into Hutchy yesterday right after the England - USA game at Patty Boom Boom. He happened to have an extra copy of his new single, Welcome to the World Cup. Good timing, good single. When I asked him if I could post it here, I got an emphatic yes, so here it is.

Amadou and Mariam - La Fête au Village (2005)

This is a great tune by Amadou and Mariam, a duo from Mali who met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind. They married in 1980 and began to do a lot of performing. This song is from their 2005 album Dimanche a Bamako. Also be sure to check out this music video from their latest album.

La Fête au Village - Amadou and Mariam

Masitéladi - Amadou and Mariam

Amadou et Mariam Feat. M - Masitéladi (directors' cut) from laurent Gillot on Vimeo.

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask (1979)

Behind the Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra

Solid State Survivor was the second album from the Japanese electropop band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and has one of their most well-known songs: Behind the Mask. This song was covered a few times. Once by Greg Phillinganes, who later joined Eric Clapton's band. Eric Clapton also covered the song in the mid-eighties and even performed it with Phil Collins on drums in 1986 or 1987.

Greg Phillinganes - Behind the Mask

Cabo Parano - Martin Solveig feat. Stephy Haik

Martin Solveig feat Stephy Haik - Cabo Parano

This song samples the Alhaji K. Frimpong track and the result is a feel good, summertime dance tune. This is a true winner sung by Martin Solveig and Stephy Haik. Martin Solveig is a french producer and dj who got his big break being asked to join the Africanism project by Bob Sinclair in the late nineties. Stephy Haik was born in France, raised in New York. I'm not sure how they initially connected, but they have worked on several songs together.

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu

I can't remember who hooked me up with this track, but I'm hoping they don't mind me sharing. This is a beautiful piece of music that was very well sampled by Martin Solveig. I will post that track soon. Thanks to Awesome Tapes from Africa, I found this other amazing Frimpong track while researching this artist. Alhaji K. Frimpong is a Ghanaian highlife artist. I was unable to find much valuable information on him, so I'll leave it at that.

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu

Alhaji K. Frimpong - Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache

image courtesy of funky 16 corners

Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Hihache

I was talking to my friend Mike over email one day and he brought up Hihache in passing and I didn't know what he was talking about. He was kind enough to send it my way with permission to share. Of course I had in fact heard this before, but didn't know the track title or artist. The Lafayette Afro Rock Band came out of Roosevelt Long Island in 1970, but moved to Paris where they felt they'd better stand out and found their niche in the Barbès district where americans tended to hang out. They put out Soul Makossa in 1974 after changing guitarists. This was one of the stand out tracks on that album, that's been sampled many times.

Godwin Omabuwa & His Cassanova Dandies - Lovumi Do

This track was also supplied by a friend of mine and while researching Godwin Omabuwa & His Cassanova Dandies in order to have a little information to share, I read accounts of the band playing calypso and highlife in nightclubs in Lagos. Though many a club was packed, their music often merely served as a backdrop for "men and women who danced and struck love dates at the expense of the music." That doesnt' sound half bad to me. Anyhow, Godwin Omabuwa & His Cassanova Dandies, have turned up on some Nigerian and afrobeat comps over the past several years, including Nigeria Afrobeat Special: the New Explosive Sound in 1970's Nigeria, released February, 2010. This song, Lovumi Do is from the Olitubutubu LP from 1978 on Ekotse Records. Produced by Bawo Metsaharun.

Godwin Omabuwa & His Cassanova Dandies - Lovumi Do

Oluko Imo ft Fela and Femi Anikulapo Kuti - Were Oju Le (Eyes Are Getting Red)

Yes, it's been a while, but I recently got a few great tracks from a friend which I intend to post in the near future. Here's one of them: Oluko Imu's 1988 release on Arigidi Records. Aside from being a great example of where afrobeat was going just after its heyday and just before the house community's discovery, it is also one of the few - if only - records to include both Fela and Femi.

Oluko Imo ft Fela and Femi Anikulapo Kuti - Were Oju Le