African bangers

Belongs here I think

https://youtu.be/yy0XLxHXB8s

Ooh that is a banger

I guess it's not really African, but a banger it is.
Let's call it an Africanesque banger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB4ea30sg-8

I think we need a big Spotify playlist with all these #bangers on

We had this yet? If not why not?
https://youtu.be/oAq-B0gO_1s

I'll never tire of Dur Dur Band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN1KvgG-RiE

https://youtu.be/1SbT72IvL3Y

Just found out that Tshala Mwana died last December at only 64. There were never many women stars in Soukous but she was one. And had one of the greatest Daly Kimoko sebenes on this track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d2gVimtU9o

What an intro! That horn/vocal refrain is rude as fuck, such a lively track, thanks for posting

https://youtu.be/PItnw3Z7WgY

Bit of Tuareg, Saharan and western fusion

Algerie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQHl-2cQ40

This is a fantastic track of two halves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M8cgGTamSU

I've only just discovered this album which appears to be entirely about Ivory Coast football - ASEC being their biggest team. Takes a while before Daly Kimoko is let loose but worth the wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsL823FDy58

Enjoyed this (least 10 mins in particular):

https://bleep.com/bleep-mix-258--dj-lag

"Hey it's DJ Lag, from Durban, South Africa. I recorded this mix back home in Clermont. Some of the tracks are from my album 'Meeting with The King' since I am celebrating a year since the release! I have also included some of the new stuff the young kids are doing down here in Durban - enjoy the mix!" - DJ Lag

Got this playing now, liking it

The truly great, beautiful, magnificent rhythm guitarist Lokassa Ya Mbongo has died at 80. I could pick 50 tracks he played on, fuck, I could pick a hundred. Just the best. RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttd3xJ8XUoE

Nene Tchakou and Lokassa now both passed away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNL-kK9pMDw

Soukous was very popular in Colombia long after it faded in the DRC and Europe. Came across this last night, Lokassa taking lead guitar at the age of 75.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCuvLqFk_VQ

https://youtu.be/XCXqRDb0EDM

https://youtu.be/ZZHL9PvsY6Y

Wow that was rowdy!

Damn my previous entry got nuked.
Here it is again. So nostalgic for me.

https://youtu.be/d9zaFGANyrI

This should be on the sound track of some edgy HBO series.

EDIT: Reading the comments on the Youtube vid. Seems someone already had that idea.

I'm not having the same experience.

What do the comments say?

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I found a different vid. A music video for the same tune. I get the impression a lot of the commenters are people who first heard it in a video game or something like that.