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This week, the captain is missing so the sexy pilot is back and Anne is taking you to the 70s, presenting the Pulp Fusion compilations (Harmless record label). The first compilation we listen to is the 3rd album of the series: Revenge of the ghetto grooves with the Theme song from Black Belt Jones (a blaxploitation film from 1974, featured in the 2004 documentary - the 50 Worst Movies Ever Made) by Dennis Coffey (bad film, great soundtrack!). Then we listen to another Theme song by Wood, Brass & Steel and to Evolution by Magnum, both tracks from the 5th compilation: Magnum. The next stop is with George Benson and the tune Dance from the LP: The harder they come, followed by The Fabulous Counts and they hit song Dirty Red. We then move on to the Evolution compilation with Hal Singer´s Malcom X tune, Sound Experience´s Boogie
Woogie and Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes´ Cosmic Funk. After that we listen to Afro Strut by The Nite-Liters, Your Mama wants ya back by Betty Davis and Miss Funky Fox by Exit 9, all taken from the 4th compilation: Fully Loaded. We finish the trip with the track When She Made me promise by The
Beginning of the End from the compilation The harder they come. I hope you enjoyed the trip and you´ll be back next week for more musical adventures on the flying carpet! Hasta pronto!

TheFlyingCarpet is ready to a new astonishing trip.
We start the journey from Cairo, with Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band with “Mervat“, from the LP Ramadan in Space Time. We continue with nubian master Ali Hassan Kuban performing “Mabruk“. We move then to Ethiopia, where we meet Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics, with “Esketa Dance“; next stop Congo, with the Staff Benda Bilili and the song "Je t'aime”, from the LP Très Très Fort, on Crammed rec. Ready to move again, we're in Algeria 70's musical scene with Groupe El Azhar playing "Mazar Nesker Mazal (I'm still getting drunk...still), from Sublime Frequiencies' Algerian Proto-Rai Underground LP.
After that, we cross the Atlantic but we dont loose the arab mood, thanks to Ahmed Abdoul-Malik. We listen two track from his East Meet West Lp: “La Ilbky (dont cry)“ and “El Ghada (the jungle)“. We stay with Ahmed Abdoul-Malik, this time playing Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble. We listen “Obirin African (woman of Africa)" and “Ayiko Ayiko (welcome, welcome my darling)” from The African Beat of 1962. Last stop Brazil, with Gal Costa's track “Tuareg“ from 69's homonious album.
Enjoy the journey anc come back next week.

TheFlyingCarpet is available. Sorry for the delay. This week,the voice is the captain and we're off to Zambia first, with Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Nogozi Family and the track Trouble Maker, followed by Tamedun with the track Tamedun don come from the Nu Afrobeat Experience album (Nigerian bands). Then, we stay in Nigeria to hear Ayetoro and their track Revenge of the flying monkeys from the same album. The next stop is in the States with Antibalas and the track Big Man taken from the album Who is this America? We then chill out with Cymande's Willie's headache and go straight to Senegal to listen to the Orchestra Baobab and the track Kelen Ati Leen from A Night at club Baobab. After that we meet Plunky again (see FC 14 for the interview) with Don't give up. I then go on about pulp fiction (comics) to introduce a series of compilations called Pulp Fusion - we listen to the track Like a thief in the night by Michael Longo. And then the carpet flies to Lebanon to listen to the great Rabih Abou Khalil and the track Tsarka from the Blue Camel album. The landing is quite psychedelic with Stereoscope Jerk Explosion's Bengali Corporation from the album La panthere pop (edited by Cosmic Groove). The captain for the day and her sexy pilot hope you'll enjoy the trip! See you next week with the real captain back on board!

