A Haitian version of Bitches Brew
“Dark, mystical, lyrical and abstract, with its otherworldly shifting rhythms, Dilijans came off like a Haitian version of Bitches Brew.” That’s how journalist Uchenna Ikonne describes the one and only album by Ayizan, a Haitian-American band led by Alix “Tit” Pascal.
And that’s no hype — Dilijans, which has just been reissued by the French Comet label, is a remarkable listen, and you’ll hear a track from it this week (Sunday February 19, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site) on Global A Go-Go’s first hour alongside other mind-expanding sounds from the French Caribbean and West Africa.
In the second hour, we’ll get into some Jamaican sounds circa 1968-70, when rocksteady was giving way to reggae and England’s skinheads and suedes were turning on to it, followed by some more new cumbia from Colombia and México, and finishing with the funky sounds of Somalia including the first new studio album of this music since the golden days of Mogadishu more than 30 years ago.
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Show archive
Playlist
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Jembaa Groove, “Sweet My Ear (feat K.O.G)”
from Sweet My Ear (feat K.O.G) - Single
Agogo - 2023
Germany-Ghana-Benin-Israel-Portugal
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K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas, “Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena”
from Ghana Soundz: Afro - Beat, Funk and Fusion in 70's Ghana
Soundway Records - 2002
Ghana, 1977
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King Sunny Ade, “365 Is My Number/The Message”
from Juju Music
Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1982
Nigeria
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Les Vikings De La Guadeloupe, “Ambiance (Guhe Huiamo)”
from Ambiance (Guhe Huiamo) / Çe Nous Les Vikings - Single
Disques Debs - 1969
Guadeloupe France
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Guadafrica Combo, “Moin Çé Roi Roi”
from Ban Moin L'Anmou Doudou / Moin Çé Roi Roi - Single
Disques Debs - 1975
Guadeloupe France-RD Congo-Congo Brazzaville
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Jacob Desvarieux, Kassav' & Georges Decimus, “Zouk-la sé sel médikaman nou ni”
from Yélélé
Note A Bene - 1984
Guadeloupe-France
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The Bluebeaters, “Toxic (One Drop version)”
from Record Kicks 20th Anniversary Rare Box Set
Record Kicks - 2023
Italy, 2015
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Apache Indian, “The Israelites (feat. Desmond Dekker)”
from Time For Change
Revolver Records - 2022
England UK-Jamaica, 2005
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Andres Landero, “Cuando Lo Negro Sea Bello”
Discos Fuentes - 2012
Colombia, 1979
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Grupo Kual?, “Kumbia En La Soledad (feat Aurelio Pedraza Y Su Acordeón Sabanero)”
from Konexiones
Discos Rolas - 2022
México
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Rocko Páez & Son Rompe Pera, “Cumbia Buena”
Penca Records - 2022
Colombia-México
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Iftin Band, “Umaayey iyo Abo (Mother & Father) [feat. Axmed Sharif Killer & Safiyo Axmed Mansuur]”
from Mogadishu's Finest: The Al-Uruba Sessions
Ostinato Records LLC - 2022
Somalia, 1980s
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Fadumo Qassim & Waaberi Band, “Waakaa Helaa”
from Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu (Somalia 1972 - 1991)
Analog Africa - 2019
Somalia, 1970s