This Friday, Baobab owner / DJ Marco and our great friend Chief Boima are inviting BBRAVE to share the decks at one of...
Fazuma vs Akwaaba
Lisbon, Portugal's own DJ Mpula, host of the Radio Fazuma show, connects with the Akwaaba team to revisit the Angolan...
Carlos Lamartine – Histórias Da Casa Velha
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08/04 WW: Akwaaba Sem Transporte
At last... Akwaaba unleashes a wild collection of bangers from Luanda, Angola. Some of the big names are on there,...
Various Artists – Akwaaba Sem Transporte
This compilation is a sample of what you would have heard in Luanda in 2009. In Angola you can buy Batidas CDs on...
09 /26 LA: BBRAVE @ Create:Fixate
08/18 WW: Carlos Lamartine
To balance out our kuduro release, Akwaaba Sem Transporte, here is a beautiful collection of Carlos Lamartine's...
08/12 LA: Akwaaba on Cosmic Barrio
Derek Rath, host of Cosmic Barrio every Sunday on KPFK, invites Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave to talk about his...
Kuduro studios
Puto Mira (Vagabanda) at DJ Kobe's studio in Marçal Heroy (Vagabanda) at DJ Kobe's studio in Marçal DJ Stan & DJ...
Killamu, Rangel beat maker
DJ Killamu and Mestre Ara form Guetto Produções, a fully independent studio with some of the biggest names in kuduro....
Killamu – Não Maya
Back to Marçal, Chefe Kamone
On a kuduro map of Luanda, Marçal is unavoidable, and within Marçal, Kamone is a mainstay. We first met him at TV...
Alila – Puto Prata
Tote – Kamone feat. Bruno King (Os Lambas)
Agre-G & Vagabanda – Suga
You've heard the song... now time for the visuals, enjoy!
Vagabanda – Vou le Dar
Across Africa we've encountered many hip hop artists favoring the same bling bling image they are exposed to via US...
Heavyweights on the kuduro scene: Vagabanda
Heroy and Puto Mira form Vagabanda, a duo on top of kuduro in Angola. They've traveled all over the country, and are...
New kid on the kuduro scene: Gelú-Six
We met Gelú-Six via Telmo, who first introduced us to a few kudurists. Most people have never heard of him, including...
Os Mais Potentes & Dred Man-Gi
We met Beto AC (left) and Bebo Clone (right) a couple weeks ago through Telmo, we mentioned their song Vem Ca, which...
05/18 US: Os Mais Potentes in the Fader
Os Mais Potentes – Vem Ca
The next generation of kuduro
Finally... in Luanda, surrounded by pounding kuduro!!! We've been fiending for kuduro for the past few years, ever...
Akwaaba meets Carlos Lamartine (Angola)
Akwaaba meets Carlos Lamartine from Akwaaba Music on Vimeo.