#na kozonga

[snackpointcharlie]

Starting from the ends of the earth and working our way back it’s Snackpoint Charlie, with more music from elsewhere and beyond to bewitch, bother and bewilder. 10pm every 1st & 3rd Wednesday on WGXC, 90.7-FM for upstate New Yorkers but if you missed this week’s show it’s podcast-ready NOW at the link in the comments below

Snackpoint Charlie - Transmission 120 - 2023.08.02 https://wavefarm.org/wf/archive/vhrgxw [ ^ click for download ^ ]

PLAYLIST

1) Linda Mary Montano - excerpt from WHAT COULD GO WRONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrMDItGXdM

2) Jupiter & Okwess - “Jim Kata” from NA KOZONGA https://jupiterokwess.bandcamp.com/album/na-kozonga

3) The Budos Band - “Crescent Blade” from FRONTIER'S EDGE https://www.diamondwestrecords.com/

4) Tyger Tyger - “The Chase” https://www.tygertygerofficial.com/

(Underbed throughout:) Pinchas Gurevich - “Learning to Balk,” “Plentysparkle”

5) Fayza Ahmed - “(Sono Cairo BSV 69)” https://www.discogs.com/artist/3507048-%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF

6) Ricardo Dias Gomes - “Real News” from FEELING SO FRESH / REAL NEWS https://ricardodiasgomes.bandcamp.com/album/real-news

7) Dengue Fever - “Touch Me Not” from TING MONG https://denguefevermusic.com/

8) Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Serey Sothea - “Yuvachon Yuvatey Samai Tmai (New Generation Youth)” from GROOVE CLUB VOL. 2: CAMBODIA ROCK SPECTACULAR! https://www.discogs.com/release/3835435-Various-Groove-Club-Vol-2-Cambodia-Rock-Spectacular

9) Mukesh - “Diwana Mujh Ko Log Kahen” from MUSIC OF YOUR CHOICE - MOTION PICTURE MUSIC OF INDIA VOL. 4 https://www.discogs.com/release/15244054-Various-Music-Of-Your-Choice-Motion-Picture-Music-Of-India

10) Arthur Verocai - “Flying to LA” from TIMELESS: ARTHUR VEROCAI https://www.discogs.com/master/352012-Arthur-Verocai-Mochilla-Presents-Timeless-Arthur-Verocai

11) Yao Lee - “Life is a Stage” https://www.discogs.com/artist/609720-Yao-Lee https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/arts/music/yao-li-dead.html

12) Koko Koswara - “Badminton” https://www.discogs.com/release/15899233-Koko-Koswara-Badminton-Berju-Leutix

13) Lord Invader - “New York Subway” from THE REAL CALYPSO (1927-1946) https://www.discogs.com/release/6314114-Various-The-Real-Calypso-1927-1946

14) Hussain Marican & Orkes Melayu - “Pertanyaan” from BRAMACHARI https://www.discogs.com/release/14981803-Hussain-Marican-Orkes-Melayu-Bramachari-Usah-Bersedeh https://madrotter-treasure-hunt.blogspot.com/2023/06/hussain-marican-orkes-melayu-bramachari.html

15) Thomassini Juicers - “02 Aug 23” from SOUND PLEASE https://tommasinijuicers.bandcamp.com/

16) O.M. Soneta & Oma Irama & Elvy Sukaesih - “Sampai Pagi” from BEGADANG https://www.discogs.com/release/9705237-Oma-Irama-Elvy-Sukaesih-OM-Soneta-Begadang

17) Linda Mary Montano - excerpt from WHAT COULD GO WRONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrMDItGXdM

18) Black Ox Orkestar - “Mizrakh Mi Ma'arav / East From West / מִןְרַח מִמַּעֲרָב” https://www.discogs.com/release/24215636-Black-Ox-Orkestar-Mizrakh-Mi-Maarav https://jewishcurrents.org/

19) Illusion of Safety - “Waste of Civilization” from ORGAN CHOIR DRONE https://illusionofsafety.bandcamp.com/album/organ-choir-drone with 20) Yvette Mimieux & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - “A Murdered Woman” from BAUDELAIRE'S FLOWERS OF EVIL (LES FLEURS DU MAL) https://www.discogs.com/master/512274-Yvette-Mimieux-Ustad-Ali-Akbar-Khan-Baudelaires-Flowers-Of-Evil-Les-Fleurs-Du-Mal

21) Yanti Bersaudara - “Menuai Padi” from BIMBO GUEST STAR YANTI https://www.discogs.com/release/15820983-Bimbo-14-Iin-Yanti-Bersaudara-Bimbo-Guest-Star-Yanti

22) Linda Mary Montano - excerpt from WHAT COULD GO WRONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKrMDItGXdM

[dustedmagazine]

Jupiter & Okwess — Na Kozonga (Everloving)

Photo by Micky Clément

Jupiter Bokondji has been everywhere and knows everyone. A native of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he spent his teenage years in Berlin where his father was a diplomat, immersing himself in psych, rock, pop and soul in the West, before returning to his birthplace as a near adult to immerse himself in the rich musical traditions of central Africa. Na Kozonga attests to the breadth of his experience and interest; it is as African as can be, but very much a rock album.

