Today is Thanksgiving in the US, this little freebie is quick way to give thanks, as Akwaaba dood Benjamin Lebrave gets ready to head back to Accra. The name of this mix is the type of comment heard over and over on this trip… read more about it here. The mix was recorded live at Afrofunke on November 17, 2011. Some of the breaks were normally covered by voice-over, but the voice-over was not a part of the recording… it’s imperfect, like all things live – dig it!

“Oh Wow, Really African” by bbrave

This here is a 2 hour roundup of some of our favorite sounds coming from Africa. With a definite emphasis on sounds to make your hips move, and also definitely not an exhaustive line-up of genres – we are heavily biased towards Ghana, Angola, the Congo Kinshasa and Ivory Coast… what can you do!

BBRAVE put this mix together for This Is Africa and Nairobi-based Ghetto Radio who will air the mix… shortly. In the meantime, cop it here, and make sure to check out the full playlist below. And make sure to play loud and warm up the tip of your half-frozen feet!!

Monalisa – Ruff-N-Smooth Site | Buy
Simple – Bradez Buy
She De Bee feat. Guru – Old Sodja
So Cold – DaSoul
Ratata feat. K. Switch – R2Bees Buy
Extra – Just A Band Site | Buy
No Time feat. P Square – Bracket Buy
Swagger feat Stay Jay – Ruff-N-Smooth Site | Buy
Dome Na Mendowo feat. Castro – Appietus Site | Buy
Pipi – Marlaw
Fall In Love – D’Banj Buy
Yori Yori- Bracket Buy
Essabel feat. Mike & Old Sodja- Appietus Site | Buy
Boom Back Remix feat. Jose Chameleone – Bebe Kool
No One Like You – P-Square Buy
? – Les Garagistes Buy
Coeur Blanc - Les Patrons Buy
Do As i Do – Bracket Buy
Ma Alomo feat. KK Fosu & Reggie Zippy – Appietus Site | Buy
Eha Ye De (Bebia Awo) feat. SK Blinks - Nana Boroo Buy
Femme Africaine Lutchiana 100%
Elegom Bounsa feat. Maskarado (Radio Mix) – DJ Djeff Site | Buy
Relela – Skeat Site | Buy
Miss Doctor feat. 4X4 – Appietus Site | Buy
Kiss Ur Hand feat. Wande Coal- R2Bees Buy
Usinibore – Just A Band Site | Buy
DJ’s Mortel (2) – Polio – Kiloko
Sentiment Moka – ?
Wengeze – Eazzy
Windek – Cabo Snoop
Tchouchou Tchoucou – Kedjevara Site | Buy
Coupe de Tête de Zidane – DJ Menza Site | Buy
Asta Di – Aurlus Mabele Buy
Django – DJ Bonano Site | Buy
Som Do Zoca – Zoca Zoca Site | Buy
Tabouret Baoulé – Pat Sexy
Celimania Remix – Gadji Celi Buy
Sukuma – Killamu Site | Buy
Tiramakossa - Noite e Día Site | Buy
Number One - Fofandó & Saborosa Site | Buy
Aladin Mix – DJ Znobia
Kassumuna - Game Walla

Now THIS here is an exciting event… lately, Akwaaba’s so-called “Label Boss” (what a dubious expression!!) aka BBRAVE has been rocking more tropical / electro- oriented dancefloors. Now he is invited to make some noise at Surprise, Berlin’s most notorious African club. So expect a heavy set of straight up African jams, from Naija to Soukous to – of course – plenty of hiplife, coupé décalé, and hopefully enough kuduro to make the (Angolan) owner jump!!! Get the full scoop and RSVP here.

And we got some friends onboard!! First, our homies from Nairobi and Amsterdam, This Is Africa, who are bringing some TIA goodies to the table… and speaking of goodies, we recently discovered Mbóte, which makes delicious ready-made specialties from the Kongo terroir… yum yum yum from here to there and back. Swing by for a taste of Africa!!!

In this latest episode, we bring some Akwaaba goodness to India, courtesy of the Matchbox Collective. Get all relevant info for the event right here! As the crew puts in on their Facebook page:

“Matchbox Collective serves electro, new funk, baile funk, kuduro, j-pop & j-hip hop, minimal, dubstep, 2step, gorestep, disco, cumbia, merengue, salsa duro, uk funky,grim, abstract hip hop, rare french grooves, jazzy beats a lot of mash ups and whatever we stumble upon.”

