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African Technicians Vol​.​1 (LP)

by Polar

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African Technicians 01:58
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Troposphere 5 02:37
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Panafrican Woman 02:37
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Afrofuturism Lesson 02:02
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Bebey Deconstruction 02:14
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Technologie Recyclers 03:02
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Ghana Market Place 01:39
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Djembe Revolt 01:46
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Abuya Street Battle 03:07
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Diplomat Incident 02:37
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Nigerian Disco 02:04
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Tuareg Tech Dance 01:48
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African Technicians" is a musical research work developed over 2 years, time that took me to inquire about the pioneers of African Electronic Music (70's, 80's), driven by musicians who dared to use as innovative way the means of technological musical production in the black continent.This work took me hundreds of hours of listening to be able to generate a sample file, for later use in the composition of a series of volumes. This research also consists of an investigation about the rhythmic and melodic geography of African music, from there to be able to generate the work based on the guidelines of modern African music. Thus, in this first installment of "African Technicians" we find musical influences and rhythms such as Soukos from Congo, Benga from Kenya, Bongo Flava from Tanzania, Fugi and Highlife from Nigeria, Boomba Music from Kenya, Kuduro from Angola, Makoosa from Cameroon, Mbalax from Senegal, just to name a few.

The main idea of this series is to be able to create a cross between the foundations of popular music with new media from the African continent, trying to compose the principle of the cross rhythm, in which the great accents of the fundamental forms used do not coincide Instead, they lean on each other. In this system, the fundamentals of polymetry do not enter at the same time, but at different times. This succession of accents is precisely the true music of West Africa, especially of the Yoruba and Fon tribes, but also of almost all equatorial and sub-equatorial nations. As these rhythmic forms are typical of African culture, and do not occur in any other music (and of course not in the western "classical"), their presence serves to know how far the African influence extends in the musical field.

In this sense I have decided to go further and subtitle this record within the category of "Afrofuturism", because the composers of whom I am nurtured in this research somehow imagined a new African technological music of the future. At that time, for most of the inhabitants of the continent, the technology for music creation was prohibitively expensive, as well as recording in professional studios before the emergence of the laptop, which in these times makes it easier for new electronic musicians. Africans compose their creations. To conclude, here are some "Africans Technicians", pioneers of African music with new technological means that inspired this work and those to come. Letta Mbulu, Manu Dibango, Sonny Okosuns, Francis Bebey, Hailu Mergia, Laraaji, Lijadu Sisters, Tata, William Onyeabor, among hundreds of other artists that are still revealed thanks to the rescue of music lovers from the sounds of the African Continent.

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released December 23, 2022

Artwork by Polar & Dodie Manta.
J-Card adaptation by Dodie Manta.
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Polar.
Cat.Ref - LMR022
Chile (Punta Arenas, Patagonia)

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