World Music Fusion on Zanj Radio a different idea about World Music

 Every Saturday from 5pm to 7pm Zanj Rracc presents World Music Fusion on Zanj Radio. World Music Fusion has been running on Zanj Radio for 6 years.

Zanj Rracc describes World Music Fusion as "a coming together of music and sound in one space"... a time vessel through music ...different borders and territories of music...like a time machine through music...you can drive it, you can fly it or play it....you put the music in your ears and you take a journey, a different type of journey... each track or groups of tracks transport you to a different place.

....it is a different idea of World music. World music is music made in the world not just indigenous music like Putamayo or Pata Patta, it is Arabic Jazz from 1996 mixed with Dancehall and hip hop instrumentals from 1990, that is how the whole music come together, all of these places are stops in time. Sometimes the gap is bridged when you hear a Grace Jones remix in 2019 it sounds like the original song of 1990. The essence of fusion is how you can put all these songs together....it is rich....

Every summer listeners can look forward to the Summer lounge edition of World Music Fusion.  The Summer Lounge Edition features "relaxed tropical sounds and beats, it is relaxed chill lounge music with different beats"

The latest edition featured some Brazilian selections, Arabic Jazz, 80's Africa,  and disco funk remixes.

Here are some of the tracks featured on the latest edition.

• Jimmy Cliff  - Sooner Or Later
• Eme Ballantyne - My Life (Nigeria 1981)
• Prince Issac Black - Papa Bless Me
• Lijadu Sisters - Come On Home
• Mtume - So You Wanna Be A Star (Joey Negro Disco Re Blend)
• Earth Wind Fire - Cant Let Go (Joey Negro Elevated Mix)
• Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (Joey Negro Bumper To Bumper Mix)
• Zenit - Waitin
• 5 Reasons - Summer Rain (Slipenberg Remix)
• Prince Kaybee - Fetch Your Life ft. Msaki
• DJ Khaled & Buju Banton - Holy Ground
• Fyah Roiall feat. Jah Izrehl - Amun-RA
• Umoja - Rabia
• The System - Find It In Your Eyes

 You can listen to the latest episode here
 World Music Fusion is also featured in the Sounds of Life sound art series visit our blog for all the latest episodes and special playlist releases by Zanj Rracc..

Dj Zanj Racc presents Church Wars

CHURCH WARS, is a soundscape documentary produced and curated by DJ Zanj Rracc.  Church Wars feature details about behaviours and ideas that find themselves in one of the world’s most influencing spaces, a church, despite being contradictory to its ideals.

The soundscape documentary takes its listeners/audience on a journey that explores the mob mentality of congregations and their leaders in the houses of the lord.

Listen to Church Wars 

Dj Zanj Rracc presents Power of the Pussy

Our first release for 2019 is the "Power of the Pussy" mixtape curated and produced by Dj Zanj Rracc. The mixtape features an exclusive selection of current female hip hop and fusion artists.
Zanj Rracc describes the "Power of the Pussy as "a conversation that is being had between various tracks on the mixtape. It is a rush of opinions, points of view and ideas around Pussy Power today (or as some call it empowerment)." He explains that "the ideas around the Power of the Pussy are diverse. They take on a variety of meaning for different women and the Pussy’s power can be used innumerably, in a myriad of life changing ways. Each track offers of an idea or opinion of how the Pussy’s power can be wielded, ranging from the cold hardcore street counsel of hip hop queen Baby Mutha to the mystikal Adzekolo (Voodoo Pussy) by fusion artist Azizaa"

Zanj Radio premiers Umbalembe

Umbalembe is a soundscape documentary about the island of Jamaica curated by Zanj Racc. The project is based on the work of Zanj Racc and DJ Afifa, sound artist who live and work in Jamaica. The artwork for the project was designed by Isabel Dennis. 

In August 2018 a preview of the project was presented at the Umbalembe event at Mazola’s “playground” in Gordon Town, St. Andrew Jamaica. The event was an attempt to introduce sound art.

Zanj Racc explained that the key to curating Umbalemebe was to organize the material into themes and then present a macro and micro perspective on life in Jamaica.

Umbalembe premiered on Saturday Nov 10 on Zanj Radio during World Music Fusion with Dj Zanj Racc.

Listen to Umbalembe by downloading the Zanj Radio app for Android or Apple devices or via soundcloud.