Irfan Alam
@irfan-alam.bsky.social
Architect & Urban Designer
Design, culture, music, community
Based in London
Design, culture, music, community
Based in London
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Irfan Alam
@irfan-alam.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Honouring African roots - aiming to share an awesome album from every African country alphabetically. It will be an eclectic mix - join in! - the journey will be much more fun with fellow travellers…
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Skipping to TANZANIA for all who have lost loved ones at this difficult time
Songs for the Poor Man - Remmy Ongala
Conscious vibes from the real man of the people - his fight continues
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #tanzania #remmyongala #AfricanMusic
Next up: Skipping to TANZANIA for all who have lost loved ones at this difficult time
Songs for the Poor Man - Remmy Ongala
Conscious vibes from the real man of the people - his fight continues
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #tanzania #remmyongala #AfricanMusic
Songs for the Poor Man by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila on Apple Music
Album · 1989 · 10 Songs
music.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Skipping to TANZANIA for all who have lost loved ones at this difficult time
Songs for the Poor Man - Remmy Ongala
Conscious vibes from the real man of the people - his fight continues
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #tanzania #remmyongala #AfricanMusic
Next up: Skipping to TANZANIA for all who have lost loved ones at this difficult time
Songs for the Poor Man - Remmy Ongala
Conscious vibes from the real man of the people - his fight continues
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #tanzania #remmyongala #AfricanMusic
Zadie Smith keeping it real - there’s a mic drop somewhere in there…
November 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Zadie Smith keeping it real - there’s a mic drop somewhere in there…
Nuance & intelligence in spades…
‘The quiet part, of course, is that when Maccabi fans speak out against refugees, chant “death to Arabs”, associate their enemies with Hamas and commit violence in our city centres, there is a small but significant part of our country that tacitly agrees with them…’
‘The quiet part, of course, is that when Maccabi fans speak out against refugees, chant “death to Arabs”, associate their enemies with Hamas and commit violence in our city centres, there is a small but significant part of our country that tacitly agrees with them…’
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Nuance & intelligence in spades…
‘The quiet part, of course, is that when Maccabi fans speak out against refugees, chant “death to Arabs”, associate their enemies with Hamas and commit violence in our city centres, there is a small but significant part of our country that tacitly agrees with them…’
‘The quiet part, of course, is that when Maccabi fans speak out against refugees, chant “death to Arabs”, associate their enemies with Hamas and commit violence in our city centres, there is a small but significant part of our country that tacitly agrees with them…’
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: GUINEA
Moh! Kouyaté - Loundo (Un Jour)
Funky bluesey guitar chops from a family line of griots bridging past and present Guinean traditions
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #guinea #MohKouyate #Loundo
Next up: GUINEA
Moh! Kouyaté - Loundo (Un Jour)
Funky bluesey guitar chops from a family line of griots bridging past and present Guinean traditions
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #guinea #MohKouyate #Loundo
Loundo (Un jour) by Moh! Kouyaté on Apple Music
Album · 2015 · 14 Songs
music.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: GHANA
Pure Akan - Onipa Akoma
Culturally conscious hiplife rap combining poetic storytelling with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms - An instant classic!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ghana #akan #hiphopsky #OnipaAkoma
Next up: GHANA
Pure Akan - Onipa Akoma
Culturally conscious hiplife rap combining poetic storytelling with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms - An instant classic!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ghana #akan #hiphopsky #OnipaAkoma
Onipa Akoma by Pure Akan on Apple Music
Album · 2017 · 15 Songs
music.apple.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: GHANA
Pure Akan - Onipa Akoma
Culturally conscious hiplife rap combining poetic storytelling with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms - An instant classic!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ghana #akan #hiphopsky #OnipaAkoma
Next up: GHANA
Pure Akan - Onipa Akoma
Culturally conscious hiplife rap combining poetic storytelling with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms - An instant classic!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ghana #akan #hiphopsky #OnipaAkoma
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: GABON
Pierre Akendengue - Awana W’Africa
Soaring tunes from one of the most pioneering voices from Francophone West Africa …
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Gabon #PierreAkendengue
music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...
