YesYesTV - Weekly Shows and Archive

YesYesTV is our new live streaming DJ channel. At this moment we're doing two weekly shows - 5 hours of mixes a week!

On the Dance With Power show I play the best in DnB, Jungle, Hardcore, Techno, All flavours of House Music, Roots Rock Reggae, and Stepping Dub. Streams every Wednesday 9-11pm GMT

                       

Then on Sundays 4-7pm GMT join us for the Nice and Easy show, with me Mikus joined by Rutita playing some cool out Sunday selection: Funk, Soul, Jazz, Disco, Rocksteady, Reggae and a whole lot more.

                       

The best thing about streaming live is interaction, so do please log in and send a message in the chat boxes.

To tune in live go to YesYesTV:
www.twitch.tv/yesyestv and also streaming at www.youtube.com/mikusmusik

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As much as possible I'll be archiving the shows here on the blog, with YouTube, Mixcloud and Download links. Check the YesYesTV Archive page linked at the top of the page.

If at all possible video from the sets will remain archived on Youtube, but some shows get blocked because of audio copyright. In those cases I hope to at least have the audio available for download and also on Mixcloud.

Hope you can tune in!

Weya!

One more on an african flex, this time checking out the funk and jazz side of things. If you want to check out some more amazing and most often ultra-rare afro-funk, this blog is your mecca: http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com.

Weya!

Fela Kuti - Equalisation of Trouser and Pant
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - Si, Se Puede
Tony Allen - The Same Blood
Lekan Babalola - Kabioye
Manu Dibango - Weya
Babatunde Olantunji - Takuta
Mulatu Astataque - Yegelle Tezeta
Bantous Jazz Watchi Wara
Wali and the Afro Caravan - Hail the King

grab it here

Shubahada! Pt.2

More wonders from the many worlds of african music. As last time, check the liner notes text file for what little info i can share with you regarding these tracks. By the way, one artist i really wanted to feature was Franco, but I cant find the CD for the life of me. If you want to buy one african recording let me recommend 'Franco: the Very Best of the Rumba Giant of Zaire' - an overview of his career, all of which was fantastic.

Shubahada! Pt.2

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders - La Allah Dayim Moulenah
Tony Allen - Gbedu
Miguel Castro - Toque A Egun
Brice Wassy - Mystic
Kwodwo Tawiah - Otwee Emporo
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - I.O.A
Youssou N'Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar - Mouride
Ebaahi - Okrabitst
Ensemble Instrumental National du Mali - Unknown Title
King Sunny Ade - Mo Ti Mo
Manu Dibango - Camp Yabassi Echoes

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Shubahada! Pt.1 - Pan-African Selection

This is the first of a two-part mix taking in some sweet african music. I haven't travelled that much, and have never been south of the mediterranean, so partly i love this music for its escapism, but its not just that, these pieces of music tick all the key boxes for me: centrality of drums, rhythm and trance, a valuing of the quality of sounds, a good dose of transcendentalism, and a direct way of self-expressing that never seems contrived. Also, the music is never rushed, and if it takes ten minutes to work it out, so be it - modern living is way too fast so it always feels like a home-coming to get into a world where time is there to be taken up with playing.

In case you would like to know more about the tracks there's a little text file of liner notes you can grab along with this mix. Im no expert, and finding out is half the fun, so what little I know about the music here I'll write down. There's more goodness coming up in part two, and there'll be a dedicated afro-jazz-funk mix at some point too.

Shubahada! Pt.1

Hukwe Zawose - Sisitizo la Amani Duniani
Foday Musa Suso with Herbie Hancock - Kumbasara
Momo Wandel Soumah - Tamo
Waaberi - Shubahada
Ali Farka Touré - Allah Uya
Tinariwen- Amassakoul 'n' Tenere
Cheikh Lo - M'Beddemi
Toumani Diabate & the Symetrical Orchestra - Boulevard de L'Independance
Gokh- Bi System - Xaesal
Les Frères Coulibaly - Unknown title
Bajourou - I Ka Di Nye 

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