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Alexander Goeres 𒀯i think i shared this before but this music can't be shared often enough. my first encounter with african music. <em>rockpalast</em> was a very famous german tv and radio show. they always attempted to bring fantastic musicians who were still somewhat unknown in germany. they always had one night with a brodcast of three of these concerts. this evening here was particularly great. i first heard joe jackson and band who left me totally enthused. and then i first listend to african music ever: king sunny adé. i was totally stunned. this was a time before internet so foreign music was only availabe if you knew it and could ask for it in the record stores. and you could only know it if it was broadcasted on the radio or on tv; radio gave a bigger chance back then to listen to unknown stud, particularly in the WDR.<br>i recorded this concert but of yourse the cassette has given up the ghost during the past 40 years. cassettes are node made to last this long.<br><br>but luckily we have internet nowadays. and here i can watch it and listen to it again: king sunny ade and his african beats on the rockpalast night in 1983<br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=musik" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">musik</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">music</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=musique" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">musique</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=africa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">africa</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=rockpalast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rockpalast</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=KingSunnyAde" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KingSunnyAde</a><br><br><span class="">#^</span><a class="" href="https://youtu.be/EeK9VvQ6efs?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> - YouTube - Rockpalast 1983. King Sunny Adé and his African Beats 90min</a>
KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot<p>🔊 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/KEXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KEXP</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WoPop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoPop</span></a></p><p>King Sunny Adé:<br> 🎵 Samba / E falabe lewe</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/KingSunnyAd%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAdé</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4oQwhdbHBg9bOndgqah2og" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/4oQwhdb</span><span class="invisible">HBg9bOndgqah2og</span></a></p>
dj zenn<p>1000 Day Album Challenge (#88) King Sunny Adé &amp; His African Beats: Juju Music (1982) [28.03.24]</p><p>call me darling, that's my number / tell me anything you want from me<br>only you have to give your love to me / 365 is my number now…</p><p>King Sunny Ade’s Juju Music was my first foray into African music. his sound is sweet, gentle, and compelling. I ended up buying all three of the albums he released in this period on Mango, an Island Records subsidiary. the other two were Synchro System (1983) and Aura (1984). I think because it was my first this was the album I’ve returned to the most often.</p><p>I saw King Sunny &amp; His African Beats live in NYC sometime during this period. I believe it was in the summer of 1984 at either The Ritz or Irving Plaza, two venues that I’ve seen more shows at than any others. it was a very long show. I’m not sure if my memory is exaggerating the length, but I believe it was three to four hours.</p><p>years ago, I remembering reading an article about King Sunny in which he as quoted as saying that the band’s shows in the West were quite short compared to their shows back in Nigeria. he said something to the effect of “back home we are just getting warmed up around the four hour mark.”</p><p>what I remember clearly is that it was hypnotic. the band size was 20+ and a rather large number of members were drummers and percussionists. I had never experienced the power of talking drums in person. I don’t specifically recall, but I imagine I spent a great deal of time with my eyes closed. with that many people I stage one loses the need to focus on what individual players are doing.</p><p>just before I typed that line my eyes were closed as I got lost in Ma Jaiye Oni, the lead track on side two of the vinyl version of Juju Music. (which is not to say I’m listening to it on vinyl. I’m streaming it on YouTube Music.)</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/1000DayAlbumChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1000DayAlbumChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KingSunnyAdeAndHisAfricanBeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAdeAndHisAfricanBeats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JujuMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JujuMusic</span></a></p>
Kinetograph<p>King Sunny Adé - "Sunny Ti De" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVMgtCVF3Dw&amp;list=PLQyJrF5MyQHqbFVUf0zqumJ6ogQfYwf8c&amp;ab_channel=vorbis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=vVMgtCVF3D</span><span class="invisible">w&amp;list=PLQyJrF5MyQHqbFVUf0zqumJ6ogQfYwf8c&amp;ab_channel=vorbis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/King" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>King</span></a> Sunny Adé <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/juju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juju</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a></p>
Kinetograph<p>Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist King Sunny Adé (born September 22, 1946) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/juju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juju</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musician</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a></p>
Kinetograph<p>King Sunny Ade And His African Beats – The Message (1981) Side B <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j5j5KumXQA&amp;ab_channel=TTAIWOPRODUCTION" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=-j5j5KumXQ</span><span class="invisible">A&amp;ab_channel=TTAIWOPRODUCTION</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Afrobeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrobeat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africanmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africanmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAd%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAdé</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a></p>
Kinetograph<p>King Sunny Ade And His African Beats – The Message (1981) Side A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JG2MjqBAk&amp;ab_channel=TTAIWOPRODUCTION" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=p1JG2MjqBA</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;ab_channel=TTAIWOPRODUCTION</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Afrobeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrobeat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africanmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africanmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAd%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAdé</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a></p>
Kinetograph<p>King Sunny Ade: The Best of the Classic Years <a href="https://soundcloud.com/kingsunnyade/sets/the-best-of-the-classic-years?si=c4d2bdc0c7de4be5acdf265126d8b7f7&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/kingsunnyade/se</span><span class="invisible">ts/the-best-of-the-classic-years?si=c4d2bdc0c7de4be5acdf265126d8b7f7&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Soundcloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soundcloud</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/juju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juju</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/worldmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Africanmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africanmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KingSunnyAd%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAdé</span></a></p>
jesse jarnow<p><a href="https://heads.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> - catching up on <span class="h-card"><a href="https://heads.social/@doomandgloomfromthetomb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>doomandgloomfromthetomb</span></a></span> posts i missed &amp; vibing to <a href="https://heads.social/tags/KingSunnyAde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingSunnyAde</span></a> in new haven, 7 february 1983, 40 years ago next month. it's an early date on the band's first american tour &amp; near as i can tell is the earliest circulating live king sunny recording. (i would be absolutely delighted to be proven wrong.) not the most pristine tape, but enough <a href="https://heads.social/tags/juju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juju</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PedalSteel</span></a> by demola adepoju cuts through to still make it a somewhat holy <a href="https://heads.social/tags/afrobeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrobeat</span></a> document. <a href="https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/692297821295083520/king-sunny-ade-toads-place-new-haven" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr</span><span class="invisible">.com/post/692297821295083520/king-sunny-ade-toads-place-new-haven</span></a></p>
jesse jarnow<p><a href="https://heads.social/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> - downloaded this audience tape of <a href="https://heads.social/tags/kingsunnyade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kingsunnyade</span></a> at <a href="https://heads.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a>'s pier 84 on 1984-09-07 a while back. didn't grab my attention on headphones but sounds fabulous on actual speakers, properly airy &amp; summery &amp; overflowing with <a href="https://heads.social/tags/juju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>juju</span></a>. settled deep in the demola adepoju zone &amp; floating with the sweet <a href="https://heads.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedalsteel</span></a>. <a href="http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=161979" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetradersden.org/forums/showt</span><span class="invisible">hread.php?t=161979</span></a></p>
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