Archives des kuduro - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/tag/kuduro/ African Music and Pop Culture Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:46:05 +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 kuduro - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/tag/kuduro/ 32 32 New Single: Art Melody – “Tôk Tôko” https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-single-art-melody-tok-toko/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:56:12 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=8236 [:en]Burkina Faso rapper Art Melody releases a new single from his upcoming album Zoodo (which translates to friendship) slated for late 2019. “Tôk Tôko,” is produced by his long standing producer Redrum for Tentacule Records. The afro-futuristic track is a wild ride spearheaded by Art Melody’s rough lyrical delivery, on top of Redrum’s reverberating percussion and space-y synthesizers. Check […]

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]]> DJ’s Do Guetto – Free Comp – A Slice of Luso History https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/djs-do-guetto-free-comp-a-slice-of-luso-history/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/djs-do-guetto-free-comp-a-slice-of-luso-history/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:21:22 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=5863 I don’t hate Elvis Presley. But if I were to explore the early days of rock’n’roll, he is not an artist I would spend much time on. Conversely, this post takes a minute away from Lisbon’s kuduro usual suspects, to focus on the underground artists that kept the crowds bumping, at a time when kuduro spread its […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/djs-do-guetto-free-comp-a-slice-of-luso-history/feed/ 0 Maskarado – Double Holiday Freebies! https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-double-holiday-freebies/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-double-holiday-freebies/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:39:05 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=5707 Monami has been playing in loops for weeks now around here, so it’s exciting to share two additions to the Monami story: remixes by Los Carlos and Atropolis. Los Carlos is a regular on this site, most notably for his kuduro remix of Elegom Bounsa. Atropolis, of the Dutty Artz crew, also sent us his own take […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-double-holiday-freebies/feed/ 0 Maskarado – Monami – acapella https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-monami-acapella/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-monami-acapella/#respond Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:42:01 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=5605 We won’t call this one a remix contest, instead we want to shift towards a permanent musical lab: we will regularly post stems, vocals, instrumental parts, drum loops, for you to work with. All creative commons, you can do anything you like with it, as long as it’s not commercial. If you do have commercial […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/maskarado-monami-acapella/feed/ 0 New Kuduro House: Maskarado – Monami https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kuduro-house-maskarado-monami/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kuduro-house-maskarado-monami/#respond Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:40:18 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=5579 Maskarado is a familiar name for anybody paying attention to Angolan house and kuduro. He’s the go-to MC for many of the best crossover kuduro-house tracks out there – starting with the massive Angolan hit Elegom Bounsa, produced by DJ Djeff, unavoidable Angolan afrohouse artist whom we had the pleasure of releasing a couple of […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/new-kuduro-house-maskarado-monami/feed/ 0 Kuduro is Dead?!?! https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/kuduro-is-dead/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/kuduro-is-dead/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:15:30 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=4336 L’article Kuduro is Dead?!?! est apparu en premier sur Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture.

]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/kuduro-is-dead/feed/ 0 Novidades de Angola https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/novidades-de-angola/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/novidades-de-angola/#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:01:21 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2495 In no particular order, and to help you enjoy your week end, current favorites from the land of Mwangolé:

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/novidades-de-angola/feed/ 0 Killamu in Riddim mag (DE) https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-in-riddim-mag-de/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-in-riddim-mag-de/#respond Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:21:18 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2148 The review is in the paper mag, but apparently not on the website… thanks to our buddy Georg from Outhere Records for pointing this one out!!

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-in-riddim-mag-de/feed/ 0 Os Mais Potentes “Yoyó” on latest Fader Mag 7″ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes-yoyo-on-latest-fader-mag-7/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes-yoyo-on-latest-fader-mag-7/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:08:25 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=2050 In the Fader’s own words: “The 12th installment of the FADER/Southern Comfort 7-inch series is an upbeat one, with MNDR’s electronic fizz pop and loud and grimy kuduro straight from Angola’s Os Mais Potentes. We’ve been a fan of MNDR’s hyper energy for a long time and have long loved the releases on Akwaaba Music, […]

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]]> https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/os-mais-potentes-yoyo-on-latest-fader-mag-7/feed/ 0 Killamu – A Minha Face https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-a-minha-face/ https://www.akwaabamusic.com/blog/killamu-a-minha-face/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:53:46 +0000 https://www.akwaabamusic.com/?p=11895 L’article Killamu – A Minha Face est apparu en premier sur Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture.

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