{"id":42392,"date":"2018-04-19T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/analog-africa-revives-its-famous-african-scream-contest-compilation\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:37:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:37:42","slug":"analog-africa-african-scream-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/analog-africa-african-scream-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Analog Africa Revives its Famous &#8216;African Scream Contest&#8217; Compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"pam-featured-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13475 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic-759x543.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic-1010x722.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic-661x473.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Les-Sympathic-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Crate-digger Samy Ben Redjeb unveils the second volume of his\u00a0Beninese Vodoun-funk compilation.<\/h3>\n<p>Ten years ago, Analog Africa released the first\u00a0<em>African Scream Contest<\/em>, &#8220;a record that took you into its own space with the same electrifying sureness as any favourite blues or soul or funk or punk sampler you might care to mention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Beninese\u00a0musician\u00a0Lokonon Andr\u00e9 &#8211; who had been trained by the Russian secret services &#8211;\u00a0tracked down the artists for this compilation. His goal was to &#8220;highlights the tension between encroaching authoritarian politics and fearless expressions of personal creative freedom which is the back-story of so much great African music of the 60s and 70s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listent to the first extract below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2334973202\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" seamless=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/analogafrica.bandcamp.com\/album\/african-scream-contest-vol-2-benin-1963-1980\">African Scream Contest Vol.2 &#8211; Benin 1963-1980 by Various<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>African Scream Contest Vol\u200b.\u200b2 &#8211; Benin 1963\u200b-\u200b1980<\/em> will be available the May 18th 2018<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Read next:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/soundway-heads-records-disco%E2%80%8B-%E2%80%8Bdub-edits\/\">Soundway Reissues 80s South Africa Disco Hits From Heads Records<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13476\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-1010x1010.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/African-Scream-Contest-Vol%E2%80%8B.%E2%80%8B2-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rqh1N2nfdR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/soundway-heads-records-disco%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bdub-edits\/\">Soundway Reissues 80s South Africa Disco Hits From Heads Records<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Soundway Reissues 80s South Africa Disco Hits From Heads Records&#8221; &#8212; PAM - Pan African Music\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/soundway-heads-records-disco%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8bdub-edits\/embed\/#?secret=pumCcT28iu#?secret=rqh1N2nfdR\" data-secret=\"rqh1N2nfdR\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crate-digger Samy Ben Redjeb unveils the second volume of his\u00a0Beninese Vodoun-funk compilation. 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