Another West African based gem from our friends over at Akwaaba; a remix EP of Gambian musician Jali Bakary Konteh’s track, “Combination”, from his recent Akwaaba debut. The EP features contributions from DJs around the world, starting with the lead-off track (below) from Germany’s Hat + Hoodie, a production team/blog dedicated to the ‘bubbling tropical [...]

If you’re unable to party with these guys at Boomerang in Ghana, you can bring the party to your much less awesome bedroom/cubicle via the massive hit track, “Miss Doctor.” Fresh out of West Africa. Ghanaian producer, Appietus, has been one of the most popular beat-makers in the region for about a decade. He recently [...]

I posted yesterday about the fictional hero, Makmende, created by Kenyan electronic/pop act, Just a Band, for their “Ha-He” video. Well, he is officially a big deal. CNN reported from Nairobi, above, for a World News video feature on TIME’s Man of the Year.
The band’s latest album, 82, is out now on Akwaaba.

Makmende doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
Electronic/pop band, Just a Band, based out of Nairobi, Kenya, spoof 70’s action films of various genres in their new video for “Ha-He” (former Song of the Day) from their Akwaaba debut, 82. The video features the character, Makmende, in a fictional film called “Makmende [...]

‘Fresh from Nairobi,’ Kenyan band and recent Akwaaba signees, Just a Band, released their debut album, 82, earlier this month via the LA based African digital music label. Been streaming the single, “Ha-He” for about an hour trying to figure out exactly how to describe it. Turns out it’s indescribable, and it’s clear that the [...]

Via Musicforrelief.org:
Akwaaba Music is a digital label and platform pushing the culture and sounds of Africa and its diasporas. We are eager to help in the efforts being deployed for relief in Haiti. Our strength is distributing and marketing music, and we’d like to put our expertise to work, by releasing a compilation of music [...]

In Luanda, Angola, producer DJ Killamu is the man to see if you want a great kuduro record. In this mini documentary put together by his label, Akwaaba Music, Killamu talks about his near decade of experience producing kuduro beats, and the realities of the success they’ve had despite their growing popularity in Angola. You [...]

Remember that time when all of this amazing kuduro music was coming out of Angola? Yeah well, it’s still that time.
DJ Killamu, the Rengal Beat Maker, is releasing his own solo record on Akwaaba, the label that brought you that awesome Kuduro Compilation. Above is the video for his track, “Nao Maya,” which will appear [...]

You may remember that Awkwaaba Music Kuduro compilation that I posted about not too long ago (if not, here’s a reminder and here go get it). Mad Decent helped put together a remix contest for Figura’s track, “Ze Bula,” that resulted in a ton of submissions. Akwaaba recently announced the winning tracks from all over [...]

If you enjoy Buraka Som Sistema’s Kuduro influenced insanity as much as I do, you’ll love every single track on the new Akwaaba compilation of electro-tribal-hip hop music from Luanda, Angola. The album features Puto Prata (who you may recognize from Buraka’s “Sound of Kuduro”), and 14 other established, up and coming, and unknown Kuduro [...]