Preview: Dublime presents: Lee Scratch Perry, dEbruit & Channel One Sound System
Dublime is back next month at the Electric Brixton…
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Preview: Africa Express in Bristol
Since 2006, the Africa Express has been bringing together some of the greatest acts in African music…
Boddhi Satva – Ngnari Konon (Feat. Oumou Sangaré)
Boddhi Satva’s Invocation has been ten years in the making and it certainly shows. It is a varied collection of accomplished songs, all, impressively, produced from the confines of Satva’s home. There’s a bit of Reggae (Enemies and Jah Sanctuary), House (Who Am I) and RnB (Because I Know) on there, but if pressed to choose, we enjoyed the African sounds the most. Grammy-winning Oumou Sangare makes a show-stopping appearance on Ngari Konon and on Nankomandjan, Mangala Camara’s sporadic vocals alternates between the wobbling base almost as if the two are playing off each other
Artist Spotlight: Romare
Regular readers will know how much we dig cross-genre experiments with African sounds…
Artist Spotlight: The Busy Twist
At just 21, Gabriel Benn (a.k.a Tuesday Born) and Ollie Williams (a.k.a Ollie Twist) are making some impressive African/Electronic fusion and self-releasing it off their own label, The People’s Ear. Although they’re based in London, much of the creative work goes on in Ghana where the inspiration for their music first came about.
New Artist: Black Ph03nix (aka Larry Achiampong)
Doing for African Highlife music what J Dilla did for Soul, Black Ph03nix is the alter ego of one Larry Achiampong, an artist and musician who is reinventing the sound of Africa’s west coast with masterful results…
Artist Spotlight: DJ iZem
Co-founder of internet world-music radio station Groovalizacion, DJ iZem has now turned his hand to producing his own. Turns out he’s rather good. Exposed to so many different musical cultures at Groovilicion, it’s no surprise that Debaixo D’Agua, his debut EP released this month, is an eclectic affair. Full of energy, it effortlessly blends dub, soul, hip-hop, Brazilian, post-dubstep…