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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #44: KYLA-ROSE SMITH OF FRESHLYGROUND
For the fourty-fourth installment of Africa In Your Earbuds we tap Kyla-Rose Smith, the violinist/singer of Cape Townf afro-pop staple Freshlyground, who delivers an alluring overview on the...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #45: LARRY ACHIAMPONG
London-based producer Larry Achiampong stumbled onto our radar through his stellar More Mogya LP, in which he flipped vintage Ghanaian highlife records and placed them on top of alluring hip-hop...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #46: NIC OFFER OF !!!
Nic Offer is the frontman of the NYC indie-dance music pioneers !!! (Chk Chk Chk), one of the standout acts that came out of New York’s mid-2000′s dance-punk movement which also included The Rapture...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #47: DJ NUNAS
Mozambique’s DJ Nunas, one-half of AM ROOTS production duo & label, is a veteran selector of diaspora sounds who’s built a name from crafting eclectic sets out of hip-hop, soul, ambient...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #48: SOL POWER ALL-STARS
Washington, DC’s Sol Power All-Stars are a diaspora dance collective comprised of spinners DJ Meistro, DJ Deep Sang and DJ Stylus alongside percussionist Hermon Farahi. Its four members typically pull...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #49: KOOL A.D. MIXTAPE ‘CHANGOHOLICS’
Victor Vazquez a.k.a. Kool A.D. is a constant presence in the leftmost hemisphere of the contemporary prankster brain. The former Das Racist rapper has been keeping busy in 2013, releasing two...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #50: ELIJAH WOOD
Cover Artwork by Underdog. When we got word through the grapevine that Elijah Wood was record digging for vintage African vinyl at East Village spots like Good Records and the now-defunct Tropicalia...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #51: ZACH COWIE
Cover Artwork by Underdog. Los Angeles based Zach Cowie aka Turquoise Wisdom is a self-described “former record label dude turned DJ & music supervisor/consultant” who boasts an astonishingly deep...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #52: CARLOS MENA
Cover Artwork by Underdog Carlos Mena has been spinning records for over 25 years. Throughout that time the Puerto Rican-born, Brooklyn-raised producer has founded Ocha Records — and its South African...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #53: ALEXIS TAYLOR OF HOT CHIP
Cover artwork by Underdog. After witnessing Alexis Taylor take part in the William Onyeabor live shows and looping his band’s “Atomic Bomb” cover incessantly in the office, we knew we had to get him...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #54: DJ GIOUMANNE
Cover artwork by Underdog. Thomas Gesthuizen aka Jumanne/J4 /Gioumanne is a seasoned veteran. He’s been running African Hip Hop — one of the original sites promoting urban African music and culture —...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #55: CLAP! CLAP!
Cover design by Underdog. Clap! Clap! is an electronic project from Italian producer Cristiano Crisci that blends African field recordings and samples with eclectic drum programming influenced by...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #56: THE HAPPY SHOW
Cover design by Underdog. The Happy Show is the New York-based DJ duo of South African artist Xander Ferreira (better known for his electronic project Gazelle) and British songwriter Findlay Brown....
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #57: CAPTAIN PLANET
Cover design by Underdog. Captain Planet, the masked moniker of BK/LA beatmaker Charlie B. Wilder, steadily flips & injects rare vinyl samples from across the globe into his signature ‘gumbo funk’...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #58: DJ SPOKO
Cover design by Underdog. South African beatmaker DJ Spoko aka Marvin Ramalepe started producing on a PC as a teenager in Atteridgeville, a township outside Pretoria where he and his brother had moved...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #59: GARTH TRINIDAD
Cover design by Underdog. A veteran selector, Garth Trinidad has been on air at LA’s KCRW station since 1996 hosting a forward-pushing blend of hip-hop, soul and global rhythms on his drive-time radio...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #60: MIKAEL SEIFU
Cover Artwork by Underdog. Ethiopian beatsmith Mikael Seifu made his impressive debut this year with the 4-track Yarada Lij EP and loose single “Tuff Ruff” — a striking hybrid of house & UK garage...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #61: DOOKOOM
Cover Artwork by Underdog. Cape Town’s grimy noise rap outfit Dookoom sparked a national controversy in South Africa last year with the video for “Larney Jou Poes,” a post-apartheid protest track...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #62: MARAMZA
Cover Artwork by Underdog. South African global future bass producer Maramza launched his music career as Richard The Third, crafting hip-hop beats for Tumi Molekane and producing a large batch of the...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #63: NICKODEMUS
Cover Artwork by Underdog. New York City-based DJ and producer Nickodemus made his name as the resident spinner at Turntables On The Hudson, a long-running global bass party held on a dock in...
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