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01/31 WFMU show with DJ Rupture

01/31 WFMU show with DJ Rupture

Last week, Benjamin Lebrave connected with DJ Rupture for his weekly show on New York’s WFMU. If you don’t know about Rupture… well, now’s a good time to learn more about the hyper active producer / journalist. The two had connected last fall in Tilburg for Generation Bass‘ Incubate event. Fast forward a few months, [...]

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Crowdkrushers dope mix for Bomb Diggy

Crowdkrushers dope mix for Bomb Diggy

Our good friends the Crowkrushers strike again with another bad arse mix, this time for our other doods the Bomb Diggy crew out of Amsterdam. They pieced together a pretty fantastic mix spanning the gamut from dancehall to hiplife to a lot of stuff we’re not sure what to call!!! Listen and download it here: [...]

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Elegom Bounsa – Video by Angola’s Ho Chi Fu

Elegom Bounsa – Video by Angola’s Ho Chi Fu

Ho Chi Fu strikes again! If he is not yet a household name in your brain, then go check out his youtube channel NOW. He has established himself as the number one music video director in Angola, a country with a booming music scene, more and more cash, hence more and more good looking videos. [...]

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Ruff N Smooth “Azingele” Remix Contest

Ruff N Smooth “Azingele” Remix Contest

Going Africa and Beyond… Ruff-N-Smooth’s moto seems particularly appropriate for this next Akwaaba remix contest: their song Azingele is the next big hit coming from this new Ghanaian powerduo, the video’s been out for a couple of days only, and it’s already generating serious buzz in Ghana. The track features SK Blinks, the go-to guy [...]

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Chop Our Music – 2 year Anniversary Super Release!

Chop Our Music – 2 year Anniversary Super Release!

Hard to believe, but it was just over 2 years ago that our first release, Akwaaba wo Africa, came out worldwide. What a journey it’s been since then! 2 dozen releases spanning the gamut from Nigerian highlife to Gambian griot kora, Angolan kuduro to Benin salsa… We’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with artists from [...]

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