Kamikaze Presents The Radio Olympics – Music From All 205 Competing Countries

 

Damn, Paul Ackroyd went all out on this one. Originally posting these while the London Olympics were on, the man sometimes known as Kamikaze pushed his record collection to the extreme, pulling out one track from every country competing. Pretty impressive to say the least, this is some dedicated digging with hefty results.

In fact the more we look at this track list the more in awe we are; I’m not sure a collection like this has ever be done before. 12 hours, 9 minutes and 36 seconds of radio done over a two week period. I’d challenge any current presenter or selector up on this any day of the week. The scary part is how good it all sounds. Done across five shows, here’s your travel listening for the next two weeks. At the very bottom you can get at download links for each show, or just lock yourself into the streams for some proper world music education.

So the Olympics are here, and it’s pretty much the most exciting thing ever. More than 10,000 athletes from every corner of the world gathered to compete on the highest possible stage in the events they dedicate their existences to. Proper inspirational, ‘kin love it. To celebrate, here is a five-part series covering music from each of the 205 countries represented at London 2012; a tune for each and every competitor.
This one’s for the athletes, spread the word 🙂
 

A Papadzis – Greece
Rakshanah – Afghanistan
Sadik Diko and Reshit Shehu – Albania
Chikaha – Algeria
Unidentified Drummers – American Samoa
Unknown Artists – Andorra
Ma Mukueno – Angola
Unknown Artists – Antigua and Barbuda
Domingo Cura – Argentina
Reuben Sarkisian – Armenia
Rufo wever – Aruba
Dirty Three – Australia
Fennesz – Austria
Khan Shushinsky – Azerbaijan
The Percentie Brothers – Bahamas
Unknown Artists – Bahrain
National Anthem – Bangladesh
Joseph Niles – Barbados
Unknown Artists – Belarus
Django Reinhardt – Belgium
Bato Drum Group – Belize
Aziakpon & His Group – Benin
Unidentified Drummers – Bermuda
Unknown Artists – Bhutan
Alberto Ruiz y Su Lira Incaica – Bolivia
Kemal Malovcic – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ronnie Moipolai – Botswana
Bandinha do Guedes – Brazil
Tortola Drum Corp – British Virgin Islands
Unknown Artists – Brunei
Unknown Artists – Bulgaria
Amadou Balake – Burkina Faso
Elhubi Jamila Yni – Burundi
Krom Monster – Cambodia
Paul Pendja Ensemble – Cameroon
A Silver Mt Zion – Canada
National Anthem – Cape Verde
National Anthem – Cayman Islands
Lea Lignanzi – Central African Republic
Unknown Artists – Chad
Las Cuatro Huasas – Chile

 

 

Dajuin Yao – People’s Republic of China
Conjunto Tipico Vallenato – Colombia
Boinariziki & Soubi – Comoros
Jean Bosco Mwende – Congo
Cook Islands National Arts Theatre – Cook Islands
Unidentified Performers – Costa Rica
Los Seurs Comoe – Côte d’Ivoire
Braca Kapugi Tamburica Orchestar i Pjevacki Zbor – Croatia
Grupo de la Alegria – Cuba
To Maheri – Cyprus
Zdenek Liska – Czech Republic
Kim Seong Jin – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Kanda Bongo Man – Democratic Republic of Congo
Else Marie Pade – Denmark
Unknown Performers – Djibouti
Grupo Dominicano – Dominica
Angel Viloria – Dominican Republic
Unknown Performers – Ecuador
Nina & Mary – Egypt
Unknown Performers – El Salvador
Unknown Artist – Equatorial Guinea
Tigray – Eritrea
Bakey Ustl – Estonia
Mahmood Ahmed – Ethiopia
Unidentified Performers – Fiji
Hildur Gudnadottir – Finland
Vaska Ilieva – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes – France
Pierre Akendengue – Gabon
Guelewar – Gambia
Choir Of Tbilisi – Georgia
Marcel Dettmann – Germany
ROB – Ghana
Unidentifed Performers – Grenada
Inarajan Shores – Guam
Unknown Artist – Guatemala
Jeli Bakari – Guinea
Kabo Mane – Guinea-Bissau
Unidentified Performers – Guyana
Unidentified Performers – Haiti
Unidentified Drummers – Honduras

 

 

