SOUL UNLIMITED Radioshow 629

The musical journey of this episode starts in Africa and takes us via the Middle East to the Western world.
The first album presentation comes from Santrofi from Ghana. On their new album “Making Moves”, the band stays true to their course and continues to work on the renewal of Highlife, Ghana’s most important music genre. With this fantastic album, the band stands out from the current trend of synthesizing African pop music in a remarkably pleasant way.

Also from Ghana is Florence Adooni, who with “A.O.E.I.U.” – An Ordinary Excercise In Unity – her debut album for Philophon. It is an Afro-futuristic highlife odyssey that is both a step into the future of highlife and deeply rooted in the rich traditions of Ghanaian Fra Fra culture. It is a bold fusion of ancient rhythms and avant-garde grooves. Very big class!
Four years after their debut, the Satellites are back with the album “Aylar”. The band from Tel Aviv has now expanded to a sextet and Rotem Bahar has joined the band as singer and front woman. The band has further refined its Anatolian psychedelic soul sound and the album shines with great songs. Highly recommended!

The album of the week comes from Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek. The Berlin-based band recently moved to the New York label Big Crown Records. Label boss Leon Michaels produced the album “Yarin Yoksa” and also played on various instruments. Derya Yildirim’s German-Turkish roots are reflected in the band’s psychedelic soul sound, which is strongly influenced by Anatolian music, as are the South African and French roots of the other band members. They describe themselves as “outernational”, as this describes their sound more comprehensively or across borders. With the songs on their new album, Derya Yildirim and her band have succeeded in creating a unique and absolutely fresh-sounding work. Great!

The Collegde Of Knowledge in Melbourne is an Australian independent soul label in whose environment a number of very interesting bands have emerged. After Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, the Pro-Teens are another band from this environment who are now at the start with an exciting album. Under the direction of Hudson Whitlock, the drummer from Surprise Chef and Karate Boogaloo, the Pro-Teens have taken on the work of hip-hop legend MF Doom and recorded it on their album “MF Teen: Your Concurrence In Above Is Assumed”, the Pro-Teens have created versions of some of his tracks in their idiosyncratic instrumental soul sound. I think the result is original and quite successful. An album that makes you happy!

Finally, I would like to introduce you to Celia Wa’s debut album. On “Fasade”, the artist from Guadeloupe presents us with music that is driven by her Creole identity, but whose sound reaches far beyond the borders of the Caribbean. Very beautiful!
Enjoy listening to this episode!

Tracklist:

Soul Unlimited – Radioshow Theme
Mo Horizons & Gyedu-Blay Amboley - Mango Woman
Solo Hit - Odono
London Afrobeat Collective - Topesa Esengo Na Motema
Santrofi - Su Nkwa
Santrofi - Gyae Me How
Vaudou Game - Garantie
Florence Adooni - Vocalize My Luv
Florence Adooni - A.O.E.I.U.
Kolonel Djafaar - Urban Dweller
Liraz - Zaman
Satellites - Tisladi Mehmet Emmi
Satellites - Hot Jazz
Romano - Hol Kahol
Sababa 5 & Sophia Solomon - Shehzadi
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Direne Direne
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Ceylan
Kit Sebastian - Göc / Me
Metal Fingerz Doom - Project Jazz (Instrumental)
The Pro-Teens - Supervillain Theme
The Pro-Teens - Doomsday
Brenda - Where Did I Go Wrong
Hyldon & Adrian Younge - O Cacador De Estrelas
Oriane Lacaille - Je Suis La Fleur (Kilidjian Remix)
Celia Wa - Ola
Celia Wa - Fasade
Lance Ferguson - Swimming Pool
Shane Sato - Discovery