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More Pidgin Goodness from Ghana: Ecxtreme’s Afropolytank Mixtape

I love the name of this tape! To all of you who know what it’s like to stare at a dry faucet and spin the tap pointlessly, here is some extra fluid pidgin rap to permeate your day – and contrary to the water company, dis one here b free! Pieced together by Ecxtreme the [...]

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Aline Frazão: Lusophone Grace

Originally published in the Fader under Lungu Lungu. Most people don’t know a whole lot about Lusophone music, meaning music from Portuguese-speaking countries. If anything, Brazil usually comes to mind first—in my experience, whenever I play music from places like Angola, the response is usually something like, “Oh, this sounds Brazilian.” It doesn’t, really, but [...]

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DJ Juls presents M.anifest: The Very Best

DJ Juls is back on the mixtape tip (don’t sleep on the Burst of the FOKN Bois), this time focusing on M.anifest, one of our favorite Ghanaian rappers. Check out the video interview we did together for This Is Africa. Tracklist: 1. M.anifest-More Vim 2. A.R.M- Medicine Man 3. M.anifest-Sankofa 4. M.anifest-How I Used to [...]

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Waga 3000 – Sak Sin Paode (Accept What Is Small) Video + free track

Waga 3000 – Sak Sin Paode (Accept What Is Small) Video + free track

Shot on the fly in Ouagadougou! Grab this track for free – kinda – we just ask for your email, we won’t share it, promise, and you get free goodies before anybody else. Deal? Check here:

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Double “Tatali” Remix EP

Today the Tatali Remix EP is out exclusively on Beatport!! And of course our own Bandcamp shop. Wait a couple more weeks to see it pop up everywhere else… Check out the choons: DJ Los Carlos (Netherlands / Surinam): This up and coming Rotterdam based producer is crazy for kuduro. This is the second time [...]

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