Bradez Say Wassup?

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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Akwaaba Team 2016 Faves

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Here are last year’s favorites from all the music-lovers here at the Accra office and beyond : Top African tracks  THE ARTISTS * Rocky Marsiano *  1. « Ngono Utana » – Selma Uamusse 2. « Nairobi » – Bag Riders (Blinky Bill Remix) 3. « Africa Minha » –Plutónio feat....

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!

https://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/bradez-wassup

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Akwaaba Team 2016 Faves

Here are last year’s favorites from all the music-lovers here at the Accra office and beyond : Top African tracks  THE ARTISTS * Rocky Marsiano *  1. « Ngono Utana » – Selma Uamusse 2. « Nairobi » – Bag Riders (Blinky Bill Remix) 3. « Africa Minha » –Plutónio feat....

Sudan Votes Music Hopes Meets Akwaaba

Sudan Votes Music Hopes Meets Akwaaba

We have a few things to celebrate here. First of all, let’s welcome South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, which comes into existence this Saturday July 9. Please do yourself a favor and indulge into spending a few minutes on South Sudan’s Wikipedia page. In most people’s minds, Sudan rhymes with… dead bodies? Darfur conflict? Telecom giant? Musical hotbed, not so much. So let’s celebrate Sudan, AGAIN, as this little release helps to open a sliver of a door onto the abundantly rich Sudanese culture.

Now, before purists get out of hand, let’s just say it: this is a highly stylized version of Sudanese folklore, one that has been mashed up by excellent sound magicians. First up, we’ve got Neo Project #2, a mysterious new alias for the almighty Tyler Pope, of !!!, LCD Soundsystem, Hercules & Love Affair and Out Hud fame. Who knew: Tyler’s been messing around with West African sounds, so he hit it off when he met Wahib Soumade of M.I.C.T. (Media in Cooperation and Transition) in Berlin, the dood also responsible for the massive 2 first volumes of the Sudan Votes Music Hopes (SVMH) series. The first one on Innervisions featured remixes of Emmanuel Jal by Henrik Schwarz and The Knife‘s Olof Dreijer. If you spent more than 3 minutes in Berlin last year you probably heard both. If you didn’t, well, you wish you had. The second one is also a raw morsel of radness, with a wild remix by Dal-Gren and Kirikoo Des. Take a deep breath:

Back to the release on hand. Tyler teams up with Alsarah, a Khartoum-born artist now based in Brooklyn, after having spent time in places such as Yemen, widening her deep knowledge of East African and Middle Eastern traditional music. Today she sings and writes, and is due to release an album of Zanzibar-style taarab later this year. So do stay tuned.

The B-side features one of Sudan’s heavyweights, Yousif Elmosley, a gentleman who started out singing as he watched over his herd of sheep on the banks of the Nile as a teenager. We won’t give you his full bio, it has already been well written right here. Yousif gets the Berliner house treatment courtesy of producer/DJ Edward, a regular figure on the Berlin circuit. And last but certainly not least, the amazing cover is by Parisian designer Paul Hamy, who had already worked with SVMH on the previous EP.

So done, you got your feet wet! Feels warm doesn’t it?

 

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Sudan Votes Music Hopes Meets Akwaaba

We have a few things to celebrate here. First of all, let’s welcome South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, which comes into existence this Saturday July 9. Please do yourself a favor and indulge into spending a few minutes on South Sudan’s Wikipedia page. In most people’s minds, Sudan rhymes with… dead bodies? Darfur conflict? Telecom giant? Musical hotbed, not so much. So let’s celebrate Sudan, AGAIN, as this little release helps to open a sliver of a door onto the abundantly rich Sudanese culture.

Now, before purists get out of hand, let’s just say it: this is a highly stylized version of Sudanese folklore, one that has been mashed up by excellent sound magicians. First up, we’ve got Neo Project #2, a mysterious new alias for the almighty Tyler Pope, of !!!, LCD Soundsystem, Hercules & Love Affair and Out Hud fame. Who knew: Tyler’s been messing around with West African sounds, so he hit it off when he met Wahib Soumade of M.I.C.T. (Media in Cooperation and Transition) in Berlin, the dood also responsible for the massive 2 first volumes of the Sudan Votes Music Hopes (SVMH) series. The first one on Innervisions featured remixes of Emmanuel Jal by Henrik Schwarz and The Knife‘s Olof Dreijer. If you spent more than 3 minutes in Berlin last year you probably heard both. If you didn’t, well, you wish you had. The second one is also a raw morsel of radness, with a wild remix by Dal-Gren and Kirikoo Des. Take a deep breath:

Back to the release on hand. Tyler teams up with Alsarah, a Khartoum-born artist now based in Brooklyn, after having spent time in places such as Yemen, widening her deep knowledge of East African and Middle Eastern traditional music. Today she sings and writes, and is due to release an album of Zanzibar-style taarab later this year. So do stay tuned.

The B-side features one of Sudan’s heavyweights, Yousif Elmosley, a gentleman who started out singing as he watched over his herd of sheep on the banks of the Nile as a teenager. We won’t give you his full bio, it has already been well written right here. Yousif gets the Berliner house treatment courtesy of producer/DJ Edward, a regular figure on the Berlin circuit. And last but certainly not least, the amazing cover is by Parisian designer Paul Hamy, who had already worked with SVMH on the previous EP.