Next up: GABON
Pierre Akendengue - Awana W’Africa
Soaring tunes from one of the most pioneering voices from Francophone West Africa …
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Gabon #PierreAkendengue
music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...
Awana W'Africa by Pierre Akendengue on Apple Music
Album · 1982 · 7 Songs
music.apple.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: GABON
Pierre Akendengue - Awana W’Africa
Soaring tunes from one of the most pioneering voices from Francophone West Africa …
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Gabon #PierreAkendengue
music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...
Next up: GABON
Pierre Akendengue - Awana W’Africa
Soaring tunes from one of the most pioneering voices from Francophone West Africa …
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Gabon #PierreAkendengue
music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ETHIOPIA
Mulato Astatke and Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing
Majestic ethio-jazz fusion with hip hop infused funk grooves from the legend…
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#ethiopia #MulatuAstatke
music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...
Next up: ETHIOPIA
Mulato Astatke and Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing
Majestic ethio-jazz fusion with hip hop infused funk grooves from the legend…
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#ethiopia #MulatuAstatke
music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...
To Know Without Knowing by Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience on Apple Music
Album · 2020 · 9 Songs
music.apple.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ETHIOPIA
Mulato Astatke and Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing
Majestic ethio-jazz fusion with hip hop infused funk grooves from the legend…
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#ethiopia #MulatuAstatke
music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...
Next up: ETHIOPIA
Mulato Astatke and Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing
Majestic ethio-jazz fusion with hip hop infused funk grooves from the legend…
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#ethiopia #MulatuAstatke
music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...
Words of advice to Europe from Seun Kuti…
#freeeurope #freepalestine #freeiran #freecongo #freesudan #colonialism #imperialism #glastonbury #musicsky
www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...
#freeeurope #freepalestine #freeiran #freecongo #freesudan #colonialism #imperialism #glastonbury #musicsky
www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...
From the Fauxmoi community on Reddit: Nigerian musician Seun Kuti at Glastonbury: “I know you want to free Palestine, free Congo, free Sudan, free Iran. It’s a new one every week. Free Europe. Free Eu...
Explore this post and more from the Fauxmoi community
www.reddit.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Words of advice to Europe from Seun Kuti…
#freeeurope #freepalestine #freeiran #freecongo #freesudan #colonialism #imperialism #glastonbury #musicsky
www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...
#freeeurope #freepalestine #freeiran #freecongo #freesudan #colonialism #imperialism #glastonbury #musicsky
www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...
Bob Vylan & Kneecap outrage from Starmer - the same one that said Israel had a ‘right’ to cut off power and water from Gaza - maybe he’d been watching Alanis Morissette’s Glasto set - ironic…
#Glastonbury #BobVylan #KneeCap
#Glastonbury #BobVylan #KneeCap
June 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bob Vylan & Kneecap outrage from Starmer - the same one that said Israel had a ‘right’ to cut off power and water from Gaza - maybe he’d been watching Alanis Morissette’s Glasto set - ironic…
#Glastonbury #BobVylan #KneeCap
#Glastonbury #BobVylan #KneeCap
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ESWATINI
Knate Kori & Swaziland Weekenders - Saturdays on Down South
Spacey soulful enigmatic electronic grooves
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#eswatini #swaziland #knatekori
music.apple.com/gb/album/sat...
Next up: ESWATINI
Knate Kori & Swaziland Weekenders - Saturdays on Down South
Spacey soulful enigmatic electronic grooves
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#eswatini #swaziland #knatekori
music.apple.com/gb/album/sat...
Saturdays On Down South - EP by Knate Koti & Swaziland Weekenders on Apple Music
Album · 2020 · 5 Songs
music.apple.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ESWATINI
Knate Kori & Swaziland Weekenders - Saturdays on Down South
Spacey soulful enigmatic electronic grooves
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#eswatini #swaziland #knatekori
music.apple.com/gb/album/sat...
