Various – Alternate African Reality – Electronic, Electroacoustic And Experimental Music From Africa And The Diaspora
| Label: | Syrphe – S026 |
|---|---|
| Format: | 2 x CD, Album, Compilation |
| Country: | Germany |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Style: | Abstract, Ambient, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Hip Hop, IDM, Field Recording, Musique Concrète, Noise |
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Hibotep– | Acid Dairiah | 7:37 |
| 1-2 | Beko The Storyteller– | Black Coffee | 2:01 |
| 1-3 | [MONRHEA] + Ejuku– | 122.2.22.22 | 2:25 |
| 1-4 | Jako Maron– | Pendulé | 5:04 |
| 1-5 | Rey Sapienz– | Votura | 3:38 |
| 1-6 | Catu Diosis– | Choc Kedda | 3:37 |
| 1-7 | Yao Bobby & Simon Grab– | Ahojde | 3:31 |
| 1-8 | Mario Swagga And DJ Silila– | Party La Uhakika (Epic Party) | 5:27 |
| 1-9 | AFALFL*– | Uebuzz Like | 1:52 |
| 1-10 | Ibaaku– | 21 | 2:37 |
| 1-11 | The Age Of Heroes– | Amin 2 | 3:31 |
| 1-12 | Ujjaya– | Jengi | 6:43 |
| 1-13 | AMET– | Waiting | 4:20 |
| 1-14 | Pö (2)– | Laydo | 3:51 |
| 1-15 | Aragorn23*– | Trumpets of the Krell | 4:24 |
| 1-16 | Robert Machiri– | Durban Incursions | 4:11 |
| 1-17 | Mash*– | Sand Wave | 2:37 |
| 1-18 | Sukitoa O Namau– | When I Tripped And Hit My Head On The Sink Of The Love Hotel | 4:41 |
| 1-19 | Ibukun Sunday– | Awaken Your Third Ear Soundscapes | 3:22 |
| 1-20 | Shadwa Ali– | Requiem For a Grief | 3:35 |
| 1-21 | C-drík– | Year 2040, France Is The Last Country On Earth To Ban Plastic Bags | 0:32 |
| 2-22 | Cobi Van Tonder– | Mutation2 | 13:04 |
| 2-23 | KMRU– | ib07 | 4:17 |
| 2-24 | Jacqueline George*– | Untitled | 5:01 |
| 2-25 | Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman– | iota mikro | 8:44 |
| 2-26 | Victor Gama– | Horizonte Suspenso #3 | 2:57 |
| 2-27 | Luca Forcucci featuring Cara Stacey And Mpho Molikeng– | E | 5:52 |
| 2-28 | Tiago Correia-Paulo– | Entre Tempos (Primeira Revolução) | 5:22 |
| 2-29 | Redha M*– | موجة هيرتزعلى الطريق الحارقة | 6:34 |
| 2-30 | Emeka Ogboh– | Ojuelegba 2.0 | 9:23 |
| 2-31 | Chantelle Grey*– | Devastating Side Effects | 5:50 |
| 2-32 | Ski Crime– | Con(E)volution (Extract) | 12:16 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Syrphe (2)
Credits
- Cover, Photography By – C-drík
- Mastered By, Compiled By – Cedrik Fermont
Notes
Alternate African Reality is a follow-up to several compilations I have published on Syrphe since 2007 (the first one, Beyond Ignorance And Borders included various artists from Africa and Asia), and even earlier on my defunct tape label in the 1990s (the last tape, Archives Humaines Vol. 1, was published in 1996 and included 25 artists from 25 countries, including non-Western ones : South Africa, Japan, Chile, Brazil).
Alternate African Reality could be seen as a drastic improvement of 30.2, a compilation released in 2012. The CD included nine artists from Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Angola, Mauritius, South Africa, Réunion and Madagascar/France. But even if I was very happy with the result, I always thought I should do a deeper research, and another issue I faced was the fact that I didn’t manage to include any women in the project.
Travelling and touring throughout parts of Africa allowed me to meet many more artists than what I ever expected and pushed me to work on this new release.
This time, the end result reveals a more global compilation that could be compared to Uchronia, a compilation that includes 49 artists and bands from 32 Asian countries and the diaspora in the field of so called experimental music.
Alternate African Reality is nonetheless musically more diverse, including abstract but also beat-oriented music such as ambient, electronica, electroacoustic, noise, singeli, bass music, industrial hip hop, etc.
It includes 32 artists and bands from 24 African countries and the diaspora, and last but not least, 14 women are among those vibrant musicians and composers.
Of course the artists included on the compilation only represent a fraction of the African electronic music world, and the listeners should not believe that nothing exists outside of those countries.
Electronic, and, at a lower extend depending on where you look for, experimental music do exist in many other African countries.
I wish that this project will open some eyes and ears and also create more connections and networks.
