What a fun and brilliant doco, love that Frank is trying to keep these gems alive, the reaction of the older musicians listening to their music says it all👌🎼
What a fantastic film, the moment playing El Rego's track back to him got me choked, he looked so happy and grateful. The re-release on Daptone is a must.
This movie is a absolute Gem. I cannot believe that I found such a great Video on the Music that moves me to life. Moves me to Live again. Thank you so much Afra Andrea Ladish. You make my heart sing and my soul fly.
Thanks Frank, for all those mixes you put out on your blog at that time- I DJ vinyl and play a lot of the represses of the songs you found. You did wonderful work for the world.
Raw passion in the recordings and the collector. Thankful for the people who recognized the cultural importance, like saving a rare bird from extinction.
+AudiophileLaws getmziki (dot com) you can find all the new stuff here, mostly east coast, but styles from all over are starting to turn up! Unless you want just older stuff, but Getmiziki has a lot of great stuff!
This dude in the vid Frank used to have a Blogspot called Voodoo Funk where he would post free mp3s and long mixes. SO GOOD! There were pictures of him in bombed out old buildings with an avalanche of records he was sifting through. Looked it up the other day after getting into a convo about African music with a rockabilly dude, found the website, and within a couple days it disappeared. Hope he gets it going again. Until then, thank you Frank for all the music you unearthed! I loved those mixes.... Before my hard drive died... Damn.
What a lovely film! The vinyl makes me salivate and the music is fantastic, but the interactions and the vibe is my favorite thing about it. Great, great job. Thank you for sharing it!!
Such a wonderful video - i especially love the part at about 29.30 where he is speaking with Danialou Sagabhan - it is a very emotional reminiscence and his explanation of music these days as compared with rhythms of the village and music of another time is so real - you can feel it in through your bones.
African funk is awesome. I only know about manu dibango and poeple like that but I know there are loads of artists only really known in Africa and now forgotten. I'd love to find some of this old stuff.
I see a high interest of young hipsters in America playing obscure 60s-80s soul and funk all over the country...even on TH-cam. I wish them well on their crate digging journeys. Growing up in the 90s, no one was doing that, I played all mine alone in the house. Maybe music got so bad that even Gen Z are recognizing it
"E Nan Mian Nuku" by El Rego. It's on the El Rego compilation I put out together with Daptone Records ca 15 years ago th-cam.com/video/_rZYvAngBZ8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
I've been aware of discogs since before the shooting of this documentary in 2008. Back then the database was too small to be relevant and even later the platform never turned anything upside down for me. Aside from my stomach maybe, looking at the mostly common, beat up, over graded, African records being sold/offered on there today.
What a fun and brilliant doco, love that Frank is trying to keep these gems alive, the reaction of the older musicians listening to their music says it all👌🎼
What a fantastic film, the moment playing El Rego's track back to him got me choked, he looked so happy and grateful. The re-release on Daptone is a must.
This movie is a absolute Gem. I cannot believe that I found such a great Video on the Music that moves me to life. Moves me to Live again. Thank you so much Afra Andrea Ladish. You make my heart sing and my soul fly.
+Vinyl Therapy & Audio I agree! thumbs ups for sure!
th-cam.com/video/5_6J0LlsV6g/w-d-xo.html when the music dropped, i almost lost it. such beauty.
moves me to life. so true.
Thanks Frank, for all those mixes you put out on your blog at that time- I DJ vinyl and play a lot of the represses of the songs you found. You did wonderful work for the world.
The color and design of these album covers is amazing. Pure art.
A french speaking german who flew from the US to crate dig in West Africa… this man is a gem
Raw passion in the recordings and the collector. Thankful for the people who recognized the cultural importance, like saving a rare bird from extinction.
We Salute you Sir,
The world is a better place with you and this music alive in it.
Much love
This doc is superb! Love seeing the reactions of the original artists when they hear their records again.
I love this muddle of French, English and Spanish, great report.
Asi Me gusta a mi, ça le fait merci !
Proper record collecting, complete with a voudou ceremony! Brilliant.
We all just need to listen. People is out there to teach each of us the best lectures in life.
I agree hear something from beginning to end!
Such a cool documentary! It really makes me want to discover this kind of african music! He is living the dream....
+AudiophileLaws getmziki (dot com) you can find all the new stuff here, mostly east coast, but styles from all over are starting to turn up! Unless you want just older stuff, but Getmiziki has a lot of great stuff!
Why is it mostly east coast? I moved to Seattle and frequent Portland and San Diego and have found way less than I did in West Virginia even....
I assume I was referring to the African Westcoats. I might be wrong..
