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something(s) about John Coltrane
Tune in to the stream through today into the night for odes to Trane. Happy birthday.
Category: News, Pass Radio
Tags: Alice Coltrane, Bugz Bayfield, DJ Mighty, Jitsvinger, Texito Langa
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Kongo Music, African Pop Music with Binetou Sylla
C’est soir: Binetou Sylla avec the producer Charles Tabu, singer Lodia H2O, and Charlotte Kalala. Discussing Koffi Olomide and and and… Final hour live of PASS Pop-Up in Paris. Lock in for the finale. Still time to ndombolo. Friday featured a stack of Syllart records and some with Binetou Sylla guiding us from Paris-Kinshasa-Baranquilla with Yondo Syster from Soukous Star, guitarist Dally Kimoko and DJ Yannick Do. Thursday’s focus: Congolese rumba. History lessons avec Nico, Franco, Tabu Ley and co. DJ, broadcaster, label-boss Binetou Sylla …
Category: Pass Blog, Pass Radio
Tags: Binetou Sylla, Congo, Congolese Sounds, PASS Paris, Syllart Records
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Afrikadaa: Silence Break On Air
Do not adjust your stream. Afrikadaa are at the controls. Joining Pascale Obolo tonight: Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Michele Magema, Compagnie BonneEnfant and DJ Reyz (aka Dudley Slang). Merci Christiane Prince, Claude Grunitzky, Lord Eraze and all who’ve contributed so far. More on Afrikadaa’s journal and various goings-on here.
Boddhi Satva DJ set
Moziki na Quartier
Baloji and Dizzy Mandjeku
Discussions and improvisations between Baloji and guitar legend Dizzy Mandjeku. Next up: the final chapter of Moziki na Quartier.
Category: Pass Blog, Pass Radio
Tags: Baloji, Congo, Congolese Sounds, Dizzy Mandjeku, TPOK Jazz
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Kongofuturisme: Mega Mingiedi, Kongo Astronauts, Bebson de la Rue and Trionyx
Kinshasa-Paris-other worlds… Dominque Malaquais on Mega Mingiedi: “How, precisely, to characterise Mingiedi’s production is a conundrum. A discombobulating mix of graphic poetry, collage, architectural drawing and cartography – part sketch, part comic strip, and part lovingly detailed account of over-arching urban vistas and tiny street-corner details – it defies categories.” (from African Cities Reader II) Artwork: Kin Délestage by Mega Mingiedi. Read Kongo Astronauts profile here.
