Maskarado – Monami – acapella

Maskarado – Monami – acapella

We won't call this one a remix contest, instead we want to shift towards a permanent musical lab: we will regularly...

Kuduro is Dead?!?!

Kuduro is Dead?!?!

(Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column for Fader magazine) It pains me...

Novidades de Angola

In no particular order, and to help you enjoy your week end, current favorites from the land of Mwangolé:

Killamu in Riddim mag (DE)

Killamu in Riddim mag (DE)

The review is in the paper mag, but apparently not on the website... thanks to our buddy Georg from Outhere Records...

Killamu – A Minha Face

Killamu – A Minha Face

Killamu is one of the most respected kuduro beat makers in Angola. He has been part of the kuduro scene for ten years...

DJ Zhao – Ngoma 3

DJ Zhao – Ngoma 3

BBRAVE  met DJ Zhao during his stay in Berlin last October. The two didn't get to play together, but did exchange...

Galliano & kuduro

Galliano & kuduro

Awesome, AWESOME mix of early (earlier?) kuduro, by Galliano, the first western dood we knew to push kuduro back in...

11/11 Indepêndencia de Angola

11/11 Indepêndencia de Angola

In 1975, Angola became independent from Portugal, months after the fall of Salazar's Estado Novo. Rather than repeat...

01/12 WW: Killamu full length

Stay tuned... the Rangel beatmaker returns early 2010 with his bangin' album A Minha Face... sneak peak coming soon!!

11/06 BBRAVE @ Secousse (London)

11/06 BBRAVE @ Secousse (London)

We've been eying Secousse for a while now... Radioclit, Vamanos, AJ Holmes and always dope guests, first friday of...

Super Akwaaba Maquis Mobile

Super Akwaaba Maquis Mobile

In honor of all the maquis, chop bars and other bass pounding watering holes encountered on his journeys to Africa,...

Generation Bass vs Akwaaba

Generation Bass vs Akwaaba

DJ UMB of Generation Bass takes the wheels and compresses our kuduro comp Akwaaba Sem Transporte into a 30 minute get...

Fazuma vs Akwaaba

Fazuma vs Akwaaba

Lisbon, Portugal's own DJ Mpula, host of the Radio Fazuma show, connects with the Akwaaba team to revisit the Angolan...

08/27 SF: BBRAVE @ Afrolicious

08/27 SF: BBRAVE @ Afrolicious

Joey and Oz of Afrolicious are inviting Akwaaba's turntable-hogging founder, BBRAVE, to spread the African sounds in...