“Mountain Top” is the first single extracted from Still In Transit, the upcoming collaborative debut album by Parisian rapper, producer, beatmaker and co-founder of Montreal supergroup Nomadic Massive, Lou Piensa and instrumental band Mental Abstrato from São Paulo. The album is a unique combination of hip-hop and urban jazz with...
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“Tempo do Meu Avo” is the first song born from the encounter between Brazilian singer-songwriter Charel (Banda de Rolé) and the French duo ToDanada. The song is a mixture of traditional and contemporary samba, with the sunny sounds of Brazil infused with an international touch featuring trombone player Isaackito (Malka...
Based in Paris, Banda de Rolé is a band formed by six friends with a common passion for Capoeira. Their diverse cultural and musical backgrounds, hailing from Brazil, West Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, and Reunion Island, converge to create a unique Afro-reggae sound. Their highly anticipated album, Pega Visao,...
Marcelo D2 has just launched his new single “P O V O . IN . F É”, which paves the way to his upcoming album Iboru Both single and LP are a tribute to what is both ancestral and contemporary bringing together Afro-Brazilian history with the legacy of the ancestors,...
This year for the very first time Switchstance Recordings label head Tom Strauch created a 2 hours special on contemporary music from Brazil. After witnessing his first live samba during WOMEX 2022 in Lisboa and having many Brazilian musicians as his friends these guys convinced Tom to do a special...
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...
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...