Solo is one of those great artists who made the golden age of Malian music and every time Solo picks up an instrument, sings or dances, a singular light shines on him. Life has not always been easy for Solo, but his briljant musical intuition has never failed him. For a long time, he was Salif Keita's percussionist and arranger on some of his albums. He has accompanied him...

In the last decade many early recordings of Somalia’s funk, soul and disco era have been reissued. This record is not a reissue. The Berlin Session – is the first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. It is the living proof that Somali music is hot, funky and (!) well alive. The record captures a historic reunion which...

In the last decade many early recordings of Somalia’s funk, soul and disco era have been reissued. This record is not a reissue. The Berlin Session – is the first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. It is the living proof that Somali music is hot, funky and (!) well alive. The record captures a historic reunion which...

Solo is one of those great artists who made the golden age of Malian music and every time Solo picks up an instrument, sings or dances, a singular light shines on him. Life has not always been easy for Solo, but his brilliant musical intuition has never failed him. For a long time, he was Salif Keita's percussionist and arranger on some of his albums. He has accompanied him...

The four Ahouandjinou brothers, a famous family of musicians from Porto-Novo in Benin, have developed a unique idea: to revisit, with their African influences, French songs from the 1930s to the present day. During their regular musical travels in Europe the four brothers were plunged into the world of French chanson, in which they rediscovered some of the songs that had...

Coming out of a country where music has long been the repository of memory, Mwezi Waq takes up a tradition of raw language, inspired by that of the ancients. A rhythmic language that is anchored in the daily life and speech of the Comoros. The six performers (guitars, cello, percussion, choir and vocals) put themselves at the service of a repertoire of melodies both new and...

»Neon Colonialismo« ist das neue Album - das erste unter seinem Namen seit 2014 - des musikalischen Agitators Batida, alias Pedro Coquenao, einem der wichtigsten Katalysatoren der Afro-Elektronik-Szene. Getragen von einer subtilen und raffinierten elektronischen Produktion, reisen die elf Tracks (gleichmäßig aufgeteilt zwischen Songs und Instrumentals) durch die...