Maximum enjoyment

Producer and anthologist Lucas Silva likes to call his home country of Colombia "the Soukous Republic of America."  Indeed, Congolese soukous is perhaps the most central element of champeta, the syncretic music of urban Afro-Caribbean Colombia (especially the cities of Cartagena and Baranquilla) that Silva has been championing for more than 20 years.

This week on Global A Go-Go, you'll hear a set of guarapo, the sub-genre that features DJs remixing specifically Congolese discs.  As with everything in the world of champeta, the goal is vacile efectivo: that's slang for "maximum enjoyment."

Also this week: the first edition of Sahel Sounds' Music From Saharan WhatsApp, some vintage early 80s Afro-pop, a set of lovers rock for Dennis Brown's birthday, new Peruvian chicha via Belgium, and the superb new album by Antibalas.

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Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Etran De L'Air | Niger | Tarha Ebouse Dighe Mane | Music From Saharan WhatsApp 01 | Sahel Sounds | 2020
Tinariwen | Mali | Tenhert | Imidiwan : Companions | World Village | 2009
Mariem Hassan | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Addumua | El Aaiun Egdat | Nubenegra | 2012

Bebe Manga | Cameroon | Amie | Amie | African | 1980
Ernesto Djedje | Cote D'Ivoire | Bilwana | Tizere | Star | 1982

Charles King | Colombia | Amanecer | Amanacer | El Pico Producciones | 2015
DJ Rata Piano | Colombia | El Besito En Ndombolo | El Rey De Los Guarapos Champetuos | Palenque | 2020
Messie Boogaloo | Colombia | El Vacile Del Hueso | Champeta Criolla Vol. 2: Visionary Black Music From Underground Colombiafrica | Palenque | 2001
Rafael Chavez | Colombia | Pirata | El Vacile Efectivo De La Champeta Criolla: A New African Music From Colombia | Palenque | 1998

June C. Lodge | England UK-Jamaica | Someone Loves You Honey | Someone Loves You Honey - single | Joe Gibbs Music | 1980
John Holt | Jamaica | Carpenter | If I Were A Carpenter | Live And Love | 1989
Dennis Brown | Jamaica | Money In My Pocket | Money In My Pocket - single | Lightning | 1978
Dallas | England UK-Jamaica | Love From A Distance | Love From A Distance - single | Rain Tree | 2020

Nikanor | Peru-Chile-Colombia-Belgium | Condor Blanco | Bajo El Sol | Rebel Up | 2020
Grupo Naranja | Peru | El Preso | El Estilo Elegante Del Poderoso | Poderoso | 1977
Los Wembler's De Iquitos | Peru | Un Silbido Amoroso | Fiebre En La Selva | Sono Radio | 1978
Sonido Gallo Negro | Mexico | Valicha | Sendero Mistico | Glitterbeat | 2014
Grupo Armonia De Pucallpa | Peru | Selva Ardiente | Selva Ardiente - single | Volcan | 198x

Antibalas | USA | MTTT Parts 1 & 2 | Fu Chronicles | Daptone | 2020
Fela And Afrika 70 | Nigeria | Sorrow Tears & Blood | Sorrow Tears & Blood | Knitting Factory | 1977