Podcast: Rhythm Passport Presents… #17

The first Rhythm Passport Presents of the year is finally out and to start 2023 in style, we seized the opportunity, space and time given us by RTM.FM to do a quick review of 2022 through some of the most interesting albums released in its 365 days We travelled back…

Artists: Anadol , Asake , Bandua , Batida , Combo Chimbita , Dowdelin , Etran de L'Air , Ezra Collective , Horace Andy , Ibibio Sound Machine , iLe , Julmud , Kobo Town , Kokoroko , Kutiman , Lucrecia Dalt , Maga Bo , Meridian Brothers , Nancy Mounir , Nu Genea , Obongjayar , Otoboke Beaver , Oumou Sangare , Rokia Kone , Sarathy Korwar , Souad Massi , The Brother Moves On , The Maghreban , Wau Wau Collective , Wesli

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #533 – Top 22 of 2022

Here are Radio Mukambo‘s top 22 albums of 2022: ethiogrooves, Afro-Caribbean beats, creole sounds, Mali rock & global bass bring you to Afro-Brazilian beats, afrobeat and reggae/hip-hop in the top 3. Close your eyes and let this music journey bring you to the sounds of Caribbean beaches, African metropoles, Brazilian…

Artists: Afro-Zen Allstars , Alpacas Collective , Batida , BKO , Black Flower , Black Jesus Experience , Congotronics International , Dowdelin , Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra , Guts , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , INSULA , Jembaa Groove , L\'entourloop , Maga Bo , Muyiwa Kunnuji , Osemako , Sahad , The Bongo Hop , The Spy From Cairo , The Togo All Stars , Ti’Kaniki

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #530 – Neon Buddha

This week Radio Mukambo takes you to Melbourne, Australia, for a delicious dose of ethiogrooves meets afrobeat. On Good Evening Black Buddha, Black Jesus eXperience fuses the heritage of Mulatu Astatke and Fela Kuti with hiphop and contemporary multiculturalism around Ethiopian/Australian singer Enushu Taye and MC Mista Monk. We also…

Artists: Africa Negra , Batida , Black Jesus Experience , Guts , JO BISSA , Muyiwa Kunnuji , Nástio Mosquito , Osemako , Restless Leg Syndrome , The Togo All Stars , Vox Sambou

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #528 – Groove Dipping

On the isle of Crete, the ancient practice of dipping your bread in different sauces and dips is called “papara”. True to its music-as-sauce philosophy, Brussels-based groove formation M.CHUZI invites you to dip your ears into the sonic sauces that are on offer in the versatile menu of their debut,…

Artists: AfriCali , Batida , Cumbia Custombrista , Ernesto Djedje , Femi Kuti , Fixed Error , Joan Reggae Drummer , LIONꓘKLASH , Muyiwa Kunnuji , Osemako , Proyecto Secreto , The Togo All Stars , Tunji Allen , Yaya Onka

Visions of Sound – April 2022

Every month, we bring you a 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: TweetSharePin0 Shares

Artists: A. Billi Free , Almamegretta , Batida , Bomba Estereo , Branko , Danakil , Deer Scout , Elida Almeida , Ivy Sole , Krak In Dub , La Perla , Maga Bo , Philippe Cohen Solal , Sampa The Great , Soom T , The Lasso , Tremor , Trupa Turpa

Rhythm Passport Free Compilation – Vol. 70 – April 2022

Download this exclusive FREE Rhythm Passport album TODAY! 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:…

Artists: Akram Abdulfattah , Batida , Bonbon Vodou , Emmanuel Jal , Hazem B , Indus , La Carisalve , Lua Preta , Rabii Harnoune , Soom T , V.B.Kuhl

Podcast: Out Of Africa #8

This show is dedicated to the Angolan Independence Day, commemorated on the 11th of November of 1975, dedicated as well to its people and marvellous country. The show kicks off with Bonga and its wonderful voice, music’s extracted from his debut albums, Angola 72 and Angola 74, then we travel…

