Nnamdi Moweta, host of KPFK‘s Afrodicia, invites Akwaaba yetagain to share some of the sounds and stories we gathered on our recent trip to Ghana and Togo. Nnamdi is one of our number one supporters, and it’ll be a real pleasure to bring him some freshness from the Motherland… tune in today from 2 to 4pm PST (GMT – 8), either at 90.7fm in the Los Angeles area, or listen online at kpfk.org.
It’s official!! We are letting you take over 4×4’s vocals to make whatever you see fit out of this massive banger from Ghana… we heard this song playing 20 times a day on the radio, at outdoor bars, at weddings… now is the chance to see where else this track can end up!! Download the acapella track from Soundcloud above, and upload your remix to our dropbox by September 15:
The prize… is getting released on one of the most forward thinking labels of African music, he he. We will put out an EP with our favorite remixes, as we did for Ze Bula and Combination. Download the original song in nearly any format below – we just ask for your email, cool?
LONG OVERDUE!!!! We know it, and we are slightly ashamed of it… well not that ashamed really, because good things are well worth waiting for. And we are proud to announce very good things!!
At last, the winners of the Jali Bakary Konteh remix contest are in…
From Fulda / Würzburg Germany, our friends Hat+Hoodie pieced together a massive banger:
From Glasgow, Scotland, we couldn’t help but bring back the dubbed out sound of Voltergeist:
From San Francisco, California, we are excited to feature a deep cut by Señor Oz of Afrolicious:
And last but not least, a newbie on our radar, artfx! from Berlin, Germany:
This EP will come out in September, as soon as we get final cuts and master them… thanks again to all of you who submitted their remix, it was a very tough call!!! And again, congratulations to the winners, we love your choons!!!
This song is a HIIIIIIT in Ghana! 4X4 have been around for a while, but are finally making it REAL BIG, thanks in part to this massive track, produced by Appietus – of course ;-p
The song takes place at the Boomerang nightclub, where we spent a few decadent nights… As of late Boomerang has been hosting some pretty sick Francophone parties, with plenty of coupé décalé and students from across Francophone Africa frantically shaking their bobarabas.
You can download the track for free in exchange for your email – which we promise we will not share with the entire world, no 419 here!
I'm so excited... OBRIGADO DJ Marfox, for putting together a much needed compilation of some of the best tarraxinhas to come out of Luanda and Lisbon. I'm about to drop the full story for Fader, so for now, since this is my turf, I will just talk crap: forget about...
Brand new video from Steloo and Yaw P! Watch and spread, and read the story (originally published on Fader's site): Accra has over 30 radio stations. That’s a lot, and compared to other cities I’ve lived in, there’s a lot of music actually worth hearing. I’ve heard...
Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column at the Fader. Yesterday was Ghana’s independence day: the nation is 56 years young. For the occasion, I had written a kind of “state of the Ghanaian music industry” piece, which makes sense as Ghana’s Musicians’...
Appietus & 4X4 – Miss Doctor – free download
This song is a HIIIIIIT in Ghana! 4X4 have been around for a while, but are finally making it REAL BIG, thanks in part to this massive track, produced by Appietus – of course ;-p
The song takes place at the Boomerang nightclub, where we spent a few decadent nights… As of late Boomerang has been hosting some pretty sick Francophone parties, with plenty of coupé décalé and students from across Francophone Africa frantically shaking their bobarabas.
You can download the track for free in exchange for your email – which we promise we will not share with the entire world, no 419 here!
I'm so excited... OBRIGADO DJ Marfox, for putting together a much needed compilation of some of the best tarraxinhas to come out of Luanda and Lisbon. I'm about to drop the full story for Fader, so for now, since this is my turf, I will just talk crap: forget about...
Brand new video from Steloo and Yaw P! Watch and spread, and read the story (originally published on Fader's site): Accra has over 30 radio stations. That’s a lot, and compared to other cities I’ve lived in, there’s a lot of music actually worth hearing. I’ve heard...
Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column at the Fader. Yesterday was Ghana’s independence day: the nation is 56 years young. For the occasion, I had written a kind of “state of the Ghanaian music industry” piece, which makes sense as Ghana’s Musicians’...
