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Kuduro is Dead?!?!

on December 16, 2011

(Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column for Fader magazine) It pains me to say it, but it appears kuduro is seriously fading out in Angola. It’s so hard to believe. I was there just two years ago, and kuduro was blasting out of every single candongueiro and radio station, all day long. But there [...]

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Kanye Meets Angola on the Dancefloor

on September 23, 2011

Via Benjamin Lebrave‘s Lungu Lungu column over at Fader Mag: I’ve been neck deep into Angolan house. I recently discovered a never ending thread of good afro-house coming from Angola on Soundcloud. So I quickly put my rusty Portuguese to use and connected with a slew of cats making these beats. After a few weeks [...]

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Cabo Snoop Update: Dançéé, Ghana, Puto Cossa

on September 10, 2011

What can we say… Cabo Snoop’s stuff is catchy. And now he flirts with Congolese and Ivorian styles, bam! Another fun video by Hochifu. More Angolan goodness while we’re at it: And last but certainly not least… Cabo Snoop in Ghana:

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Spreading Mamã Africana: take this instrumental!!

on June 6, 2011

Batida and Akwaaba invite you to take this beat further, sticking to the original concept: the song Lá Vai María is about Mamã Africana, both Africa and the African mother. So we just ask that you stick to the theme: write a song about your own María, about mothers, about Africa, write with a strong [...]

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Africa Day: Batida – Mamã Africana EP

on May 25, 2011

We are excited to welcome Batida back on our pages, and even more excited to release this great little EP with them, in celebration of the founding of the African Union in 1963. Before we tell you the story behind this EP, we do want to stress that this free EP will only be available [...]

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