Lets see some love for Afro-Beat/Afro-Groove

[Skywalker83]

Anyone else reeeeaaalllly into this type of stuff? It's really taken a hold on me the past few years since i really got back into bass playing. I'm listening to this type of stuff alll the time.
My dream is to get an afro groove type band together (but what are the chances in Finland.....)
a great example here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlUFr...eature=related

Great muted p-bass like tone, and a really simple yet so effective groove.

So if your a lover of this type of stuff, lets here it.

[Dr. Cheese]

Here's a classic, "Zombie" by Fela:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgewcFh-cg

[bass12]

My ex-band once had the pleasure of opening for Manu Dibango - one of the fathers of African funk. As far as Fela is concerned, my favourite of his is probably "Let's Start" (with, funnily enough, Ginger Baker on drums). If you want to check out something wild, find some stuff by Les Têtes Brulées from Camaroon. Not all of it is funky, but man can those guys tear the roof off! There is so much great African music out there that goes unheard by the average listener and it's too bad. Anyway, lots of love here!

[Clark Dark]

check out some :
Koffi Olimide, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS9_cTLJZuA
Awilo Longomba, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT-Rl6WhAQ0
Djouna, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBQITX5csO4
this is just three examples of Lingala...there's so much more

listen to these bassists,
Ngouma Lokito, Jean Louis, Faustino Ngoita..Awilo Longomba
Manu Lima, Noel Assolo, and Binda Bass, Koffi also plays bass
Godessy Lofombo, plays for Djouna

yeah Ginger Baker was the drummer on Zombie too

[One Drop]

Check out the 'Discothèque' stuff:

http://www.parisdjs.com/index.php/po...cotheque-Years

And 'Ethiopiques':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopiques

Not necessarily strictly Afrobeat, but amazing popular music from the era, usually very funky indeed.

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by Skywalker83

Anyone else reeeeaaalllly into this type of stuff? It's really taken a hold on me the past few years since i really got back into bass playing. I'm listening to this type of stuff alll the time.
My dream is to get an afro groove type band together (but what are the chances in Finland.....)
a great example here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlUFr...eature=related

Great muted p-bass like tone, and a really simple yet so effective groove.

So if your a lover of this type of stuff, lets here it.

did you know that song you linked is "sexual healing" originally by Marvin Gaye ?

[bass12]

Nice suggestions, One Drop. Here's one from Manu:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2CgvK5oWz4

And a nasty little groove from CK Mann:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HcR4B7Ovv8

Finally, a taste of Camaroonian bikutsi with Les Têtes Brulées:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KPTU...eature=related

[Bochafish]

Here is a short clip of me subbing in for my friends afrobeat band. They tour all over the country, very fun shows.

BTW, I am playing my Stingray, which is kinda weird because you expect the p-bass tone for the genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-5NDKFatc

[Kwesi]

Originally Posted by Clark Dark

did you know that song you linked is "sexual healing" originally by Marvin Gaye ?

Yea, I was wondering about that too. In addition the song itself doesn't really have much of an Afro-beat groove to it either.

Sixun is great fusion band that incorporates a lot of african influenced instrumentation and song elements so you might want to check them out too. Here's a video of them playing "State Street" from the album Lunatic Taxi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9ZiTONWKc

[Clark Dark]

Ladysmith Black Mambazo with Bakhiti Kumalo is another example, even the stuff with Paul Simon

[Planet Boulder]

King Sunny Ade - the King of JuJu!

[Clark Dark]

Skywalker83 and One Drop, since you're already in Europe maybe you can go see Awilo and many more Soukous artists in Paris on the 18th October

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by Bochafish

Here is a short clip of me subbing in for my friends afrobeat band. They tour all over the country, very fun shows.

BTW, I am playing my Stingray, which is kinda weird because you expect the p-bass tone for the genre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-5NDKFatc

Binda Bass plays a BC Rich Warlord : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3kXL_OykFU , and I've also seen him on video playing what seems like a headless Steinberger

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by Skywalker83

Anyone else reeeeaaalllly into this type of stuff? It's really taken a hold on me the past few years since i really got back into bass playing. I'm listening to this type of stuff alll the time.
My dream is to get an afro groove type band together (but what are the chances in Finland.....)
a great example here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlUFr...eature=related

Great muted p-bass like tone, and a really simple yet so effective groove.

