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Gafacci | From hip hop to the new wave of African sounds
His music is a real sensation and he’s currently bringing his fire all around Europe. As part of the global movement of artists riding the wave of electronic music from the Conti..
A conversation with Bonjay | On a quest for the perfect sound
When Lush Life, the debut album of the Canadian duo Bonjay, came out last spring, I fell in love with it straightaway. I was captured by the sound research that, drawing from cur..
Beya Gille Gacha and the art of perlage
Beya Gille Gacha was born on the 8th of December 1990 in Paris, to Cameroonian-Bamiléké mother and French father. From an early age she got used to frequent changes, to travellin..
‘Surfing Iran’ | Giulia Frigieri explores the hijabi surfers’ revolution
A revolution is something extraordinary and unexpected: it’s a game changer, it reverses the order of things, and despite what they teach us in school, soft revolutions—those whi..
MOTHERLAND ▷ Sanford Biggers| Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction
Sanford Biggers is an American multidisciplinary artist and musician. He spent last year in Italy as a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. In January 2018 he was featured in ..
Kwena Baloyi | “How we look is not illegal”
Kwena Baloyi is an eccentric leader with a powerful presence and easily one of the best dressed people on the internet. Within a few short years, the self-made style therapist an..
Jojo Abot | “No part of the World owes me anything”
Jojo Abot is a sublime enigma, a spirit robot: a seeker of the divine. She is also a multimedia artist expressing herself via her signature afro-hypno-sonic sound, stunning visua..
The world according to Estère | The Kiwi producer, singer-songwriter opens up
Have you ever tried to imagine your life in someone else’s shoes, to look–even for a few seconds–from other people’s eyes, seeing their dreams, fears, hopes and all there is in o..
‘Love Junction’ | Lorenzo BITW’s new album is here
Blue skies and scorching heat are marking this early summer 2018, as well as the ton of new music flooding our playlists. Amid such musical delights is Lorenzo BITW’s debut album..
DJ Katapila’s musical genius lands at IndieRocket Festival
Life is strange and it always surprises when you least expect it. For some African producers the serendipitous butterfly effect was sparked in the past few years by the blog-turn..