2015 - Dancing at the End of Time Mixtape

Tracks of fancy, persistence and resilience. A random lucky dip of personal favourites from Global Warming to Atlantis and beyond...including amongst others:
Lenine - Castanho

Wodem - Mowa

Matthew Halsall - Longshan Temple

Bassekous Kouyate and Ngoni Ba - Bassekouni

Amadou Balake - Naaba

Orchestre du Boabab -Ma Penda

Dieuf Dieul de Thues - Jirim

Mara Toure - Lamento Cubano

Omar Souleyman - Leil El Bareh

Mbongwana Star - Suzanna

Arthur Russell - Hiding Your Present from You

Franciso - Wache

Out of Addis - Yisare Hinena

Mamman Sani - Samari Da Yan Matan

John Grant - Global Warming

Kamasi washington - The Rhythm Changes

John Zorn - Atlantis

Mary Afi Usuah - Ima Mma Uyem

Greg Foat - Dancers at teh End of Time

Sacri Cuori - La Marabina

Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - Abeni

Marcus Miller - We Were There

Tribo Massahi - Madrugada

Enjoy the holidays! All the best for 2016!

Download link: MF

Moonbeats over 2013 mixtape

So here we go with some of the favourites from 2013 that got stuck in my head over the past 12 months....enjoy!

Zephyr - Rodion G.A.

Adjinon We - Danialou Sagbohan

Safar - Hassan Shamaizadeh

Piya Tu Ab To Aaja - Kumar Sanu

Malam Joget - Orkes Melayu Bulan Purnama

WÅ„Åòrewan Am_ÉŒÅÇulle - Elias Tebabel

Hayeelin - Dur-Dur Band

Sina Raha - Hafusa Abasi & Slim Ali with The Yahoos Band

Ne me fatigue pas - Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba

Onsta La Yerbita - Los Destellos

w.e.l.f.a.r.e. - antonio castro

Moonbeams - Brenda Ray

Come Holy Spirit - God's Band

Ah, Music - Vinny Roma

Get it here: RS / ZS 

Celebrating Sathima - Matsuli plays the Mahogany Room

One more time! The DJ set I played at Future Nostalgia to celebrate Sathima Bea Benjamin's African Songbird reissue.

Enjoy!
Rapidshare / Mixcloud

Afrofunk 45s in London for Muxima

This Friday I'll be spinning some popular afrofunk tunes in London mixed up with some classic mbaqanga, jit, rumba and South African jazz. The event is Muxima's 1st Birthday Party and full details are available via Facebook. So if you happen to be around come down and join the party. The mix is available here for download or via Mixcloud if you have bandwidth to spare.
ENJOY
ZS / RS