If you wanna see the corona dancing, put on this heavy dance machine in your ghettoblaster. This fusion of rock, funk, trance & Malinese wassoulou music, the sound of Bamako by night, might even prove too hot for the virus to handle! Bamba Wassoulou Groove delivers our album of the...
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Preview: Kampire + Boko! Boko! (Mina, Tash LC, Juba) @ The Jazz Cafe (London; Friday 6th March 2020)
A journey into Afro-bass and far beyond. On Friday the 6th of March, The Jazz Cafe will host some exciting and up-and-coming names of the Afro-dance scene, with an all-female DJ night organised by London party-starters family Boko! Boko! Mina, Tash LC and Juba, who are the beat masters behind...
In our new podcast series, we’ve chosen to focus on who provide us with the precious “raw material” for our listenings and features: quality new music! We are talking about those heroes who decided to launch, nurture and cultivate a record label (better if with an ‘independent’ in front of it). As the...
Despite the distance between the southern tip of Japan and the nearest Tropics, tropical sounds have reaped plenty of music listeners on the archipelago of the rising sun. One of the most tropically-obsessed victims is a 10-piece band that, after some EPs, has recently released its debut album for Mais...
On 8th October, Union Chapel will be hosting the multi-talented duo, Richard Bona and Alfredo Rodriguez. In their debut UK performance, Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona will carry on his inspired Cuban exploration (note his band, Mandekan Cubano) by fusing styles with the one-of-a-kind Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez. The two musicians are...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Tracklist: 1. The Garifuna Collective – Wiya Waist [from Aban; Stonetree Music]...
Spoken word and popping beats that are held strong by the backbone of cultural heritage. Anthony Joseph is a Trinidadian poet and musician who taps into his roots to create music that blends Afro-Caribbean, free jazz and funk. Joseph will be performing at Notting Hill’s cosy Mau Mau bar to...
To bring the Tropics to Cornwall is as complicated as it sounds, but it’s also extremely gratifying. That’s why Tropical Pressure Festival has become a music lover’s dream (whether they are project workers, volunteers, musicians or festival-goers), and that’s how, every July since 2014, the idyllic Mount Pleasant Eco Park...
On Friday, dance to the sounds of the world with us at The Post Bar in Tottenham! Together with In The City, we will bring you a bonanza of all-embracing grooves to let you dance the night away at a free-entry summer party. It might be a thousand miles away...
Preview of the album: This Album is no longer available however if you want to receive exclusive access to a free album like this each month just sign up to our monthly newsletter by filling in the form below: Track List: 1. Lakou Mizik + 79rs Gang feat. Régine Chassagne, Win...