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A Zamrock Primer – and more: Egon on RBMA Radio

You probably missed Egon’s Fireside Chat on RBMA Radio earlier this year. Recorded while Egon (seen above with the BBC’s Benji B) moderated at the 2010 Red Bull Music Academy in London, this set offers an excellent introduction to our Dark Sunrise anthology, gives a larger overview of Zambia’s Zamrock scene, and also offers a sneak peak at our forthcoming anthologies that dig into Indonesian prog, Iranian psychedelia, Nigerian fuzz-funk, beat-heavy American ballads, and gives an inside look into the process of working with the likes of Madlib and Oh No on albums like Beat Konducta in Africa and Ethiopium.

Rappcats is now offering an exclusive pre-sale of this anthology; it is out everywhere good music is sold on 11.23.10.

Buy: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya Dark Sunrise on 3LP, 2CD and Digital at Rappcats
Download: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya “Dark Sunrise.”

“Dark Sunrise” Pre-Sale (And Grab A Free MP3!)…

Following our reissue of three essential albums (WITCH’s Introduction and Lazy Bones and Amanaz’s Africa) from the genre, we finally present our Dark Sunrise, an anthology of Zambian “Zamrock” godfather Rikki Ililonga and his groundbreaking band Musi-O-Tunya.

The anthology surveys Musi-O-Tunya’s rarely heard 7″ singles – not just the first psychedelic rock music, but the first pop music independently released in Zambia – their debut album Wings of Africa and follows Ililonga’s solo career in its first stages, with his Zambia and Sunshine Love albums.

Buy: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya Dark Sunrise at Rappcats
Download: Rikki Ililonga and Musi-O-Tunya “Dark Sunrise.”

Egon’s Stone Cold Psychedelic Soul (Stones Throw Podcast Archive).

Egon’s Stone Cold Psychedelic Soul podcast – a mix around a series of psychedelic ballads and otherwise funky dirge-like songs when Now-Again released Amnesty’s Free Your Mind album in 2007 – is back up at Stones Throw.

We’ve heard Egon’s Turkish Funk podcast is next – but that we cannot yet verify. Stay tuned!

Stone Cold Psychedelic Soul Tracklist:

01. Battered Ornaments “Crosswords & Safety Pins”
02. Lee Moses “Hey Joe”
03. Lee Moses “California Dreaming”
04. Stone Coal White “Free”
05. Stone Coal White “Stone Coal White”
06. Stone Coal White “You Know”
07. Smithstonian “Just Sittin'”
08. Timothy McNealy “Sagittarius Black”
09. Fifty Foot Hose “If Not This Time”
11. Agape – Rejoice
12. East of Underground “If There’s a Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go”
13. The Battered Ornaments “Smoke Rings”

Seu Jorge and Almaz EU Tour 2010: Tomorrow and Friday in Portugal

You saw the pictures of Seu Jorge and Almaz playing to 1500 in London this past Sunday, you know they’re in Spain tonight, and tomorrow and Friday they’ll be playing in Oporto and Lisboa, respectively. (Flyer above.) While you’re there, look for some of the Angolan 45s and LPs we recently broadcast in one of Egon’s Funk Archaeology columns for NPR.

The Seu Jorge and Almaz EU Tour 2010 hits Spain and Switzerland before wrapping in Istanbul next weeknd.

Adventures With Paul White (Stones Throw Podcast)

Our favorite South-London producer – and Purple Brain creator – Paul White hits us with a set of original beats and compositions as Stones Throw’s 62nd (!) podcast.

Coming soon to Stones Throw’s podcast – newness from Dimlite.

Adventures With Paul White Tracklist:

Intro
Wolf City
A New Way
Ancient Treasure ft. Guilty Simpson (Paul White’s Day Off Remix)
The Magic Window
Hype Strings
Future Adventures
Electronic Logos Inc
Mogwai’s Singing Lessons
The Doldrums
The Professor
Nasty Business ft. Tranqill
The Curve
MED ‘Classic’ ft. Talib Kweli (Paul White Remix)
So Far Away
The Pointless Forest
London Town Interlude
King Arthur
Guitar Riff Part IIII
Loopy Tunes Interlude
Run Shit ft. Marv Won
League Under The Sea
We’ll Never End

Link: Paul White’s Stones Throw Podcast.