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Welcome on the flying carpet - today, the sexy pilot and Anne are flying without the captain and they're taking you on a soul/funky trip, with an afrobeat break, an Ethiopian vibe and a cheesy finale. But first, we take off with a bit of poetry by The last Poets - Nubian II - followed by The Blackbyrds and the tune Unfinished business taken from the album of the same name. After that, we go funky with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's Funky Donkey and then we listen to The voices of East Harlem and their song Right to be free. Then the trip changes direction and we hang out in Europe for a few songs. We stop in Belgium first with The Belgian Afrobeat Association and their crazy tune O Bruni blues taken from the album The King is among us. Then we fly to the Netherlands to listen to another tune by Mdungu - AfroWhat? and we finish our European tour with The Imperial Tiger Orchestra from Switzerland and the Ethiojazzy track Harer Dire Dewa. As the mood changes we decide to go to Ethiopia to listen to different styles, starting with Assèlètch Ashiné and Gètenesh Kebrèt singing Amlak Abèt Abèt - from the Ethiopian Urban Music volume 1 compilation and Set Alamenem singing Girma Beyene - from The best of Ethiopiques compilation. For the landing, we listen to the feel-good song Groovy kind of day by the Fatback Band - enjoy the trip, thanks for listening!

TheFlyingCarpet have a fuzzy trip this week. So fasten your seatbelt when you're on board!
We start wiht Tina Turner, and this is not a joke, with a personal version of the Led Zeppelin classic “Whole Lotta Love”, from the 1975's LP Acid Queen. To follow,
The Nite-Liters, with “Theme for Angela”, from Different Strokes edited in 1972.
Next stop, Nederlands, to meet The Soul Snatcher featuring the wonderful voice of YoYo with two candys: “You've Been Gone Too Long” and “Ask For Love”.
And after, direct to the Dukes, first Duke Ellington and his “Chinoiserie” and Duke Lumumba wth a jazzy groove“Jungle Funk”.
Back to Nederlands, to meet the contemporary combo, Mdungu, with his afrobeat weapon “Confusion”, and after direct flight to Africa, with monsieur Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 playing “Sorrow Tears and Blood”, back in 198. For the landing, sweet trip in company of Toumani Diabaté and the track “Cantelowes”, from his last album Mande Variations.
Enjoy the trip and stay tuned.

TheFlyingCarpet have another very special trip this week.
Anthony Joseph is on the carpet with us for a one hour's trip,
very rich of music, poetry, memories and many more.
And all this for free, no check-in, no security controls, no fake food. This is TheFlyingCarpet.
Come on board, sit on the carpet, relax yourself and enjoy this wonderful flight.

This is the track list:

1 - Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band- The Bamboo Saxophone (Bird Head Son, Heavenly Sweetness Rec. 2009)
2 - Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - Buddha (Leggo de Lion, Kindred Spirits 2007)
3 - Mighty Sparrow - Jack Palance (The Mighty Sparrow)
4 - The Esso Trinidad Steel Band - I Want You Back (Esso)
5 - Albert Collins - Do The Sissy - (Love Can Be Found Anywhere (Even in a Guitar)
6 - Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - His Hands (Bird Head Son)
7 - Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band - River of Mask (Bird Head Son)
8 - James Brown - Think (Live At The Apollo)
9 - Clarence Curvan & His Mod Sounds - Calypsoul (Calypsoul '70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979)
10 - [excerpt of] Anthony Joseph's reading “kneedeepinditchdiggerniggersweat” (Liquid Textology)

Stay tuned!

TheFlyingCarpet is ready for a new flight and Anne is back from Latin America and ready on the mic.
To fight his nostalgy we will have a latin influence floating throught the show.
We star the trip with Chica Libre and his track “Tres pasajeros”, from Sonido Amazonico LP, and we follow with Chico Trujillo's - Varga Varga from 2008's album Plato unico bailable.
Next stop Africa. First a track from the Syliphone huge library: Super Boiro Band and the track Samba from the 76's LP En Super Forme. After that, the
Orchestre Tembo with “Yebo Edi Pachanga”.
More bridges between the two side of the atlantic: Luis “Sabu“ Martinez and the track “Safari” from the homonimous LP.
We follow with the South-African band Jabula and “Thunder into our hearts” and we cross again the Atlantic to Cuba, where Juan Pablo Torres and Algo nuevo are playing “Són a propulsión”.
Moving away to Germany to discover The Bahama Soul Club and the track “Nassau Jam” from the LP Rhythm is what makes jazz jazz, and just after going little bit souther to Austria where Resense Records edit the massive Sono Rhizmo's “My house”.
For the landing, “The World Pt.1” by Sandi & Mateus, reedited bu Jazzman Records on a 7".
Board on the carpet, relax yourself and enjoy the flight.

