PASS Paris
Boddhi Satva DJ set
Ancestral Soul selections plus deep house introductions with Émilien Aumard and Bintou Simporé of Radio Nova.
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PASS in Paris: Boddhi Satva
“Ancestral is a word used by many but it’s not something that I created just to sound cool. It is really connected to a higher level of consciousness and spirituality.” Armani Kombot-Naguemon (better known as Boddhi Satva) told Andy Thomas for SHOOK magazine back in 2009. Boddhi Satva’s distinctive music, catalogued as Ancestral Soul, fuses spiritual vibes with central African rhythms (listen close and you’ll hear the rumba in the 4-4). Often on a deep house tip, his productions and DJing …
Moziki na Quartier
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.
PASS in Paris: Kongo Astronauts
Invented in 2013, Kinshasa-based crew, Kongo Astronauts imaginatively step through visual concepts, sounds, texts, space and time. Their urban or rural landings explore the sparcity of terrains along with postcolonial realities and dilemmas. Whether at Zongo Falls, the streets of Kin la Belle, or in music videos by Konono No.1 or Baloji, Kongo Astronauts as SPARCK say: “cannot be pinned down as art, [they] cannot be policed by an art world intimately linked to the structures of power that govern us.” …
Schengen Shegue
PASS in Paris: Bintou Simporé
Bintou Simporé is a radio maestro. A brief roll call of artists who’ve guested on her weekly Néo Géo show on Radio Nova: Fantasma, Habib Koité, Jose James, Julia Sarr, Keziah Jones, Mbongwana Star, Meshell Ndegeocello, Nneka, Ray Lema, Tony Allen… and that’s just in the past two years. Listen through her podcasts for a fuller picture. Digging deeper, her Nova archives also feature gems such a special recorded in 1989 with Miriam Makeba. For PASS in Paris we welcome Bintou to …
Voyage musical avec Ray Lema
Tonight: Ray Lema selecting records and speaking with Bintou Simporé. Merci Vladimir Cagnolari for the conversations on Congolese music with Ray Lema Thursday evening. Stories of guitarist Papy Noel and more… Check the Facebook group and Twitter pages for updates also. Read our profile of Ray Lema here.
PASS in Paris: DJ Mo Laudi
As a DJ, producer and boss of Globalisto Records, Mo Laudi is notorious for his energy and openness to a world of sounds. Upon moving from South Africa to Europe, he established weekly residencies in London and Paris where he specialised in playing house, kwaito and a wide spread of electronic dance music including UK funky, Azonto, kuduru, and trap. For the PASS pop-up in Paris, Mo Laudi will be DJing live.