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NGOMA 8 – DJ Zhao Kizomba Mixtape

JB — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:53:22 +0000

If you hear a Western DJ playing music from Africa, 99% of the time he/she will either be playing old school afrobeat and afrofunk, or super high energy dance music. Unless maybe you find yourself in a Cape Verdian club we doubt you’d hear a lot of more mellow sounds. Well thankfully, as exemplified with […]

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Novidades de Angola

JB — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:01:21 +0000

In no particular order, and to help you enjoy your week end, current favorites from the land of Mwangolé:

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Angolan Semba vs Brazilian Samba

JB — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:22:07 +0000

Hey African music fans! My name is Catherine Barnes, and I’ll be contributing a series of articles to this blog on Angolan semba and Brazilian samba. I’m a percussionist and armchair ethnomusicologist fascinated by all rhythms African and of the African diaspora. I recently returned from studying samba in Rio de Janeiro, which is also […]

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11/11 Indepêndencia de Angola

JB — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:17:05 +0000

In 1975, Angola became independent from Portugal, months after the fall of Salazar’s Estado Novo. Rather than repeat the story, read it in wikipedia. To celebrate Angola and its culture, Julia of Africa Kabisa on WMBR is having an Angolan music special on Sunday Nov 22, 4-6pm EST. Julia will interview Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave […]

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Listen to Carlos Lamartine’s Histórias da Casa Velha

JB — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:26:16 +0000

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10/23 NL: BBRAVE @ Bomb Diggy (Amsterdam)

JB — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:55:46 +0000

From our friends at Bomb Diggy’s website: By far the baddest, biggest edition of Bomb Diggy will be the Amsterdam Dance Event Special! a serious line-up will wreck the floor and smash a horny vibe in your face till 05:00 in the morning: – yes.. a special set with the hottest baile funk tunes by […]

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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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“What can I say apart from utter fantastic” – Undomundo!

JB — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:15:50 +0000

It seems they like Carlos Lamartine’s album ;p Who’s they? undomondo.com, a very nice blog based in Turkey who feature all kinds of music, and have featured some of our releases in the past, in particular Mamou Sidibé here and there. Check them out, always on point + loads of freebies!!

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09 /26 LA: BBRAVE @ Create:Fixate

JB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:21:59 +0000

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08/18 WW: Carlos Lamartine

JB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:39:38 +0000

To balance out our kuduro release, Akwaaba Sem Transporte, here is a beautiful collection of Carlos Lamartine’s recordings, from the mid 1960s til 1975. He was a member of several bands, including Os Aguias Reais, and was backed up by some of Luanda’s best conjuntos: Os Merengues, African Show. The album comes out August 18 […]

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