This dude in the vid Frank used to have a Blogspot called Voodoo Funk where he would post free mp3s and long mixes. SO GOOD! There were pictures of him in bombed out old buildings with an avalanche of records he was sifting through. Looked it up the other day after getting into a convo about African music with a rockabilly dude, found the website, and within a couple days it disappeared. Hope he gets it going again. Until then, thank you Frank for all the music you unearthed! I loved those mixes.... Before my hard drive died... Damn.
you can still listen to some of my mixes on Mixcloud:
www.mixcloud.com/voodoofunk/
and on Soundcloud:
soundcloud.com/voodoo-funk
cheers!
@@VoodooFunkNYC thanks Frank, just curious but why do diggers post on Mixcloud instead of TH-cam?
@@MrSundex02 Copyright strikes.
@@VoodooFunkNYC Dude were are the 24 hour mixes!
What a lovely film! The vinyl makes me salivate and the music is fantastic, but the interactions and the vibe is my favorite thing about it. Great, great job. Thank you for sharing it!!
Amazing stuff. Thank you for what you do.
Such a wonderful video - i especially love the part at about 29.30 where he is speaking with Danialou Sagabhan - it is a very emotional reminiscence and his explanation of music these days as compared with rhythms of the village and music of another time is so real - you can feel it in through your bones.
yes I love that part
I really enjoyed this, thank you for the upload/subs.
Frank! I didn't know about this film. Fantastic.
Must be really fun, hunting vinyl record in Africa. Awesome .😀👍👍👍👍👍
Great!!! I love this films.I remember Benin,Ghana.
African funk is awesome. I only know about manu dibango and poeple like that but I know there are loads of artists only really known in Africa and now forgotten. I'd love to find some of this old stuff.
Buenísimo documental. Gracias!
W hi p ever shared this. Thank you so much. Great video.
What a Great Film ! Thanks so much !
Una joya. Honot y Gratitud
My heart pines for this experience!
Gran documental, muchas gracias por el laburo de los subs!. Me suscribo, saludos!
Best thing I've ever watched
this dude was out there killin it!
Muchas gracias por subir esto!
really exceptional! Thanks for sharing your journey Frank and thanks for the subtitles
This is absolutely beautiful!
Gracias por subir esto, me sirve de mucho, un saludo. (Y)
Great doco! Amazing finds.
What a journey !!!👍🏻
Great job, I loved it.
Buen documental me gustó bastante
Excelente,muy buen documental!!!
That K Frimpong record at 5:20 is a gem!
nice,,,,good job and like subtitles - well done
interesting programme. thanks.
Holy crap this was an epic video
So many gems
Anybody notice they were playing dj shadow in that radio station? 🔥
THANK YOU.epic stuff this is.
Now it would be convenient to convert all these pieces of history to Flac or Wav formats
19:58 Reminds me of what the Chinese guy in empire of dust was saying
Gracias! Esto es un joya
Lol the Nigerian DJ @ 2:40 is playing DJ Shadow in the background
I see a high interest of young hipsters in America playing obscure 60s-80s soul and funk all over the country...even on TH-cam. I wish them well on their crate digging journeys. Growing up in the 90s, no one was doing that, I played all mine alone in the house. Maybe music got so bad that even Gen Z are recognizing it
Incredible! ❤️💥👍🏻🇿🇦
Thank you
This is real crate digging
when is this from? great stuff. Thanks for the subs!
Awesome !
where can i get this dude's mix though!?
Frank simply rules! WICKED THING!
This is awesome
I’m sure if those records got a good cleaning it would make a huge difference.
Nice and unique video! Which is the place that digging take place? Could you recommend any record shops,there?
Have you watched the video? Mostly in Benin, there are almost no records shops, most records were bought from peers.
good film
Hello! Where can I buy records in Ouagadougou?
Where are the mixes?
This is dope!
first song? any annotation of songs used? th-cam.com/video/5_6J0LlsV6g/w-d-xo.html when the music dropped, i almost lost it. such beauty.
Any possibility for tracklists ???
What is the song at 20:09 called?
"E Nan Mian Nuku" by El Rego. It's on the El Rego compilation I put out together with Daptone Records ca 15 years ago th-cam.com/video/_rZYvAngBZ8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
straight gankin
AMAZING!!
anyone kno the tune at 6:48?
He sounds like Marlon Brando doing a German accent.
With only French and English you can communicate with the almost entire west Africa that's cool.
+Jean Bruce And Portuguese ;)
+Francisco Berberan
Yep in Angola, Mozambique, cabo verde, Guiné, Guiné bissau, Sao tomé : )
2:13
I love african music too!It all started with Bob Marley
how is he American? he sounds German to me...
He is german
Can anyone id 8:48
4:00 this mans not looking for high life ???
This guys world will be flipped upside down when he discovers Discogs
I've been aware of discogs since before the shooting of this documentary in 2008. Back then the database was too small to be relevant and even later the platform never turned anything upside down for me. Aside from my stomach maybe, looking at the mostly common, beat up, over graded, African records being sold/offered on there today.
Only None Djs Talk like this Guy