Thursday Tracks: Voodoo Funk

In the shifting sands of music blogs, which are usually little more than links, promotion and piracy, "Voodoo Funk" is an exceptional operation. Voodoo Funk is run by a German DJ named Frank, whose goal was to find as many vintage African records as possible during his three years living and traveling in West Africa. Right now I think he's DJing in New York.

There's a lot of great mixes up on his site, which I find exceptionally fun to listen to while doing my favorite activities around the house like washing the dishes, rearranging papers and pacing back and forth down the hallway. The above video is a trailer for a documentary someone is making about his record-buying journeys, and the one below is some shaky cell phone video he shot while riding around Cotonou on the back of a Zemidjan. The song is from the Psychedelic Man EP by De Frank & His Professionals. Keep up the good work, Frank.