I finally made it to Nairobi last August, and among many other eye openers, I was blown away when I realized afrohouse...
Friday Madness: Maskarado “Tabacanawa”
In Luanda, most of the top house music producers don't really talk, or even know each other. I was a bit sad to...
Maskarado – Double Holiday Freebies!
Monami has been playing in loops for weeks now around here, so it's exciting to share two additions to the Monami...
Maskarado – Monami – acapella
We won't call this one a remix contest, instead we want to shift towards a permanent musical lab: we will regularly...
New Kuduro House: Maskarado – Monami
Maskarado is a familiar name for anybody paying attention to Angolan house and kuduro. He's the go-to MC for many of...
Kuduro is Dead?!?!
(Originally published in the Lungu Lungu column for Fader magazine) It pains me...
DJ Djeff – Elegom Bounsa
DJ Djeff offers a break from the raw Angolan kuduro batidas, and shows us a clubbier side to the Luanda sound on...