Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Latest afrofunk tracks
Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity - Canto por Odudua (feat. Pedrito Martinez and Pete Cosey)
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A short overview at the career of downtown New York and Black music legend Melvin Gibbs, “the greatest bassist in…” last week →
Bongos Ikwue - Woman Made The Devil
HI54Follow “An ongoing mix of a bunch of great music coming out of the continent of Africa (and since I don’t…” on Apr 21st, 2023 →
The Shaolin Afronauts - Dust
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “The Shaolin Afronauts - Dust / Salt Flat Muscle - Afrobeat from Australia, one of two advance singles from their…” on Aug 23rd, 2022 →
Francis The Great - Look Up In The Sky
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “12+ minute elongated funk groove with mic heat courtesy of a seven year old. 1977, Paris. The post Francis The…” on Feb 25th, 2022 →
Manu Dibango - Sun Explosion
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A look back at the sound of Africa in the ’70s. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Oct 21st, 2021 →
Joni Haastrup - Do The Funkro
27 LeggiesFollow “As promised on Monday, we have some more Joni Haastrup magic for you. Today we are featuring his 1978 solo…” on Aug 25th, 2021 →
Ntombi Ndaba - Tomorrow
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The Johannesburg-based label started as a blog, grew into a record store, and is currently thriving on Bandcamp with rarities…” on Mar 18th, 2021 →
Afro Cluster - Ikebe
God Is In The TV Follow “Whilst at university, one of my highest grades was for a project on Welsh identity within Hip-hop. I wish I…” on Mar 16th, 2021 →
ORLANDO JULIUS & HIS AFRO SOUNDERS - ALO MI ALO (Parts 1 & 2)
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Orlando Julius Aremu Olusanya Ekemode, known professionally as Orlando Julius or Orlando Julius Ekemode, is a Nigerian saxophonist, singer, bandleader…” on Mar 13th, 2021 →
Tony Allen & His Afro Messengers - No Discrimination
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Just got the sad news that Tony Allen has passed away. The Nigerian master drummer, co-creator of afrobeat with Fela…” on May 1st, 2020 →
Ofo The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Photography by Tim Craig “When we started out we always wanted to relate our releases to dance music in some…” on Aug 7th, 2019 →
Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats - Power To The People
DoklandsFollow “Back in 1974 you could call for revolution and for the funky drummer in the same damn song. At least…” on Feb 7th, 2019 →
Geraldo Pino & the Heartbeats - Black Woman Experience
DoklandsFollow “Fela Kuti once said that he couldn't have created Afrobeat if he hadn't been listening to Geraldo Pino. Pino's real…” on Jun 17th, 2018 →
Ebo Taylor - Heaven
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Gareth Stephens and Founder David Buttle, inset photo by Laurie Diaz. “I’d be flying out to Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, New…” on Jan 19th, 2018 →
Afro Cluster - We Don Land
Breaking More WavesFollow “Once again Glastonbury Festival asked me to act as one of the judges for the first round of their Emerging…” on Mar 21st, 2017 →
Batsumi - Emampondweni
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Photo by Times Media Limited During the brutal era in South African history known as Apartheid, the minority-white ruling party…” on Dec 19th, 2016 →
Afro Cluster - Love Thing
AAA BadboyFollow “It’s nearly time to say good riddance to 2016, and as is customary, Cardiff will be my destination for New…” on Dec 18th, 2016 →
The Funkees - Dancing Time
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The Funkees. Photo by Kartel Music Group African soul band The Funkees first took the stage in the besieged town…” on Aug 12th, 2016 →