TheFlyingCarpet have a very special trip this week. We have with us on the carpet Ray Lugo, charismatic figure of the new york city combo Kokolo, moving from afrobeat, funk and latin influences.
We will discover the trajectory of the group, from the foundation in 2001, in Lower East Side of the “big apple”, to the last album Heavy Hustling, as well as the musical roots and the motivations of Ray.
This is the playlist:

Kokolo - “The Grunt” (from the LP Heavy Hustling)
Kokolo - “The Way Up“ (from Love International)
Kokolo - “Let Compassion Be Your Fashion” (Love international)
Kokolo - “Mister Sinister“ (from the LP More Consideration)
Kokolo - “Candela“ (More Consideration)
Kokolo - "Root to the Fruit" (More Consideration)
[excerpt of] Was (Not Was) - "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" [Traditional 12" Remix] (from the compilation “Ze 30: Ze Records 1979-2009”)
Kokolo - "Soul Power" (Heavy Hustling)
Kokolo - "Mind power" (Heavy Hustling)

And, if they play nearby you, dont hesitate: go check it, smile, dance and sweet.
Enjoy this trip and stay tuned!

TheFlyingCarpet is back after the summer.
We start the flight from Martinique with Roland Brival and his track “Créole Gypsy”, from the homonimous 1980's LP, and we follow with the John Cameron Quartet's “Troublemaker”. We stay in London with caribbean influences, with our fetiche group Cymande, and his first single “The Message”. Next stop Africa: we start from South Africa, with the group Batsumi playing the track Lishonile and we follow with Tony Allen and Afrobeat 2000 and his 1985's track N.E.P.A. (mr. Allen will be on the carpet in the next future!)
Some poetry and soul vibes with Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band and “His Hands”, and some funk with Ramsey Lewis' track “Fish Bite” and with Cameo playing “The Sound Table”.
For the landing, a track of Phavia Kujichagulia, called “Overdose”.
Board on the carpet and enjoy the trip. To the next week, stay tuned.

TheFlyingCarpet is proud to end the season with another special radioshow: this week on the carpet the members of the congolese band “Orchestre Tout Puissant Likembe KONONO N. 1 de Mingiedi”, best knowk simply as Konono N. 1.
Mingiedi “le fondateur” Mawangu and the group will explain us the origins, the trayectory, the influences and the live's feeling of the band. We will listen some live exibitions of Konono: “Kulekule”, from the album Lubaku - Live in Vera, edited byTerp Records in 2003; a exclusive excerpt of their concert in Sonar 2009, “Leyisalangayizama", from Lubaku - Live in Vera. Don't loose this occasion to discover one of the most powerful african live groups of the present!
We will also listen some brillant groups of the contemporary congolese scene, as Staff Benda Bilili, with the song "Staff Benda Bilili", from their 2009 LP Très Très Fort, and Kasai Allstars with the track "Kafuula Balu", from their 2008 album In the 7th Moon the Chief Turned into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of his Enemy by Magic.
And as a gift for the last show of the season, Della Reese with the Bobby Bryant Quintet, in "It Was A Very Good Year".
Board on the carpet and enjoy this flight.
Have a nice summer! See you soon.