Artists: Águias Reais , Artur Nunes , Batida , Bonga , Carlos Burity , Elias Diakimuezo , Gabriel Tchiema , Grandmaster Flash , Joao Morgado , Lancerdo , Lourdes Van Dúnem , Luís Quintero , Luís Visconde , Nany , Os Kiezos , Paulo Flores , Rocky Marsiano , Ruy Mingas , Urbano de Castro , Waldemar Bastos , Wiza

Podcast: Out Of Africa #4

This show is a trip through world music and global beats searching for the Oneness in humanity, regardless of all geographical, political, economic and all kinds of divisions, and identifications we might all have, in these times of uncertainties we search for Unity.  The unity that music brings to us……

Artists: Águias Reais , Alfredo Linares , Artur Nunes , Ases do Prenda , Batida , Bau , Bulimundo , Elias Diakimuezo , Fe Fe Chico , IKOQWE , Lancerdo , Legalize , Lourdes Van Dúnem , Loyale , Luís Quintero , Luís Visconde , Mamukueno , Nany , Os Kiezos , Os Tubarões , Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical , Sofia Rosa , Urbano de Castro , Zé do Pau

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #500 – 10 Year Celebration

Ten years of making radio and 500 podcasts, that’s what Mukambo is celebrating this week. So we have a special program talking you through the very vest albums of those ten years. Get ready for a trans-Atlantic trip going from Africa over Latin America to Europe, and a pan-African ride…

Artists: Batida , Dele Sosimi , Dizzy Mandjeku , Doña Onete , Ebo Taylor , Gaspar Z'África , Guts , Gyedu-Blay Ambolley , Jungle Fire , Konono N1 , London Afrobeat Collective , Michi Sarmiento , Mulatu Astatke , Newen Afrobeat , Oghene Kologbo , Raúl Monsalve , Raul Monsalve Y Los Forajidos , Rocky Marsiano , Seun Kuti , Son Palenque , The Bongo Hop

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #482 – Zigzag to Africa and Back!

This week, Radio Mukambo takes you from Germany to Africa with Zik Zak, cd of the week by the German production duo Ancient Astronauts featuring upcoming vocalists and rappers from across Africa and the diaspora. We listen to plenty of new releases & remixes from Brazil, London, Afro-Colombia, Angola, Brussels &…

Artists: Ancient Astronauts , Azmari , Batida , ChampetaMan , Chouk Bwa and The Ångströmers , Dele Sosimi , DJ KL Jay , Eparapo , Faraon Bantu , Kind and Kinky Zoo , Lakou Mizik , Plu con Pla , Sumohair , The Fontanas , The New Mastersounds , The Soul Rebels

Podcast: Radio Mukambo #476 – Umbundu Beats

Batida is back with a collection of remastered tracks, unreleased mixes and lost versions on Um, a title with a double meaning as it’s both number 1 in Portuguese as “hmm”, an Angolan sound to start many words in Umbundo language, the main language spoken in Huambo, the city where…

Artists: Alibombo , Ancient Astronauts , Batida , Battle of Santiago , Cabruêra , ChampetaMan , Faraon Bantu , Radar Station , Sahad and The Nataal Patchwork , Spyda MC

Podcast: Rhythm Passport on Air w/ Pedro Coquenão – Batida (June 2019)

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…

Artists: Batida

Event Review: Africa Express – The Circus @ The Big Top (London; Friday 29th March 2019)

 If you have attended any of the previous Africa Express shows, you know they never disappoint your thirst for music. For hours and hours, they stun you with a deluge of quality acts and unexpected collaborations, not only featuring the exceptional artistry of the musicians involved but also their welcoming…

Artists: Batida , Blur , Damon Albarn , Django Django , Dobet Gnahore , Ellie Rowsell , Georgia , Joan As Policewoman , Krar Collective , London Community Gospel Choir , Mounir Troudi , ONIPA , Rokia Traoré , The Turbans , Tony Allen

Daily Discovery: Batida – Tirei o Chapéu

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Artists: Batida

Album Review: Konono No.1 meets Batida [Crammed Discs, March 2016]

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…

Artists: Batida , Konono N1