The 13th Tribe

Pharoah Saunders interview

2011-05-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

"Everything comes from within.."

The Day Hip Hop Died

2011-05-11T07:16:00.000-07:00

Beats,Rhymes+Life - The Movie

2011-04-17T11:16:00.000-07:00

Hell yeah,u gotta see this

The Double Bass

2011-04-17T08:22:00.000-07:00

Stanley Clarke;

Adam Ben Ezra

Carlos De Pino

Buster Williams

Ron Carter

Sophia - Hey Shorty

2011-04-17T05:08:00.000-07:00

Browsing thru youtube slam poetry got tones of North Americans,Australians and Irish.So did a search for 'Scottish Slam Poetry' and got this ; a girl from Washington in a cafe in Edinburgh.

The Stolen Scream

2011-04-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

Interesting tale about a photo that some dude took of himself screaming.

Cry Baby-The Pedal That Rocks The World.

2011-04-15T17:56:00.000-07:00

Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World from Dunlop Manufacturing on Vimeo.

Baraka

2011-04-15T15:46:00.000-07:00

Smashin wee chill out Movie,superbly shot with an unforgettable and sublime soundtrack.

Brasil - A Convenient History

2011-04-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

'Largest forced migration of people in History'

(Thanks to Oriol for sending me this)

“Self Titled” EP - Secret Sidewalk

2011-04-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

Pocket their free eP over here

FREE SECRET SIDEWALK EP

Cheers 2 Pete (tremendiss fargin beatmaker) Sasqwax for the nod.

Fractulz,Gods thumbprint? Colours Of Infinity-Arthur C Clarke.

2011-04-14T19:17:00.001-07:00

Interesting Hippy bollox.

There Is No Authority But Yourself

2011-04-14T18:48:00.000-07:00

Stuff Yer Government.

2011-04-14T13:17:00.000-07:00

What the Future Sounded Like-History of EMS

2011-04-14T11:02:00.001-07:00

The Alchemists Of Sound

2011-04-14T10:48:00.000-07:00

Wee docu on the BBC's famous ROOM 13 Radiophonic Workshop.

The BBC 'Moge'

2011-04-14T10:43:00.000-07:00

This is gettin battered.

My Dad worked on one of these.

2011-04-14T10:39:00.001-07:00

Defo gettin flipped.

Tales from Beyond The Pale

2011-04-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

I may rob some of this ,so if u see it in a future vid i make then u know where i got it from.

Guess Who?

2011-04-14T08:55:00.000-07:00

Saphron-Back To Ruzafa

2011-04-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

Uchoob of Le Micro Feat Sara Taxe Rodriguez

2011-04-13T09:57:00.001-07:00

Just a wee uchoob of some pics of Barrio Del Carmen in Sara's native Valencia (taken by herself) and mixed with some piks taken around the streets of Santiago de Chile.

Heres the bandcamp DL Link too.

Le Micro Feat Sara + Soft Wasp by The 13th Tribe

Window Samba.

2011-04-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Little 2 minute Organic 2 Step Breakbeat Garage promo beat along with footage of the cockpit of a Fighter Jet layered with stuff about String Theory.

Destination Unlimited.

2011-04-13T09:29:00.000-07:00

Organic Saxophone driven break cut to footage of an F111 fighter plane mixed with an old Prelinger cartoon about how Oil 'is not only a great source of energy but gives freedom to make any goal possible'

Valparaiso

2011-04-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

Moody 2 Step beat accompanies lo-fi footage of a bus journey entering the famous Chilean/Pacific port of Valparaiso,just 1 month after the 8.8 earthquake in Feb 27 2010.Shot using a Canon A560 and edited in iMovie6

Think Big Henry

2011-04-13T09:27:00.000-07:00

Dubby Downtempo beat underpins a conversation between Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger discussing Nixon's desire to drop a Nuclear Bomb on Cambodia.

13t + Jello Biafra

2011-04-13T09:26:00.000-07:00

Instrumental Electro Hip Hop vibes this time alongside future Robots and homemade morse code machines then mixed with a bit of banter from the great Jello Biafra former lead singer of Dead Kennedys.

Hater-The 13th Tribe meets Youth Speaks

2011-04-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

Melodic Downtempo track featuring Slam poetry from the Youth Speaks movement based in Seattle.Filmed around the paint splashed streets of Pablo Neruda's house (La Chascona) in Barrio Bellavista,Santiago de Chile.The images were taken with a Canon Powershot A560 and Edited in iMovie 6

This is T (rip it up mix)

2011-04-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

Have a cup of T an watch this.

In This House (Swamp Gas mix)

2011-04-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

Some old Town planner footage from the 1960s about the relocation of the inhabitants of Glasgows Tenements to the High Rises on the outskirts of the City.

New Hope City

2011-04-13T07:41:00.000-07:00

Glitchy bizniz coupled with archive footage.

Deadbird Beats

2011-04-13T07:38:00.000-07:00

Minimal downtempo instrumental Glitch -and another reject beat for the Ninja Tune Forum 64 Bar Challenge i decided not to use,alongside a News report of the 5000 dead birds that fell out of the sky in Beebe,Arkansas on New Yrs Eve.

Hit The Road Jack.

2011-04-13T07:35:00.000-07:00

Haunting and augmented bamboo flutes with tibetan bells over a double bass driven organic downtempo beat alongside footage of Rockefeller being greeted by a 17yr old Matias Rojas on his arrival to Chile on January 17th 2011.

