#ClocktoberMusic
3 In The Midnight Hour - Maloko
It's sunny, it's Saturday.....it's soukous time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiA2...
3 In The Midnight Hour - Maloko
It's sunny, it's Saturday.....it's soukous time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiA2...
Maloko - In The Midnight Hour
YouTube video by The Jukebox Rebel
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:13 PM
#ClocktoberMusic
3 In The Midnight Hour - Maloko
It's sunny, it's Saturday.....it's soukous time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiA2...
3 In The Midnight Hour - Maloko
It's sunny, it's Saturday.....it's soukous time!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiA2...
I’m making a list of my favorite music from the year 1996 (I have beautiful friends who prompt such misery) and reminding myself how much the joys of Congolese soukous soundtracked my little domestic world in that moment. Some of the best guitar music ever. And those vocals
October 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
I’m making a list of my favorite music from the year 1996 (I have beautiful friends who prompt such misery) and reminding myself how much the joys of Congolese soukous soundtracked my little domestic world in that moment. Some of the best guitar music ever. And those vocals
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
I am listening to "MiNaYo w/ Ruth Tafébé (24 Sep 2026 · Abidjan)" (NTS Radio) www.nts.live/shows/ruth-t...
―❝From the host: "Akyé music from southern Côte d'Ivoire: Okoi Seka Athanase, yapi ama,deka. Great music <3"❞
―❝From the host: "Akyé music from southern Côte d'Ivoire: Okoi Seka Athanase, yapi ama,deka. Great music <3"❞
MiNaYo w/ Ruth Tafébé 24th September 2026
Playing Soukous, Afrobeat, Zouk. Explorations in music from Ruth Tafébé a.k.a The Afrosoulmessenger.
From the host:
www.nts.live
September 27, 2026 at 7:32 AM
I am listening to "MiNaYo w/ Ruth Tafébé (24 Sep 2026 · Abidjan)" (NTS Radio) www.nts.live/shows/ruth-t...
―❝From the host: "Akyé music from southern Côte d'Ivoire: Okoi Seka Athanase, yapi ama,deka. Great music <3"❞
―❝From the host: "Akyé music from southern Côte d'Ivoire: Okoi Seka Athanase, yapi ama,deka. Great music <3"❞
More albums to check out. I like that Brad Luen keeps track of Congolese rumba & soukous ; and other genres too
James Brandon Lewis knows his gospel better than country stars do, Syran Mbenza & Jocelyn Balu revitalize different streams of rumba-soukous tradition, Nia Archives & (checks notes) Baauer make catchphrases boogieable, and none of them are as horny as Kacey Musgraves in this month's Semipop Life:
Semipop Life: More godly, more horny
James Brandon Lewis, Syran Mbenza, Nia Archives, plus special section: Countrypop Life 4!
bradluen.substack.com
September 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
More albums to check out. I like that Brad Luen keeps track of Congolese rumba & soukous ; and other genres too
this is really fun, sound d’afrique ii soukous
September 25, 2026 at 7:12 AM
this is really fun, sound d’afrique ii soukous
Keng Godefroy – N'gô Wac [France, Cameroon, Soukous/Afrofunk] (1990) Meet Cameroon's best dressed Funk Nut.
https://redd.it/1c1iy6z
https://youtu.be/GKd2TI_FaA0
https://redd.it/1c1iy6z
https://youtu.be/GKd2TI_FaA0
Keng Godefroy – N'gô Wac [France, Cameroon, Soukous/Afrofunk] (1990) Meet Cameroon's best dressed Funk Nut.
youtu.be
September 24, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Keng Godefroy – N'gô Wac [France, Cameroon, Soukous/Afrofunk] (1990) Meet Cameroon's best dressed Funk Nut.
