This crazy track is only the tip of the iceberg… please run to Edoheart’s myspace page and soak in the pungent creativity! Poetry, music, choreography… the Benin empire of modern-day Nigeria is very much alive. You can grab this song Sosomoneycockplease from iTunes. Thanks to Catherine Barnes for turning us onto this one, follow her wise suggestions on Twitter.

Another hit from Ghana, new duo Ruff N Smooth attacking clubs and airwaves across the country, every time we listen to this song it brings us back to Accra… enjoy the tropical love! Album drops September 14, but you can already grab the song for free, we just ask for your email, we won’t abuse it too much, we promise.

It’s official!! We are letting you take over 4×4’s vocals to make whatever you see fit out of this massive banger from Ghana… we heard this song playing 20 times a day on the radio, at outdoor bars, at weddings… now is the chance to see where else this track can end up!! Download the acapella track from Soundcloud above, and upload your remix to our dropbox by September 15:

Send me your track

The prize… is getting released on one of the most forward thinking labels of African music, he he. We will put out an EP with our favorite remixes, as we did for Ze Bula and Combination. Download the original song in nearly any format below – we just ask for your email, cool?

Whooooaaaaaa! Yet another 70s afrofunk compilation… this one caught our attention though. Maybe because it has Pierre Antoine’s BANGING track Kalabuley Women. Clocking in at 11:40, it should get you going for a while. Grab this comp in iTunes, follow Julien Lebrun, bossman behind the Hot Casa Records imprint. And if you still want more, check out this super deep set by Frank of Voodoofunk, which also incorporates Kalabuley Women… make sure to read about it and grab the playlist on his blog.

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LONG OVERDUE!!!! We know it, and we are slightly ashamed of it… well not that ashamed really, because good things are well worth waiting for. And we are proud to announce very good things!!

At last, the winners of the Jali Bakary Konteh remix contest are in…

From Fulda / Würzburg Germany, our friends Hat+Hoodie pieced together a massive banger:

From Glasgow, Scotland, we couldn’t help but bring back the dubbed out sound of Voltergeist:

From San Francisco, California, we are excited to feature a deep cut by Señor Oz of Afrolicious:

And last but not least, a newbie on our radar, artfx! from Berlin, Germany:

This EP will come out in September, as soon as we get final cuts and master them… thanks again to all of you who submitted their remix, it was a very tough call!!! And again, congratulations to the winners, we love your choons!!!

This song is a HIIIIIIT in Ghana! 4X4 have been around for a while, but are finally making it REAL BIG, thanks in part to this massive track, produced by Appietus – of course ;-p

The song takes place at the Boomerang nightclub, where we spent a few decadent nights… As of late Boomerang has been hosting some pretty sick Francophone parties, with plenty of coupé décalé and students from across Francophone Africa frantically shaking their bobarabas.

You can download the track for free in exchange for your email – which we promise we will not share with the entire world, no 419 here!

The album is ouuuuuut! Indulge into it, plenty PLENTY fresh sounds from the land of the Black Stars… listen below, buy directly from us here or go to iTunes.

And… you can still get this great track for FREEEEE… all we ask for is your email so we can send you occasional Akwaaba propaganda, nothing too serious!

We are excited… it’s been WAY TOO LONG IN THE MAKING. But at last we are about to release the first album from our incredible trip to Ghana. Appietus is arguably the most successful beat maker in Ghana. He’s been around for well over a decade, and has produced so many of the country’s hits, we really don’t know which to even list.

He recently released a compilation, where he highlights some of the best Ghana has to offer right now. From huge names such as Samini, Kwabena Kwabena or KK Fosu, to up and coming voices such as Old Sodja, Mike or…. Mframa.

Ghana Lady, this song should be your summer anthem!!! Grab it for free here, give us your email and you’ll get the album first…

We love Batida! We already posted the first video for the song Bazuka, which itself samples the equally awesome song Bassoka from Carlos Lamartine’s album Histórias Da Casa Velha. And here Batida return with a beautifully nostalgic video for the potently upbeat song Alegria. Do yourself a favor, check out www.radiofazuma.com and buy the album Dance Mwangolé (iTunes)!