Wi Spy

2011-04-13T07:32:00.000-07:00

Downtempo Glitch Hop beat with screechy slide guitars and dubby live bass alongside a news report on how Google and the CIA are teaming up to spy on internet habits and more.

Secret Of Success

2011-04-13T07:31:00.000-07:00

Instrumental Downtempo Glitch Hop recorded for the 98bpm Ninja Tune Forum 64 Bar Challenge (reject beat).This time features cut ups of old US Propaganda films and some cartoons about an evil genius who robs banks with flying robots from about 2000 yrs ago.

Outer Spacers

2011-04-13T07:27:00.001-07:00

Glitchd beats accompanied by a trashy live bassline and layered with effex that sound like 2 strung out Soup Dragons snarling over their last rock of crack.All live skills,no quantized pish involved.

A Video I Made for My Cat

2011-04-13T05:38:00.000-07:00

Ignore the mypants stuff,the vid was obviously made during that sad epoch.

2010-03-22T16:46:00.000-07:00

<a href="http://the13thtribe.bandcamp.com/album/negro">The 13th Tribe-Negro feat Niche Flow (Cuba/Barcelona) by The 13th Tribe</a>

All Cash Raised Goes To Haiti + Cruzroja/Red Cross in Chile.

Some press on the track from London to Madrid to Paris to Oz & NYC....

"Amazing...very eclectic. You can definitely tell your influences range from reggae/dancehall/hip-hop. I’d love to hear more anytime, Your releases would be well-received by our eclectic audience. "

Wax Poets Magazine Brooklyn described as “The best and most exquisitely laid-out music bimonthly in America.” by The New York Times Style Magazine

'The 13th Tribe and their new single Negro are about as inspired as it gets. Negro is a tidal wave of musical and cultural influences, as they draw from their collective backgrounds, taking you from Africa to the UK to South America, to create one lethal cocktail.

Best described as a jazzy cha cha topped off with patois and scratching, the track is all about celebrating individuality and personal pride. You may not be able to make out all of the words but you can't help but get swept up in the rhythmic emotion.

The accompanying music video is just as colourful (no pun intended) as the song, using stereotypical minstrel-type images in an entertaining way that gets their message across without being preachy.'

Review By Hazard For Planet Urban

"Negro is great - really infectious. The video reminds me of the early days of the Hac groovin with The Jazz Defektors when the Hac screens showed vids like that with b+w movie clips-

Geoff Ellis (Founder Of T In The Park,DF Concerts)

'The 13th Tribe's Negro sums up our club night in just over 205 perfect seconds' -

Huskiii (FFtang @ 93 feet East Brick lane London)

"I love Negro and think it's a HIT, that youtube clip with the film you've used is a def winner. The whole vibe reminds me a lot of Belleville Rendez-vous - very cool style." -

dj Hobbes (Trouble,getintotrouble.com- Voted "one of the Top 100 Clubs Worldwide" by DJ magazine,& Voted Club of The Yr by Gilles Peterson of Worldwide Radio One .Talkin Loud & Brownswood)

"I really like that Video (of Negro) That was DOPE!"
Buddy Peace (Warp,Sage Francis,Anticon,Bully,Strange Famous Records,2600Recordings)

" I love it,can i submit a beat for this? "
The Apple Juice Kid (drummer/producer for Mc Lyte,Yazarah,The Jungle Brothers,Camp Lo,Freebass 808,Fatman Scoop,7 times USA Beat Battles Champion)

"Negro is Dooooooooooooooooope!!! Yeahhhhhh!! " - Señor Lobo (CEO of Lovemonk Records Madrid)

" ...Thanks a million to Suchil K Dade (future Pilot AKA) for pointing me in the direction of The 13th Tribe,a marker of how vibrantly diverse the music world is here in Scotland I just loved that."

Mary Ann Kennedy on playing Negro on Global Gathering BBC Radio Scotland.08/12/09

"Really enjoying your Negro track! Fantastic music!
I've just programmed that on Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering and it sounded fantastic!

Future Pilot AKA

"Really good track. Love the video a lot too." Arnaud Danielou Groovalizacion Radio
credits
released 23 March 2010
Vocals - NicheFlow( VOCA-Cuba,Barcelona)

Engineered+Post Production-Dubstructor for VOCA (Madrid)

Produced - The 13th Tribe (UK)

(Guitar-D.S. Murray,Cuts-13t,thanks to Roddy MacDonald)

Classic Brasilian mix from Skymark for Modern Sun Records

2010-02-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

Check Skymark's 70s & 80s Brasilian Mix Here

Its February,so that makes it Carnival month in Brasil,what better then,than to astrally project urself there by checking this little beauty i found floating around the webby stratosphere.Its jam packed to the gunnels with enough alegria to keep ur chops grinning till next carnival season.Skymark on the 1s and 2s for Modern Sun Records-what a joy....

'Modern Sun records was founded in 2009 by a passionate of any kind of Soul music. From the deep 70’s Northern Soul, Modern Soul crossover, Hip Hop, Nu Soul to Deep House. The purpose of this label is to spread this passion for Soul music by releasing records and mixes...

This Label takes his influences through artists like The Mizell Brothers, James Mason, Norman Connors, Leroy Burgess, MTUME, Tamla Motown, Strata East, Black Jazz Records, Atlantic...(the list would never end)'

More Modern Sun Records Mixes here

The 13th Tribe on LoveMonk's 'Soleado' show on Radio Gladys Palmera

2010-02-07T06:21:00.000-08:00

Long time amigo of The 13th Tribe and legendary CEO of Lovemonk Records Señor lobo,has done us the honour of playing our forthcoming single,Negro,on his weekly Radio Show called 'Soleado' on Spain's Radio Gladys Palmera.Ths show is broadcast on FM terrestrial Radio to Barcelona,Madrid and Valencia but u can also check it below from Lovemonk's online treasure trove.Negro features the dizzying vocal gymnastics of Cuba's NicheFlow, a little known Caribbean Toaster presently based out in Barcelona.As per usual the Lovemonk show is showered with blissfully rare little gems...theres more sparkling little jewels here than on Ugly Betty's shiney bonnet,so dont be shy,dig in like a purple veined Texan in an Afghan oil field...

Check The Lovemonk Podcast Here

Soleado on Radio Gladys Palmera, straight outta Lovemonk. Your hosts: Señorlobo and Lubacov, bringing you the finest in Discos Buenos. Spanish spoken.

Download The Lovemonk Mix with Señorlobo+ LubacovHere

playlist:

hora 1

Binky Griptite With The Sugarman Three – A Lover Like Me (Daptone)
Cody ChesnuTT – Look Good In Leather (One Little Indian)
Tony Allen – Afro-Disco Beat (Vampisoul)
Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins – Bootie Beat (Ubiquity)
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals – Satta Amassa Gana Version (Greensleevs)
The 13th Tribe feat NicheFlow – Negro (Drop Zone Records)
Grupo X – Sunshine (Loft)
Bibio – The Apple And The Tooth (Warp)
Jake One – Get ‘Er Done (Featuring MF DOOM) (Rhymesayers)
Lord Panama And The Stickers – Fire Down Below (Soundway)
Moondog – Bird’s Lament (Honest Jon’s)
Billa Quase – Bossa Casino (Cast-a-Blast)
Heath Bros. – Smilin’ Billy Suite Pt. 2 (Strata-East)
Fruko Y Sus Tesos- A la Memoria del Muerto (Blundetto Edit) (Lucien)
Based On Kyoto – Flower (Japonica)

hora 2

The John Betsch Society – Ode to Ethiopia (Heavenly Sweetness)
Brownout – Con el Cuete (Six Degrees)
Adolphe Parillon – Country (BBE)
Pazazz – So Hard to Find (Original Version) (Soulplex)
Peven Everett – Special (Trippin)
Basement Jaxx – Gimme Somethin’ True (feat. Jose James) (Ultra)
Titanic – Sultana (CBS)
Colman Brothers – El Nino (GRC Remix) (Wah Wah 45)
Earl Zinger – Heavy Hitter (!K7)
Little Francisco Grooves – Moving-Grooving (Soundway)
Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug (Greg Wilson Edit) (Tirk)
The Revolution Of St. Vincent – The Little You Say (Strut)
Gasper Lawal – Awon-Ojise-Oluwa (Luaka Bop)
The Velvet Underground – The Black Angel’s Death Song (Verve)

The 13th Tribe feat Yast Solo - Vive Lo. by The 13th Tribe

2010-02-04T10:32:00.001-08:00

Featuring Yast Solo (APN/Association de Las Panteras Negras/Madrid/Guinea/Senegal)

"sick beat" El Cubist (Exegene Records Boss)

The 13th Tribe feat Yast Solo - Vive Lo. by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-31T22:37:00.000-08:00

"How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?"

"If you don't know history, it is as if you were born yesterday."

“Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.”

"I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own."

“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children”

“(Nationalism is) a set of beliefs taught to each generation in which the Motherland or the Fatherland is an object of veneration and becomes a burning cause for which one becomes willing to kill the children of other Motherlands or Fatherlands”

“War itself is the enemy of the human race.”

Howard Zinn R>I>P.

The 13th Tribe & Benjammin - Heavy Duty by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-24T08:00:00.001-08:00

Presenting Benjammin,50+ releases with the likes of Black Grass,Scotch Bonnet/Mungos Hi Fi,Prof Angel Dust and Roots Garden,he has become the most loved and recognised voice in the reggae scene in Spain.Here we see him reunited with The 13th Tribe for a Latino/Ragga/Tropical tobasco flavoured slice of dancefloor cha cha cha.Expect to see a whole bunch of seismic collabs from these guys in 2k10.

The 13th Tribe & Benjammin - Heavy Duty 09 Mix by The 13th Tribe

Help Raise Cash For Haiti

2010-01-21T20:13:00.000-08:00

<a href="http://eastborn.bandcamp.com/track/eastborn-the-13th-tribe-the-irony-13t-al-jabr-mix">Eastborn & The 13th Tribe - THE IRONY (13t-Al-Jabr Mix) by Eastborn</a>

'Once in a while some great underground rap makes its way to my ears. This time its not the usual American stuff, like Sage Francis, Sixtoo, or Shadow Huntaz, although it has some innovative vocal manipulations and twisted beats like Shadow Huntaz. No this is some homegrown shit direct from Glasgow,Scotland, not quite the rap mecca, but it sure does breed some forward thinking electronic acts, such as our providers here, Eastborn on the lyricals, and The 13th Tribe taking them vocals and chopping and screwing them into some mad rhythms over his crunchy headnodding Southeast Asian influenced track. Big pressure from two great Artists, and even more props goes to them for giving the proceeds of this track to the Haiti earthquake aid'

review by Exegene Records Boss El Cubist

Le Micro feat Sara Taxe Rodriguez + Soft Wasp by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-21T15:37:00.001-08:00

Mogadon glitch with Sara on Vox and Soft Wasp on Drums,Tommy Wah Wah Molina on Guitar and Freddy Bolivar on blubbery Bass.If u hadnt yet noticed Sara Taxe Rodriguez is Spain's Roxanne Shante multiplied by Queen Latifah to the power of Ursula Rucker.Soft Wasp is a dynamite Dubhop/Step producer hailing from Manchester with a rather plump back catalogue to peruse,check him out here,some of his stuff is well benny hill.

http://soundcloud.com/click-clone

Production,if u can call it that, by 13t. (does this guy ever leave the house? - wierdo)

Le Micro feat Sara Taxe Rodriguez + Soft Wasp by The 13th Tribe

Red 5 Winter. by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-16T12:03:00.001-08:00

Red 5 Winter. by The 13th Tribe

Downtempo Electronic jiggery pokery@ half time 140bpms, with constantly evolving musical shapes, culminating in a ping pong of blappy bleepishness...down to the load to the free y'all.

