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This fascinating documentary made in 2012 tells the story behind Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band recording the Album ‘Bongo Rock’ at Can-Base Studios (Later known as Mushroom Studios) in Vancouver, BC Canada! ‘Bongo Rock’ released in 1973, became kinda like the foundation of hip hop as DJs in the Bronx such as Kool Herc ended up sampling a song from it called ‘Apache’, in turn exposing it to Jay Z, Nas, Sugarhill Gang and many more.
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Sep 1, 2024
Genre: Highlife, Afrobeat
From: Accra, Ghana
LP: De Frank Professionals (1976)
An absolute monster of a jam. This is easily in my top five favorite songs ever. Those drums! That organ tone! That little swinging guitar lick! This was compiled on ‘Afro-beat Airways: Ghana & Togo 1972-1978’ by the label Analog Africa. The self-titled record this came from, however, remains maddeningly out of print.
May 28, 2024
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Burcu’s Angels in Vancouver has an amazing array of used clothing which I wear for many of my interviews! They are all about colour, texture and fabric! Doot doola doot doo… Burcu’s Angels!
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Every issue is packed with the wildest reads from past dimensions! I learn so much from this magazine which has been publishing for 41 years! So much In-depth coverage of the overlooked music of the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s & beyond.
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