Sankofa Sound System
08.16.25

SSS is a monthly psychedelic tone poem. It’s equal parts structure and improvisation, meditation and provocation, sacred and profane. It’s made up mostly (though not exclusively) of short compositions or excerpts of compositions. These come from several musical genres and sub-genres including spiritual and free jazz, contemporary classical, electronic and electronica, ambient and folkloric music of the world. The source material is sometimes analogue, sometimes digital and often remixed or re-edited and augmented by the spoken word, sound effects and sometimes even live percussion. It would not exist without hip hop.
Tracklist:
*edited, remixed or otherwise f’ed with by Mark Maxwell HOUR 1 *Dizzy Gillespie – Summertime (SSS Edit) BBE Staff Selections 2023 (BBE; 1970/2023) *Brian Jackson, Masters At Work, Raheem DeVaughn, J. Ivy – It’s Your World (Extended Version) (SSS EDIT) It’s Your World (BBE; 2025) *Ron Trent – Hot Ice (SSS EDIT) Lift Off (Rush Hour; 2025) J-Zone – Orange Forever MILS003: Intoxicated Skull (Madlib Invasion; 2023) *Ron Tren – Hot Ice (SSS EDIT) Lift Off (Rush Hour; 2025) Afronaut™ – If You’re Not Careful feat Robert Mitchell (Main Mix) AFRONAUT™ presents ROBERT MITCHELL IF YOU’RE NOT CAREFUL (CoOperation; 2025) *MoreSoul, Nani Experience – Keep Holding On (Nani Experience Broken Mix) (SSS Edit) Keep Holding On (Remix Package) (Dav Risen Enterprise; 2025) June Jazzin, Nathi Mlambo – Vimba (Instrumental) Vim (Are You House?; 2025) Cool Affair, Kaidi Tatham – Motoric Patterns (Kaidi Tatham Remix) Motoric Patterns (Cataleya Music; 2025) Dark Horse, Soulfreakah, Faith Nakana – Envy (Main Mix) Envy (Same Sun; 2025) *MoreSoul – Samba Praise (Main Mix) (SSS Edit) Ready (Seroba Productions; 2025) Sango – Ghetto Berimbau Da Rocinha 3 (self released; 2015) Glenn Underground – My Stee-lo (Main) Vaults Vol. 12 (Strictly Jaz Unit Muzic; 2025) Sticky Dub – London City London City (Sticky Dub; 2025) SPOEK MATHAMBO – When We Were Young When We Were Young (Teka Music; 2025) *Juwan Rates – Show Me (Original Mix) (SSS EDIT) Your Love EP (Frosted; 2024) Morttimer Snerd III, Miggedy Maestro – Luv Konnekshun (Miggedy’s Full Dizko Slap) White Label Edits (Afro Disco Chicago; 2024) HOUR 2 *Donny Hathaway, Tate Moore, Neal Conway – Someday We’ll All Be Free (Conway’s Afro-Conna Funk) (SSS EDIT) Neal Conway Classics Revisited Vol. 15 (Urban Retro Music Group; 2020) *Tres Leches, Hiatus Kaiyote – Make Friends (SSS EDIT) Make Friends (Brainfeeder; 2025) Soul Saver – Lifted Soul Lifted Soul (?; 2024) Last Nubian, Goldbar, Josh Leon Wray – Dance Together (Instrumental) Dance Together (Good Vibrations Music; 2025) Gaelle, Bugz in the Attic – Rain (Inc- Bugz in the Attic Mix) (Bugz in the Attic Remix) Afronaut™, WheelUP, Melvo B – ViP Club (Remix) Voi (Bittersweet; 2025) Serenda – Hive Mind Second Skin (Rhythm Section International; 2025) Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know (Spivey’s Sage Mix) Didn’t Cha Know (Spivey’s Sage Mix) (self released; 2025) Joe Claussell – Je Ka Jo (Demo Version – 2025 Remaster) Ibadan’s 30th Anniversary Vol. 2 (Ibadan Sound; 2025) Masters At Work, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope – Circus Jazz (Original Mix) Roland Clark, RC – Born To Be A DJ (RC Summer Of Soul Mix) Born To Be A DJ (Delete; 2025) Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Ochoko Bila Ochoko Bila (Agogo; 2025) Dogo Du Togo, The Alagaa Beat Band, Captain Planet – Enouwo Lagnon (Captain Planet Remix) Ben Westbeech, RAHH, Louie Vega, Dames Brown, Two Soul Fusion, Josh Milan – Times Are Changing (Two Soul Fusion Organ Dub) Morttimer Snerd III, Miggedy Maestro – A Good Good Time (Miggedy’s Good Good Dizko Slap) A Good Good Time (Miggedy Entertainment; 2025)Related Broadcasts