Ghana
DJ Spinna delivers a joyous mix of disco, house, hip-hop and rare groove from British label BBE's sprawling catalogue
In this month's label focus, The Sound Of, Ben Murphy catches up with Peter Adarkwah, founder of BBE Music, a longstanding haven for hidden gems and all-time classics, from disco, house and jazz to hip-hop and rare groove. Label affiliate DJ Spinna also steps up with a joyous mix of cuts from its sprawling catalogue
The 2020 edition of the festival will take place online
Fusing the radiant percussion of Afrobeats, kuduro, gqom and amapiano with bass-heavy club sounds and acid, Juba lights up the Fresh Kicks mix series
Fusing the radiant percussion of Afrobeats, kuduro, gqom and amapiano with bass-heavy club sounds and acid, Juba lights up the Fresh Kicks mix series
MC Yallah, Hibotep, DJ Diaki and Debmaster will play at the 10-day event
OOOQQI founder Keyzuz serves up a typically bass heavy production with her latest single. Listen to the warped dubstep sounds and low-end atmospherics of 'Cancri Transmission' now
Slikback, Duke & MCZO, Josey Rebelle and many more will play the Ugandan festival in September
DJ Mag heads to Ghana to explore a rapidly expanding, festival- driven scene that, while rooted on pop and traditional sounds, is beginning to open up to club-driven electronic music
DJ Mag heads to Ghana to explore a rapidly expanding, festival- driven scene that, while rooted on pop and traditional sounds, is beginning to open up to club-driven electronic music
A new crop of charity record labels has sprung up in the UK and France, donating their entire profitshare to worthy causes, and fighting poverty and inequality in the process...
A new crop of charity record labels has sprung up in the UK and France, donating their entire profitshare to worthy causes, and fighting poverty and inequality in the process. DJ Mag talks to the label owners, and asks whether dance music is doing enough to help those less fortunate...
Words: Matt Anniss
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