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Dancing Time for Dancers!

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April 25, 2008 11:14 AM PDT

Hello and welcome to the slightly overdue 3rd episode.

Put on your dancing shoes as we take a dive onto the African dancefloors of the 70s from Accra to Lagos! From the fuzzy funk of Aktion to Joe Mensah's extended Afrobeat work-out, it's all heavy and designed to shake your nyaash... If you have a pulse of course!

Here's what the playlist for today's episode of African Dancefloor Madness from Lagos and beyond looks like:

00'00 - Let's Have A Party - Geraldo Pino & the Heart Beats
04'02 - Groove The Funk - Aktion
08'36 - Sakatumbe - the African Brothers
14'45 - Diwela - Jerry Malekani
19'50 - Omo Lewa - Peter King
24'56 - Some More - Jay-U Experience
28'25 - Amalinja - the Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination
33'30 - Envy No Good - Mercury Dance Band
38'11 - Because Of Money - the 3rd Generation Band
43'57 - Love Affair - S.J.O.B. Movement
50'23 - Africa Is Home - Joe Mensah
57'02 - Dancing Time - the Funkees

Many thanks to Soundway Records for making many of the tunes featured here available to dancefloors worldwide.

Hope you enjoy the show

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Podcast Summary

Hello & Welcome to this little podcasting thang!

Aim is to bring you a small selection of funky/jazzy/whatever grooves, past & present, as well as a healthy serving of african vibes. And having fun doing just that ;-)

Questions, comments, remarks, suggestions? Please don't hesitate to drop it on the page, or mail me.

Have a nice one!