Vibes & Stuff is an occasional mixtape series of Paraphernalia Athens' in-store "soundtrack" including rare grooves, today's gems and timeless favorites with a genre-defying perspective, curated with love by Freon.
This month Polyafrica steps up and delivers Vibes & Stuff 06.
Tania Vlachomitrou (Polyafrica) is a cultural manager, passionate music collector and DJ. Since 2006, she has been DJing in various venues, festivals and events, while involved in many creative projects as a coordinator and production manager. For the past few years, she has been exploring the mingling of groovy sounds and traditional rhythms of Africa, the African Diaspora and beyond, consistently attracted to unique psychedelic sounds based on heavy basslines, distinctive percussions and synth-led tunes, to build her energetic sets. Since 2018 she has been running “Polyafrica” events (dj sets and concerts) featuring important label owners, DJs, producers, and musicians from abroad, sharing a love of unknown and unique music traditions from all over the world and focusing mostly on non-western cultures. Some of the artists and labels that have joined Polyafrica so far are: Burnt Friedman & Joao Pais Filipe, Hailu Mergia, Samy Ben Redjeb (Analog Africa), Mark Ernestus (Hard Wax), Julien Lebrun (Hot Casa Records), Deni Shain (Atangana Records), Jannis Stürtz (Habibi Funk), Umoja, Victor Kiswell and many more.
Play on Mixcloud
Tracklist:
Cochemea – Asatoma
K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade – Home
Akofa Akoussah – Kimumbu
Ernest Honny – Odo Mframa
Neba Solo – Musow
Zaza – Nduzangou
Patience Dabany – Maimouna
Guerilla – La Popo
Rift Valley Brothers – Mutirima Waka
Tomede Ehue & L’International Orchestre Poly Rythmo – Bella Bello
Uta Bella – Sumike
Era – Phesh’Akomlambo
Ture Kunda – Manso
Tshala Mana – Elako
Play on Spotify
Enjoy!