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Fire Makes Angels

July 26, 2008 by Boima Tucker

Double posting with Ghetto Bassquake I just spent a few days down south in the land de los angeles. I flew over California and watched trees burn. I landed amongst the pacific haze that the area is known for (a combination of the sea mist, fire smoke, and pollution.) Spending time with a childhood friend of Greek parentage and cultural heritage, who had just come back from 2 months in Greece, we were grooving to some of the latest sounds […]

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Categories: Music, Thought • Tags: Bob Marley, California, Cumbia, Drum & Bass, Los Angeles, Miami Bass, Revolution

mAfromatics Mix and Akwaaba Music

July 12, 2008 by Boima Tucker

I’m uploading this mix to promote my regular Wednesday night gig here in San Francisco at the Tunnel Top (601 Bush Street.) It is a mix of African Pop, Caribbean and African American musics that are an indication of some of the styles I play at the night. I call the night African Booty Scratchers. That’s Americans’ derogatory word for African Immigrants in the United States. Being 2nd generational, people called me and my family that when I was growing […]

Categories: Gigs, Music, Technology, Tha Homies • Tags: African Pop, Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Merengue, mixes, Senegal, Soca

It’s Bigger than… Coupe Decale.

July 7, 2008 by Boima Tucker

(Douk Saga from his myspace page) Big ups to Rachel Emmet for creating an English language Coupe Decale Wikipedia article. And putting out the challenge to the Anglo-phones to spread real knowledge about Coupe Decale. A trailer for an upcoming documentary on the subject was sent to Ghetto Bassquake. I wanted to point to those and respond to Rachel‘s request with some ideas of my own. I saw a great slide show on the contemporary politics of Ivory Coast, especially […]

Categories: Music, Thought • Tags: Civil War, Coupe Decale, Football/Soccer, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Trans-Atlantic Merende Style

July 2, 2008 by Boima Tucker

Not to slack too much over here, I just posted this over at Ghetto Bassquake. Double posting is that allowed? It seems a good time to finally post on a connection that I had made, which may be superficial, but remains an exciting discovery for me to make. The past couple Sierra Leone parties/events that I’ve been to, I noticed a fast, double-timed drum music, programmed on synthesizers, that for some reason I’ve been associating with the Mende, but I […]

Categories: Music • Tags: Gaga, Mende, Merengue, Republica Domincana, Sierra Leone

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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Fire Makes Angels

mAfromatics Mix and Akwaaba Music

It’s Bigger than… Coupe Decale.

Trans-Atlantic Merende Style

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