(the foto is my friend Olga Estelles and i think its great,it reminds me of Pan's Labyrnth)

Disco Sampler 2k-10 by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-16T03:55:00.001-08:00

Disco Sampler 2k-10 by The 13th Tribe

Babylon Shall Fall Dub feat Horsemouth. by The 13th Tribe

2010-01-15T07:12:00.001-08:00

Babylon Shall Fall Dub feat Horsemouth. by The 13th Tribe

This is FREE download from The 13th Tribe's Soundcloud page,navigate there by clicking on the song title above the foto and click on download for the free track.
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Peace.

2010-01-03T08:11:00.000-08:00

Fantastic wee chill out mix by Huskiii from FFtang! Amusingly entitled Cloud Monsters,it features lots of African/Latin/Eastern goodness thatll soothe yer lugs into the new year an beyond.Spark up a herbal woodbine non filter an get yer horizontal jiggy hats on,cloud cluster bomb incoming....
U can hear Huskiii and fellow FFtangeros every third Thursday @93 feet east in Brick lane,look out for our Charlie Inman (dj C-Boogie) of shep Boosh's Cover up fame playing 'a ragbag mix of hiphop samba funk salsa brazillia dancehall jazz' on 21st january - Free entry all night

Umalali - Uruwei
Oumou Sangaré - Ne Bi Fe
The 13th Tribe - Wanya Eko feat. Gozi Joe Adigwe
Juan Son - Las Hadas
Juana Molina - Los Hongos de Marosa
A.R. Rahman - Silent Invocation A
Co ft. Deuce - Bastards
Helado Negro - Dahum
Paavoharju - Tuoksu Tarttuu Meihin
Múm - Marmalade Fires
El Remolón - La Bonita
Odd Nosdam ft. Jessica Bailiff - Fat Hooks
Black to Comm - Virtuosity Is A Means To An End
Sublime Frequencies - Evening Ambiance, Myanmar
Kuupuu - Taivaankotiin

Download Huskiii's Cloud Monsters Mix here (133mb file)

2010-01-02T08:24:00.000-08:00

On a Celtic Tip(ple) I just found this wee selection of Scottish,Irish and Galician (ie Celtic),Ballads and Airs,Jigs n Reels that i used to pass around Irish bars in Spain (it was always worth a free stout or 2 :).It features the melifluous and spine tinglingly angelic voice of Karol Matheson,The majestic Chieftains,Godfathers of Folk music and Bob Dylans best pals;The Clancy Brothers(they taught Bob D how it was done in Greenwich Village NYC in the 60s),the inimitable High Priests of the Scottish Celtic music scene (& of course collaborators of The 13th Tribe) ;The McCluskey Brothers,The raucous,sublime and poetic, Pogues and also The Ard Ri's (High Kings) of Irish Folk Music;The Dubliners.Loud and Proud they all gather round the still, simmering a lethal poitin brew with some well known tunes and some not so well known,kinda suits this time of yr.Hope u dig.Athbhliain faoi mhaise dhuit.

Slan wa.

Download The Celtic selection here

The 13th Tribe Soundcloud tunes

2009-11-26T02:54:00.001-08:00

Latest tracks by The 13th Tribe

2009-10-30T08:34:00.000-07:00

Another little gem from the Youth Speaks movement.Now for some strange reason unbeknown to man nor beast,the actual name of the Poet is not listed,so all i have to go on is the name of the track - Answer This.What i do know is that shes young,shes female and shes clever.She asks the simple question "Why are u a Hater?" Then uprighteous and unerved she reaffirms her resilience with witty charm and sublime incision.check her out (Backing Music by The 13th Tribe ZZzzzzzzzz i know i know it keeps em off the streets i suppose ;)

Direct Download link for the 320 of The 13th Tribe Meets Youth Speaks/Bring the noise - Answer THis (Hater) here

2009-10-29T11:04:00.000-07:00

So todays track is a vocal snatched from the superb Slam Poetry Podcast 'Youth Speaks' (free from iTunes) The individual track is called Revoution and ive no idea who the performer is at the moment - Ill put my snifferdog hat on and find out soon tho.The beats are from The 13th Tribe as per usuaaaaaaaaaaal.

Its an interesting slant,full of upfront youthful vigour and cutting 'take no shit' confidence on the revolution (non)movement....cue heavily justified attacks on materialism and the 'if u doint need it then u really need to buy it' culture,that has festered post Reagan/Thatcher/Edward Bernays.....another feather in the cap for the lambasting bohemian vs bling attache.

As one of the clever chaps from Youth Speaks podcast 4 quips

'We went from fighting for freedom to acting dumb for free'

Hope u dig.

