African Music you never heard before

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Pherm B Leeva said:
If anyone's looking for originality this would be a great place to start, traditional music played on traditional instruments, very nice post, it's obvious your proud of your African heritage, and rightly so. I'm always open to new music/ artists. I admire these two Nigerians/ Lagos legends - FELA KUTI (Sorrow, Tears and Blood) - YouTube and Tony Allen - Get Together - Melynga - YouTube Nice fusion of Africa meets the west, I used to listen to these guys to - The Drummers of Burundi - Part I of III - YouTube as you can see, my Knowledge of Africa's music is limited, but I hope to remedy this:cool:
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Yes, Fela is a real legend. Royal drummers can be found in Burundi as Rwanda. Every drum has a particular ritm that the player must follow, drums are considered the highest form of music there, while fiddles (as the endingidi) and string instruments are considered somehow lower (the other way around in the West).

These sounds and ritms can be a good inspiration for producers.
 
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I really dig the first two youtubes on this post. African music is awesome!
 
I was listening to the music and was thinking if it was sample worthy. hahahah
 
Thanks this post is great! Saving it to go through all this and check out all the music.
 
I like this much, this live instrumentals. Much respect.
 
Like some strings instruments, there are some sound libraries of African instruments i think.
 
Hey what's that hot song that was performed at MAMAs 2015? There was like 4-5 people on stage, very melodic verses and hook...
 
im loving this forum about african music ! was not expecting to see this on this site:cheers:
 
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