PUNK IN AFRICA offical selections mixed by DJ Zhao

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zhao

there are no accidents
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In the era of branded lifestyle packaging, still sometimes something happens which makes us question our ideas of who makes/listens to what, what that means, how this informs the construction of social identity, whose values are projected by which aesthetic, and which “genres” are assigned to what class and ethnic group. I think the release of this film may be one of those times, and i hope this mix is one of those things, demonstrating the connectedness between Rock and Roll and its African roots, between power chords and dance beats, between decades past and today, between defiant youth in London and defiant youth in Zimbabwe – and that the same rhythmic blood and spirit of revolt runs in all of our veins.

This mix includes exclusive mashups and re-edits, and goes from Punk to heavily Africanized Rebel Rock to Post-Punk, Dance-Punk, Political Dub, Punk Step, 60s Afro-Garage Techno, Bass Music and beyond, features remixes of Congotronics and a couple of tunes not from the motherland, but surely in keeping with the Afro-Punk spirit.

http://soundcloud.com/punk-in-africa/punk-in-africa-official

01 [South Africa] National Wake – Black Punk Rockers
02 [South Africa] National Wake – Mercenaries
03 [South Africa] KOOS – Is Jy N Moegoe
04 [South Africa] National Wake – Dreams In My Head
05 [Zimbabwe] Chikwata 263 – Dudumduri
06 [South Africa] Dread Warriors – Xighangu Xamina
07 [South Africa] National Wake – Tchindi (live]
08 [UK] Andy Moor – From E to F + Pinch – Warlord
09 [South Africa] Kalahari Surfers – Don’t Dance (live) + Bass Boy – Stamp
10 [DR Congo] Docteur Nico & African Fiesta – Save Me
11 [Mozambique] 340ML – Shotgun (Zhao Fix)
12 [Zimbabwe] Evicted – Mapurisa (Remix)
13 [Zimbabwe] Chikwata 263 – In the Jungle
14 [South Africa] National Wake ft. Warrick Sony –Bolina (Kalahari Mix) + Cyrus – Manhatten Blues
15 [UK] Andy Moor – Ella Speed + Unknown
16 [DR Congo] Kasai Allstars – The Incident At Mbuji-Mayi (Bass Clef Remix)
17 [DR Congo] Kasai Allstars – Mukuba Special (Shackleton Remix)
18 [France / UK] DJ Rupture & Andy Moor – Broken Minded
19 [South Africa] Powerage – Waiting For the War
20 [South Africa] Powerage – Freedom + FilthyBeatz – Bounced
21 [Angola] Acromaniacos – unknown
22 [South Africa] KOOS – Ek Is My Dilemma
23 [South Africa] Fuzigish – Burn the Fucking House Down
24 [South Africa] Wild Youth – All Messed Up
25 [South Africa] Wild Youth – Wot About Me
26 [Tanzania] Jagwa Sound System – Watu na Maisha Yao
27 [South Africa] A-Cads – Down The Road
28 [South Africa] The Dynamics – Garlic Baloney

DJ Zhao:
http://listn.to/djzhao
http://soundcloud.com/djzhao
http://www.mixcloud.com/djzhao/
http://ngomasound.wordpress.com/

Punk In Africa:
http://www.punkinafrica.co.za
http://www.facebook.com/PunkInAfrica
 
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muser

Well-known member
niceone looking forward to checking this this eve! I was pleasently suprised when I found a honest johns "Zulu garage" album, thinking it might be some kwaito comp, great stuff.
 
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zhao

there are no accidents
muser said:
niceone looking forward to checking this this eve! I was pleasently suprised when I found a honest johns "Zulu garage" album, thinking it might be some kwaito comp, great stuff.
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yeah there were little known garage rock scenes all over Africa in the 60s. apparently. as i've found out through doing this.

for instance: 10 [DR Congo] Docteur Nico & African Fiesta – Save Me

i had no idea that this Soukous legend ever did anything of the sort!
 
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padraig (u.s.)

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
know we don't always see eye to eye on things but really, zhao, big look for this one. I'm really only familiar with the hxc/punk side of this (have an old Power Age 7" kicking around somewhere). a couple other old SA bands that you may or many not already be familiar with are Warspike + Screaming Foetus. Warspike were also from Durban + I believe shared members w/Wild Youth, guys from both later went on to form Power Age. it's really excellent stuff, in a Disorder vein, very lo-fi + blown out. here are a couple songs on YT:

Terrorist
Hiroshima

also on a related note here is a link to some stuff about African metal that you might find interesting
 
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zhao

there are no accidents
thanks for the links dude.

good stuff for sure.

however i do wish there was more musical overlap, like power chords with polyrhythms!
i guess things like Cut Hands is trying to do that...

i was recently saying to someone that in the face of such extreme corruption and injustice, how amazing it is that African music is so often sublimely sweet and joyous. and he said that that is "part of the problem" -- that there is not enough anger. i never really thought of it like that before... and still not sure how to think about it.

because ultimately, and it may sound cheesy, but love of course is still the real revolutionary power.
the establishment wants us to be isolated and they fear joy and solidarity.
 
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zhao

there are no accidents
sorry for incoherent half finished generalizations bordering on nonsense. i had 2 hours sleep last night.
 
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comelately

Wild Horses
Anger is a pretty important part of love, though perhaps the most challenging. And there is a difference between joyous and joyful.

Thanks for the mix!
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
You kinda tend to find if people live in really violent places that they dont want to hear angry music. Except in Mexico lol.
 
padraig (u.s.)

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
that ain't quite true tho. hxc punk's been hella popular all over Latin America for a long time. Brazil has always had one the largest, craziest, most militant scenes in the world. + a bunch of those scenes developed under military dictatorships (Brazil, Chile, Argentina) or other repressive regimes (Mexico under the PRI). metal's also HUGE in Latin America (black metal actually began as much in Brazil + Colombia as it did in Norway + Sweden). a lot of reggae was/is hella militant. I think the issue is more culture or access to resources or both. here is a good documentary on Latin hxc in + out of the States by the great Martin Sorrondeguy if anyone's interested.

also @zhao yeah I feel what you're saying I have some thoughts but I don't got time right now maybe tomorrow.
 
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zhao

there are no accidents
so i guess many other factors are at play, some or mostly cultural/economic, when it comes to the determinants of musical mood preference in a violent society.

but of course the kind of violence is also different, and how it is contextualized by the shape of a culture, family and community structure, etc., as shaped history...

christ i need some sleep.
 
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