Archives des bairro - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/tag/bairro/ African Music and Pop Culture Sun, 10 May 2020 22:57:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon-akwaaba-32x32.png Archives des bairro - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/tag/bairro/ 32 32 08/04 WW: Akwaaba Sem Transporte https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0728-ww-akwaaba-sem-transporte/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0728-ww-akwaaba-sem-transporte/#respond Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:32:21 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=966 At last… Akwaaba unleashes a wild collection of bangers from Luanda, Angola. Some of the big names are on there, Puto Prata, Noite e Día, Zoca Zoca, but some new comers (Os Mais Potentes, Figura) and total newbies too (F4, Gelú-Six). The album is available for purchase in the iTunes store, and you can listen […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/0728-ww-akwaaba-sem-transporte/feed/ 0 Killamu, Rangel beat maker https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-rangel-beat-maker/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-rangel-beat-maker/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:10:52 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=913 DJ Killamu and Mestre Ara form Guetto Produções, a fully independent studio with some of the biggest names in kuduro. This picture was taken outside the studio, at Killamu’s house in Rangel. Rangel is a municipio famous for its kudurists and DJs, kids flock from all over Luanda to record in studios like Killamu’s. Now […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-rangel-beat-maker/feed/ 0 Vagabanda – Vou le Dar https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/vagabanda-vou-le-dar/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/vagabanda-vou-le-dar/#respond Wed, 27 May 2009 23:13:42 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=894 Across Africa we’ve encountered many hip hop artists favoring the same bling bling image they are exposed to via US hip hop videos: lots of big cars, lots of shiny rims, and when there are no cars handy, lots of logos and shiny clothes. THANKFULLY, kuduro artists have been sticking to the raw aesthetics of […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/vagabanda-vou-le-dar/feed/ 0 Heavyweights on the kuduro scene: Vagabanda https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/heavyweights-on-the-kuduro-scene-os-vagabanda/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/heavyweights-on-the-kuduro-scene-os-vagabanda/#respond Tue, 26 May 2009 00:50:43 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=849 Heroy and Puto Mira form Vagabanda, a duo on top of kuduro in Angola. They’ve traveled all over the country, and are now looking at trips to Brazil and Portugal. You can find some of their videos online, but their actual music is still not very accessible – at least not legally. But it’s coming […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/heavyweights-on-the-kuduro-scene-os-vagabanda/feed/ 0 New kid on the kuduro scene: Gelú-Six https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kid-on-the-kuduro-scene-gelu-six/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kid-on-the-kuduro-scene-gelu-six/#respond Tue, 26 May 2009 00:24:43 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=846 We met Gelú-Six via Telmo, who first introduced us to a few kudurists. Most people have never heard of him, including DJs and other kudurists. But we’re sure happy he came across our radar. He only has a 3 song demo out, and he made sure to pack all he could into those 3 songs. […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kid-on-the-kuduro-scene-gelu-six/feed/ 0 Os Mais Potentes & Dred Man-Gi https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes/#respond Mon, 25 May 2009 09:57:00 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=861 We met Beto AC (left) and Bebo Clone (right) a couple weeks ago through Telmo, we mentioned their song Vem Ca, which has been blasting through Luanda for the past few months, and Telmo made it happen, getting us a meeting with them the next day. These kids are super chill, very enthusiastic about their […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes/feed/ 0 The next generation of kuduro https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/the-next-generation-of-kuduro/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/the-next-generation-of-kuduro/#respond Thu, 14 May 2009 19:37:58 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=812 Finally… in Luanda, surrounded by pounding kuduro!!! We’ve been fiending for kuduro for the past few years, ever since seeing super lo-quality kuduro dancing videos on youtube sometime in 2006. And here we are, sitting at a table with a half dozen groups, MCs, producers, enthusiastic young kids eager to get their music out. On […]

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