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BigxGH.com: Friday Faves

More Ghana pop to prepare for more hazardous dance moves at drinking bars across the world… this week we picked three unknown newcomers. Well, unknown to us. The highlife guitar is long-gone, the production is percussive and minimal: this is GH 2011. So here are our top picks from bigxgh.com‘s massive weekly promotional selection. In [...]

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Bradez Say Wassup?

We don’t mean to re-hash what you may have already read, but man… we just can’t get enough of Bradez’ new jam Wassup. Listen and download here:   No need to repeat what we wrote over on the new Lungu Lungu column at The Fader, so go there and feed your brain!

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Spreading Mamã Africana: take this instrumental!!

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

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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Obroni Start Shakin

Obroni Start Shakin

On the more obroni side of things… more techno, less soukous, hopefully just as enjoyable!!! Playlist: 01 – BATIDA – TRIBALISMO FEAT SACERDOTE (Facebook – iTunes) 02 – SCHLACHTHOFBRONX – FUNANA (website – Soundcloud) 03 – KILLAMU – FLAMINGUINHO (bandcamp – iTunes) 04 – DJ ZNOBIA – EUE (blog download) 05 – PIZETA – KLEZMER [...]

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