TheFlyingCarpet start a new excursion with Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics, interpretating “Addis Black Widow” from the last LP Inspiration Information. Second stop in Sweden, where we find the group Music Is The Weapon with the track “G.F.”.
After that, we meet again the voice and the word of Camille Yarbrough in a deep and hypnotic interpretation of “All Hid”. Next stop Amsterdam, where the Aouth-African combo Jabula recorder the LP Africa Awake where are presents some mebers of Cymande; from this album we listen the track “Thunder“.
And logically, after that, why not listening one of our alltime favourite band: Cymande playing “Trevorgus“ from Second Time Round, edited by Janus in 1973. More caribbean groove with The Invaders from Bermuda Island. Don't be afraid, the carpet have no problem of magnetism or strange attractions to earth. We have only the pleasure to listen “Bossa Blue“ from Spacing Out, the only LP of the band edited in 1970 by Duane Records.
After the caribbean, a quick trip to the north. First to UK, rendez-vous with Bonobo
and “Between the lines (nostalgia 77 Remix)“, and after to Detroit, where Moodymann create “When she“ from his darksouljazzy 12" Black Mahogani II.
The Landing is in company of Vieux Farka Touré, playing the track “Chèrie Lé“ from his new work Fondo. Is a taste of the forthcoming flight that we will have with him.
Enjoy the flight and come back soon.

We start with a gift for the 30rd edition: the voice of Camille Yarbrough in a song know mainly for a later version; this is the good one of "Take yo prise".
Next stop: more voices and more words: not only a musican, not only a poet, not only a performer: a very unconnventional man, Anthony Joseph and the Spasm Band interpretating “Vero“.
More pleasure for the 70's black music movement: we stay in the States with Bohannon, short but deep: “ the stop and go” from the homonimous LP.
More 70's, more states: BT Express, “Energy to Burn“.
We're well in the '70, but a bit of “saudade“ for Africa: the carpet directed to South Africa, mister Dick Khoza with a monster track, "African Jive".
A short mouvement to the present: the Swedish combo Music is the Weapon with “Alla Maste Dansa“. From the scholar, to the master. He can't be absent from the flight: Fela Anikupalo Kuti starred by The Africa 70 band and with the presence of a voice of a strong influence, Sandra Akanke Isidore. 15 minutes of inspired insanity: floating “Upside Down“.
Finally, another legend of african music. A living legend. Is an honour to end the 30rd flight with the sax of Mulatu Astatke accopanied by the Heliocentrics : an ethiopian-free-hypnotic-jazz-pleasure: Cha Cha.
Enjoy the flight.

TheFlyingCarpet is flying with automatic pilot because the worker's day, 1st of may. On the carpet with us this week Luna & dj Floro, the minds behind the “Republicafrobeat“ compilation's series.
We discover the origins of the project, the motivations and the music that constitute the third volume of the serie.
We start with Sandra Izadore's "Look" and Deela feat. MAngo Juice, with "One Eyed Captain".
Next step, AIFF Feat. Crucial T Mix with “Afro Riddim“ and
Sofrito Specials feat. Jonas Sonko, with the track "Music is the Word".
Next step with Afro Soul Toasting All Star and "Palestine in the Shade", the only track that is not present on the third volume.
We follow with Rhythm Roots All Stars' song "JJD" (Remixed by Afrodisiac Sound System) and with Sofi Hellborg feat. Tony Allen with "Wouldn't That Be Fun" (Sr. Lobo & Watch.tv Mix).
For landing, the soundtrack is from
Ohmega Watts, "Platypus Strut" (Extended Strut).
Enjoy the flight and come back the next week.

TheFlyingCarpet is back with a surprise.
Today we take on board with us Geoff Wilkinson, the man behind Us3.Be prepared for a very interesting excursion in music. As usual.
We start the flight with Donald Byrd's "The Little Rasti" (excerpt) from LP Ethipian Knights of 1971 and we follow with Grandmaster Flash and the hyper classic "The Message".
We start the US3 trayectory with CAntaloop (Flip Fantasia), form '93 1st LP Hand On The Torch and we discover some influences with Stetsasonic's "Talk in' All That Jazz" from 1988. Back again with US3 songs: "Come On Everybody (Get Down)", Featuring D-Lon, from 2nd LP Broadway & 52nd, of 1997; "I Don't Care", from Say What, album of 2007.
Ready to discover the last work Stop. Think. Run. edited this year. We start with "From The Streets", ft. Sene) and we continue with "I Let 'Em Know", ft. Brook Yung.
Geoff discover us a New Orleans jazzman, Christian Scott with the deeply dark track "Dialect" from 2007's LP Anthem.
Finally, we move the carpet through the time, and we go to New York City in 1957, to listen Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers playing "Evans".
Board on the carpet and enjoy the flight.