Direct Download link for the 320 of The 13th Tribe Meets Youth Speaks - Revolution here

Youth Speaks website is here

2009-10-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

"CHEIKH ANTA DIOP,
The Pharoah of Knowledge

On the 7th of February, 1986, Africa lost one of her illustrious sons, Cheikh Anta Diop, an exceptional African whose singular destiny and contributions were in tune with an Africa sometimes (promising), hopeful and some times despondent.

While leaving us, Professor Cheikh Anta Diop bequeathed to Africa a heritage of liberation without precedence: the knowledge of one's origin.

It would not strike the mind of any historian of the ancient Mediterranean civilizations to deny the crucial role played by black Egyptian peoples, in deed Ethiopians, in the development of sciences, arts, techniques, and it was from distant antiquity. The idea of "black tabula rasa", (Africa devoid of history (culture); in short, devoid of humanity, dear to colonial histography is largely posterior.

Cheikh Anta Diop led throughout his life a pathetic struggle so that Africa might at long last get rid of the claws of cultural alienation which had lasted far too long, so that they would again become masters of a history which they had not lost before colonialism. "Black nations and culture" was within the context of an intense ideological struggle opposing the most awakened and conscious elements, the most politically awakened of the African elites to the tenants of colonial order who, to be witnesses to its collapse, were nonetheless less solid and untouchable.

The European Africanists schools (all tendencies mixed) were unanimous in rejecting, more often without examining, the fundamental theses of Cheikh Anta Diop relating to the "cultural unity" of Africa to the migrations which, taking their source from the original neolithic basin had ended up in the present peopling of the continent; to the continuity of the national historical past of Africans. It is that, in the eyes of some, the works of the Senegalese historian appear a dangerous precedent susceptible, like every pioneering and innovative work, to incite dangerous vocations.

This concern was based on at at least one point: the disintegration by Cheikh Anta Diop of the fundamental postulates of the European Africanist discourse. Thus we read: "This false attribution of values of Egypt qualified as white to a Greece equally white reveals a deep contradiction which is not the least proof of the black origin of Egyptian civilization" (Nations Negres et Culture, page 40, Vol II, Presence Africaine, 3 em edition).

In that fragment Cheikh Anta Diop links up the well being with the "umbilical cord" which links "black" ancient Egypt to the rest of the continent. similarly, the insoluble contradiction which made that pharaonic Egypt, the mother of civilizations, does not the least objectively belong to a continent judged to be savage, primitive and barbarous, finally finds a rational solution.

In that regard, to measure the same time the revolutionary character of Cheikh Anta Diop's thesis and the extent of the mystification of colonial histography, let us listen to Frederich Hegel, its most qualified and profound representative: "She (Africa) is no part of the historic world, she neither shows movement nor development........., that is to say, from the north originates the Asiatic and European worlds. Cartage was in that regard an important and transient element. But it belongs to Asia a Phoenician colony. Egypt would be examined through the passage of the human mind from the east to the west, but it does not depend on the African mind." (La raison dans L'Histoirem, p 269, collection 10-18).

Through this odious falsification of history, which Karl Max qualifies a idealist, a road was made which led to the myth of anti historicity of the African continent; which continent is seen to be, in perspective of Cheikh Anta Diop, the cradle of all civilizations.

It is against such allegations, qualified rightly, by the first historian of African renaissance Cheikh Anta Diop, as "fascist" and "racist" (in the sense that they implied the incapacity of Africans to create viable political institutions), that his major work "Nations Negres et Culture", reacted. It can be deplored that his prodigious erudition, his epic style, his liberating breath had not inspired all the African intellectualls of that epoch. Worst still, African history as it is taught today in our schools does not take the Negroid dimension of ancient Egypt........."

Continue reading here

Click here for a direct download of the 42 minute track of The 13th Tribe featuring Manu from Blake Radio.com talking about Cheikh Anta Diop..its a 96 mb file so make sure u got some space on ur comp ok :)

Savour the sweet sound of Sowetos Letta Mbulu.

2009-10-23T03:11:00.000-07:00

'Letta Mbulu is a South African jazz singer born and raised in Soweto. She has been active since the 1960s, but left South Africa for the United States in 1965 due to Apartheid. In the U.S. she worked with Cannonball Adderley, David Axelrod and Harry Belafonte. Her singing can also be heard in Roots, The Color Purple, and she was a guest on a Season 6 episode of Soul Train. Mbulu also provided the Swahili chant in Michael Jackson's single, "Liberian Girl"'

check her here

2009-10-21T15:28:00.001-07:00

check it here

2009-10-20T05:58:00.000-07:00

More T shirts hot off the presses from The 13th Tribe

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE.

Click here to Visit The 13th Tribe T-Shirt Shop all T shirts are available in a variety of different colours,click on Pictures and scroll down for the full colour range

The 13th Tribe goes all retail crazy and introduces a new line of Lo-Fi, Dub Lion T-Shirts, just in time for the UK Winter!

2009-10-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

Theyre available in a tonne of different sizes and colours so dig in,ye can never have too many tees imo.

buy em direct from here

http://www.dizzyjam.com/dj/products/542

http://www.the13thtribe.dizzyjam.com

2009-10-16T14:17:00.000-07:00

Recently found this gem of a club/blog whilst trekking the fringes of the outerweb,its jam packed full of global goodies,freebies and hook ups.I got in touch,and i was met with genuine warmth and shining musical kindness.So no surprise these guys know and love their Global Grooves with a passion.If ur close to Londons tasty little hot spot Brick Lane,i suggest u get urself along for a bountiful boogie every 3rd Tuesday of the month @ 93 Feet East....oh and just to twist the knife that little more,its FREE admission all night and 2 Bottles of gargle for a fiver before 8-30,no excuses now is there.....