https://redd.it/1c1iy6z
https://youtu.be/GKd2TI_FaA0
https://redd.it/1c1iy6z
https://youtu.be/GKd2TI_FaA0
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
youtu.be
September 24, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Les Imbattables Léopards -- Milaoba [Burkina Faso, Soukous] (1979)
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
https://redd.it/5lj0y9
https://youtu.be/bcTKLfp6VDE
hell, if they're going global, they don't need to limit themselves to american music. Black Kirin covers. let's see them get Thai-Lao with it. Ave Mujica with soukous characteristics
September 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM
hell, if they're going global, they don't need to limit themselves to american music. Black Kirin covers. let's see them get Thai-Lao with it. Ave Mujica with soukous characteristics
Kiyika Masamba - Kalondji [D.R. Congo, Soukous] (1977)
https://redd.it/rpt31k
https://youtu.be/rEFo1PQmJrs
https://redd.it/rpt31k
https://youtu.be/rEFo1PQmJrs
Kiyika Masamba - Kalondji [D.R. Congo, Soukous] (1977)
youtu.be
September 21, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Kiyika Masamba - Kalondji [D.R. Congo, Soukous] (1977)
https://redd.it/rpt31k
https://youtu.be/rEFo1PQmJrs
https://redd.it/rpt31k
https://youtu.be/rEFo1PQmJrs
Heard this in a bar last night and now it’s top of the list of records I must own. Peak soukous.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RKj...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RKj...
Zitany Neil - Marcory Gasoil (audio)
YouTube video by Syllart Records
m.youtube.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Heard this in a bar last night and now it’s top of the list of records I must own. Peak soukous.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RKj...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RKj...
I am listening to "Highlife & Sunshine Show w/ TrYb (12 Sep 2026 · London)" (NTS Radio) www.nts.live/shows/highli...
―❝Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon… Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.❞
―❝Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon… Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.❞
Highlife & Sunshine Show w/ TrYb 12th September 2026
Playing Soukous, Afro Disco, Highlife. Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon…
Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.
www.nts.live
September 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I am listening to "Highlife & Sunshine Show w/ TrYb (12 Sep 2026 · London)" (NTS Radio) www.nts.live/shows/highli...
―❝Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon… Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.❞
―❝Music of the sun, a.k.a the tracks your dad used to play on a Saturday afternoon… Join TrYb as she explores West African pop, high life, soukous and more.❞
spent five hours listening while driving around chicago today, so here come some candidates i couldn't post from behind the wheel:
M'Pongo Love was one of the great soukous voices of the late 70s and 80s: this song about being a woman a man will give up polygamy for is great
youtu.be/SB2bQjFEk4U
M'Pongo Love was one of the great soukous voices of the late 70s and 80s: this song about being a woman a man will give up polygamy for is great
youtu.be/SB2bQjFEk4U
Une seule femme
YouTube video by M'Pongo Love - Topic
youtu.be
September 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
spent five hours listening while driving around chicago today, so here come some candidates i couldn't post from behind the wheel:
M'Pongo Love was one of the great soukous voices of the late 70s and 80s: this song about being a woman a man will give up polygamy for is great
youtu.be/SB2bQjFEk4U
M'Pongo Love was one of the great soukous voices of the late 70s and 80s: this song about being a woman a man will give up polygamy for is great
youtu.be/SB2bQjFEk4U
ooh, fun. I know some about soukous - particularly the Cuban influence - but I'm def not an expert in African pop. Have you done a search? I could search members' profiles on the SEM website...
September 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
ooh, fun. I know some about soukous - particularly the Cuban influence - but I'm def not an expert in African pop. Have you done a search? I could search members' profiles on the SEM website...
James Brandon Lewis knows his gospel better than country stars do, Syran Mbenza & Jocelyn Balu revitalize different streams of rumba-soukous tradition, Nia Archives & (checks notes) Baauer make catchphrases boogieable, and none of them are as horny as Kacey Musgraves in this month's Semipop Life:
Semipop Life: More godly, more horny
James Brandon Lewis, Syran Mbenza, Nia Archives, plus special section: Countrypop Life 4!
bradluen.substack.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
James Brandon Lewis knows his gospel better than country stars do, Syran Mbenza & Jocelyn Balu revitalize different streams of rumba-soukous tradition, Nia Archives & (checks notes) Baauer make catchphrases boogieable, and none of them are as horny as Kacey Musgraves in this month's Semipop Life:
M'agraden molt. Coneixes el soukous?