Consider, for instance, the cover “Na Kozonga” whose title translates as “Going Home.” It’s a loose cover of the 1973 German pop chestnut, “Hallo Bimmelbahn,” by the band Nighttrain, whose brief career must have been in full swing when Bokondji was enrolled in a Berlin secondary school. It’s a relic of Bokondji’s time away in that sense, and it swaggers with the kind of power-chord punctuated, hands-in-the-air 1970s rock and soul empowerment that Sly and the Family Stone took to its zenith. And yet, though, Bokondji sings most of it in German and hews to the melody laid down by the Huth brothers in the original, the song runs hotter, rougher and altogether more exciting than the original. The surging communal positivity of vocal interplay, the intricate percussion, the Sam & Dave style soul climaxes, the wigged out keyboard solo near the end, all lift it up and away from its source, towards something more exotic and powerful and deeply felt. It’s a song getting off the plane after a long time away, feeling a blast of heat and being undeniably home.

Bokondji works with a broad and diverse array of artists on Na Kozonga, starting with producer Mario Caldato, a Brazilian best known for his work with the Beastie Boys. You imagine that Caldato probably brought in Marcelo D2 for “Telejayi.” Caldato and Rio-based hip hop star have worked together before, honing a blend of rap and samba that mirrors, in a lot of ways, Jupiter & Okwess’ powerful blend of pop rock and African tradition. Likewise Chilean singer and rapper Ana Tijoux, on “Mieux Que Ça” (“Better Than This”) makes perfect sense; she is as fiery and modern and politically engaged as Bokondji himself. (Soul Coughing’s Mike Doughty is a less obvious choice, but it’s a very big tent that Bokondji pitches.)

The best meeting of minds, however, comes late in the album, when the six person Okwess band is augmented by New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band in “Abalegele Gale.” The two bands met at the New Orleans Jazz Festival, got a chance to jam and found something worth pursuing, a squall of Dixieland horns and clarinet that peel off into chaotic joy out of the songs’ very African fluidity, warmth and sway.  It’s a reminder that all music is just that, music, and that bonds can be forged across continents and styles, just by letting things rip.

Jennifer Kelly

[christiankalambaie]

Ba Mpongo

Ba mpongo

Bazali bakeseni - babengami ba mpongo

Ba punbwaka likolo likolo makasi koleka

Ata ko bakiti awa n'a se -

Bango ba bosana ka te - ete bawuta Likolo

ba kozonga likolo

Ref

O o o - ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o - ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

Azali akeseni - mwasi oyo y'a libala

Ye Apumbwaka likolo - n'a misanda likolo koleka

Ata ko akiti awa n'a se -Ye Abosanaka te

Ete aza Mwasi y’a libala - pe akozonga likolo

Ref

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - o o y'a solo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - oo y'a solo

Bazali bakeseni - bango nde baponami

Ba lingaka mozindo - mozindo ya mabombami

Ata ko ba ndimi ba À B C- bango babosanaka te

Ete baza ba mpongo - bako zonga likolo

Ref

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

Azali akeseni - mwasi y'a mokonzi Yesu

Emoniseli azwa - koyeba Position na ye

Ata ko akweyi mwa mukie - akotelema kaka

Po abosana ka te - akozonga likolo

Ref

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - o o y'a solo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - o o y'a solo

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o ba mpongo - o o ba mpongo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - o o y'a solo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - aza mpongo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - o o ya solo

O o o mwasi y'a libala oyo - aza mpongo

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Jupiter & Okwess denuncia os impactos da colonização no videoclipe "You Sold Me A Dream"

Jupiter & Okwess denuncia os impactos da colonização no videoclipe ���You Sold Me A Dream”

A faixa sucede o recente lançamento do EP Bolingo e ambos estarão no próximo disco do grupo congolês, Na Kozonga, em que concentram as referências à música negra em diferentes parcerias “You Sold Me a Dream” é o grito de desilusão ecoado pelos povos de países em desenvolvimento ao enfrentar o impacto que a colonização teve em suas terras. Jupiter & Okwess, originário da República do Congo, se…

[entrepalabrasmx]

Jupiter & Okwess nos presenta su más reciente sencillo Bakunda Ulu. Disponible en todas las plataformas digitales.

