From Johannesburg to Yaoundé via Accra, Kinshasa or Lagos, this non-exhaustive list is an overview of the sounds that made us vibrate in June, whether it is amapiano, batida, Afro-house, gqom, English bass music, deep-house or other experiments of all kinds.

Deena Abdelwahed teamed up with the french producer Basile3 for a 3-track EP, her first release in five years. It follows Khonnar, Deena’s latest album dropped back in 2018. On the one hand, an producer […]

Between music and visual arts, the Berlin artist announces an album in collaboration with the Ugandan Don Zilla, the Jamaican Gavsborg or the Tunisian Deena Abdelwahed.  Morphine Records shares today Deena Abdelwahed and Mazen Kerbaj’s […]

Tunisian producer Deena Abdelwahed unveils an experimental visual for ‘Insaniyti’, taken from Dhakar EP. On “Insanity”, Deena Abdelwahed was inspired by the Mezwed, a genre of popular traditional music based on North African Amazigh scale rhythms. It incorporates traditional Tunisian drums […]

The Tunisian producer reveals “Ah’na Hakkeka”, a nervous first single from her forthcoming new EP set to release in January 2020. “Dhakar”, the title of Tunisian-born artist and activist Deena Abdelwahed‘s new EP can be translated as “male” or “masculinity”, a universal […]

In this week’s selection: electro-organik sounds from Bamako, Raashan Ahmad’s shining eclectism, Flying Lotus’ great comeback, and more… Luka Production Falaw Luka Productions is Luka Guindo, rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Luka’s new album Falaw is […]

To celebrate Women’s day, we offer you a playlist featuring 60 women that inspire us every day. By listening to the tracks we decided to share, it has to be recognised: women are the ones […]

A list of albums released this week, in no particular order. With Fokn Bois, Star Band de Dakar, IAMDDB, Deena Abdelwahed and Scraaatch. Fokn Bois Afrobeats LOL  Ghanaian duo FOKN Bois are celebrated for their most unconventional way of […]