He Zemin & Huang Peiying – Hong Kong China
Illes – Hungary
Pan Sonic – Finland*
Korsou – Independent Olympic Athletes : Netherlands Antilles
Red Army – Independent Olympic Athletes : South Sudan
Reuben Solomon & His Jive Boys – India
Gong Belaloewana Bali – Indonesia
Tehran Experimental Orchestra – Iran
Farida Maqam Ensemble – Iraq
James Morrison – Ireland
Lehakat Tsiley Haud – Israel
Giuseppe Ielasi – Italy
U Roy, Nambo Robinson, Sly & Robbie, and Taxi Gang – Jamaica
Melt Banana – Japan
Yousef Kawar – Jordan
G Kurmangaliev – Kazakhstan
Peter Tsotsi & Nashil Pichen – Kenya
Unknown Perfromers – Kiribati
Yoon Youn Sun – Republic of Korea
Group From Jahra – Kuwait
M Omukanova – Kyrgyzstan
Anonymous – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Anze Lindberg – Latvia
Fairuz & Rahbani Bros – Lebanon
Clement Nyamane – Lesotho
Yagbe & Her Group – Liberia
Unknown Artist – Libya
Unidentified Street Performers – Liechtenstein
Estradines Melodijos – Lithuania
Rene Mertzig – Luxembourg
Tarik’i Dada Raleva – Madagascar
Thayelo Kapoye & Nyanja Trio – Malawi
Tan Sri P Ramlee & Saloma – Malaysia
Unknown Perfromers – Maldives
Rail Band – Mali
V Ciappara & D Busuttil – Malta
Unknown Perfromers – Marshall Islands
Khalifa Ould Eide & Dimi Mint Abba – Mauritania
Ti Frere – Mauritius
Hermanos Huesca – Mexico
Unknown Perfromers – Federated States of Micronesia
Unknown Wedding Band – Republic of Moldova

 

 

Leo Ferre – Monaco
Anon – Mongolia
Janko Nilovic – Montenegro
Mamoud Ghania & Abdellah Ghania Ensemble – Morocco
M. Makhuvele – Mozambique
Sein Moota – Myanmar
Aamiti & His Concertina – Namibia
National Anthem – Nauru
Mwe Dyahlhaygu – Nepal
Solex – Netherlands
Rotorua Maori Choir – New Zealand
Nicaragua – Nicaragua
Les Griots De Tahoua – Niger
Godwin Omabuwa And His Sound Makers – Nigeria
Krisp – Norway
Unidentified Street Musicians – Oman
Sohail Rana – Pakistan
National Anthem – Palau
Solitaire Oriental – Palestine
Sir Jablonsky – Panama
Fly River Singers – Papua New Guinea
Felix Perez Cardosa – Paraguay
Yma Sumac – Peru
Urbano a Zafra – Philippines
Ewa Demarczyk – Poland
Prof. Lucas Junot – Portugal
Canario y Su Grupo – Puerto Rico
Unknown – Qatar
Oltenita – Romania
Aristoff Choir – Russian Federation
Nyanza Ikimanura – Rwanda
Kittitian Folk – Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sesenne Descartes – Saint Lucia
In The Grenadines – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sasa – Samoa
National Anthem – San Marino
Africa Negra – São Tomé and Príncipe
Mazmar Caire Orchestra – Saudi Arabia
Orchestra Baobab – Senegal
Petar Perunovic Perun – Serbia
Seychelles United Band – Seychelles

 

 

SE Rogie – Sierra Leone
Ishmail Haron – Singapore
Pachac a Juskanic Slovenska Orkestra – Slovakia
Bratko Bibic – Slovenia
Shell Money Making – Solomon Islands
Mahmoud Esma, Roble Hoche, Kihien Ebrahim – Somalia
Cowboy Superman & His Cowboy Sisters – South Africa
Esplendor Geometrico – Spain
Benjamin Fernando & Ho Manuel – Sri Lanka
Abdel Karim el Kably – Sudan
Orkest Eddy Vervuurt – Suriname
Transversal Rockin’ Jazz Stars – Swaziland
Alice Babs – Sweden
Edwin Fischer – Switzerland
Faraj Kadah & Ashraf Abu Leil – Syria
Guo Jing Fa – Chinese Taipei
Levi Mull Adzhanov – Tajikistan
Francois Mwakwitime – Tanzania
Waiphat Phetsuphan – Thailand
Hau Rai Venilale – Timor Leste
Pantanon – Togo
Nukunuku Crowd – Tonga
The Tiger – Trinidad and Tobago
Messaoud Habib – Tunisia
Agyazar Efendi – Turkey
Male Vocal – Turkmenistan
Freda K. Laoi & Faka Maraego Nai – Tuvalu
Charles & Frida Sonko w. Orch. Melo Success – Uganda
Chernovitzer Bulgar – Ukraine
Sonic Spar – United Arab Emirates
United States of America – United States of America
Julio J Martinez Oyanguren – Uruguay
A Mirzaeva – Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Women Water Music – Vanuatu
Quinteto Contrapunto – Venezuela
Khoc Huang Thien – Vietnam
National Anthem – Virgin Islands
Bellah Alek Wa Mosafer – Yemen
George Kazoka – Zambia
The Four Brothers – Zimbabwe
Joseph Taylor – Great Britain

 

WR : 12hrs,9mins,36secs. Music from all 205 countries

 

…and for the walkman.
kamikaze olympics episode one http://www.packupload.com/75RQHB6EPSM
kamikaze olympics episode two http://en.packupload.com/OWJO5YGBUCG
kamikaze olympics episode three http://en.packupload.com/RHZEMGZ0DOB
kamikaze olympics episode four http://www.packupload.com/29RCUS9DPNR
kamikaze olympics episode five http://www.packupload.com/NHL4WJM7820