11/07 BBRAVE @ Future World Funk (London)

Russ Jones and DJ Cliffy are sharing the decks with BBRAVE on November 7. These doods have been running London nights for a while now. Not just London night actually, these guys have literally played everywhere. Get to know these cats on Future World Funk’s main website and do take a moment to listen to Hackney GlobeTrotter radio. You can also listen to a very, very tasty cumbia mix by Russ on his myspace. And some awesome Brazilian samba funk on Cliffy’s Batmacumba myspace page. Muito quente cara!!

Ze Bula remix contest winners

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Here we go, the remix contest was not only a success, in that a ton of remixes were submitted but the quality of the remixes were amazing. Unable to pick just one winner here are the Top 6 and they span across the globe. Bonde do Zombinhos (Aguascalientes, Mexico), Chief Boima (Oakland, California), Chancha Vía Circuito (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Voltergeist (Ayrshire, Scotland), Sabbo (Tel Aviv, Israel), and Perfect Loosers (Paris, France) Akwaaba are even planning to release the winners as a Remix EP, so look out for that soon. Congrats to all that entered.

10/11 SE: BBRAVE @ High Life (Stockholm)

We first heard of Stockholm’s High Life party last summer when our good friend headed to Sweden to rock the decks there. Summer’s gone, leafs are turning yellow and red, but the highlife heat is still rumbling under the surface… so get ready Stockholm! This is a Sunday gig, so expect more old school, mellow sounds from BBRAVE, Congolese rumba, highlife and juju at the core, with tidbits of zouk, Brazilian funk and more interspersed in there… oh and Anna and Seb sound like really nice people – with fantastic taste, so tell your Swedish friends to hop by!

Akwaaba Sem Transporte review in Clark (fr)

09-09 CLARK AKWAABA

Pretty fancy…. Clark is one of the sharpest culture mags in France at the moment, and it is a pleasure, scratch that, an honor to be featured in their pages!

In their own words (somewhat adjusted by our Franco-American team!):

“First compilation dedicated to kuduro from Angola, Akwaaba Sem Transporte is a striking demonstration of the creative potential within this unclassifiable ghetto music, born in the popular neighborhoods of Luanda over 15 years ago. Intoxicating rhythms, MCs burning the mic up, a raw, rugged sound and samples cut with a machete… the 15 tracks are a concentrate of energy straight from the streets, featuring the established names in the genre (Puto Prata, Notie e Día, Zoca Zoca…) as well as the new generation.”