Have a ball to the new Lisbon sound! On 6th September, the Jazz Café will move to the shores of the river Tejo and the Atlantic Ocean to pay tribute to the most exciting label born and bred in the Portuguese capital, Principe Discos. To do so, they have invited...
Tag Archives: Angola
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. Lakou Mizik + 79rs Gang feat. Régine Chassagne, Win Butler, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Iko Kreyòl (HaitiaNola Album Version) [from Iko Kreyol; Cumbancha] 00:00 – 03:01 2. Gaijin Blues – Professor Tatsuro Kensu [from Gaijin Blues II; Shapes of Rhythm]...
Here’s a brand new episode of our Rhythm Passport On Air podcast in collaboration with SOAS Radio. This month, we reached Pedro Coquenão, also known as Batida, by phone in Lisbon, and we had an intense and interesting chat about several topics. From his recent participation in Africa Express: The...
We’ve partnered with Groovalizacion Radio to bring you a monthly collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist:
Love Carnival’s events have had us dancing to Latin music in every scent and aroma, but for the October episode of the grooviest music series in London, the coordinates on the Movimientos crew’s musical GPS will bring us to Uganda and Angola (via Portugal). On 12th October, Peckham and CLF...
We first met Lua Preta, the Polish/Angolan duo blending together electronica, kuduro and afrohouse, only a few months ago, when we featured their hit “Quero Mais” (Basy Tropikalne) in our monthly compilation. <a href=”http://basytropikalne.bandcamp.com/album/quero-mais-somnilokwie”>Quero Mais/Somnilokwie by Lua Preta</a> Now, the Luanda-based project formed by Mentalcut & Supa Gia G is back...
![Album Review: Throes + The Shine – Wanga [Discotexas, 19 May 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/dt064_-_throes___the_shine_-_wanga_2016_cover-335x335.jpg)
Is Throes + The Shine’s new release for Discotexas actually a wanga, as proposed by the album’s title? A wanga is a spell in kimbundo language. One would imagine that an album that is a wanga would have to obsess the listener to the point where both the listener’s conscious...
![Album Review: Konono No.1 meets Batida [Crammed Discs, March 2016]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cram261_cover_lores-335x335.jpg)
The group Konono No.1 and Angola-born, Lisbon-raised, artist Batida, have teamed up and released Konono No.1 meets Batida, an album that is both thought-provoking and also an enjoyable listen. The songs are engaging medleys of electronic instrumentation, along with sounds such as the thumb piano, that we assume that the Congolese listeners would already...