Next up: ESWATINI
Knate Kori & Swaziland Weekenders - Saturdays on Down South
Spacey soulful enigmatic electronic grooves
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#eswatini #swaziland #knatekori
music.apple.com/gb/album/sat...
Do the right thing folks - fight the oppression and for the freedom to protest
#palestineaction #freedom #stopcensorship #freepalestine
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposeproscr...
#palestineaction #freedom #stopcensorship #freepalestine
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposeproscr...
Write to your MP: Oppose plans to proscribe Palestine Action
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Do the right thing folks - fight the oppression and for the freedom to protest
#palestineaction #freedom #stopcensorship #freepalestine
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposeproscr...
#palestineaction #freedom #stopcensorship #freepalestine
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposeproscr...
Ain’t nobody out there that can rock a spotless white suit at Glastonbury quite like Black Uhuru… deadly heavy grooves delivered in the most nonchalant fashion…
#blackuhuru #glastonbury #musicsky
#blackuhuru #glastonbury #musicsky
June 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ain’t nobody out there that can rock a spotless white suit at Glastonbury quite like Black Uhuru… deadly heavy grooves delivered in the most nonchalant fashion…
#blackuhuru #glastonbury #musicsky
#blackuhuru #glastonbury #musicsky
Warming up for Glastonbury with one of my favourite clips from 2019 - Alex picked out of the crowd comes onto the stage and mashes up Thiago Silva with Dave
youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo?...
youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo?...
Dave (feat. Alex) - Thiago Silva
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Warming up for Glastonbury with one of my favourite clips from 2019 - Alex picked out of the crowd comes onto the stage and mashes up Thiago Silva with Dave
youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo?...
youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo?...
Reposted by Irfan Alam
This is worth reading.
It's couched in neutral BBC language but ultimately it says what we all know. We're witnessing a genocide. And the whole international community is complicit.
It's couched in neutral BBC language but ultimately it says what we all know. We're witnessing a genocide. And the whole international community is complicit.
Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it:
"These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza
www.bbc.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is worth reading.
It's couched in neutral BBC language but ultimately it says what we all know. We're witnessing a genocide. And the whole international community is complicit.
It's couched in neutral BBC language but ultimately it says what we all know. We're witnessing a genocide. And the whole international community is complicit.
Friday night crate digging - timeless killer grooves…
#Jazzsky #Jazz #NowPlaying #Musicsky
music.apple.com/gb/album/inv...
#Jazzsky #Jazz #NowPlaying #Musicsky
music.apple.com/gb/album/inv...
Inventions & Dimensions (Expanded Edition) by Herbie Hancock on Apple Music
Album · 1963 · 6 Songs
music.apple.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Friday night crate digging - timeless killer grooves…
#Jazzsky #Jazz #NowPlaying #Musicsky
music.apple.com/gb/album/inv...
#Jazzsky #Jazz #NowPlaying #Musicsky
music.apple.com/gb/album/inv...
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ERITREA
Asmara Allstars - Eritrea’s Got Soul
Timeless big band sounds fusing ballads and dancehall numbers reinterpreting folk and pop styles
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#Eritrea #AsmaraAllstars
music.apple.com/gb/album/eri...
Next up: ERITREA
Asmara Allstars - Eritrea’s Got Soul
Timeless big band sounds fusing ballads and dancehall numbers reinterpreting folk and pop styles
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#Eritrea #AsmaraAllstars
music.apple.com/gb/album/eri...
Eritrea's Got Soul by Asmara All Stars on Apple Music
Album · 2010 · 14 Songs
music.apple.com
May 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: ERITREA
Asmara Allstars - Eritrea’s Got Soul
Timeless big band sounds fusing ballads and dancehall numbers reinterpreting folk and pop styles
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#Eritrea #AsmaraAllstars
music.apple.com/gb/album/eri...
Next up: ERITREA
Asmara Allstars - Eritrea’s Got Soul
Timeless big band sounds fusing ballads and dancehall numbers reinterpreting folk and pop styles
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#Eritrea #AsmaraAllstars
music.apple.com/gb/album/eri...
