{"id":6659,"date":"2015-04-27T09:16:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T09:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2015-05-05T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T22:00:24","slug":"africa-is-hot-marathon-red-light-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/africa-is-hot-marathon-red-light-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Is Hot marathon update: eight hours of Red Light Radio shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the #Africaishot sound is rooted in hip hop, we also play Afro house, kwaito, dancehall, afrobeat and more, inspired by the eclectic vision of the original hip hop deejays such as Afrika Bambaataa. In this update we attempt to deal with a backlog of months in uploading the Africa Is Hot shows playlists, so check out these eight hours of Afro tunes from September to January. Stay tuned for more as we still have the February through April show playlists as well.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE May 6, 2015: Red Light Radio moved all their shows and playlists to Mixcloud. Listen to the latest shows in this playlist:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?embed_type=widget_standard&amp;embed_uuid=7bd91942-ba23-48f2-a389-13f3a5f8855d&amp;feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fafricanhiphop%2Fplaylists%2Fafrica-is-hot-red-light-radio%2F&amp;hide_cover=1&amp;hide_tracklist=1&amp;replace=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"180\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more playlist updates, and when you&#8217;re done here tune in to African Hip Hop Radio 24\/7 (<a href=\"#\">launch in popup<\/a>) which we&#8217;ll be supplying with fresh tunes daily from now on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo (above): Okmalumkoolkat in the studio with #Africaishot presenter Amal and Red Light Radio initiator Hugo van Heijningen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa Is Hot #6 &#8211; January 2015<\/strong><br \/>\nA show going all over the place, starting with Dutch\/Brazil 80s rare grooves from Congarilla, leading up to Meiway&#8217;s &#8216;DJ Tassouman&#8217;, an unreleased cut by Tatunane from Tanzania and an early version of Africa&#8217;s biggest hit in the western pop charts, Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante.<\/p>\n<p>Congarilla &#8211; Dance with me till the morning<br \/>\nNneka &#8211; Book of job<br \/>\nCoptic ft. M.anifest &#8211; Keep Shining<br \/>\nDean Blunt ft Inga Copeland &#8211; #2<br \/>\nTyrone Evans &#8211; Rise Up<br \/>\nMinzoto ya Zaire &#8211; Koni Vuka<br \/>\nVerckys &#8211; Cheka sana<br \/>\nKarol Conka &#8211; Vo La<br \/>\nMeiway &#8211; Dj Tassouman<br \/>\nKrotal &#8211; Krotal &#8211; On a tous des soucis feat Le Reflet Abracadabra<br \/>\nLimas Do Swagg &#8211; Arrasta esse pato<br \/>\nYemi Alade &#8211; Johnny (African Skank Bootleg)<br \/>\nSarabi ft Santuri &#8211; Fire<br \/>\nSuper Cat feat. Shaggy \u2014 Night Flight<br \/>\nDaddy Showkey- Asalambeez feat. Harry Song<br \/>\nSinkane\u2014How We Be (Lexx Remix)<br \/>\nMory Kante &#8211; M\u2019balou<br \/>\nFrancis Bebey &#8211; Sanza nocturne<br \/>\nMermaids &#8211; Night walkin<br \/>\nIba Mahr &#8211; Diamond sox<br \/>\nStephen Marley ft Sizzla &amp; Capleton &#8211; Rock stone<br \/>\nTatunane &#8211; Utamaduni<br \/>\nLes Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako &#8211; Tiecolomba<br \/>\nMory Kante &#8211; Yeke yeke (original version)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa Is Hot #5 &#8211; December 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nIn this show we played a lot of Afro house tunes including the brilliant &#8211; and exclusive for now &#8211; &#8216;Fire&#8217; by Sarabi from Kenya featuring the East African <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santurisafari.