Track: Heart is Breaking - Self-Taught Beats Remix
Album: Special Kind of Fool
Genre: Hip-hop
Country: UK / Nigeria
Release date: June 2010 (The remixes) Read more about this artist »
Downloads + New Video: DJ Neptune, ft. M.I., Naeto C, Da Grin - 123 [Remix]
Thursday, 02 September 2010
We were already sold on the original of 123, which DJ Neptune included on the first of his "I Am Hip hop - Naija" mixtapes, but the energy in this remix takes it to another level. Neptune roughs it up good and proper with some sharp scratching, and M.I., Naeto C and DaGrin really give it their all.
Mshini Wam, Spoek Mathambo's full-length début album is finally out, and it's been worth the wait. War on Words, above, lovesick dustup at its best, is the third single off the album. But enough of this teasing (Click on "Read More")
Confronting the past: Sammy Baloji exhibition opens in Amsterdam
Friday, 27 August 2010
From the series 'Mémoire'
A country cannot be at peace with itself until it confronts the traumas of its past. This is what Sammy Baloji (1978), the Congolese photographer and video artist tries to investigate with his work. (More after the break)
What people think about when they think about Africa
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A breezy summer song whose source is hard to place. It's by Sauti Sol, but they're a relatively new band, so a random selection of listeners in a park in Amsterdam can only guess. English band? Jamaican? Spanish, perhaps? The band members are amused, as they watch on a laptop. Sounds good, wherever it's from, and that's the most important thing. But, hold up, there's more. (More after the break)
A shout out to all who came to party with us over the weekend at Lowlands (one of Europe's biggest alternative music festivals). It was cool to have so many new friends grooving to our DJ sets. (More after the break)