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From Accra, Ghana: Bike Lordz

In Western capitals, trendizoids rush to customize their multi-thousand dollar fixed gear bikes, praying for hills to stay out of their way for fear of falling and denting their neon paint job (please make it stop). Meanwhile in Ghana, a new frenzy is growing around very acrobatic BMX bike riders… this phenomenon was captured by young film director Mikey Hart, who is now looking for support to finish things up nicely, ie get some DVDs made, send some gear back to the boys in Ghana, and prepare for the next round of bicycle wizardry. Once the video has convinced you that you could indeed part from that $20 bill in your pocket, please check out the film’s kickstarter page.

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Here are last year’s favorites from all the music-lovers here at the Accra office and beyond : Top African tracks  THE ARTISTS * Rocky Marsiano *  1. « Ngono Utana » – Selma Uamusse 2. « Nairobi » – Bag Riders (Blinky Bill Remix) 3. « Africa Minha » –Plutónio feat....

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Hip Hop Very Much Alive in Eastern Congo – Salaam Kivu All Stars

Hip Hop Very Much Alive in Eastern Congo – Salaam Kivu All Stars

Interesting timing: although there hasn’t been any mention of it on here, Benjamin Lebrave just got back from a wild journey in eastern Congo, starting off in Goma, where this VERY exciting video was shot. Goma has gone through hell for most of the last decade, but it is calmer now and the arts are flourishing again.

Music in Congo is something else. Often times music seems to be the only common ground for the Congolese: if you like rumba, if you dance rumba, well then you’re Congolese. This phrase is not as benign or naive as you’d think. For instance, in Goma alone there are 4 shops MAKING guitars. Not to mention places where you can purchase imported guitars. And this is Goma, one of many mid-sized Congolese cities. As a point of reference, Accra, capital of Ghana, has – to our knowledge – not a single shop making guitars. Point being, music and live music play a fundamental role.

We’ll share more about this exciting journey to the east, but for now this video can do the talking. Please do check out the full story over at africanhiphop.com and have a look at Yolé! Africa‘s site, they are the ones behind this project – which got the Economist‘s attention.

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Interesting timing: although there hasn’t been any mention of it on here, Benjamin Lebrave just got back from a wild journey in eastern Congo, starting off in Goma, where this VERY exciting video was shot. Goma has gone through hell for most of the last decade, but it is calmer now and the arts are flourishing again.

Music in Congo is something else. Often times music seems to be the only common ground for the Congolese: if you like rumba, if you dance rumba, well then you’re Congolese. This phrase is not as benign or naive as you’d think. For instance, in Goma alone there are 4 shops MAKING guitars. Not to mention places where you can purchase imported guitars. And this is Goma, one of many mid-sized Congolese cities. As a point of reference, Accra, capital of Ghana, has – to our knowledge – not a single shop making guitars. Point being, music and live music play a fundamental role.

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Limited Edition FOKN Bois CD – Made in Ghana

Limited Edition FOKN Bois CD – Made in Ghana


Akwaaba, digital label? Scratch that. We’ve got one hundred CDs under our belt. Made in Ghana that is! Numbered and shipping from Accra as of today. We won’t make any more, sooooo we suggest you act FASTA FASTA if you want to get a copy! Link to buy is on the Bandcamp page – and you get a free digital copy included. Not so bad, huh? Have you ever owned a CD made in Ghana? Or even received a package from Ghana? With fly-arse Ghanaian stamps on it? Wait, why are you still on this page? The action is over here people, don’t sleep!

 

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Lungu Lungu: New Akwaaba Column for Fader Magazine

Lungu Lungu: New Akwaaba Column for Fader Magazine

In case you missed the first installment of our new Lungu Lungu column over at Fader Mag, here’s the second piece, this time about one of our current favorites down here in Ghana, Shadow, the one man operation that is literally lifting the entire Buduburam Liberia Refugee Camp, and bringing Liberia’s sounds to Ghanaians, and now to you, worldwide! Grab his sick gbema track “Killing Me”: gbema is a traditional rhythm, which Shadow has successfully carried into the Fruity Loop age. Think Shangaan electro, but this time a weeee bit more musical. Shadow you are the MAN!!!!

And in case you miss it, the first freebie we shared with Fader, a lil’ sumfin from the FOKN Bois, which gave its name to the column:

Music is our business…

Throughout the months of October and November this year, the international workshop program “Buzz Meets Biz” is taking place in Germany, Spain, and Ghana, bringing together young music professionals from the mentioned nations plus the UK. Not only active artists but also promoters, bloggers, label owners, and other professionals in the musical field are involved, covering all kinds of modern genres. Through networking, sharing knowledge and experiences, and participating in educative workshops, these young creatives will be inspired and taught to take confident and smart steps in the tough world of show biz.

PART 3 – ACCRA, GHANA

November 18 – 30, 2017

The third and last part of the mobility program will take place here in Accra. Complementing the two past workshop series on the economic issues of music, this session will focus on music itself. Creativity process, production, performance and an insight into the Ghanaian music scene will all contribute to the grand finale of this international project.

 

The mobility program is organized in cooperation of Akwaaba MusicMusic Pool BerliniRightsFundación SGAECooperación EspañolaGoethe-Institut and the Alliance Française Accra. The programme is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and Goethe-Institut Ghana.

**follow #buzzmeetsbiz on Instagram and Twitter or check the official website**

 

Watch out for our events and foreign artist gigs!

AKWAABA!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbBy7d7FG0q/

IMPRESSIONS COMING SOON.  🙂

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