The review is in the paper mag, but apparently not on the website… thanks to our buddy Georg from Outhere Records for pointing this one out!!

In the Fader’s own words:

“The 12th installment of the FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series is an upbeat one, with MNDR’s electronic fizz pop and loud and grimy kuduro straight from Angola’s Os Mais Potentes. We’ve been a fan of MNDR’s hyper energy for a long time and have long loved the releases on Akwaaba Music, so to pair two exclusive tracks from the realest dance music makers from New York and Africa, respectively, together on one 7-inch is a pretty exciting and special thing. We’ve also got some wild Egyptian-inspired artwork by Keren Richter on the cover.”

You can download both tracks for free on the Fader’s website. And if you want a copy of the vinyl, leave a comment on their page!

BBRAVE  met DJ Zhao during his stay in Berlin last October. The two didn’t get to play together, but did exchange thoughts about African flavored club music -  and tunes! Zhao’s a cool cat, well versed in all strains of syncopated funk, from UK Funky to logobi and back.

Here’s a sample of what DJ Zhao lays down during his Ngoma parties.

Ngoma 3 – download

Akwaaba meets Killamu in front of his home and studio in Luanda, Angola. Killamu’s been making kuduro beats for close to a decade, and explains the stories and realities of kuduro in Angola today. We highly recommend you watch the video in HD on Vimeo!

Enjoy the tease, Killamu’s full length album comes out January 12, 2010. If you haven’t already, go download Killamu’s song Flaminguinho right here for free.

You may remember Killamu’s remix of Tiramakossa on our Akwaaba Sem Transporte kuduro compilation. His full album A Minha Face comes out very soon, starting with an iTunes exclusive January 12, 2010. We couldn’t resist to give you a free preview of one of his bangin’ kuduro beats. It was hard to pick one, the album features a handful of instrumental kuduro beats, as well as “regular” songs with some of Luanda’s finest lyricists. And even a couple kizomba tracks!

We look forward to unveiling the entire album, but in the meantime, we hope you dig Flaminguinho, a nice ingredient to blend into your mixes, o DJ friends. Blast it, pass it, slice it, dice it, and if you have a mix send it over, we can feature it here in our podcast. Feedback is always appreciated as well!

We recently got in touch with Graeme Sinden, DJ and host on London’s Kiss FM, who just did a show with Daniel Haaksman of Man Recordings. The show featured a lot of Man’s new stuff, in particular the Ku-Bo EP stuff (Ku-Bo is none other than Stefan Mörth, aka Stereotyp). But ALSO, and this is where you might start to feel your ears tickle, some tracks off of Killamu’s album A Minha Face, which drops right here on Akwaaba January 12. Now luckily, the Dirty Friends blog posted the entire show, which you can download there or directly here.

Awesome, AWESOME mix of early (earlier?) kuduro, by Galliano, the first western dood we knew to push kuduro back in 2005 – 2006. If you read French, this interview is very interesting, it’s nice to see someone speak openly, even if it might piss people off. And it will ;p

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Galliano with Tony Amado, grandfather of kuduro:

And here’s the video that made us fall in love with kuduro:

Finally took the time to upload this live mix of BBRAVE rocking Overtoom 301 in Amsterdam last month. Entertain your guests by blasting out the second half of the mix, which will help them get loooooose!

Listen below, download on this page, or better yet, subscribe to the podcast, in iTunes, or elsewhere.

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In 1975, Angola became independent from Portugal, months after the fall of Salazar’s Estado Novo. Rather than repeat the story, read it in wikipedia. To celebrate Angola and its culture, Julia of Africa Kabisa on WMBR is having an Angolan music special on Sunday Nov 22, 4-6pm EST. Julia will interview Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave between 5 and 6pm. Tune in at 88.1FM in the greater Boston area, or stream at wmbr.org, or get the direct stream link… here. Learn more about Africa Kabisa here.