Practice your Swedish… and help us figure out what the article says! Anna and Sebastian of Stockholm’s High Life party introduced us to Nanushka Yeaman, a – very friendly – Swedish-American journalist who does culture columns for Dagens Nyheter, the largest Swedish daily. Today, this culture is dedicated to Akwaaba and our mission to spread music and cultures from Africa. Dig it!
This just in: thanks to our Swedish fans for the translation in the comments below.
By far the baddest, biggest edition of Bomb Diggy will be the Amsterdam Dance Event Special!
a serious line-up will wreck the floor and smash a horny vibe in your face till 05:00 in the morning:
– yes.. a special set with the hottest baile funk tunes by European adopter Daniel Haaksman!
– the live deep and analog hiphoppedy global tech kicks of soundboy Filastine, together with MC Nova from Indonesia!
– BBRAVE from Akwaaba Music with the true African sounds, banging from calypso, hiplife, kuduro and back to Ghanaian roots!
– Raving bassline and no-mercy bouncers from the one and only AC Slater!
– the brothers from Lisbon with their soca fueled bashment and kuduro influenced afro-electro: Octa Push!
– supported by the deep dubstep sounds from new kid on the block Tommy Tequila!
– and rounded off with the records of residents Mataklap, Makks & Ru-D
IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE HOUSE/TECHNO PARTYING AND SEEK OTHER SOUNDS ON THE AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT FESTIVAL:
COME TO THE OT301 ‘CAUSE THAT’S WHERE THE TROPICAL BASS IS GONNA KICK!
stay tuned if you want to win tickets for this night!
NO PRE-SALE!!!! SO DON’T BE TOO LATE!!!!
bye friends!
Bomb Diggy crew
23. October 2009 22:00
OT301, Amsterdam
Daniel Haaksman (Man Recordings), Filastine (Soot Records, Shockout), Octa Push (Iberian Records, Soul Jazz), AC Slater (Trouble & Bass), BBRave (Akwaaba Music), Tommy Tequila (New Kid on the Block), Mataklap, Ru-D & Makks
Russ Jones and DJ Cliffy are having BBRAVE share the decks with them at their Saturday party Future World Funk, at the Notting Hill Arts Club. Tell your peeps, these guys play some serious, serious stuff, just have a quick listen at their respective myspace pages and enyoy, very nice cumbia, 70s Brazilian funk, and of course a dash of soukous and highlife with BBRAVE in there…
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.”
Our friends over at Green Owl Records featured a nice in-depth interview today. In it Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave discusses why he started Akwaaba, what it’s all about and most importantly, what are the goodies coming your way soon! Thanks to WIlls for his time and interest.