"Fftang is a rum-fuelled safari through the clubs of the Tropics and beyond, exploring mutating party rhythms and culture-sound-clashes. Brazilian dubstep meets Middle Eastern mambo? Swedish hip hop over Congolese speed disco? Boundaries are melting and genres breed as worlds collide.

This week we're proud to have DJ IZEM from our favourite radio station GROOVALIZACION with us. In between delivering his monthly podcasts the Dublin based DJ and producer has played all over the globe, blazing up such musical hotspots as Recife, Casablanca, Valencia, Paris, Buenos-Aires and for tonight Matthew - Brick Lane.

Expect a global beat inferno taking in cumbia, samba, reggae, hip-hop and scorching tropical-meets-western-grooves mashups.

Joining him will be Huskiii (afro/latin/traditional-regional-music fused with b-boy beats and bastard bass) and musicians Captain Trumpet (brass) and Paolo (percussion) on jamming duty.

FREE ENTRY and 2 bottles of beer for a fiver until 8:30pm."

The FFtang crew have also been so kind as to run a feature promoting The 13th Tribe & VOCA movements on their outstanding blog.If u cant make it along to 93 Feet East to witness the aural delights live and direct then u can still sample the juice from afar-their mixes are already the stuff of legend on the 13t ipod.

grab the Fftang Mixtape 02 here

check this track list !!!

Totó la Momposina – El Porro Magangueleño
Super Sonido Changorama – La Suave Cumbia De
Kinfolk Kia Shine – So Krispy (cumbianativo remix)
Sonido Del Principe – Boom Boom
Balkan Beatbox – Red Bula (bbb remix)
Dunkelbunt – Dunkelbunt Rocks da Funky Beats
Hernan Builes – Chela (sneaky p remix)
DJ Avatar – Cumbia Int’l Mas Cultura Prod.
DJ Rage – La Companera (remix)
Tupolev Sound Crash – Green Curry Cumbia (facon darcyr remix)
De Leve – Cão Fudido
Palov & Mishkin – Ouist Atou
Willie Colón – Che Che Cole
Joe Cuba Sextet – Bang Bang
Rye Rye ft. MIA – Bang (prince of ballard remix)
Riot Kid – Shalom
Amadou & Mariam – Sabali (uproot andy remix)
Paulinho Pinheiro – Merengue Rebita (dj dolores rmx)
G.Rag und die Landlerg’schwister – Schorschl Take 3 (Isartaler Ghettoschützen Schlachthofbronx remix)
Grandpamini – Pégalé
Os Mutantes – Bat Macumba
Som Tres – Take it Easy my Brother Charles

Huskiii and his fellow tropicana lovin FFtangeros live here

2009-10-16T01:21:00.000-07:00

Psychedelic Cumbia from Bogota Colombia-nuff said,dig in.

Bomba Stereo 128 kbps Album promo here

Yet more Jperiod Magnificence-Jperiod and Knaan presents The Messengers

2009-10-16T00:58:00.000-07:00

Click here for the superb Bob Marley,Bob Dylan and Fela Kuti Tribute

jperiod's website

ABOUT J.PERIOD

With DJ & Remix work for Grammy-winners Lauryn Hill, The Roots, Kanye West, Q-Tip and Mary J. Blige under his belt, J.Period has become one of Hip Hop’s undisputed Mixtape Kings and most respected DJ/Producers. His massive mixtape marketing campaigns (J.Period’s recent Q-Tip collabo yielded over 600,000 downloads) have been commissioned by major labels including Def Jam, Interscope and Sony to bolster their artists’ profiles. His remixes have been called “brilliant” and “masterful” by Billboard Magazine, Vibe & The Source, and earned countless awards. Behind the boards, J.Period’s original production has earned placement in blockbuster film trailers (Universal’s American Gangster 2007, Fox’s Street Kings 2008) and major video games (Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Motion 2008, DJ Hero 2009). And on stage, J.Period’s crowd-rocking skills have earned high-profile tour appearances with Kanye West, Lauryn Hill, P. Diddy and De La Soul, plus club and festival gigs around the world (Brazil, South Africa, Australia). Rising through the ranks of hip hop’s elite DJs, J.Period is making his mark on hip hop.

2009-10-15T15:25:00.001-07:00

Tito Swing - Top Class Merengue from the Dominican Republic.

Cuidado con Judas (Beware of the Judas)look out for the superb bass line on this track.

2009-10-09T09:28:00.000-07:00

Mercedes Sosa RIP.

2009-10-09T09:12:00.000-07:00

Great vid-well in Chaz

You can find him and his Pandemic Pictures here

Music by The 13th Tribe - woopie doo :)

2009-10-02T02:54:00.000-07:00

La Candela Viva - total classic album

Find this amzing woman here

2009-08-10T10:53:00.000-07:00

The 13th Tribe meets Morphy -Adonai Dub featuring Yast Solo,Cherif and Tony Flash This is a 13th Tribe/VOCA Production 2009.

Unreal,quite simply the best ever bedroom recording ive ever been witness to never mind a part of,yes folks,thats my old bedroom,temporarily transformed into a state of the art recording studio complete with an Avalon Vocal Pre Amp TLA Studio Audio Amp and an AKG condenser.....nice :)

(by the way u can tell its my room cos of the Celtic top on the wall :)

Cherif and Yast Solo are from Africa.Cherif (Senegal)is from a famous family of Senegal musicians and he plays a mean and mighty Kora on this track - i think youll agree hes a phenomenal player and phuck a duck can he sing.

