Now for something completely different…Raw Music homies Former Thieves opened for hardcore legends Terror and Every Time I Die last Friday at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. Raw Music was there to catch the madness, until we were kicked off stage for being the posers we are.
The “Raw Music International: Kisumu” mixtape is out now…hear the greatest jams we recorded while filming the pilot episode…17 underground classics from one of KENYA’s most musical regions…hip hop, reggae, and traditional sounds you’ll hear nowhere else, yours free:
http://rawmusicinternational.bandcamp.com/
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An outtake from the Raw Music pilot episode shot in Kisumu, Kenya:
Producers all over the world have been using the cheap and easy Fruity Loops software to make beats (including Rick Ross’ producer of choice Lex Luger, recently chronicled in this breathless but well meaning NY Times article). This is true in Kisumu as well—the guys at Urban Music use almost the exact same setup (cheap laptop, pirated software) to make their music as some of the most famous American stars. Watch technology cut the gap between west and the rest at startling speed in this clip.
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raw music friends/fiends, i’ve been behind on this tumblr. three posts coming up.
this video features outtakes from the pilot. we’re kicking it with kisumu reggae darlings “the conscious youths” outside of a club called sunspot in the kondele slum, kisumu, kenya. the place is extremely popular with people from the area, but they’re not always cool with cameras. thankfully our man ranking t has strange sway with the owner, and he got us in. his partner in the band, roy captain, used the occasion to debut a rap/raggamuffin joint sung in Luo (the tribal language in the area, one that is rarely used in popular music because of its limited range). ok!
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Olima Anditi performs the beautiful song “Apoli” live at home (Manyatta slum, Kisumu, Kenya), December 31, 2010.
Download the track at http://soundcloud.com/rawmusicinternational/olima-anditi-live-at-home-1
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Lyn Jay, one of Kenya’s hardest female rappers, tells a bit of her story. Hear the heavy jam “Ni Kubaya” at the Raw Music Soundcloud page:
Yo! Long time. My homie Dozze KILLS a freestyle about life as an underground rapper in Kenya. Check it and learn something!
Much more at www.rawmusicinternational.com
How to Eat Tilapia: Fresh Fish Lakeside, Kisumu, Kenya
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Check Peter Logono, a struggling Turkana refugee making a living playing music on the highway between Uganda and Kenya.
more at www.rawmuiscinternational.com/blog1
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