by Boima Tucker
I’m putting this up on youtube, and waiting for it to get taken down… My African in New York EP (part 2 of this series) will be coming out in August!
Categories: Music, Video • Tags: Ananse, Chief Boima, Coupe Decale, Ghana, Remix, Usher
by Boima Tucker
I have to say I am very excited that it is time for me to put this up: Banana Clipz Preview Mega-Mini Mix I’ve been waiting to do this style of mix for years. The influence from all those Dancehall mixes I absorbed as a youth have been smashed into this 8 minute laser extravaganza. I know that I am probably just as guilty of this as the next person, but I beg you: after downloading this mix, pleeease do […]
Categories: Mixes, Music, Releases • Tags: banana clipz, Bay Area, Black Nature, Chief Boima, Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Dancehall, House, Khady Black, Kwaito, Los Rakas, mc tidal, Missy Galore, oro 11, Rap
by Boima Tucker
Cover Artwork by Lupo Avanti (my roomate!) In collaboration with the HOMIEZ at Dutty Artz, I am releasing my first collection of remixes as African By The Bay. The crew did such a nice job of putting this page together I’ll let them take over: ————- Dutty Artz is proud to present The African By The Bay EP, an exclusive collection of irresistible remixes from San Francisco/Bay Area producer Chief Boima. The EP is available for free download, and features […]
Categories: Music • Tags: africa, Bay Area, Chief Boima, Coupe Decale, Remix
by Boima Tucker
Very very exciting tings a gwan at the Baobab Village! Soum Bill, the founder of Les Garagistes, is recording his new album in New York and will be making a stop by San Francisco for a one time performance. We are so lucky to be able to have him perform here in the Bay Area. I will be djing alongside the great DJ Polo of Reggae Gold SF, and the other Baobab resident DJ’s. Come get your Zouglou and […]
Categories: Gigs, Music, Video • Tags: baobab village, Coupe Decale, Ghana, Ivory Coast, san francisco, world cup 2010, zouglou
by Boima Tucker
Coupe Decale at Baobab Village in San Francisco will be this Saturday. The special guest will be DJ Eddie Stats, writer for Fader Magazine and regular contributor through his Ghetto Palms blog. He puts out a great mix every week of music from all over the world. I’m more than excited to have him come contribute some sounds live!
Categories: Gigs • Tags: baobab village, Coupe Decale, eddie stats, ghetto palms
by Boima Tucker
This weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I will be playing a supporting role in Hééé Mariamou, a play/dance performance written by, directed, and starring Maimouna Coulibaly, Malian dancer/actor from Paris. It will be at the Dance Mission Theater on the corner of 24th and Mission in San Francisco. There will be lot’s Coupe Decale, Kuduro, Dancehall, Zouk, dancing, singing, and more French Urban sounds, as well as music by Malian legends such as Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare. The dancing is […]
Categories: Dance, Gigs, Music, Performance Art, Thought • Tags: Coupe Decale, Dancehall, Hééé Mariamou, Hip Hop, Kuduro, Maimouna Coulibaly, Mali, SubUrban Paris, Theater, Zouk
by Boima Tucker
Perhaps I need a late pass on this one, but I’m loving this sub genre of techno that the kids are calling Minimal. I always troll the DJ download site Discobelle to try and learn about dance mindedness in other parts of the world. Lately I, like others, have been turned off by the sameyness that has been coming out of what has been dubbed the “blog house” scene, and have generally been skipping a lot of the posts up […]
Categories: Music, Thought • Tags: Coupe Decale, Free Music Archive, minimal techno, WFMU
by Boima Tucker
For those who didn’t catch it at Ghettobassquake: Kuduromatic put up a song with rhythms, melodies, and vocal stylings that sound to me like Angolans being influenced by West African Hiplife, Coupe Decale or Zouglou. Perhaps it’s a nod to Congolese Soukous, the name Langa Langa recalling my favorite Soukous group Zaiko Langa Langa. DJ Papi Chulo and Alidjuma-Langa Langa Maybe I’m wrong about that, and this is purely Angolan, but I picture in my head someone in Angola […]
Categories: Music • Tags: Coupe Decale, download, hiplife, Kuduro
by Boima Tucker
Double Posting with Ghetto Bassquake: People say that 2012 will be a year of transformation. Scientists are trying to create Black Holes to answer some questions about where we come from that have the potential to send us back there. We’ve created monster hurricanes that have shown the worst in our own humanity and our leaders’. Ivorians made a song and dance about Bird Flu. Everyone seems to be scared of Sarah Palin. The end of the world has been […]
Categories: Music • Tags: Coupe Decale, download, ghislain poirier, Ivory Coast, Remix, zulu
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
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