The netbased label Akwaaba Music is known for signing talented, African musicians and giving the whole world the chance to hear it. They recently released a kuduro compilation-album featuring tracks from artists from the Angolian capitol, Luanda. Some of the artists featured on the album are known Kuduro-artists like Zoca Zoca, Noite e Día and Os Mais Potentes.
Here’s a minimix from the album, featuring bangers from Vagabanda, Puto Prata, Fofando and Saborosa and Zoca Zoca!
Mad Decent just posted Radioclit’s hot “Fu Na Na Na mix” which mainly features a music-genre called Funana. “Funaná is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. Funaná is an accordion-based music. It is perhaps the most upbeat form of Cape Verdean music and bears a resemblance to American zydeco, while being less blues-based and maintaining a closer connection with West African music. The rhythm is usually provided by the ferrinho much like the use of washboards in zydeco, the saw in Caribbean ripsaw music, the scraper in Sub-Saharan African music and the güiro in Latin and Pre-Colombian music.”
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In this picture: Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit