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AfuriKo track “Oleleko” on Tomek’s Ear Condition 601

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Tomek’s Ear Condition 601 (Love And Tensor Algebra) – 2023.02.10, complete playlist:

1. DAVID FIUCZYNSKI – Radio Is The Enemy — Black Cherry Acid Lab CD

2. DUB INC. – Même Si — Afrikya CD

3. AFURIKO – Oleleko — Tao DL

4. HIBIST TIRUNEH – Yene Astemari (የኔአስተማሪ) — ሕብስት ጥሩነህይቅርታ CD

5. HOFFMANN-HOOCK & WÖSTHEINRICH – Phased Realities — Conundrum CD

6. RADICAL DANCE – Sabre Dance — Sometimes God Smiles V/A CD

7. เคน ดาเหลา (KEN DALAAO) – ลำสัตว์อยากเป็นนาย (Lam Sat Yaak Bpen Naay) —  ลำสัตว์อยากเป็นนาย / ลำล่องรำพันธุ์ 7“

8. ROBERT JÜRJENDAL – Ja Meie Silmad Tegid Silla / And Our Eyes Made A Bridge — Rõõmu Allikas / Source Of Joy CD

9. SBB – 3rd Reanimation — Follow My Dream CD

10. PANZERBALLETT – Der Saxdiktator — Breaking Brain LP

11. TANGO TRANSIT – The Curtain — Blut CD

12. ZA! – Kuckuck Kuckuck — Discorporate Festival 2013 V/A DL

13. ทวนทอง เทพอุทัย (TUANTHONG THEP’UTHAI) – สาวเชียงใหม่ (Saao Chiang Mai) — เชียงบัวด่าสาว / สาวเชียงใหม่ 7“

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concert announcement: AfuriKo @ ZumEck (Basel), February 9

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🇬🇧 Join AfuriKo at ZumEck in Basel (Switzerland) for an evening of African infused jazz. The venue is a market/bar/café with regular live music offerings located right by the Rhine river. With Nino Wenger (saxophones), Akiko Horii (percussion), Jim Funnell (piano, keyboards). We hope to see you there!

🇫🇷/🇨🇭 Rejoins AfuriKo à ZumEck à Bâle (Suisse) pour une soirée jazz aux accents africains. Le lieu est un marché/bar/café offrant une programmation musicale variée, le tout à deux pas du Rhin. Avec Nino Wenger (saxophones), Akiko Horii (percussions), Jim Funnell (piano, claviers). Nous espérons t’y retrouver !

🇩🇪/🇨🇭 Besuche AfuriKo im ZumEck in Basel (Schweiz) für einen Abend mit afrikanisch angehauchtem Jazz. Der Veranstaltungsort ist ein Markt/Bar/Café mit regelmäßigen Live-Musik-Angeboten direkt am Rhein. Mit Nino Wenger (Saxophone), Akiko Horii (Percussion), Jim Funnell (Piano, Keyboards). Wir hoffen, dich dort zu sehen!

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  • Artist: AfuriKo
  • Date: 02/09/23
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Venue: ZumEck
  • City: Basel
  • Address: Spitalstrasse 32
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • Notes: feat. Nino Wenger (alto sax)
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Jazz au pigeonnier #3: AfuriKo presents traditional Bulgarian tunes

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AfuriKo’s third livestream from Saintines (Hauts-de-France). After our recent trip to Bulgaria, we decided to revisit “Sedi Donka” (from our album Style) and “Trace of Peach” (from Tao), and perform them for you algonside a newer arrangement: “Pismo ti e doshlo” (unreleased so far). We hope you enjoy this selection of African infused Bulgarian tunes!

Streamed on October 22, 2022 at 2PM CEST

Program:
🎵 Trace of Peach (Slivenska rūchenitsa) (traditional, arr. by AfuriKo)
🎵 Sedi Donka (traditional, arr. by AfuriKo)
🎵 Pismo ti e doshlo (traditional, arr. by AfuriKo)

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  • Artist: AfuriKo
  • Date: 10/22/22
  • Time: 2:00pm
  • Venue: Jazz au pigeonnier
  • City: Saintines , Hauts-de-France
  • Venue phone: +33658342062
  • Country: France
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • More information
  • Notes: Jazz au pigeonnier #3: AfuriKo presents traditional Bulgarian tunes ***Livestream on AfuriKo’s YouTube channel *** For our fans worldwide.
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“Farewell, New York!” AfuriKo livestreams from Sunnyside, Queens

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New York City has been good to Akiko and I. We’ve certainly lived through a lot over these past four years. And now it’s time to move on. This month, AfuriKo moved to Reykjavik, Iceland!

To say goodbye to America, kick off the year, and celebrate the beginning of this new chapter, we played two sets from our home in Sunnyside on January 2, 2021 at 3PM and 8PM EST. If you missed them, you can replay them on YouTube. Just click on the videos below!

Program (both sets):
🎵 In B Town (AfuriKo) – inspired by Bamaya, a traditional Dagomba rhythm from northern Ghana
🎵 Up in the Air (AfuriKo) – inspired by Agahu, a traditional Ewe rhythm from Ketonu in Benin
🎵 Bulgarian Traditional (unknown composer and title, arr. by AfuriKo)
🎵 Kotedjuga (AfuriKo)
🎵 Kassai (Ou Yoshida, Taiji Nakamura, arr. by AfuriKo) – solo section set to Kassa Soro, a traditional Malinke rhythm from Eastern Guinea

Related show

  • Artist: AfuriKo
  • Date: 01/02/21
  • Time: 3:00pm
  • Venue: Livestream from AfuriKo’s
  • City: Woodside , NY
  • Country: United States
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • More information
  • Notes: Farewell, New York! ***Livestream on AfuriKo’s YouTube channel *** For our fans in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Click on “More information” to watch >>
  • Artist: AfuriKo
  • Date: 01/02/21
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Venue: Livestream from AfuriKo’s
  • City: Woodside , NY
  • Country: United States
  • Age restrictions: All Ages
  • More information
  • Notes: Farewell, New York! ***Livestream on AfuriKo’s YouTube channel *** For our fans in Asia-Pacific. Click on “More information” to watch >>
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new single: Igneous Alloy by AfuriKo feat. Corey Wallace & Alex B. Smith

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Back in 2019 (May through November) and then again more recently in July and August of 2020, AfuriKo had the pleasure to invite both Corey A. Wallace (on trombone) and Alex Busby Smith (electric bass) as guest artists as part of our monthly residency at Tomi Jazz (a Japanese bar & grill in Midtown Manhattan that features nightly live jazz). The shows in both trio formats were a blast, and Igneous Alloy, a composition of mine first recorded on Spirit of the Snail (2015), was one of the tunes we played almost every time. So we decided to record a quartet version of it (this time with both Alex and Corey featured on the same track!) to document these good times and make a little something available to those of you who weren’t able to make it out to Tomi’s. The arrangement was refined to suit this particular instrumentation, including trombone melodies, synth counterlines, and a new bass line/riff to support Akiko’s percussion solo. Our friend Laure Lang from the Hauts-de-France region added her grain of salt with a magical mix and crafty video editing. Enjoy!

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Corey A. Wallace – trombone
Alex Busby Smith – electric bass
Akiko Horii – percussion
Jim Funnell – keyboards
Laure Lang – mixing, mastering, and video editing

Recorded in New York, NY in August and September 2020.
Mixed and mastered in Betz, FR in September 2020.

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AfuriKo livestream from Sunnyside / July 1, 3PM

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“Jazz non scientifiquement prouvé” 1 – AfuriKo on Radio Robert

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Six tracks from AfuriKo’s latest album Tao (2019) were aired on Radio Robert on April 27, 2020. The Parisian station, created during the COVID-19 pandemic and operated by the team at 59 Rivoli (a venue known for its exhibitions, performances, and artists-in-residence programs) notably offers playlists and podcasts. Their daily jazz show “Jazz non scientifiquement prouvé, la playlist du Pr Raoult” airs at 7PM GMT+2.

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AfuriKo on-air in Uruguay during Jazz a la Calle 2020

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One of the four public radio stations (and the youngest one) belonging to Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay, Babel broadcasts instrumental music 24/7 in the whole country (97.1 FM in Montevideo and 100.9 FM in Maldonado) and worldwide through its website. Focusing on jazz, fusion, and world music, its motto is “Quality music to drop prejudice.”

During the festival held in Mercedes in January 2020, their program “Jazz a la Calle especiales” covered the live shows with music and artist interviews. AfuriKo was featured on 14 January 2020, alongside two Argentinian bands: Ingrid and the Córdoba Jazz Orchestra.