TheFlyingCarpet is ready for a new trip.
We start with a track of Carlos Santana, “Canto de los flores“ from his 74's LP Borboletta, and we follow with more Latin American influences: ”Sonido Amazonico" by Chicha Libre. More from the south of the Americas: Quantic and His Combo Barbaro with “ Mas Pan”. Then, a quick passage to Chicago, with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (with Malcom Catto on drums) and the track “Alyo“.
Next stop Switzerland, to discover the first opus of a band strongly influenced by Ethiopian music: Imperial Tiger orchestra. We will listen two tracks, “Bati” and "Djemeregne”. Some afrojazz, with Edja Kungali's “Jungle Dance“, and then some funk with The Nite-Liters's “Con-Funk-Shun“ and Bohannon's “The Groove I Feel“.
For the landing, more funk vibes: Fire with his classic “Deeper in Love“ in a Kenny Dope Edit.
Sit on the carpet and enjoy the flight. And don't forget to come back next week for the last show of the year.

It's TheFlyingCarpet's 40th trip and we celebrate in the best way possible. On the carpet with us today, the father of Ethiojazz mr. Mulatu Astatke and Malcom Catto, from The Heliocentrics.
We explore the long career of Mulatu, the beginning of Ethiojazz, the meeting with The Heliocentrics and have some taste of ethiopian music.
So, board on the flying carpet and enjoy the flight.

Here's the playlist:
1 - Mulatu Astatke - Yegellé Tezeta (My Own Memory) [Les Ethiopiques vol 4 - Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974]
2 - Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet - Girl From Addis Ababa [Afro-Latin Soul Vol. 1 and 2]
3 - Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet - Mascaram Setaba [Afro-Latin Soul Vol. 1 and 2]
4 - Mulatu Astatke - Kasalafkut Hulu (From All the Time I Have Passed) [Mulatu of Ethiopia]
5 - Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite
6 - Alemu Aga - Sele Sene Fetret [Ethiopiques Vol. 11 : The Harp of King David]
7 - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Phantom Of The Panter [Inspiration Information]
8 - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Chik Chikka [Inspiration Information]
9 - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Gubulye [Live version]
10 - The Heliocentrics - Untitled [Out There]
11 - Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu [Mulatu From Ethiopia]
12 - Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Addis Black Widow [Inspiration Information]

Come back soon on TheFlyingCarpet!

TheFlyingCarpet start a new trip, with less words and much more music. It's a kind of anti-laziness program, so this week you're obliged to search informations for the artists, if you're interested in.
We start the flight with Quantic and His Combo Barbaro and the track "The Dreaming Mind (part 1)" from the new LP Tradition in Transition, just edited by Tru Thoughts. We follow with The Nite-Liters and his version of "Eleanor Rigby", from 1970 RCA-Victor's homonimous LP, and Anthony Joseph & the Spasm Band, with "River of Masks", from Bird Head Son LP. Next stop: The Invaders playing "It's Your Thing pt. 2", from his Spacing Out LP of 1970. Next ones: Clarence Reid's "Masterpiece" in a Kenny Dope edit, followed by Lafayette Afro Rock Band playing "Sikiliza".
After that, we find mr. Harry Mosco, from The Funkees, with “I Feel Funky", and the group Mombasa with the instrumental song "Masai", from 1975's album African Rhythm & Blues. More music: Lee Fields & The Expression, with “Love Comes and Goes“, from the LP My Worlds, edited some weeks ago by Truth & Sou, and Leeds' combo The New Mastersounds playing “Kuna Matata“, from 2008's Plug & Play LP. For the landing, enjoy with the Motivators and their anthem "Jobu".
Have a nice trip and stay tuned. Big surpises for the next weeks.

TheFlyingCarpet start this week's trip with Tony Allen and his track "Ayenlo" from the new album Secret Agent. After that, we move to West Africa in the 50's/60's to find E.T. Mensah & the Tempos, playing "Agriculture" and "Sunday Mirror". Then, we move to France, to start discovering the group Malinga 5 and his LP Rock Africa, edited in 1976; this week we will listen the track "Good Time".
Then we stop to take on board Jordi Herreruela, director of the Festival Cruilla de Cultures, of Mataró, Barcelona, that will chat with us about the event. We will have also an advance of the next week concert of Hugh Masekela, with "The Boys Doin' it" in a remix version of Detroit's producer Carl Craig. We stay in US with two songs of Sarah Webster Fabio: “Sweet Song“ and “Jujus/Alchemy of the blues" from the 76's homonimous LP. Finally, for the landing, mr. Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band presents "Neveen".
Enjoy this flight and come back soon on the flying carpet. And dont forget your sunglasses.