September 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
M'agraden molt. Coneixes el soukous?
Do I know any (ethno)musicologists who could talk to undergrads about African popular music (e.g. soukous, afrobeat, juju, afrohouse)?
September 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Do I know any (ethno)musicologists who could talk to undergrads about African popular music (e.g. soukous, afrobeat, juju, afrohouse)?
Eigener Takt
Electric bass and synth haze push defiance through a bright, restless night.
Turn it up. Listen on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/83deeec3-1
#s0nd #NewMusic #NowPlaying #soukous #Germany #2000s #German
Electric bass and synth haze push defiance through a bright, restless night.
Turn it up. Listen on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/83deeec3-1
#s0nd #NewMusic #NowPlaying #soukous #Germany #2000s #German
September 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Eigener Takt
Electric bass and synth haze push defiance through a bright, restless night.
Turn it up. Listen on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/83deeec3-1
#s0nd #NewMusic #NowPlaying #soukous #Germany #2000s #German
Electric bass and synth haze push defiance through a bright, restless night.
Turn it up. Listen on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/83deeec3-1
#s0nd #NewMusic #NowPlaying #soukous #Germany #2000s #German
Nesta edição do Kalimba, conheça os sons do Gabão e da Guiné Equatorial: tradições ancestrais, influências coloniais e ritmos que unem a Bwiti, a rumba, o soukous, a makossa e os tambores bantu. Ouça em: cd.leg.br/njQjYA4j7n
September 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Nesta edição do Kalimba, conheça os sons do Gabão e da Guiné Equatorial: tradições ancestrais, influências coloniais e ritmos que unem a Bwiti, a rumba, o soukous, a makossa e os tambores bantu. Ouça em: cd.leg.br/njQjYA4j7n
“Soukous Stars” by Dally Kimoko & Soukous Stars #nowplaying #6music
September 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“Soukous Stars” by Dally Kimoko & Soukous Stars #nowplaying #6music
Docteur Nico & Orchestre Africa - Pauline [Congo, Soukous] (1966-73?) -- float thru dream and space-time at the outer rings/zegema beach with pauline mama
https://redd.it/2l34b2
https://youtu.be/9c-1UASnIZ4
https://redd.it/2l34b2
https://youtu.be/9c-1UASnIZ4
Docteur Nico & Orchestre Africa - Pauline [Congo, Soukous] (1966-73?) -- float thru dream and space-time at the outer rings/zegema beach with pauline mama
youtu.be
September 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Docteur Nico & Orchestre Africa - Pauline [Congo, Soukous] (1966-73?) -- float thru dream and space-time at the outer rings/zegema beach with pauline mama
https://redd.it/2l34b2
https://youtu.be/9c-1UASnIZ4
https://redd.it/2l34b2
https://youtu.be/9c-1UASnIZ4
Mercy Line
A tense, swinging night ride builds toward release through brass, keys, and restless percussion.
Turn the volume up. Full track on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/741725b2-5
#s0nd #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #soukous #Indonesia #1930s #English
A tense, swinging night ride builds toward release through brass, keys, and restless percussion.
Turn the volume up. Full track on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/741725b2-5
#s0nd #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #soukous #Indonesia #1930s #English
September 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Mercy Line
A tense, swinging night ride builds toward release through brass, keys, and restless percussion.
Turn the volume up. Full track on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/741725b2-5
#s0nd #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #soukous #Indonesia #1930s #English
A tense, swinging night ride builds toward release through brass, keys, and restless percussion.
Turn the volume up. Full track on s0nd.
https://s0nd.com/t/741725b2-5
#s0nd #MusicDiscovery #NewMusic #soukous #Indonesia #1930s #English
The band at the MN State Fair is playing Congolese Soukous music with a keyboard player doing the horn parts, in classic Minneapolis Sound style.
September 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The band at the MN State Fair is playing Congolese Soukous music with a keyboard player doing the horn parts, in classic Minneapolis Sound style.