Awesome Tapes From Africa » 90s

Side A Mory Djo Djoliba Kono Defa Wane Side B Matia Hadja Bila Hampate Ba Synth-laden griot brilliance circa 1989 from one of Mali’s crucial vocal goddesses. I used to write this tape off (Trac...

https://awesometapes.com/ami-koita-mory-djoa/

  Side A Diama Lemourou Niame Side B Labankassi Fouroui Kadi Ni Kanouye Siwa Mousso This tape is legendary in my world. By popular demand…(talked about this tape here also). (Excuse the delay ...

https://awesometapes.com/karamoko-keita/

  Face A Pory Sosoly Diadia Kono Face B Danama Nadlanka Fala Nantan I just like this one a lot. Mah Damba is a pretty well known singer from Mali, but the real exciting thing here for me is the ...

https://awesometapes.com/mah-damba/

Face A Nate-Yi Walle Bagne Sabablu Face B Coumba Bakhaw Pass-PAss AK Farlu Darou Khafor Charismatic and tricked out mbalax from a stellar vocalist who has played with crucial Senegalese dynamo Or...

https://awesometapes.com/assane-mboup-nate-yi/

  Face A Walaï Solomani Djombè Ne Gnèsigui Saya Tè Djon Tô Face B Kobê Wati Yé Bê Manken Môgô Lou Go buy this new thing from the new world music arm of Drag City, Yaala Yaala Records: ...

https://awesometapes.com/yoro-diallo-dit-tiekro-bani-vol-1/

Oromo popular music with a lovely cover design. Pretty lofi but the soul is there and this sounds quite distinct from most of the music I heard while in Ethiopia briefly.   Side A Booddeen Salph...

https://awesometapes.com/ilfinash-qannoo-saahilee-dagaagoo-1994/

You won’t find this tape of this mid school South African kwaito on Discogs or almost anywhere else for that matter. I somehow have two copies, been djing a few of these tracks. Shebeens were t...

https://awesometapes.com/the-shebeen-masters-nomoro-ke-yona/

If you’re not familiar, Hawa Drame was a major voice in Mali. Her mother was a griot (Doussou Kone) and she began perfuming a the age of 6. She appeared in National Ensemble Instrumental du Mal...

https://awesometapes.com/hawa-drame/

Mbaqanga and Kwaito and Proto House from 1990s South Africa by Thammi Mdluli a.k.a. Professor Rhythm. He was also formerly part of the legendary band Taboo, among many other projects. Back in Apr...

https://awesometapes.com/professor-rhythm-bafana-bafana/

What’s that? It’s the sound of really good Zulu soul melodies over tight and mellow beats. Someone recently sent me a package of South African pop cassettes and this has been on my home stere...

https://awesometapes.com/nokwazi-thula/