TheFlyingCarpet is very happy to annonce you thath this week we will have a very special journey. We take on board some very special guests :
Vieux Farka Touré and his spectacular band.
They will play live on the carpet, only for us and our listeners, some tracks from his new LP “Fondo“ that had just been released, as well as a new inedit song.
Fasten your seatbelts, because listening Viex Farka Touré and his band playing live is an experience that hardly you can forget!
As well, we will discover the trajectory of Vieux as a musician, his relation with his father Ali Farka Touré, with the band's members and with the Mali's traditional musics.
In sum, 60 minutes of intense pleasure for your ears and for your soul!
Enjoy this very special trip, and come back soon on the carpet.
You're welcome.

TheFlyingCarpet is back with a very special flight.
We are very proud to take with us on the carpet Plunky & Oneness. We interview this eclectic and passionate musician, exploring his life, his career, the Strata East period, the best concert in the 70's, his influences, his favourite musicians, as well as his music.
We will listen "Soledad brothers" & “Nairobi chants“ from the LP of Juju “A message from Mozambique“, edited by Strata East in 1973; “Black experience“ and “Nia (complete the circle)“ from the second Juju's LP, “Chapter 2: NIA“, on Strata East 1974; “High Life“, a song from Pharoah Sanders' LP “ Wisdom Through Music, where Pluinky, here as James Branch is playing the flute; “River Luv Rite“ and some “African Rhythms“ interludes, from Oneness of Juju's retrospective LP ”African Rythms 1970-1982“; the song “Unfunky Ufo“, from Parliament/Funkadelic's LP Mothership Connection of 1976; excerpt of “Lady“, a Fela Kuti song; and finally “Drop-African Rhythm“, from the last Plunky LP, Drive It, edited by Name Brand in 2008.
Enjoy this wonderful trip and come back to visit us soon.
Ps: thanks a lot to Plunky & Oneness and to the Cosmic Groove's staff in Montpellier.

TheFlyingCarpet start this week with Les Frères Smith and his song “La marche des Smiths", from his first 7", and after we go directly to the center of the dancefloor, where Konono N.1 is playing live taking the assistance to a state of trance. Then, we stay on the dancefloor with our guest, Nox dj, cofounder of Loud Futureground. Some disco tracks, à parfum of funk, a touch of jazz, just a dose of boogie and some old school house vibes: the discoball is turning and the carpet's crew is moving. We will listen The Blackbirds, wtih "Future Children, Future Hopes", The Central Line's track "Walking in the Sunshine" and Herbie Hancock, in full disco period, with "You Bet Your Love" . Second run: we enter in Cerrone's paradise, with the track "Take Me", followed by D'Train's "Your the One for Me" and Blaze "We All Must Live Together".
For the landing, we will listen Odissey and his version of the Lamont Dozier's classic "Going Back To My Roots".
Enjoy the flight and keep dancing!

TheFlyingCarpet start from Kinshasa, Congo, this week:
Staff Benda Bilili with the track “Avramandole” from their LP Très Très Bien, pure fire.
First stop, with Tony Allen, celebrating the release of his new album Secret Agent: we will listen two tracks “Secret Agent“ and "Swift".
Direct line: Tony call Fela. So Mr. Fela Ransome Kuti & Nigeria 70 (just few time after they leave the name Koola Lobitos) with "My Lady Frustration", from the L.A. Sessions of 1969.
More Nigeria, but different mood. Another classic of afrobeat, here in a tropical disco mood: Orlando Julius with "Disco Hi-Life", version 2009. More disco-boogie from Nigeria, in the beginning of 80s, with Dizzy K “Excuse Me Baby".
The next destination is a reminder: we're waiting the concert of his majesty Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics, so what best than listen a live version of the masterpiece "Yekermo Sew".
Before landing, some jazzfunk from the 70s. We are with Byard Lancaster and his track "dogtown", from the just re-released LP Funny Funky Rib Crib (originally edited in 1974).
Enjoy this journey and come back on the carpet next week.

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