Archives des kuduru - Akwaaba Music - African Music and Pop Culture

Killamu in Riddim mag (DE)

JB — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:21:18 +0000

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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Os Mais Potentes “Yoyó” on latest Fader Mag 7″

JB — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:08:25 +0000

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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Galliano & kuduro

JB — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:34:58 +0000

Awesome, AWESOME mix of early (earlier?) kuduro, by Galliano, the first western dood we knew to push kuduro back in 2005 – 2006. If you read French, this interview is very interesting, it’s nice to see someone speak openly, even if it might piss people off. And it will ;p [audio:http://www.tsugi.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1029&Itemid=49] Galliano with Tony Amado, […]

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Akwaaba Sem Transporte review in Clark (fr)

JB — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:28:26 +0000

Pretty fancy…. Clark is one of the sharpest culture mags in France at the moment, and it is a pleasure, scratch that, an honor to be featured in their pages! In their own words (somewhat adjusted by our Franco-American team!): “First compilation dedicated to kuduro from Angola, Akwaaba Sem Transporte is a striking demonstration of […]

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Super Akwaaba Maquis Mobile

JB — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:33:09 +0000

In honor of all the maquis, chop bars and other bass pounding watering holes encountered on his journeys to Africa, BBRAVE compresses it all into one pungent hour of sweaty music, hiplife, coupé décalé, semba, kuduro and stuff we’re not sure how to classify… see for yourself: Listen here: [audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/330960/loops_of_fruit.m4a] or listen in Mixcloud or […]

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Generation Bass vs Akwaaba

JB — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:26:24 +0000

DJ UMB of Generation Bass takes the wheels and compresses our kuduro comp Akwaaba Sem Transporte into a 30 minute get yo azz up and get to work mix, perfect for this back to school season. So download it, or better yet, subscribe to our podcast (or subscribe directly in iTunes), listen to UMB’s mix […]

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Akwaaba Sem Transporte on Myspace

JB — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:00:08 +0000

Everyone has their favorite site to listen to music and check out new artists… Myspace still deserves respect, so we created a page for Akwaaba Sem Transporte, our Angolan kuduro compilation.

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08/01 LA: BBRAVE @ Classix

JB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:05:19 +0000

Classix is a new monthly party that you can depend on! Every month Classix will challenge dj’s to dig deep in the crates and bring out only the truly classic ish. Maybe it’s a jackin’ Chicago house track from ’89, a bumpin’ re-edit of an old disco jam, a hip-hop golden oldie or the newest […]

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09 /26 LA: BBRAVE @ Create:Fixate

JB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:21:59 +0000

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08/12 LA: Akwaaba on Cosmic Barrio

JB — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:14:43 +0000

Derek Rath, host of Cosmic Barrio every Sunday on KPFK, invites Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave to talk about his recent trip to Angola, Angolan music, African music, Akwaaba, and more of that good stuff. Tune in at 6pm this Sunday July 12, KPFK 90.7fm in LA, online at www.kpfk.org, download here or just listen, right […]

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