TheFlyingCarpet is back after a week of holiday. Off course, holiday with the carpet, but offline. That's holiday.
We start our journey from Argentina, with the pianist Fernando Gelbard and the wonderful "Alevacolariea". Second stop Harlem end of the 60's, where The Har-You Percussion Group play "Feed Me Good".
Next stop in Europe, with Fanga & the drum master mr.Tony Allen with "Crache la Douleur", track recompiled in the outcoming compilation "Republica afrobeat 3". Africa is calling, so we go to Nairobi, Kenya, to listen
Matata's "Return to You". Short trip to Nigeria, where we continue to discover the last LP of Femi Kuti, with " Eh Oh" and " One two". The next song is form nigeria, but from the 70's: the rock group Ofege play "Wizzie Llabo". Back to the US, listening two songs from a classic funk guitar player, Dennis Coffey. We start from "Scorpio" and we continue with "Big City Funk". We stay in the US, and we stay in the 70's: the drummer Bohannon present "Run it on down mr. DJ" from the Lp Stop & Go. For landing, enjoy the IG Culture's track "Be free".
Have a nice flight.

TheFlyingCarpet today is dedicated to psichedelic & rock guitars in Africa.
We start the flight from Nigeria, with Blo's "Chant To Mother Earth" from Chapter One LP. We cross the continent to go to Zambia where Chris Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family recorded "Coffin Maker" and "Fisherman" in 1970. Back to Nigeria, we listen the Ofege, with "Gbe Mi Lo" and Gasper Laval with "Kita Kita".
Nest stop Cotonou, Benin, where the T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo present two song: "Kou Tche Kpo So O", from , and "Se Tche We Djo Mon" from Analog Africa's LP The Vodoun Effect Funk & Sato from Benin's Obscure Labels.
A quick stop in Cameroun, just to listen Manu Dibango's "Pepe Soup", and back again to Nigeria, with the Hykkers's "I want a Break Thru'"and two songs of Ofo The Black Company
"Alla Wakbarr" and "Beautiful Daddy", from the same 7".
To conclude the trip, a track that had nothing to do with rock, but that influenced heavily some prominent rock artist in US: we are speaking of Babatunde Olatunji and "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba".
Prepare your head to move up & down with the sound and enjoy the excursion.

TheFlyingCarpet 25th edition.
We start the flight with the deep grooves of Fatback band with "Feel my soul" and we move directly to Ghana to discover the group Afrofunk, with the tracks "Tei Egwu" and "Obanya Special", from the very obscure 1973's LP Body Music.
Next stop Nigeria: first, we find Femi Kuti with the wonderfoul "You Better Ask Yourself" from the new album Day by Day. We follow with the powerfull Ikenga Superstars of Africa playing "Nwannemu Oho" from the 77's LP Greedy Man; and we finish the nigerian excursion with mr. Orlando Julius Ekemode and His Afro Sounders, with "Ketekete Koro".
The last songs are a training for next concerts and new Albums: we find Kokolo with "More Consideration" and US3 with "Snakes".
Enjoy the flight.

TheFlyingCarpet is ready for a new trip. Et il parait que c'est le printemps.
We start our excursion with IG Culture's "Revelation", from the new LP Zen Badism, and with Parliament (Funkadelic) and the track "P Funk (wants to get funked up)", from Mothership Connection.
Next stop, Herman Kelly & Life are searching "Who’s the funky DJ?" (and we to), and Meshell Ndegeocello celebrate the Funk Brothers with the classic motown song "Cloud Nine". We meet The Souljazz Orchestra, playing "Interested Benevolence", from the LP Manifesto, and Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu, with "triple helix".
Last stop with Karl Hector & The Malcouns, with the track "Nyx", from Sahara Swing LP, and Kokolo, with "Everybody (Tryin' to Get Buy)" from More Consideration, a little appetizer waiting the live show.
Finally, the landing is very sweet with the voice of Lorez Alexandria, asking for "Send In The Clowns".
The flight is over and we are happy to wait the next one staying with the clowns (the world is full of fake clowns, take care, vote for the real ones!).
Enjoy the flight and come back soon on TheFlyingCarpet

