Akwaaba Artists at Nyege Nyege Festival

We are very excited to take part in this year’s Nyege Nyege Festival in Jinja, Uganda. Last year, Mabiisi, Art Melody, BBRAVE & Akwaaba Sound System took part in the first edition, and this year the festival will feature Ibaaku, Aero Manyelo, Joey Le Soldat and his upcoming collaboration with Max Le Daron, Jomaaga. Catch a glimpse of last year’s madness in the video below:

Nous sommes très heureux de voir plusieurs de nos artistes participer à la deuxième édition du Festival Nyege Nyege à Jinja en Ouganda. L’an dernier, Mabiisi, Art Melody, BBRAVE et Akwaaba Sound System ont participé, tandis que cette année c’est au tour d’Ibaaku, Aero Manyelo, Joey Le Soldat et sa nouvelle collaboration avec Max Le Daron, Jomaaga. Une petite vidéo pour se faire une idée de la folie Nyege Nyege 2015:

Music Video: in and out by betina quest

Oct 22, 2020

in and out is about all those times of finding yourself in between the 'here', the 'there' and the 'nowhere' while trusting you will eventually find your way and the peace within. The visuals depict that very state of mind and lure you into that special space. Take a...

Lyrics Video: Jeune Lio – My Love feat. Magasco

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Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and creative director Jeune Lio, here's the lyrics video to his debut single My Love featuring Magasco. Video animation was done by Ozaki & Tiemo. RELATED Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and...

Music Video: Solid K – Music on the Road

Aug 11, 2020

Music on the Road was shot by Daniel Kwabena Marmo of The 3 Suns. According to Solid K, " The video tries to capture how I feel about music, it depicts how hard it is to explain with words. It shows what a surreal feeling it brings to me. As can be seen, I walk...

Akwaaba Artists at Nyege Nyege Festival

We are very excited to take part in this year’s Nyege Nyege Festival in Jinja, Uganda. Last year, Mabiisi, Art Melody, BBRAVE & Akwaaba Sound System took part in the first edition, and this year the festival will feature Ibaaku, Aero Manyelo, Joey Le Soldat and his upcoming collaboration with Max Le Daron, Jomaaga. Catch a glimpse of last year’s madness in the video below:

Nous sommes très heureux de voir plusieurs de nos artistes participer à la deuxième édition du Festival Nyege Nyege à Jinja en Ouganda. L’an dernier, Mabiisi, Art Melody, BBRAVE et Akwaaba Sound System ont participé, tandis que cette année c’est au tour d’Ibaaku, Aero Manyelo, Joey Le Soldat et sa nouvelle collaboration avec Max Le Daron, Jomaaga. Une petite vidéo pour se faire une idée de la folie Nyege Nyege 2015:

Music Video: in and out by betina quest

Oct 22, 2020

in and out is about all those times of finding yourself in between the 'here', the 'there' and the 'nowhere' while trusting you will eventually find your way and the peace within. The visuals depict that very state of mind and lure you into that special space. Take a...

Lyrics Video: Jeune Lio – My Love feat. Magasco

Aug 18, 2020

Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and creative director Jeune Lio, here's the lyrics video to his debut single My Love featuring Magasco. Video animation was done by Ozaki & Tiemo. RELATED Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and...

Music Video: Solid K – Music on the Road

Aug 11, 2020

Music on the Road was shot by Daniel Kwabena Marmo of The 3 Suns. According to Solid K, " The video tries to capture how I feel about music, it depicts how hard it is to explain with words. It shows what a surreal feeling it brings to me. As can be seen, I walk...

“Oh Wow, Really African”

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, this little freebie is quick way to give thanks, as Akwaaba dood Benjamin Lebrave gets ready to head back to Accra. The name of this mix is the type of comment heard over and over on this trip… read more about it here. The mix was recorded live at Afrofunke on November 17, 2011. Some of the breaks were normally covered by voice-over, but the voice-over was not a part of the recording… it’s imperfect, like all things live – dig it!

Music Video: in and out by betina quest

Oct 22, 2020

in and out is about all those times of finding yourself in between the 'here', the 'there' and the 'nowhere' while trusting you will eventually find your way and the peace within. The visuals depict that very state of mind and lure you into that special space. Take a...

Lyrics Video: Jeune Lio – My Love feat. Magasco

Aug 18, 2020

Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and creative director Jeune Lio, here's the lyrics video to his debut single My Love featuring Magasco. Video animation was done by Ozaki & Tiemo. RELATED Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and...

Music Video: Solid K – Music on the Road

Aug 11, 2020

Music on the Road was shot by Daniel Kwabena Marmo of The 3 Suns. According to Solid K, " The video tries to capture how I feel about music, it depicts how hard it is to explain with words. It shows what a surreal feeling it brings to me. As can be seen, I walk...

“Oh Wow, Really African”

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, this little freebie is quick way to give thanks, as Akwaaba dood Benjamin Lebrave gets ready to head back to Accra. The name of this mix is the type of comment heard over and over on this trip… read more about it here. The mix was recorded live at Afrofunke on November 17, 2011. Some of the breaks were normally covered by voice-over, but the voice-over was not a part of the recording… it’s imperfect, like all things live – dig it!

https://soundcloud.com/bbrave/oh-wow-really-african

Music Video: in and out by betina quest

Oct 22, 2020

in and out is about all those times of finding yourself in between the 'here', the 'there' and the 'nowhere' while trusting you will eventually find your way and the peace within. The visuals depict that very state of mind and lure you into that special space. Take a...

