In honor of all the maquis, chop bars and other bass pounding watering holes encountered on his journeys to Africa, BBRAVE compresses it all into one pungent hour of sweaty music, hiplife, coupé décalé, semba, kuduro and stuff we’re not sure how to classify… see for yourself: Listen here: [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/330960/loops_of_fruit.m4a] or listen in Mixcloud or [...]
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Mogo whitey… Coupé décalé invasion!
by akwaabamusic on December 7, 2008
Until we drop our second release, packed with Ivorian and Ghanaian jams, check out this video about the coupé décalé phenomenon. You can also read a very good article about it and a nice short mix by our friend Eddie STATS of the Fader.
Meeting with DJ Menza and Kedjevara!
by akwaabamusic on April 19, 2008
Today I met with Ivorian stars DJ Menza and Kedjevara, what a trip. Menza flaunted a skin tight white outfit, Kedjevara was slightly more subtle, and both were down with Akwaaba, so we’ll be releasing some of their coupé décalé hits for the rest of the world to enjoy and dance! Kedjevara and Benjamin Lebrave [...]
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