TheFlyingCarpet is ready to start a new trip. This week the captain is alone on board, only accompanied by music. We strat the trip from Greece, with Thanassis Papakonstantinou's "S'afino gia", From Agripnia LP. Next stop, Chicago, where we listen the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, with "Jupiter", from their 2005's album Hypnotic/Green. We stay in the US, where we discover Ganimian and his Oriental Music, with "Come With Me to the Casbah", from 1959's homonimous LP. In the Casbah we find Randy Weston, playing "In Memory of", from the '63's LP Highlife, Music From the New African Nations. Quick stop to Berlin, where we continue to discover 4th Dimension, from Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu; the song we listen today is "Mystery Spot". From Europe to West Africa: FRed Fischer Atolobor play "W.T.F.S.", from Afrobeat Nirvana compilation of Vampisoul records.
We come back to the US, first stop in 1969, with Pucho & his Latin Soul Brothers playing "Got Myself a Good Man"; second stop in 1977 with Pat Lundy's version of "Work Song". We end th show with the voice of Carmen McRae, interpreting the Stevie Wonder's classic "You Are the Sunshine of my Life".
Enjoy the flight and come back on the carpet the next week!

TheFlyingCarpet is back. This week's flight is sunny and quiet. We start with the groove of The Lafayette Afro Rock Band with the song "Red Match Box", from the LP AFON.
We follow the funky mood with the Miami's drummer Herman Kelly & Life playing " Dance to the Drummer's Beat", from the '78's LP Percussion explosion, and we move to Africa to listen the father of african funk, Geraldo Pino, with the Heartbeaters, playing his panafrican anthem "Africans Must Unite" from Heavy Heavu Heavy LP.
We move to Chicago to discover Mandingo Griot Society, a project of a kora player Foday Musa Suso, featuring Don Cherry, to listen two tracks of the homonimous LP : "Africa" and "Sounds from the Bush", both from 1979.
We move to Europe, where we listen "Global Party" of Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu, from their last album 4th Dimension. A quick stop to Canada, to listen The Souljazz Orchestra's "Kapital", from the LP Manifesto. And finally, we close with Dewey Redman's "Unknown Tongue" from the '79's Musics album.
Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the flight!

TheFlyingCarpet experiences some technical problem this week and the quality of this podcast is very poor. We are very sorry for this!
For our unconditional listeners, or for whos likes the flavour of old AM radio shows, we have decided to post equally the episode. We have prepared a special flight to Ghana, taking on board Kwame, from Kwame Afrovibes Band. It's a good opportunity to discover ghanaian music throught the experiences of one musician that live the scene in the 70's and in the 80's. We listen some classic afrofunk songs, we discover some track from the first album of Kwame Afrovibes Band, and Kwame play some live track in the studio.
If your will to listen the show is stronger than the poor audio quality, enjoy!
If not, it's a good opportunity to (re)discover some older radioshow.

TheFlyingCarpet arrive at the 20th excursion. We start the flight from Nigeria, with Fred Fisher and his song "Asa-Sa", and we follow to S.Francisco discovering the very interesting Aphrodesia's album Lagos by Bus, with two tracks: "Holy Ghost Invasion" and "Every Day". We come back to Eruope to start listening the wonderful 4th Dimension, the last work of Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu. The track we choose today is "Floating Orange". Floating as a flying carpet. We are definitly ready to meet the Steve Reid Ensemble, with the track "Daxaar": massive! Form a great drummer to another: Art Blakey, here with the Jazz Messengers, playing "Night in Tunisia". A classic that we love particularly to celebrate the 20th edition. Last stop of todays trip: Etiopia. We start with Mahmoud Ahmed, and "Kulun Mankwalesh", and we finishing with the master Mulatu Astatké, with "Yekatit", from the wonderful L'Arome Vinyl “Ethiojazz: Mulatu Astatke“.
Enjoy the flight and come back soon on the flying carpet.

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