You will find more information, contacts, biographies and a short essay in a PDF available with the whole compilation if you purchase the CDs or digital files.
Biographies, contacts and websites are also available on this page when you click on “info” next to each track.
You can also have a look at this database that contains more than 3000 references about African and Asian composers, musicians, labels, magazines and so on.
Mash (Tunisia)
Pö (France/Ghana)
[MONRHEA] + Ejuku (Kenya/Uganda)
Jako Maron (Réunion)
Robert Machiri (Zimbabwe)
Ujjaya (France/Madagascar)
Ibukun Sunday (Nigeria)
KMRU (Kenya)
Cobi van Tonder (South Africa)
Redha M (Algeria)
Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman (Belgium/Rwanda)
Shadwa Ali (Egypt)
Tiago Correia-Paulo (Mozambique)
Jacqueline George (Egypt)
AMET (Cameroon/Germany)
Hibotep (Ethiopia/Somalia)
Aragorn23 (South Africa)
The Age Of Heroes (South Sudan)
Beko The Storyteller (eSwatini)
Catu Diosis (Uganda)
Yao Bobby & Simon Grab (Togo/Switzerland)
Mario Swagga and DJ Silila (Tanzania)
AFALFL (Mauritania)
Rey Sapienz (DR Congo)
Ibaaku (Senegal)
Sukitoa o Namau (Morocco)
Victor Gama (Angola)
Luca Forcucci featuring Cara Stacey and Mpho Molikeng (Italy/Switzerland/South Africa/Lesotho)
C-drík (Belgium/DR Congo)
Emeka Obgoh (Nigeria)
Chantelle Gray (South Africa)
Ski Crime (South Africa)
Alternate African Reality could be seen as a drastic improvement of 30.2, a compilation released in 2012. The CD included nine artists from Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Angola, Mauritius, South Africa, Réunion and Madagascar/France. But even if I was very happy with the result, I always thought I should do a deeper research, and another issue I faced was the fact that I didn’t manage to include any women in the project.
Travelling and touring throughout parts of Africa allowed me to meet many more artists than what I ever expected and pushed me to work on this new release.
This time, the end result reveals a more global compilation that could be compared to Uchronia, a compilation that includes 49 artists and bands from 32 Asian countries and the diaspora in the field of so called experimental music.
Alternate African Reality is nonetheless musically more diverse, including abstract but also beat-oriented music such as ambient, electronica, electroacoustic, noise, singeli, bass music, industrial hip hop, etc.
It includes 32 artists and bands from 24 African countries and the diaspora, and last but not least, 14 women are among those vibrant musicians and composers.
Of course the artists included on the compilation only represent a fraction of the African electronic music world, and the listeners should not believe that nothing exists outside of those countries.
Electronic, and, at a lower extend depending on where you look for, experimental music do exist in many other African countries.
I wish that this project will open some eyes and ears and also create more connections and networks.
You will find more information, contacts, biographies and a short essay in a PDF available with the whole compilation if you purchase the CDs or digital files.
Biographies, contacts and websites are also available on this page when you click on “info” next to each track.
You can also have a look at this database that contains more than 3000 references about African and Asian composers, musicians, labels, magazines and so on.
Mash (Tunisia)
Pö (France/Ghana)
[MONRHEA] + Ejuku (Kenya/Uganda)
Jako Maron (Réunion)
Robert Machiri (Zimbabwe)
Ujjaya (France/Madagascar)
Ibukun Sunday (Nigeria)
KMRU (Kenya)
Cobi van Tonder (South Africa)
Redha M (Algeria)
Aurélie Nyirabikali Lierman (Belgium/Rwanda)
Shadwa Ali (Egypt)
Tiago Correia-Paulo (Mozambique)
Jacqueline George (Egypt)
AMET (Cameroon/Germany)
Hibotep (Ethiopia/Somalia)
Aragorn23 (South Africa)
The Age Of Heroes (South Sudan)
Beko The Storyteller (eSwatini)
Catu Diosis (Uganda)
Yao Bobby & Simon Grab (Togo/Switzerland)
Mario Swagga and DJ Silila (Tanzania)
AFALFL (Mauritania)
Rey Sapienz (DR Congo)
Ibaaku (Senegal)
Sukitoa o Namau (Morocco)
Victor Gama (Angola)
Luca Forcucci featuring Cara Stacey and Mpho Molikeng (Italy/Switzerland/South Africa/Lesotho)
C-drík (Belgium/DR Congo)
Emeka Obgoh (Nigeria)
Chantelle Gray (South Africa)
Ski Crime (South Africa)
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View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Alternate African Reality – Electronic, Electroacoustic And Experimental Music From Africa And The Diaspora (32×File, FLAC, Album, Compilation) | Syrphe | S026 | Germany | 2020 |