Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2024, part 2 of a 3 part series: Top ten new singles & EPs, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Global A Go-Go's Top Ten Singles & EPs of 2024: 1. Kin'Gongolo Kiniata (RD Congo) | "Liseki Te" | Helico 2. Pambelé (Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy) | "Te Entundo" | Palenque 3. Candeleros (Venezuela-Colombia-Spain-France) | El Bululú EP | Folcore 4. Dynamq (South Sudan-USA) | "Khamsa Degiga" | River Nile Entertainment 5. Mau Gatiyo Y Los Años Maravillosos (Colombia) | "420, Reloj" / "Poder Militar" | Names You Can Trust 6. Cheo (Venezuela-USA) | Refresco Vol. 2: Cheo Goes Funk EP | Nacional 7. Madalitso Band (Malawi) | "Lenisa" | Bongo Joe 8. Nusantara Beat (Netherlands-Indonesia) | "Mang Becak" | Bongo Joe / Lamunai 9. Newen Afrobeat (Chile) | Grietas EP | Lichens Family 10. Undercover Cockney (England UK) | "Am I Good Enough" (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman) | Double Double
Honorable Mention: Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (North Macedonia) | "Kucheka Bum Bum" | Asphalt Tango Altın Gün (Netherlands-Turkey) | "Vallahi Yok" / "Kırık Cam" | ATO Thiago França & A Espetacular Charanga Do França (Brazil) | "Toxic" | Mais Um Leenalchi (South Korea) | Lesser Gods And Chimeras EP | Hike Dizzy Mandjeku & Odemba OK Allstars (RD Congo-Belgium) | Odemba Nostalgie EP | Zephyrus Oliver Nayoka (Nigeria) | "Iyi Eri Oba" | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque Pasnbesa (Seychelles-Australia) | "No Peace" | Ministry Of Reggae Sound Prince Fatty (England UK) | "You Know I'm No Good" (feat. Hollie Cook) | Lovedub Saturno 4000 (Germany-Colombia-Italy) | "Ma Belle Fille" / "Solar Heart" | Batov Tribu Baharú (Colombia) | "El Cubo" (feat. La Octava Providencia) | Tambora
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
Mau Gatiyo Y Los Años Maravillosos | Colombia | 420, Reloj | 420, Reloj / Poder Militar - Single | Names You Can Trust | 2024 Saturno 4000 | Germany-Colombia-Italy | Ma Belle Fille | Ma Belle Fille / Solar Heart - Single | Batov | 2024 Tribu Baharú | Colombia | El Cubo (feat. La Octava Providencia) | El Cubo - Single | Tambora | 2024 Pambelé | Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy | Te Entundo | Te Entundo - Single | Palenque | 2024
Pasnbesa | Seychelles-Australia | No Peace | No Peace - Single | Ministry Of Reggae Sound | 2024 Prince Fatty | England UK | You Know I'm No Good (feat. Hollie Cook) | You Know I'm No Good - Single | Lovedub | 2024 Undercover Cockney | England UK | Am I Good Enough (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman) | Am I Good Enough - Single | Double Double | 2024 Dynamq | South Sudan-USA | Khamsa Degiga | Khamsa Degiga - Single | River Nile Entertainment | 2024
Dizzy Mandjeku & Odemba OK Allstars | RD Congo-Belgium | Odemba #1 | Odemba Nostalgie EP | Zephyrus | 2024 Kin'Gongolo Kiniata | RD Congo | Liseki Te | Liseki Te - Single | Helico | 2024
Altın Gün | Netherlands-Turkey | Vallahi Yok | Vallahi Yok / Kırık Cam - Single | ATO | 2024 Candeleros | Venezuela-Colombia-Spain-France | La Meseta | El Bululú EP | Folcore | 2023 Nusantara Beat | Netherlands-Indonesia | Mang Becak | Mang Becak - Single | Bongo Joe / Lamunai | 2024 Leenalchi | South Korea | Look At Me Look At Me | Lesser Gods And Chimeras EP | Hike | 2024
Newen Afrobeat | Chile-Colombia-Canada | Grietas (feat. Lido Pimienta) | Grietas EP | Lichens Family | 2024 Cheo | Venezuela-USA | Quiero Desintegrar A Tu Novio | Refresco Vol. 2: Cheo Goes Funk | Nacional | 2024 Thiago França & A Espetacular Charanga Do França | Brazil | Toxic | Toxic - Single | Mais Um | 2024 Džambo Aguševi Orchestra | North Macedonia | Kucheka Bum Bum | Kucheka Bum Bum - Single | Asphalt Tango | 2023
Madalitso Band | Malawi | Lenisa | Lenisa - Single | Bongo Joe | 2024 Oliver Nayoka | Nigeria | Iyi Eri Oba | Iyi Eri Oba - Single | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque | 2024