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Novidades de Angola
In no particular order, and to help you enjoy your week end, current favorites from the land of Mwangolé:
Elegom Bounsa!!
[:en] DJ Djeff feat Maskarado - Elegom Bounsa by Akwaaba Music DJ Djeff offers a break from the raw Angolan kuduro...
Killamu in Riddim mag (DE)
The review is in the paper mag, but apparently not on the website... thanks to our buddy Georg from Outhere Records...
Os Mais Potentes “Yoyó” on latest Fader Mag 7″
In the Fader's own words: "The 12th installment of the FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series is an upbeat one, with...
03/16 WW: Ze Buuuuula! Beatport exclusive!
Yes, it's been a slow process... we've held onto the remixes for months, squeezing them into our pipeline, and at...
Akwaaba Sem Transporte review in Clark (fr)
Pretty fancy.... Clark is one of the sharpest culture mags in France at the moment, and it is a pleasure, scratch...
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,...
08/04 WW: Ze Bula remix contest
Akwaaba Music, Mad Decent & Fairtilizer are happy to bring you the Ze Bula Remix Contest by Figura and DJ MJ, off...
Akwaaba Sem Transporte on Myspace
Everyone has their favorite site to listen to music and check out new artists... Myspace still deserves respect, so we...
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...
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.