http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/05/stream-bola-abayetidu-ma/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/05/stream-bola-abayetidu-ma/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:30:53 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=166219 Awesome Tapes From Africa, the long-running blog, turned into a record label late last year with the release of Mali’s Na Hawa Doumbia‘s La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3. Awesome Tapes’ second release is due … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/05/stream-bola-abayetidu-ma/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/na-hawa-doumbia-kungo-sogoni-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/na-hawa-doumbia-kungo-sogoni-mp3/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:32:48 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=140321 Awesome Tapes From Africa started exactly six years ago out of Brian Shimkovitz’ bedroom. He’d recently returned from his second long period of living in Ghana and, a lover of both music and strange shit, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/22/na-hawa-doumbia-kungo-sogoni-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/06/the-let-out-awesome-tapes-from-africa-jason-nocito/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/06/the-let-out-awesome-tapes-from-africa-jason-nocito/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 21:30:31 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=110930 On today’s episode of FADER radio aka The Let Out on East Village Radio, we got a mish mash, a hodgepodge, a melting pot: DJ Awesome Tapes from Africa playing awesome tapes from Africa and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/06/the-let-out-awesome-tapes-from-africa-jason-nocito/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/explorers-series-brian-shimkovitz-awesome-tapes-from-africa/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/explorers-series-brian-shimkovitz-awesome-tapes-from-africa/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:00:05 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=84682 Basically, Brian Shimkovitz loves African music so he loves cassettes. For a long time, the cassette tape has been the popular musical format of African musicians, and on multiple trips around Africa, Shimkovitz amounted a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/05/explorers-series-brian-shimkovitz-awesome-tapes-from-africa/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/31/nyc-fader-bowl-with-happy-birthday-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/31/nyc-fader-bowl-with-happy-birthday-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:30:24 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=42435 We’re mentally preparing ourselves to let summer go, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be holding onto the gritty pop and sunset tunes that defined it with a death grip from hell. That’s why, for … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/31/nyc-fader-bowl-with-happy-birthday-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/haiku-review-fools-gold-ocote-soul-sounds-givers-awesome-tapes-from-africa/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/haiku-review-fools-gold-ocote-soul-sounds-givers-awesome-tapes-from-africa/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:03:15 +0000 Rez Avissar http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=31304 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/21/haiku-review-fools-gold-ocote-soul-sounds-givers-awesome-tapes-from-africa/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/new-york-soft-circle-glasser-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/new-york-soft-circle-glasser-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 14:30:00 +0000 THE FADER read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/29/new-york-soft-circle-glasser-and-awesome-tapes-from-africa/feed/ 0