El tema es de una fábula tradicional, un dicho sobre la resistencia a la adversidad, la fuerza interna, el empoderamiento individual, y se representa aquí con una tortuga cuyo caparazón está siendo golpeado. Es inquietante en el momento, pero al final es la mano que golpea la que lastimará. La tortuga seguirá moviéndose ilesa.

La talentosa vocalista Maiya Sykes (Black Eyed Peas, Michael Buble, Leona Lewis, Rita Ora, La La Land), lleva la canción con su poderosa voz y mejora la intensidad conmovedora de la canción, acercándola hacia la música gospel o soul. Esta canción es un empoderamiento para las personas que vemos deambulando en Kinshasa, guiados por sus esperanzas a pesar de la dura realidad de la vida. Y son ellos quienes están en el centro del Bakunda Ulu Music Video. Rodada a cámara lenta, Bakunda Ulu lleva esta fuerza espiritual que ayuda a seguir caminando con dignidad, el espíritu de todos aquellos kinshasans que luchan por vivir sin dejar de ser orgullosos. Es un momento fuera de tiempo, elevado por las palabras inspiradoras y motivadoras de Maiya Sykes. Es la banda sonora del magnífico ballet de esperanzas, dolor y resistencia que tiene lugar todos los días en Kinshasa. Bakunda Ulu es el segundo sencillo del álbum "Na Kozonga", construido a lo largo de viajes y encuentros, que se lanzará a principios de 2021.

[impulsetravels]

playlist. 26 august 2020.

the beatconductor - balanço // sweden marcos valle + ali shaheed muhammed + adrain younge - não saia da praça // brasil + bk + el lay captain planet - lagos speedway // el lay + bk anderson .paak - reachin' 2 much (lil'dave re-fix) // el lay + philly daz-i-kue + colonel red - rockstone (soon come) // uk + sweden lal - dancing the same (nu-era vs. somatik remix) // toronto + west ldn nsm - love, speed, movement // west ldn dj mOma - abeg abeg // nyc + zanzibar fireboy dml - scatter // nigeria vusi mahlasela - unomeva // south africa jupiter + okwess - na kozonga // democratic republic of congo nubya garcia + ms. maurice + cassie kinoshi + richie selvwright - stand with each other // uk kamaal williams - one more time // ldn tony allen + hugh masekela - never (lagos never gonna be the same) // nigeria + france + south africa dzihan and kamien - 99 // vienna mo'ju + clams casino - put it on hold // australia + jersey rima - this world (2000black remix) // west ldn sly5thave + marlon craft - more or less // pflugerville + el lay + nyc bryony jarman-pinto - emerge (fish factory session) // ldn tall black guy - we rollin' for you // detroit james bks + idris elba + q-tip + little simz - new breed // uk + qns the diplomats - i'm ready // harlem the diplomats - crunk muzik // harlem the diplomats - more than music // harlem m.o.p. + jay-z - u don't know (remix) // bk » LISTEN «

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playlist. 15 july 2020.

fertile ground - take me higher (waiwan remix) // atl + kingston up hull djds + tory lanez + rema - simple things // el lay + brampton + barbados + curaçao + nigeria burna boy - wonderful // nigeria captain planet + kongo elektro + thornato - body yako // el lay + bk + qns + cape town medikal + shatta wale + fella makafui - omo ada (dem sleep) // ghana keleketla! - shephard song // joburg juls + miraa may + donae'o - blessed // ldn + ghana + algeria jayda g - are u down (remix) // vancouver + berlin maverick sabre + jorja smith - slow down (vintage culture + slow motion edit) // uk + brasil sault - let me go // uk pnau - baby (breakbot remix) // sydney + france dkvpz + ellah + branko - lunar // são paolo + portugal j-felix + afua - give me some of that (titeknots remix) // bristol + ldn afriquoi - sam sam // ldn + zimbabwe kearl - new visions // ldn + cardiff reel people + angela johnson - in the sun // uk louie vega + the eol band - aphrodite // nyc moses boyd - shades of you // uk jupiter + okwess - na kozonga // kinshasa khruangbin - pelota // hustle town + thailand money chica - ponte loca // atx sly5thave + marlon craft - more or less // pflugerville + el lay + nyc sampa the great - freedom // sydney + zambia » LISTEN «