Lyrics Video: Jeune Lio – My Love feat. Magasco

Aug 18, 2020

Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and creative director Jeune Lio, here's the lyrics video to his debut single My Love featuring Magasco. Video animation was done by Ozaki & Tiemo. RELATED Follow up to Abidjan-based Cameroonian DJ and...

Music Video: Solid K – Music on the Road

Aug 11, 2020

Music on the Road was shot by Daniel Kwabena Marmo of The 3 Suns. According to Solid K, " The video tries to capture how I feel about music, it depicts how hard it is to explain with words. It shows what a surreal feeling it brings to me. As can be seen, I walk...

Pan African Music Stew mix for This Is Africa

This here is a 2 hour roundup of some of our favorite sounds coming from Africa. With a definite emphasis on sounds to make your hips move, and also definitely not an exhaustive line-up of genres – we are heavily biased towards Ghana, Angola, the Congo Kinshasa and Ivory Coast… what can you do!

BBRAVE put this mix together for This Is Africa and Nairobi-based Ghetto Radio who will air the mix… shortly. In the meantime, cop it here, and make sure to check out the full playlist below. And make sure to play loud and warm up the tip of your half-frozen feet!!

Monalisa – Ruff-N-Smooth Site | Buy
Simple – Bradez Buy
She De Bee feat. Guru – Old Sodja
So Cold – DaSoul
Ratata feat. K. Switch – R2Bees Buy
Extra – Just A Band Site | Buy
No Time feat. P Square – Bracket Buy
Swagger feat Stay Jay – Ruff-N-Smooth Site | Buy
Dome Na Mendowo feat. Castro – Appietus Site | Buy
Pipi – Marlaw
Fall In Love – D’Banj Buy
Yori Yori- Bracket Buy
Essabel feat. Mike & Old Sodja- Appietus Site | Buy
Boom Back Remix feat. Jose Chameleone – Bebe Kool
No One Like You – P-Square Buy
? – Les Garagistes Buy
Coeur Blanc – Les Patrons Buy
Do As i Do – Bracket Buy
Ma Alomo feat. KK Fosu & Reggie Zippy – Appietus Site | Buy
Eha Ye De (Bebia Awo) feat. SK Blinks – Nana Boroo Buy
Femme Africaine Lutchiana 100%
Elegom Bounsa feat. Maskarado (Radio Mix) – DJ Djeff Site | Buy
Relela – Skeat Site | Buy
Miss Doctor feat. 4X4 – Appietus Site | Buy
Kiss Ur Hand feat. Wande Coal- R2Bees Buy
Usinibore – Just A Band Site | Buy
DJ’s Mortel (2) – Polio – Kiloko
Sentiment Moka – ?
Wengeze – Eazzy
Windek – Cabo Snoop
Tchouchou Tchoucou – Kedjevara Site | Buy
Coupe de Tête de Zidane – DJ Menza Site | Buy
Asta Di – Aurlus Mabele Buy
Django – DJ Bonano Site | Buy
Som Do Zoca – Zoca Zoca Site | Buy
Tabouret Baoulé – Pat Sexy
Celimania Remix – Gadji Celi Buy
Sukuma – Killamu Site | Buy
Tiramakossa – Noite e Día Site | Buy
Number One – Fofandó & Saborosa Site | Buy
Aladin Mix – DJ Znobia
Kassumuna – Game Walla

12/17 DE: Akwaaba night at Surprise Club in Berlin

Now THIS here is an exciting event… lately, Akwaaba’s so-called “Label Boss” (what a dubious expression!!) aka BBRAVE has been rocking more tropical / electro- oriented dancefloors. Now he is invited to make some noise at Surprise, Berlin’s most notorious African club. So expect a heavy set of straight up African jams, from Naija to Soukous to – of course – plenty of hiplife, coupé décalé, and hopefully enough kuduro to make the (Angolan) owner jump!!! Get the full scoop and RSVP here.

And we got some friends onboard!! First, our homies from Nairobi and Amsterdam, This Is Africa, who are bringing some TIA goodies to the table… and speaking of goodies, we recently discovered Mbóte, which makes delicious ready-made specialties from the Kongo terroir… yum yum yum from here to there and back. Swing by for a taste of Africa!!!

Imported Go(o)ds with bbrave in Delhi!

In this latest episode, we bring some Akwaaba goodness to India, courtesy of the Matchbox Collective. Get all relevant info for the event right here! As the crew puts in on their Facebook page:

“Matchbox Collective serves electro, new funk, baile funk, kuduro, j-pop & j-hip hop, minimal, dubstep, 2step, gorestep, disco, cumbia, merengue, salsa duro, uk funky,grim, abstract hip hop, rare french grooves, jazzy beats a lot of mash ups and whatever we stumble upon.”

We can’t wait to throw some African goodness on the Delhi crowd!!

Akwaaba on Arte ‘Tracks’

On October 7 2010, Arte‘s flagship music program Tracks did a piece about Sound Hunters. This is the first half of the piece, focused on Akwaaba Music and label boss Benjamin Lebrave. Thanks to Arte for letting us post!