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Arc Djébé – “Mandja”

on October 24, 2011

Late October, Pushking Noize came down to Accra to enjoy some time off in the sunshine, and record a few songs with Arc Djébé. Then in September, while he was editing the music back in Zurich, we headed over to Lomé to film Arc performing some of the songs we recorded. This is the first [...]

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Moving Crunk Out The Way: Introducing Yob – Lomé, Togo

on May 6, 2011

We met Yob on our last trip to Togo, almost one year ago already! We have hours and hours of footage, but finally managed to edit some of the fantastic footage, thanks in large to Tim Videomit, who met Benjamin Lebrave last fall in Paris. Check out the interview he did here (long version in [...]

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Introducing Arc Djébé

on December 10, 2010

Many,. many, MANY thanks to Ryan Lash for coping with the lack of structure, the heat, the at times dubious food and the heavy sweat-inducing “small walks” across Lomé and Accra!!! And tahnks to Tim aka Videomit for piecing this video together, at last we are excited to share this glimpse into Arc Djébé’s world [...]

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Akwaaba on Arte ‘Tracks’

on October 18, 2010

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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09/09 WW: Arc Djebe ‘Dagbeneva” (Togo)

09/09 WW: Arc Djebe ‘Dagbeneva” (Togo)

on September 7, 2010

When was the last time you listened to music from Togo?!?! Even the biggest world music nerds seem to not be so well versed in this tiny West African nation’s rich musical heritage. We’ve heard it all: that it has poor cultural heritage, that all of the talent is sucked up by neighboring Benin, that [...]

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