“Journey Of Life” is the London-based DJ’s take on sungura, one of the country’s most popular dance genres. “Journey Of Life Remix” is what The Busy Twist does best: uptempo, bass-heavy craze, influenced by regular […]
Every month Cortega picks a DJ or producer who puts Africa and its diaspora in the spotlight. Featuring an exclusive playlist of the 10 sounds that have shaped his musical universe.
Throughout a year of hardship, the Kenyan rap scene prevailed, unveiling a fresh selection of talent from shrap and drill, to the old school flavours of boom-bap and gangster rap.
In 2021, African rap was marked mainly by the rise of drill, the sub-genre of hip-hop which had a huge impact on rap music all over the continent.
The annual event is known for quality shows held in places like swimming pools, hospitals or airports. It returns for three weeks with Little Simz, Le Juiice, Makala and others in January 2022. Antigel Festival’s […]
The Anti-Mass collective has just released DOXA, a first EP embodying electronic queer resistance in Uganda. We spoke to Nsasi, one of the masterminds behind the team.
The Nigerien band’s new project will invoke the exuberance of weddings in their beloved Agadez, capital of Saharan rock. Playing for over 25 years, Etran de l’Aïr (or “stars of the Aïr Region”) have emerged […]
Musicians have always travelled. Willy N’for had all the necessary ingredients to want to travel, a troubled past, a complicated life, dexterity with the bass guitar, and an appetite for travelling on the interstellar grooves of funk, with dreams of jamming with giants.