They might have only just released their third single, but Montparnasse Musique are letting you dance since the early 2000s. Both Nadjib Ben Bella and Aero Manyelo are experienced producers and dancefloor wizards spreading global beats under different monikers for the last twenty years. “Legend tells us” that in 2018,...
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Amami are a Geneva-based trio formed by Raphaël Anker, Gabriel Ghebrezghi and Inès Mouzoune. The band is ready to release Soleil, its second album, out on Swiss label Les Disques Bongo Joe in late August: https://amami.bandcamp.com/album/soleil The first single extracted from the album is its track, which can be described as “gothic-tropic, as it embraces the...
Montparnasse Musique are a duo formed by South African Chobolo Manyelo and Algerian-French Nadjib Ben Bella, two DJs and producers who met in Paris’ Montparnasse station and joined forces to create a dancy Afro-electro project. Their collaboration just gave life to ‘Bitumba’, the duo’s second single out on Real...
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...
Pancada Motor: Transformação e Cura is the 7th album by DJ Tudo e Sua Gente de Todo Lugar from São Paulo (Brazil), a breed of Brazilian field recordings made between 2007 and 2019 and recordings with traditional and modern musicians during trips around the world. Calling for “Transformation and Cure”: the...
Afro-electro duo Montparnasse Musique, formed by Algerian producer Nadjib Ben Bella (Les Amazones d’Afrique) and South African DJ Aero Manyelo, just released their debut single ‘Panter’. The track, which also features Kinshasa-based collective Kasai Allstars, is out now on Real World X, an imprint of Real World Records and you...
The March episode of Rhythm Passport On Air presents you with one of the freshest names on the global beats scene. A band that is becoming ubiquitous in these times of online gigs, with new (digital) performances and participations springing up like mushrooms on a daily basis. We are talking...
Hard to believe that such a dire and dramatic year could inspire such an abundance of remarkable albums. Or maybe, on the contrary, the multitude of emotions sparked by the pandemic and our new life’s circumstances might have been the main reasons why musicians were able to write, record and...
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: [chimpy_form forms=”1] Track List: 1. Ana Tijoux feat. Pj Sin Suela...
The fact that music keeps on gifting us new and surprising releases is one of the few positive notes of this mad 2020. One of the most exciting comes from the Netherlands. Roughly 50 miles from Amsterdam, in The Hague, a six-piece band formed in 2015 is giving new meanings...