At ELFA with Victor Diawara: From African Rhythms to Lithuanian "Sutartinės"

Viktoras Diawara ir Tomas Vėjas Elfoje

This time, “Coffee and Vinyl” returns in two parts: in the first, we talk with Viktor Diawara at ELFA, and in the second, we set off on a musical journey through identity and memory.

This time, the talk podcast “Kava ir Vinilas” travels to a place where, in the past, not podcasts were born, but wires, circuits, and truly vintage sounds: the former ELFA electrotechnics factory, now known as Loftas and Elfa.

There, we speak with a man who is himself like a cultural transformer and transcontinental connector between continents: Victor Diawara.

This time, we will not be talking about his two appearances at Eurovision. We are going deeper: into identity between two worlds, his musical career, and his roots.

And of course, it would not be complete without a cold brew coffee tasting ⭐️☕️ because serious and not so serious conversations simply do not happen without coffee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLkkI8o8y-I

„Kava ir Vinilas“ pokalbių tinklalaidė

COLD BREW ULTIMATE RECIPE (by Lana)

Ingredients:

• 0.7 l room temperature water

• 50 g coffee beans, any coffee you like

A coarse grind, similar to rough sand. If you are using a Baratza Encore coffee grinder, a setting of around 30 works well.

Preparation:

1. Grind the coffee beans coarsely.

2. Add 50 g of ground coffee to a jar.

3. Pour in 0.7 l of room temperature water.

4. Stir gently so that all the coffee is fully saturated.

5. Cover the jar and leave it at room temperature for 16 to 20 hours.

Filtering:

After steeping, filter the coffee through a paper filter. A convenient method is to use a Chemex, but any paper filter will work.

Storage:

Keep it in the refrigerator.

It is best consumed within 2 weeks.

On the Only Vinyl radio show “Kava ir Vinilas" aka "Coffee and Vinyl”, we will travel through time across music created by African and African American artists.

The theme of the show, “Roots,” invites us to reflect on where musical memory lives and which cultural origins shape taste and identity.

What remains when everything changes?

It is the moment when you realize that what you hear now began much earlier.

1. Upper Volta - Song with lutes ("Sounds of Africa" LP, Verve Forexasty, 1966)

2. Steve Monite - I Had a Dream (“Only You” LP, Soundway, Reissue, Remastered 1984/2002)

3. Funkadelic - Back in our Minds (“Maggot Brain” LP, Westbound Records, Reissue 1971/2007)

4. Donald Byrd - Design a nation ("[High] Steppin' Into Tomorrow", LP, Blue Note, 1975/2025)

5. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing [instrumental] (Single, CBS, 1982) 06. Juicy - After Loving You (“Spread the Love” LP, CBS Asociated records, 1987)

6. Nas - Life's A Bitch ("Illmatic", Columbia, 1994/2021 Japan release)

7. De La Soul - Buddy (w/ Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip) (“3 Feet High and Rising” 2 x LP, AOI Records, 1989/2023)

8. Mali - 3 string lute ("Sounds of Africa" LP, Verve Forexasty, 1966)

9. Afrodelic - Weleli [live] (“LRT Opus Pilnatis” 2x LP, LRT, 2025)

10. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan (“Paranoid” LP, BMG, Reissue, 1970/2015)

11. Dam Funk - It Didn't Have to End this Way (“Invite The Light” 3 LP, Stones Throw Records, 2015)

12. Faithless - Reverance (“Reverance”, 2 x vinyl, Sony music, Reissue, Repress 1996/2017)

13. Mali - 1-string fiddle ("Sounds of Africa" LP, Verve Forexasty, 1966)

14. Little Simz - X (“No Thank You” 2x LP, Forever Living Originals, 2023)

15. Senegal - Kora ("Sounds of Africa" LP, Verve Forexasty, 1966)

Skamp "Skempinligė" vinyl order: https://skampofficial.bandcamp.com/album/skamp-skempinlig

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