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santuri<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p>1 Sarabi &amp; Santuri &#8211; Fire<br \/>\n2 Freddy Massamba feat. Boddhi Satva- Warriors of Africa<br \/>\n3 Dj Malvado jr Ft. Bill Mello &#8211; Deda Baba (Afro)<br \/>\n4 LVovo Derrango ft Black coffee &amp; Zakes bantwini &#8211; Mzimba ngidedele<br \/>\n5 Black Motion ft. Berita &#8211; Troopa<br \/>\n6 Francis Bebey &#8211; Di Saegi<br \/>\n7 Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics &#8211; Omoba Blues<br \/>\n8 Sal Davis &#8211; Uhuru of Kenya<br \/>\n9 Simba Wanyika &#8211; Yamebaki mazoea<br \/>\n10 Jabula &#8211; Ithumeleng ba mamela<br \/>\n11 Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako<br \/>\n12 Sabu Martinez &#8211; El Cumbanchero<br \/>\n13 Protoje &#8211; Who knows ft Chronixx<br \/>\n14 Leeroy &#8211; Chateau Rouge<br \/>\n15 Krotal &#8211; On a tous des soucis<br \/>\n16 Dhaanto Cusuub<br \/>\n17 Manu Dibango &#8211; Abele<br \/>\n18 March\u00e9 Noire &#8211; Y\u2019a du blues<br \/>\n19 Don Laka &#8211; Don\u2019t you like it<br \/>\n20 Dirty Paraffin &#8211; Big Bootyholic<br \/>\n21 Yvonne Chaka Chaka &#8211; Umqombothi (B.R.M 2014 Crazy Mix)<br \/>\n22 Maikal X &#8211; Real friend<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa Is Hot #4 &#8211; November 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nAfro Vintage Vinyl special with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefader.com\/tag\/dj-gioumanne\" target=\"_blank\">dj Gioumanne<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Kwaku Daddy &#8211; American Football<br \/>\n2 Mandingo &#8211; Harima<br \/>\n3 Asante &#8211; Asante Tabora<br \/>\n4 Saidou Richard &#8211; Sabali<br \/>\n5 Lizzy Mercier Descloux &#8211; Lady o\u2019kpele<br \/>\n6 Peter Tosh &#8211; Bukk in Ham dub<br \/>\n7 Congarilla &#8211; Thunder and lightning<br \/>\n8 Henri Guedon &#8211; Mozambikaction<br \/>\n9 Pili Pili &#8211; Afro Timento<br \/>\n10 Anansi &#8211; Funky G<br \/>\n11 Georges Diby &#8211; Abore Mebe<br \/>\n12 Sonny Okosuns Ozziddi &#8211; O\u2019Jesu<br \/>\n13 Slim Ali &#8211; Sing a song<br \/>\n14 Candido &#8211; Jingo<br \/>\n15 Buari &#8211; Iro la pa<br \/>\n16 Dizzy K &#8211; Link the boogie<br \/>\n17 Del Richardson &#8211; Soul on fire<br \/>\n18 Jewel &#8211; Jewel\u2019s groove (Afro Disco Boogie Edits)<br \/>\n19 AM FM &#8211; You are the one<br \/>\n20 Sumy &#8211; Goodthingman<br \/>\n21 Oso &#8211; Disco bata<br \/>\n22 Young Exposer &#8211; The swing<br \/>\n23 Billy jones &#8211; We want peace<br \/>\n24 Los Hermanos Latinos &#8211; Bomba remix<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa Is Hot #3 &#8211; September\/October 2014<\/strong><br \/>\nWith special guest Caroline Kamya (Uganda) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CarolineKamya\" target=\"_blank\">@CarolineKamya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Sanzala &#8211; Bomaye (Senegal)<br \/>\n2 Ill Skillz &#8211; Hip Hop Jones (SA)<br \/>\n3 Abladzo Kwame &#8211; Hope feating Kur Brakous (Ghana)<br \/>\n4 Bana &#8211; All for Luga Flow (Uganda)<br \/>\n5 Wangechi &#8211; Play (Kenya)<br \/>\n6 Clap! Clap! \u2013 Tayi Bebba (Diaspora\/Italia)<br \/>\n7 Sopiang Kawina &#8211; Opete kwasi<br \/>\n8 Mo Kolours &#8211; Mike Black (Mauritania\/UK)<br \/>\n9 Andrew Ashong &#8211; Never Dreamed (UK)<br \/>\n10 Manu Dibango &#8211; Kusini (Cameroon)<br \/>\n11 Segun Bucknor &#8211; You Killing Me (Nigeria)<br \/>\n12 Amen Brother Disco Band &#8211; Soleil<br \/>\n13 Marlene &#8211; Taste of the pudding ft Segun Roberts (Nigeria)<br \/>\n14 Caroline Kamya DJ set<br \/>\n15 Abumba du Zaire &#8211; Likambo na falanga<br \/>\n16 Buttley Moore &#8211; Happy Merry Music<br \/>\n17 The Ngozi Family Band &#8211; Stay With Me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amsterdam&#8217;s one-of-a-kind radio station Red Light Radio is the home to our monthly radio show, Africa Is Hot. Hosts J4 and Amal play a diverse pick of new and vintage tunes, not informed by what everybody listens to, but stepping out of the path of predictability. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,465,492],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanhiphop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}