So if your a lover of this type of stuff, lets here it.

keep your dream alive. I'm sure there are drummers who can do a 2 against 3 and other cross rythyms which you can bounce off. as long as the music is good, they will come

[MixBass]

For a cool spin on this stuff look for "Cravo e Canela", which is a Nasciemento tune redone by IG Culture with Bembe Segue. IG is one of the fathers of the British broken beat trip and did a very cool afro/funk/dance treatment on it. You can get it on Itunes and if you like this stuff it's worth every pennie.
And there's another cool treatment of" Zombie" on a "Red hot +riot CD by Bugz in the Attic. It seems there are some cool London producers working this genre.
For a more trad approach Femi Kuti and Toni Allen are cool too.
I love Les Tetes Brulees though I wouldn't put them in the afrobeat zone. If you dig the Bikutsi there's a great band from Madagascar, Jaojoby, who do a style called salegy, which is VERY similar to bikutsi. Where the one is, if you can get there, will make your head spin.

[Rick Moors]

Great thread, I just posted about Michel Alibo in the "Recordings" thread. He may be the most recorded African bassist, although he's from the Island of Martinique. Check out his work at 19 years old with Salif Keita ("Soro"), impeccable. Although he's more into a funk/fusion thing now (Sixun, as mentioned above), his older African stuff remains a benchmark to me - Jamerson like grooves, Jaco-like chops. He picked up a bass at 15, toured for a year with Manu Dibango a year later, and at 17 began his career as perhaps the busiest session bassist in Paris, playing on over 300 African and Caribbean records in the 80's alone.

Check him out: http://www.myspace.com/michelalibo

Thanks, I'm a newbie and African music fan, so it's great to see this thread.

http://www.thebonedaddys.com
http://www.myspace.com/conjuntojardin
http://www.myspace.com/rickmoorsmusic

[bass12]

Originally Posted by MixBass

For a cool spin on this stuff look for "Cravo e Canela", which is a Nasciemento tune redone by IG Culture with Bembe Segue. IG is one of the fathers of the British broken beat trip and did a very cool afro/funk/dance treatment on it. You can get it on Itunes and if you like this stuff it's worth every pennie.
And there's another cool treatment of" Zombie" on a "Red hot +riot CD by Bugz in the Attic. It seems there are some cool London producers working this genre.
For a more trad approach Femi Kuti and Toni Allen are cool too.
I love Les Tetes Brulees though I wouldn't put them in the afrobeat zone. If you dig the Bikutsi there's a great band from Madagascar, Jaojoby, who do a style called salegy, which is VERY similar to bikutsi. Where the one is, if you can get there, will make your head spin.

Les Têtes Brulées are definitely not afrobeat, I just think they're kind of funky.

[kesslari]

Toure Kunda, a favorite band of mine, from Senegal.
em'ma - Afro Reggae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9N63MbRVw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRq8m...8F2DA&index=20

and a cover of their song Salya - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONZVq...eature=related

[Clark Dark]

Originally Posted by MixBass

For a cool spin on this stuff look for "Cravo e Canela", which is a Nasciemento tune redone by IG Culture with Bembe Segue. IG is one of the fathers of the British broken beat trip and did a very cool afro/funk/dance treatment on it. You can get it on Itunes and if you like this stuff it's worth every pennie.
And there's another cool treatment of" Zombie" on a "Red hot +riot CD by Bugz in the Attic. It seems there are some cool London producers working this genre.
For a more trad approach Femi Kuti and Toni Allen are cool too.
I love Les Tetes Brulees though I wouldn't put them in the afrobeat zone. If you dig the Bikutsi there's a great band from Madagascar, Jaojoby, who do a style called salegy, which is VERY similar to bikutsi. Where the one is, if you can get there, will make your head spin.

thanks for your post, most of my favorite music has been soukous from Zaire/Congo but I feel this Bikutsi. As you say the one is elusive hence my earlier reply to the OP about getting with a drummer who's into polyrythyms. here is a Bikutsi link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNuHpo-hH2k , it kinda feels like a 6/8 against a 2/3

My penchant for soukous stems from every song gives you like 3 basslines within the same song, the grooves and tempos move fluidly. the guys that cut with Djouna, Awilo and Koffi really have that trad thing together. IMO

[One Drop]

Originally Posted by Clark Dark

Skywalker83 and One Drop, since you're already in Europe maybe you can go see Awilo and many more Soukous artists in Paris on the 18th October

Thank's for the heads up.

Can't do it this time around, but I'll keep my eyes open for the future.

My brother has a few thousand albums and cassette tapes worth on a hard drive- he's been collecting for decades, can't wait to copy them over to myself!

I was lucky enough to spend a week at the home of Mahmoud Guinea and his family in Morocco a few years ago, during the Gnawa festival. He took me to a midnight Lila that has to be one of the most powerful musical experiences of my life. That is some seriously deep music with some very long roots.