Yast Solo from,Guinea Equatorial,is founder of APN (Spanish Black Panther Movement) and hes a straight talker who tells it like it is _'When Tomorrow we are called,were gonna unite and take back the city"

Tony Flash believe it or not is Finnish "There is no end to this War between me and Babylon"

-BELIEVE!!

The masterful Gus Lescouflair AKA Irasgus/Dubstructor Engineered,Co Produced & Co Wrote the original track.He is the backbone of the VOCA Movement and is presently esconced behind the desk recording an album for AIds awareness in Africa.The Album promises to be a sensation as it features many of the VOCA/13th Tribe artists featured below as well as many other Afro-Latin musicians and artists hailing from Cuba to Ethiopia.

(He sent me a track just yesterday - Immtougo Wip - Ali - amazin vibes on an a heavy Roots-Organic-Acoustic-North African tip.)

Im pretty chuffed to admit that I Co wrote,and Co Produced and Arranged Adonai.This particular mix is by myself and DnB genius Morphy (Nerve,Urban TAkeover,Exegene) u can find him here.

click here for Morphys page

The Morphy is a King Tubby lovin sonic wazoo and a pleasure to work with these past 15 odd yrs.`Look out for a 13t Meets Morphy EP coming soon and some pretty exciting collabs with Cube,(Exegene records label Boss - another phenomenal desk wizard)

Gwan!!!

One Love.

Irie

2009-08-06T03:27:00.000-07:00

The 13th Tribe - Reconstruct The Self.

Tough talkin 2 Step beats with some positive 'γνῶθι σεαυτόν gnōthi seauton' -'Know Thyself' style vibes eloquently delivered by an eminent African Studies proffessor.

Download Free 320 kbps MP3 Here

2009-08-03T16:52:00.000-07:00

best album of 2008 hands down

2009-08-03T04:08:00.000-07:00

"Kudsi Erguner lives and works in Paris as musician (Ney-flute, which is a reed flute), composer, musicologist, teacher, author, and translator.
Erguner comes from a family of Turkish musicians. His contact with many famous musicians from the older generation, who continually passed through his parents house, and his involvement with various Sufi-brotherhoods, whose music and teachings Erguner studied, left their decisive marks on him. He received his training directly from his father, Ulvi Erguner, who was the last great master of the Ney.
Kudsi Erguner has given concerts and played in major festivals throughout the world. He has researched the music of India, Pakistan, and Turkey, grounded diverse music ensembles, recorded numerous albums, and has worked with such well known artists as Peter Gabriel (Passion, US), Maurice Béjart, Peter Brook, Georges Aperghis, Didier Lockwood, and Michel Portal. Erguner has thus made authoritative contributions to World Music. He has documented and revived nearly forgotten musical traditions and brought them to the attention of the Western public, securing them a place within Europe's cultural inheritance."

Magical Niceness

2009-08-03T03:53:00.000-07:00

Another cool wee album from Tom Ze,called Estudando O Samba.

Tom Ze Samba or Studying?

2009-08-03T03:44:00.001-07:00

Stunning!

yumyum

yumyum part 2

2009-08-03T03:04:00.000-07:00

Crackin Boogaloo album from 1968 by Bobby Matos.Trailo A Casa (Bring It Home) is a good time boogie woogie vibe and the earthy,organic Double Bass driven 'Raices' (Roots) are my faves alongside the shrilly Flute laden Mambo Maxims.Tema De Alma Latina (Latin Soul Song) too is worth a mention.(Akchooly I dont think theres a bad choon on this album and thats why its here)If ye like those big chunky latin beats like david icke likes a conspiracy then this is a lizard lovers paradise.Seriously switch off M*V an give yer ears a rest.Shake yer ass to some proper music eh.Its a well known fact that lucifers tics tacs will not save u from Swine Flu but Latin Music definitely will.Mon The Cuban cureall.

Bobby Matos_My Latin Soul

2009-08-03T02:43:00.000-07:00

Brasil meets Chile.I love Las Jaivas Mira Niñita is as sweet a tune as ull ever here.I defy u to not like it.THis video really is the stuff of legend too.

Manduka & Las Jaivas .

2009-08-02T16:43:00.000-07:00

Just done this tonite,I started it at 10 just finished it about 12.The beat was one i prepared earlier,bwahaha,then I put a donk on it in Logic.All Good clean fun,writin beats tops watchin the eejit box anyway eh.The Spoken Word is courtesy of The Watts Prophets iirc?.Cheers lads keep up the sterling work....

Download 320 kbps - We Aint playin (window samba mix) Here.

2009-08-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

What can i say about Tinariwen?

Well,

They were trained as crack troops in Libya by Colonel Gaddafi only to swap their AK47s for Geetars and microphones...

Mon The Tuaregs

मज सिंसरे

2009-08-01T09:42:00.000-07:00

Magic album from one of the finest producers on these North Atlantic shores.Includes some damn fine Mixes from Recloose,Jazzanova,NuYorcan Soul,MPC.I love this soulfull shuffly 2 step groovieness,cos it fills a dancefloor in seconds.I remember playin to a crowd of Afro Hip Hoppers out in Spain once,an i dropped Sincere for a laugh,the place went Bazooka mento.I ended up playing Old School UK Garage and 2 step all nite on vociferous demand of the patrons for the rest of the nite.....