We can’t wait to throw some African goodness on the Delhi crowd!!

On October 7 2010, Arte‘s flagship music program Tracks did a piece about Sound Hunters. This is the first half of the piece, focused on Akwaaba Music and label boss Benjamin Lebrave. Thanks to Arte for letting us post!

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And another one! We connect this time with Barcelona / worldwide crew Folcore, who’ve been running the Club du Monde nights. On September 26, Akwaaba’s own bbrave join the festivities, alongside Lisbon’s Diamond Bass, who sounds a little like this:

Also on the bill, our doods hat+hoodie, hailing from Fulda / Würzburg, Germany – did you grab their Akwaabarama mixtape?

Folcore’s El Timbe:

Also 555 aka BP, and VJ O’Video!

We are pretty stoked to make this one happen… we’ve been in touch with the Crowdkrusher guys in Tübingen, Germany for a few months only, and out of this new connection comes a link to the city’s lively tropical scene, starting with a great party to be held at club Mancuso with the lively trio, pictured here hard at work:

Crowdkrushers drop anything from electro and fidget to dancehall and cumbia. Here’s one of their mixes, tropical, uk funky and the like… pungent blend!!! Dig in:

It’s that time of year… we’re headed back to ye olde world to rock a bunch of tropical partaaaaays. Starting in Berlin during Berlin Music Week, which we will also attend – more on that in a bit. We are reconnecting with some key players in Germany and Berlin’s tropical scene:

DalaDala Soundz (Out Here, München)

Dala Dala is giving you a 21st century Afro bass reality check. Songs on heavy rotation from the township minibuses in Soweto to the dala dala minibuses in Dar es Salaam, select tunes from the danfo drivers of Lagos biggest ghetto Ajegunle or the car rapides of Dakar: street music from the hot urban music scenes of Africa. It just had to be a matter of time that an international audience got infected with the virus of the latest African club trends. Dala Dala gives an overview over the wealth and variety of urban sounds from the african continent.

Marflix (Tropical Bass, Faluma)

Berlin-based DJ/producer Marflix searching for the perfect beat since the early 90s. Focused on Caribbean music flavored with Bass and Club. Current selection varies from Soca & Caribbean to African club music like Kuduro, Coupé Décalé, Funana to European club music. Marflix also runs his own label Faluma which is specialized on Soca & Caribbean music. Musical background in Punk and HipHop.

Dj Zhao (Ngoma, Berlin)

DJ Zhao brings contemporary and classic dance music together from all five continents, with focus on Africa. While his DJ sets reach from culture centers to remote areas of the globe, and from today back through the ages, DJ Zhao’s remix and mashup work directly connects “East” and “West”, acoustic and electronic, traditional and hyper-modern. Equal parts ethno-musicologist and booty shaker, Zhao is a transnational ambassador of boom not only talking about, but demonstrating through unforgettable raw sound experience, the underlying unity of all earth rhythms.

Playlist:

01 – BATIDA – TRIBALISMO FEAT SACERDOTE (Facebook – iTunes)
02 – SCHLACHTHOFBRONX – FUNANA (website – Soundcloud)
03 – KILLAMU – FLAMINGUINHO (bandcamp – iTunes)
04 – DJ ZNOBIA – EUE (blog download)
05 – PIZETA – KLEZMER FEAT REAGADELICA (ALVARO ARABIC NIGHTS BOOTLEG) (myspace)
06 – DAKUNT – TA SURDOU (LORCAN MAK REMIX) (myspace)
07 – KU BO – KAGGUA FEAT TSHILA (BATIDA REMIX) (myspace)
08 – JUAN MAGAN & MARCOS RODRIGUEZ – BORA BORA (MASTIKSOUL REMIX) (Facebook)
09 – KILLAMU – MELODIA DE SEMBA (bandcamp – iTunes)
10 – KILLAMU – TA NDJEFF (bandcamp – iTunes)
11 – X-PENSIVE NFRAMA – AUNTY ADOLEY (DOUSTER REMIX)
12 – ONYENZE – ONWU NNA NA NWA (SCHLACHTHOFBRONX REMIX)
13 – AHMED FOFANA – DON KANO (JOKERS OF THE SCENE REMIX)