Afro Library

The Afro Groove Library :: The Groove Library Vol. 1

3h 4m

Highlife, Afro-funk, and spiritual jazz in one continuous mix. Roots running deep, groove moving forward.

The first volume of the Afro Groove Library sets out the territory. This is music from the African continent and its diaspora, put together by feel as much as by geography. Highlife sits alongside Afro-funk, spiritual jazz drifts into township soul, and the groove holds it all together. These are records made by people who understood rhythm as a shared language.

There is nothing academic about this selection. The sequence moves the way a good night moves. Things build, things breathe, there are moments of stillness and moments that push you off your chair. The oldest records here have decades on them but none of them sound dated. Good music does not age in the way people expect it to.

Vol. 1 is also a statement of intent. The Afro Groove Library exists because this music deserves more than occasional rediscovery. It deserves a home, proper context, and an audience prepared to sit with it. Three hours in, you begin to understand what that means.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Awa Khiwe – Qoqoqo
  2. 2 Annarella And Django – Degrees Of Freedom
  3. 3 Ahmed Ben Ali – Jara
  4. 4 Ekiti Sound – Chairman (Dub)
  5. 5 Ice – City Beast
  6. 6 Lone Dreamer – Tribute To Afro Brotherz Drum Kulture Records
  7. 7 Super Mama Djombo – Dissan Na M´bera (Suur Di No Pubis) (Daniel Haaksman Edit)
  8. 8 Khaled Al Melody – Jani Bigool
  9. 9 Ck Mann + Carousel 7 – Asafo Beesuon (Daniel Haaksman Edit)
  10. 10 Crackazat – Can't Blame A Soul
  11. 11 Santrofi – Gyae Me How
  12. 12 Tribeqa – Sumu
  13. 13 Sweet Reaction – African Sunrise - Kid Fonque Refix
  14. 14 Bom Nation – The Ideas Of Forbidden Feat. Sirius Rush
  15. 15 Santrofi – Kwabena Amoah
  16. 16 Annarella And Django – Megaphone
  17. 17 Nate Smith – Magic Dance (Feat. Lionel Loueke, Michael League)
  18. 18 Bom Nation – Ngoso Musiki (Original Mix)
  19. 19 Tribeqa – Respire
  20. 20 Santrofi Feat. Arathejay & Kofi Jamar – Making Moves
  21. 21 Ekiti Sound, Debbie Ohiri – Ku Ise
  22. 22 Bom Nation – Sankarani Fever
  23. 23 Francisco Samuel – Keep Pushing (Original Mix)
  24. 24 Dj Said – Bad Belle (Afro Joint Vocal Mix)
  25. 25 Dj Dadaman & Moscow Dollar – Nyoka
  26. 26 Son Palenque – Palengue Palengue
  27. 27 Jess Sah Bi – Loué
  28. 28 Guedra Guedra – Four Lambs
  29. 29 Zig-Zag Band – Mudzimu Mukuru (Great Ancestral Spirit)
  30. 30 Elliot Gumede – Amasoka
  31. 31 Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Fini Les Pavés
  32. 32 Jinjé – Ya Maji
  33. 33 Tidiane Thiam – Néené Africa
  34. 34 Dennis Mpale Feat. Kippie Moketsi – Dennis Groove
  35. 35 Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – L'indomptable Gnonnas Pop
  36. 36 Fuminori Kagajo – No Discussion (Dj Rasoul Mix) (Feat. Adeniji Heavywind)
  37. 37 Azuka Moweta And His Anioma Brothers Band Of Africa – Kamsi Ebinu Ndum (Captain Planet Remix)
  38. 38 L'vovo Derrango – Resista
  39. 39 Cacique'97 – Wasabi
  40. 40 Mc Waraba, Stand High Patrol – Dub Dunia
  41. 41 Dj Said X Cee Elassaad – Fela Is Everything (Eric Kupper Remix)
  42. 42 Dj Mujava – Mugwanti - Sgwejegweje
  43. 43 Heerlens Percussie Ensemble – Spektakel