Fireboy DML, an urban romance
After three elegant singles, the handsome Nigerian releases his first album Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps, a hip-hop and afropop love...
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Stay True Sounds, the alternative flavour of South Africa
Led by Scottish-born and South African-adopted Kid Fonque, the label Stay True Sounds gives the prolific local deep house scene...
Cape Town house producer Dwson announces new album, Say Less
This new LP on Stay True Sounds reminds us that Europe is not the only place for quality house music. When...
Daniel Maunick fuses club music with Brazilian rhythms on new album
British artist explores club sounds with the energy of Afro-Brazilian spiritual dance ceremonies on Macumba Quebrada From Far Out Recordings’ in-house...
The Soul Rebels, la Louisiane en fusion
Avec leur nouvel album Poetry In Motion, l’équipe des Soul Rebels mêlent leurs talents de musiciens chevronnés pour transporter le funk...
Heavenly Sweetness highlights the golden era of Guadeloupean singer Erick Cosaque
The Parisian label focus on the career of Guadeloupean singer Erick Cosaque with Chinal Ka, a compilation regrouping his best...
Jerico brings Haitian music in the club on new EP My People
Haitian-Canadian producer and MC Jerico is back with new EP, My People. It follows Run That released on March 8...
Habibi Funk, the label playing hide and seek in Medina
Already at the controls of the label Jakarta, Jannis Stürtz takes us behind the scenes of his latest project, Habibi...
Ostinato Records is set to release his third episode of Funaná music
After the excellent compilation Synthesize the Soul and the reissue of the best album of Grupo Pilon, Ostinato Records continues...
Bosq turns a Touré Kunda song into an afro-house anthem
Before Sixu Tidiane Touré and Ismail Touré’s reissue of Mandinka Dong LP comes out on September 16, American DJ Bosq produces two groovy edits. Boston...
Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia’s debut album reissued for the first time
Released in 1981 by the excellent Ivory Coast-based AS Records, on her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, Nahawa performs brilliantly...
Esnard Boisdur’s outstanding track “Mizik Bel” reissued on Favorite Recordings
“Mizik Bel” is a mix of modern gwoka and zouk, with a revolutionary spirit that makes it a unique and powerful document of the...
Abdallah Ag Oumbadougou, a symbol of the Tuareg rebellion
Sahel Sounds will release Anou Malane, an album considered as one of the first studio albums of Tuareg music recorded during a politically...
JuJu Rogers releases music video for ‘Babylon’, a song of strength and progress
Through his new single “Babylon”, German-American singer-songwriter JuJu Rogers announces his new album, 40 Acres N Sum Mula. Produced by Farhot (the...
UK Jazz collective Nérija announce debut album, Blume
Blume arrives courtesy of Domino on August 2nd. Nérija is Nubya Garcia (tenor saxophone), Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet), Cassie Kinoshi (alto saxophone),...
Real World Records turns 30 this year
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Peter Gabriel and his staff announced Worldwide, a retrospective compilation of discovery and enlightenment. Launched in...
Sammy Massamba gets a new essential reedition
British record label Vive la Musique is republishing a cult afro-disco dancefloor killer by Congolese artist Sammy Massamba. Five months after the release...
Listen to DJ ADAMM’s raw global club debut EP for Enchufada
19-year old DJ ADAMM debut EP is a sonic picture of Lisbon’s thriving global club scene. DJ ADAMM may have only...
Zack & Geebah, short-lived but long lasting
As a part of their reedition series of the Tabansi music label, BBE gives a second life to Zack & Geebah's For the Love...
Oum, now or never
Moroccan singer Oum El Ghaït Ben Essahraoui announces an awaited album with an outstanding new single. Marrakech-born singer Oum released her...
Malian duo MC Waraba & Mélèké Tchatcho release a remix EP
Bamako-based MCs and their label Blanc Manioc invited three electronic music artists to remix Suprême Talent Show album. MC Waraba and Mélèké Tchatcho are known for...
Ojo Balingo, the mysterious juju master
Thanks to BBE, juju music finds its way out of the Yoruba's circle with the reissue of an enigmatic album of...
Nkono Teles, the forgotten super-producer
Nkono Teles is one of West Africa’s most prolific producers during the 1980s, credited with more than 150 productions, spanning...