Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock ⦠and more.
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Son, calypso, meringue, salsa, pachanga, and mambo all have direct roots to the African motherland. Inspired by distant but familiar rhythms, musicians across Africa soaked up radio broadcasts of Cuban orchestras and created a new take on Afro-Latin sounds.
Orchestre Negro Succès "Esta Cum Pacha" from "Esta Cum Pacha" on Boboto Rumbanella Band "El Congo" from "The Very Best of Congolese Rumba: The Kinshasa-Abidjan Sessions" on Marabi productions African Fiesta "Domingo o sabado" from "AuthenticiteÌ Vol. 1" on Eben Entertainment Franklin Boukaka "Bibi" from "Franklin Boukaka" on Sonodisc Orchestre Rock a Mambo "Panchita (feat. Joseph Kabasele & Lando Rossignol)" from "Baïla (feat. Joseph Kabasele & Lando Rossignol) [Mono Version] - EP" on BNF Collection Franco & L'Orchestre TP OK Jazz "Cha Cha Cha" from "Cha Cha Cha" Orchestre Negro Succès "Pacha Pachanga" from "Pacha Pachanga" Orchestre Conga Succès "Santa Christina" from "Santa Christina" Papa Noël et l'Orchestre Bantou Jazz "La Luna Yel Sol" from "La Luna Yel Sol" N'Goma Jazz "Mi Cantando para Ti" from "Angola Soundtrack - The Unique Sound of Luanda (1968-1976)" on Analog Africa Etoile de Dakar "Esta China" from "Salsa Africa" on Tinder Records Star Band No. 1 "Guajira Ven" from "Salsa Africa" on Tinder Records Orchestra Baobab "El Son Te Llama" from "La Belle Epoque" on Syllart Productions Wey Len Nobel "Kay Len Fecce" from "Ivory Coast Soul 2" on Hot Casa Records