Tagged: Akwaaba
Footnotes: Akwaaba
Footnotes is the section in our magazine where we take a deeper look at the music surrounding our feature artists. With Benjamin Lebrave’s label, Akwaaba, and his column for TheFADER.com, we don’t have to imagine … read more »
Personal History: Benjamin Lebrave
For the past four years, Benjamin Lebrave has run Akwaaba, a digital record label that releases a huge amount of diverse African music from across the continent. He started the label in San Francisco, but, … read more »
Ghetto Palms 133: Akwaaba / AfroGospel / Jahdan x SoShifty
Where to start with this one? The vertebrae that make up the spinal column of this blend are a couple of 21st century African gospel/spiritual tracks that will probably need a little contextualization for most … read more »
Perfect Loosers Present Akwaaba Remixed MP3
Benjamin Lebrave, founder of the Ghanian label, Akwaaba, teamed up with Paris-based Perfect Loosers to remix some of Akwaaba’s original musicians like Ahmed Fofana, Baba Salah, and Onyenze. It was a true meeting the minds … read more »
GP 129: Dingolay / Onyenze / Ramajay / Tigerstyle / Zuzuka Poderosa
This edition of Ghetto Palms ended up being kind of a greatest misses for 2010—the only thing the beats really have in common being that I’m kicking myself for not including them in an earlier … read more »
Stream: Akwaaba’s Chop Our Music + ChopChop Supermix MP3
In the last couple of years Benjamin Lebrave of Akwaaba has been living in Africa meeting musicians and cutting deals to get them some dollars, release their music and make it more accessible internationally; in … read more »
Killamu, “Flaminguinho” MP3
Akwaaba is releasing Angolan beatmonsta Killamu’s album at the top of the year, and as a teaser they’re dropping this spare kuduro jam to get you through all your holiday parties. And ever since we … read more »
Gelu Six, “In the Building” MP3 + Kuduro Remix Contest
Back in May, we posted a stream of this Gelu Six track and noted that we only had half of the nine minute monster of raw Angolan kuduro. Since then, Akwaaba Sem Transporte has been … read more »
More Live Audio From Angola
Benjamin Lebrave, of Akwaaba, drops us another note with an update about his trip to Angola (which included the above appearance on national television to discuss the country’s music and potential for export. It’s all … read more »
Video: Os Mais Potentes, “Vem Ca”
More wild kuduro live from Angola via Akwaaba. Benjamin Lebrave writes from Luanda about Os Mais Potentes’ song “Vem Ca,” which he says is hugely popular there at the moment. It also has a video … read more »
