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Afrobeat is a sound and a movement, music and a state of mind. It's the joyous awakening of a continent from a colonial nightmare and the crushing realization that the nightmare isn't over yet, anguish and happiness whipped together with traditional drums, cheap guitars, and even cheaper amps.Afrobeat is a term with no solid definition, like punk, rock, or soul, although it may be all three of those things. No one knows who first used the word, but as far as history is concerned, it belongs to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late Nigerian giant through whom any understanding of the sound of 1970s Africa must pass. In the most limited sense, you could say that Afrobeat is the cinematic, polyrhythmic, symphonic funk sound that Fela developed with superhuman drummer Tony Allen, but it's much more than that. It's not the easiest music to fall deeply in love with, in part because it comes from a place most Westerners aren't close to understanding, a continent obscured by our misconceptions, prejudices, and expectations of "world music." The other difficulties are more practical: The most fertile period for African funk, soul, rock, and jazz lasted from 1965 to 1982,a time of great upheaval in Africa, and much of this music wasn't recorded. Of that which was put to tape, if the masters still exist, they're likely significantly degraded by decades of neglect.

For what has been recovered, distribution can be spotty, and the shop that has two things you're looking for is usually missing four other things you want to check out. Compilers of these sounds must track down the musicians, hunt out masters in forgotten, crumbling pressing plants, and sift through bins of scratched, dusty vinyl in the markets of Accra, Conakry, and Lagos looking for the lost slab of brilliant funk or the 45 with the highlife A-side and the totally unexpected fuzz-rock B-side.

There is a Afro beat mix at thebottom.This mix has mostly music produced in Africa but is 100% African theme based.Would keep you moving and into the beat, giving you a taste of those African drums featuring guys like every-ones favourite Afro man Manu Dibango. Give some feedback on the mix and thanks for listening. The shows are free however if you can donate, the money will be put back into future shows, the Paypal link under my picture on the right hand side of the page!Leave a comment,send it to your friends,become a fan and thanks for listening.

http://j2m.podomatic.com/entry/2008-...08_18_40-08_00