Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland? - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.4 | Paris DJs Soundsystem

Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland? - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.4

by Paris DJs Soundsystem

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Mikael Klingvall This album is a vehicle for unmitigated funk with bells on. It manages to collect a wide diversity of different but true answers to the question of groove. Favorite track: 2 Feet.

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Limited edition (300 ex.) 5CDs boxset designed by illustrator Ben Hito

5 conceptual compilations with various strands of groovy, funky, psychedelic and moving afrofunk, afrobeat, ethio-jazz, highlife, afrojazz, afrosoul, Carribean Funk and other Tropical Grooves from all over the world. All new & exclusive tracks from the best Afro bands today hand-picked by the Paris DJs Soundsystem gang of curators.

Contains 5 "Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International" CDs in carboard sleeve :
- Vol.1 - Dis Is Good For You
- Vol.2 - We Are The Fire Inside Your Mind
- Vol.3 - Rise Of The Troubadours Warriors
- Vol.4 - Have you Ever Been To Electric Afroland ?
- Vol.5 - A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

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1.	Dereb The Ambassador - Eshururu (Witness) 03:11	info	buy track
2.	EMEFE - BBB (Featuring Gabriel Garzón-Montano) 07:32	info	buy track
3.	Hayvanlar Alemi - Yekermo Sew 02:49	info	buy track
4.	Pidgin - Company Man 04:40	info	buy track
5.	Doctor L - Choking 07:40	info	buy track
6.	Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality - Run Fast 04:31	info	buy track
7.	Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers - 2 Feet 03:54	info	buy track
8.	Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra - Mazouglave 05:59	info	buy track
9.	Vieux Farka Touré - Sarama (Brownout Remix) 04:15	info	buy track
10.	CRuNCH 22 - Barumbi 04:25	info	buy track
11.	The Afrorockerz - Soul & Prayer (Jujjumix) 05:48	info	buy track
12.	Bando - Oruro 05:51	info	buy track
13.	Hard Proof - Lots 06:34	info	buy track
14.	Pipo Pegoraro - Sofia 05:52	info	buy track

about

Paris DJs with some insight from Zakari Frantz (The Souljazz Orchestra) have prepared for this 4th volume in the 'Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International' series a special treat, since they opted from day one to go into an Afro Rock direction with the title 'Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland'. With only that title in hand, illustrator Ben Hito prepared a psychedelic cover artwork, which we then sent all over the place asking for submissions.

So once again this fully-licensed compilation of Afrofunk, Afrorock, Afrojazz, Afrobeat, Latin or Brazilian Funk & Ethio-Jazz from the 21st century has been prepared the other way round, starting from the end and the packaging, ending with music and the mastering of the final selection. And the spirit of Jimi Hendrix floating in the studio...

Exclusive tracks are numerous, starting with a surprising Ethio-Twist number from Dereb The Ambassador (Australia), and going on with more unclassifiable stuff from Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality, Hard Proof (both USA), Onom Agemo and the Disco Jumpers (Germany), the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra or The Afrorockerz (both from France).

The series has already received fantastic critical praise, with The Afrobeat Blog calling Volume 1 'pure unadulterated afrobeat heaven', WRUV's Music Reviews noticing the 'Gorgeous vintage sound on many tracks', The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show on the BBC claiming that 'the amount of high-quality Afro, Soul, Ska & Reggae that the Paris DJs are throwing out just now is breathtaking. 'Dis Is Good For You', their actual compilation, it's good for ya!', and its programmer telling us about Paris DJs that 'you have been responsible for some the very best releases to have come out over the past couple of years and it is always a delight and exciting to hear what you have put out next'.

All of the tracks were re-mastered by Grant Phabao at Paris DJs studios, giving the music on 'Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland' a sound quality sometimes previously unavailable. Quite simply, the music has never sounded this good. With an intemporal Ben Hito artwork as a source of inspiration to submit tracks, this is truly epic music and is perhaps even more relevant to the rockier and psychedelic influences within the contemporary Afro musical spectrum.

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released October 25, 2013

Selected by Julien 'Djouls' Lakshmanan with the help of Zakari Franz, Loik Dury and Grant Phabao
Audio mastering by Grant Phabao
Artwork by Ben Hito
© 2013 T.I.M.E.C./Paris DJs
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Paris-based production team (Djouls, Grant Phabao, Loik Dury & Ben Hito) featuring worldwide guest vocalists, musicians, deejays, graphic/web designers and writers. Reggae, Afro, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop and more audio goodness.

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Too Rude

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Make A Sound (Like James Brown) (Grant Phabao Remix)

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Imitation Sounds

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Picaresca

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Don't Go Girls

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Wipe The Tear From Your Eye

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Take Her To Jamaica Weh The Reggae Come From feat. Carlton Livingston

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We Are The Fire Inside Your Mind - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol.2

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La Danse Du Shadow

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Plant Up A Vineyard

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Sweet Life feat. Allonymous (Grant Phabao Remix)

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Cramp & Paralyze

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Stepping Up In Time

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Go Supersonic (Grant Phabao Remix)

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Itchin' For Your Love

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Talk 'bout Peace

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The Word Jam

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Keep On Rolling

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Jackie Statement

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Too Much Blood a Run

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