Love an open minded crowd me.(especially as i used to be a music bigot myself :O ah well ye have to start somewhere.....

praise the lord

2009-07-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

u lucky lucky zoober

If uve heard this Lassie chantin then she'll need no introduction,if uve not, then i envy u cos ur life is about to get a whole lot better-so say a big thanks to me,Celia,her Mum and Dad,her backing band,her manager,her label,Fidel Castro,Che Guevara,Cuba bla bla bla

2009-07-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

ok the best way to describe this album is;

its as smooth as Naomi Campbells inner thighs and as tight as ...em ....as tight as Margaret Thatchers coffin lid is gonna be after i blooter a few hundred nails in it.get the message - this is the real deal, an uber classic of apocalyptic proportions...get on it or ill smear ur mother in jam,orite.

click here if ure a moochin bassa Fart 1

click here if ure a moochin bassa Fart 2

2009-07-30T07:04:00.000-07:00

From the man that brought us Pais Tropical and Mas Que Nada.Dont sleep on this belter from 1971.Negro e Lindo roughly translates as Black and Beautiful and who could argue with him after listening to this and his other classics,also hes got a fair few fans that would most likely batter yer melt in if ye tried to argue with him,so give it a rest eh ffs....

Jorge Ben Lives here

2009-07-30T06:46:00.000-07:00

I love this album, the first track 'Im Busca Do Oro' is a total barkin mad bona fide classic.

I highly recommend that today u dont shave,or dont pluck ur eyebrows ,or dont feed the cat nor mow the lawn nor watch Eastenders and instead enrich ur soul with a good dose of Brasilian Psychedelic Rawk - U know it makes the senses.

get it here

2009-07-30T04:07:00.000-07:00

Late 1960s Tom Ze album called Grande Liquidacao.Very Topical title from a very Tropical singer.

Click here for Tommy Ze

2009-07-30T04:02:00.000-07:00

Diggin this album bigtime right now.

Get It here

Dont forget to tell yer Granny.

2009-07-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

Cannonball Adderley anyone?Heres his Bossa Nova Album tis verily tasty indeed.

get it here

This is a wee ditty with me-13t on Bass,Drums and Vox.Just a groovey wee bit of fun really,no harm done.

2009-07-17T07:51:00.000-07:00

The above is a wee sampler of a 13t & VOCA Collab.The Vocal cuts come courtesy of a Camerounian lad called Serge who hails from the Bamileke tribe.I met Serge rapping downstairs in a wee Afro Hip Hop Bar in Lavapies, a Barrio in Madrid City Centre famed for its Exotic,Tropical Afro SudAmericana vibes.In the space of 5 minutes he dropped a plethora of styles in about a squillion different languages-French,Portuguese,Spanish,English,Arabic & Bamileke.Hes possibly one of the finest vocalists ive ever heard and had the pleasure to gig an record with.The album promises to be a stunner with a number of his fellow Bamileke crew getting on board.If ur in the Area pop into Bar Aisha, ask anyone hangin about the Tube station an theyll tell u where it is....

2008-11-09T09:13:00.000-08:00

New Video of a track called Negro featuring Cubas Nicheflow on the Mic.

2008-09-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

I like this Radio Station-Its got programmes on African Studies which i quite enjoy,especially so given that i went to a school in a country where the host nations own history wasnt even taught in the school curriculum.

Check this little Latin number with Angel 'Anxo' Sanchez on Vox.

Click here to grab The 13t Tribe featuring Angel 'Anxo' Sanchez-Zapata

Click here to grab Dilz Back 2 Back Dope Brasil Selection

The 13th Tribe - The Cherry Tree (Instrumental).

2008-09-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

2008-08-31T17:46:00.000-07:00

13T Track Called 'Black History' featuring Gil Scott Heron.

Click here for The 13th Tribe - Black History feat Gil Scott Heron

Look out for further incarnations of this track as Miami Rapper Real Life,London Mc Rimes and Madrids Pili all drop some sweet vibes on it.

This next track was originally called Heavy Duty.It has been reworked by quite a few vocalists including Anxo Sanchez,Real Life,Rimes & Nicheflow.
Here is the instrumental.

The 13th tribe-Heavy Duty (instrumental)

2008-08-31T17:45:00.000-07:00

Divshare player featuring various mixes from backpacker Hip Hop to Back to Back Brasil and Disco Soul selections alongside some little Demos.

Graf by Phorm from Perugia Italy-

2008-08-31T17:44:00.000-07:00

This is an 11 minute mini mix Sampler featuring Itta,Tawas,Carlitos Wey,Spirit,Nicheflow & Jacobo.Its a little taster of what is to come from a plethora of Talented Mcs and Vocalists based out in Madrid.The Masterful Dubstructor RAsGUs joins forces with The 13th Tribe for Voca Productions to form a formidable partnership.Look out for a forthcoming CD to be released on Dropzone Records.

Clik here for 13T Meets Voca Sampler Featuring Itta,Tawas,Carlitos Wey,Cherif,Jacobo,Spirit ,Nicheflow with an Excerpt from The Network

This tune features Sara Villanueva on Vocals.

The 13th Tribe -Lentement feat Sara Villanueva

Click here for Dils dope Beats July 08

Last yr The 13th Tribe appeared on ground breaking fledgling label 2600recordings debut compilation CD called Home Entertainment.The CD also featured tracks from Ninja Tune artist Zilla/King Cannibal,as well as tracks from famed underground producers/remixers/djs such as Buddy Peace,Lukid,Sasqwax,Mr Cooper,Sir Howdy etc It met with great critical aplomb in the music press

Click to Listen and Buy Here

Another little Video sampler with a Track Featuring Sara 'Taxe Rodriguez' Villanueva called Avec Toi.