Reposted by Irfan Alam
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Desmali y Dambo de la Costa - Luga Da Ambo
Laid back soukous inflected rythms - fabulous percussion & acoustic guitar chops!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#EquatorialGuinea #DesmaliyDambodelaCosta
music.apple.com/gb/album/lug...
Next up: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Desmali y Dambo de la Costa - Luga Da Ambo
Laid back soukous inflected rythms - fabulous percussion & acoustic guitar chops!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#EquatorialGuinea #DesmaliyDambodelaCosta
music.apple.com/gb/album/lug...
Luga Da Ambo by Desmali y Dambo de la Costa on Apple Music
Album · 2008 · 8 Songs
music.apple.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Desmali y Dambo de la Costa - Luga Da Ambo
Laid back soukous inflected rythms - fabulous percussion & acoustic guitar chops!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#EquatorialGuinea #DesmaliyDambodelaCosta
music.apple.com/gb/album/lug...
Next up: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Desmali y Dambo de la Costa - Luga Da Ambo
Laid back soukous inflected rythms - fabulous percussion & acoustic guitar chops!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa
#EquatorialGuinea #DesmaliyDambodelaCosta
music.apple.com/gb/album/lug...
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: EGYPT
Assyouti - The Disintegration of Eric Omelette
Hi-octane drum & bass and break-core from a pioneering figure in Cairo’s underground electronic music scene.
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #egypt #assyouti #drumandbass
music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
Next up: EGYPT
Assyouti - The Disintegration of Eric Omelette
Hi-octane drum & bass and break-core from a pioneering figure in Cairo’s underground electronic music scene.
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #egypt #assyouti #drumandbass
music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
The Disintegration of Eric Omelette - EP by Assyouti on Apple Music
Album · 2023 · 5 Songs
music.apple.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: EGYPT
Assyouti - The Disintegration of Eric Omelette
Hi-octane drum & bass and break-core from a pioneering figure in Cairo’s underground electronic music scene.
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #egypt #assyouti #drumandbass
music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
Next up: EGYPT
Assyouti - The Disintegration of Eric Omelette
Hi-octane drum & bass and break-core from a pioneering figure in Cairo’s underground electronic music scene.
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #egypt #assyouti #drumandbass
music.apple.com/gb/album/the...
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Djibouti
Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Indian Bollywood-inspired vocals with Somali funk, Jamaican dub, soaring horn melodies, joyous synths, and tropical grooves!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #GroupeRTD #Djibouti
Next up: Djibouti
Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Indian Bollywood-inspired vocals with Somali funk, Jamaican dub, soaring horn melodies, joyous synths, and tropical grooves!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #GroupeRTD #Djibouti
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Djibouti
Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Indian Bollywood-inspired vocals with Somali funk, Jamaican dub, soaring horn melodies, joyous synths, and tropical grooves!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #GroupeRTD #Djibouti
Next up: Djibouti
Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti
Indian Bollywood-inspired vocals with Somali funk, Jamaican dub, soaring horn melodies, joyous synths, and tropical grooves!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #GroupeRTD #Djibouti
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Democratic Republic of Congo
Bang into 2025 with the wonderful
Jupiter & Okwess - Ekoya
Congolese funk rock explosion led by the revered Jupiter Bokondji!!!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #ekoya #democraticrepublicofcongo #funk
Next up: Democratic Republic of Congo
Bang into 2025 with the wonderful
Jupiter & Okwess - Ekoya
Congolese funk rock explosion led by the revered Jupiter Bokondji!!!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #ekoya #democraticrepublicofcongo #funk
March 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Africa by Album - alphabetically!
Next up: Democratic Republic of Congo
Bang into 2025 with the wonderful
Jupiter & Okwess - Ekoya
Congolese funk rock explosion led by the revered Jupiter Bokondji!!!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #ekoya #democraticrepublicofcongo #funk
Next up: Democratic Republic of Congo
Bang into 2025 with the wonderful
Jupiter & Okwess - Ekoya
Congolese funk rock explosion led by the revered Jupiter Bokondji!!!
#musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #ekoya #democraticrepublicofcongo #funk
I love London
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I love London
March 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Irfan Alam
