Tracks

Beat the Dentist

A laid-back Mali groove going into reggae, going into a flute solo on a bossa beat. And more. Written for a girl who had to go to the dentist, hence the title. (whole track!)

A Brazilian in Bamako

A jazzy bossa-nova melody evolves into a groove from Mali (whole track!).

Day Job

A poppy melody followed by a jazzy guitar solo's on a Brazilian "batucada" beat.

Part of the intro:

and a break:

On the Beach

An easy jazzy melody (Big Ben!) on an old-fashioned eighties' Paris-soukous beat.

The chorus:

The flute solo:

Business as Unusual

The melody opens on a chachacha beat, followed by some soukous guitar. Then back to the melody on chachacha, which evolves into a reggae groove with a flute solo.

The intro:

Part of the vamp:

 

Bollygroove Forever

A Bollywood "filmi" melody with both tabla's and modern percussion, a relaxed flute solo in an ambient setting. Goes into a mean soukous beat!

The melody:

Ambient to soukous:

 

Soumaya

My personal favorite, a six-eight beat from Mali/Burkina Faso, with an easy pop melody, syncopated guitar and bass licks and a cool alto saxophone solo.

Part of the melody:

And a bit of the soprano sax solo:

 

Easy summer

Easy mambo pop

Some of the melody:

Part of the guitar solo:

 

Where are you now?

Mambo pop again, slightly heavier.

The intro:

Some flute:

 

Red Room

Ambient afro-beat with a dash of Bollywood in the melodies. Based on loop by sound-desiger Lea Jurida.

The intro:

Some vamp:

Shadows over the Congo - Part 1

A slow groove with a guitar sound reminiscent of the Shadows, and a solo on the alto flute.

The intro:

 

Shadows over the Congo - Part 2

The Congo part, straight ahead soukous without the shouting, party time.

Sebene, sebene, sebene: