It's 30° outside of the very cool, very dark superterranean CKCU world headquarters. The government has declared it a "heat event". I've curated a fine mix of the old and new as the soundtrack for it. Dig in, earthlings down below!
| K'etema Anbessa Orchestra - Negestat 
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| Malandro de Boa Lagartijeando - Caboclo - Single
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| Understand What Black Is The Last Poets - Understand What Black Is
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| Üryan Geldim Burcu Güneş - Anadolu'nun Güneşi
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| Baby Don't You Cry Ricardo Ray - Jala Jala Y Boogaloo |
| Dancing With Sweetness, Tonight Kip Hanrahan - Crescent Moon Waning
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| Andy Laughs At One Of The Few Golden Veins In Our Bronx Childhood (For Andy Gonzalez) Kip Hanrahan - Crescent Moon Waning
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| We Were Not Alone (Fernando Looks For Closure - But There's Never Any...)(For Lou And Jack) Kip Hanrahan - Crescent Moon Waning
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| San Vicente Milton Nascimento - Miltons |
| Songhai (feat Sidi Toure) Invisible System - Invisible System: Bamako Sessions
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| Bamako Invisible System - Invisible System: Bamako Sessions
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| A Min We Vo Nou We Les Sympathics de Porto Novo - African Scream Contest 2
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| Crosseyed and Painless Angélique Kidjo - Remain In Light
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| Once In a Lifetime Angélique Kidjo - Remain In Light
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| Right Start (Unfinished Outtake) Talking Heads - Remain In Light |
| Burning Down the House Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense |
| Redemption Time The English Beat - Here We Go Love
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| Be There For You The English Beat - Here We Go Love
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| Best Friend The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It |
| Can't Get Used to Losing You The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It |
| Monkey Murders The English Beat - Wha'ppen? |
| Spar Wid Me The English Beat - Special Beat Service |
| Duppy Conqueror Bob Marley and the Wailers - Some of the Best |
| Ska Journey The Ethiopians - Wild Train
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| Come To Town The Ethiopians - Wild Train
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| Tinoge Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell
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| Soliloquy for Michael Brown Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel Fell
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| L'Escribota Sourdure - L'Esprova
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| Slipstream Jon Hassell - Listening To Pictures (Pentimento, Vol. One)
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| Was In the Blues Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvær Feat. Eivind Aarset And Vladislav Delay - Nordub
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LOVE the new Invisible System. It is indeed aka Dan Harper, UK / African producer and sound maker, in combo with a collection of additional musicians. His/their Ethiopian - flavoured music is also KILLER.
2:14 PM, June 17th, 2018