The Brazilian artist starts 2022 in true 80s spirit with a 2 track boogie reissue. Marcos Valle has been bringing together the heritage of bossa nova and samba with psychedelia, funk, soul and electro for […]
Listen to 2021’s best amapiano, batida, baile funk, techno, jungle, gqom, afro-futurist and more, making the clubs bounce all across the continent.
Listen in on 2021 with our pan-African selection from Cairo to Pretoria, Lagos to Nairobi, featuring the likes of Ayra Starr, Mdou Moctar, Focalistic, Nahawa Doumbia, and Kasai Allstars.
A mainstay for anyone interested in deep house, Kid Fonque’s label is celebrating its 100th release with an album of remixes by the South African artist China Charmeleon. Read the interview and listen to a […]
The Carnation Revolution spelled the end of Portugal’s colonial empire. From Cape Verde to Angola, Mozambique to Guinea-Bissau, we look back to the soundtrack of the years of liberation.
On 30 June 1960, the Congo (DRC) became independent. Alan Brain, director of the movie The Rumba Kings, and Manda Tchebwa, historian of Congolese music, have reconstructed in detail, with the help of archives, African Jazz orchestra’s journey. On their way to Belgium, the orchestra was in charge of brightening up the nights of the delegates participating in the negotiations, and composed the ‘Independence Cha Cha’.
Crystal ISSAM ISSAM is a real outlier within the Cherifian kingdom, giving him broad appeal beyond the borders of his native country. Rapping in Darija, the Arabic language used in Morocco and more globally in […]
The label has shared the group’s 1979 recording, taking us on a journey to the center of spiritual jazz. Following the release of Why Don’t You Listen? in 2020, Nimbus West continues its tribute to […]