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Tuesday, May 14 2024, 7PM
Yirvin & Lumc House -- DJs/Producer duo from Caracas, Venezuela
Afro House-Minimal-Tech House-Techno
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Brussels-based electronic producer Le Motel teams up with Cardiff, UK-based Nigerian poet/rapper Magugu for an excellent set of cutting-edge rap that blends Le Motel's sleek club-ready rhythms that blend UK garage, grime, jungle, dancehall, and bass with Magugu's commanding flow and delivery with lyrics in Pidgin, an English-based creole language spoken in Nigeria.
Visit magugu1.bandcamp.com
Organic-electronic feminist songs from West Africa. Voodoo Tradition and Soul aimed for the dance floor
KEXP presented Nana Benz du Togo performing live at Salle de la Cité in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2022. Watch at www.youtube.com
nanabenzdutogo.bandcamp.com
Les Amazones d’Afrique, formed in Bamako, Mali in 2014, unites international female voices for gender equality through gritty, contemporary Afro-pop. Founded by Mamani Keïta, Oumou Sangaré, and Mariam Doumbia, the group blends heritage and new talent, featuring artists like Angélique Kidjo and Rokia Koné.
Visit lesamazonesdafrique.bandcamp.com
North Ghanaian Kologo (a two stringed proto-banjo) player and music producer Guy One
Based in Bolgatanga, Ghana
Visit guyone.bandcamp.com
Named after the traditional Georgian table host (or toastmaster), Tamada is a singer, songwriter, and producer from Tbilisi who blends electronic music with traditional Georgian sounds.
Visit tamada.bandcamp.com
Musician based in Zuarungu, Ghana
Mam Pe'ela Su'ure" is a typical Frafra-Gospel Hymn, sung during Sunday services accompanied only with shakers and hand clapping. Adooni was born and raised in the Ashanti capital of Kumasi, the epicenter of high-life music, her style differs from the original Frafra Gospel as played in northern Ghana.
florenceadooni.bandcamp.com
Juls Baby is a British Born Ghanaian producer/DJ based in London.
Amapiano, a Nguni word loosely translated to "the pianos", is a subgenre of kwaito and house music that emerged in South Africa in the mid-2010s. It is a hybrid of deep house, jazz, and lounge music.
Visit julsbaby.bandcamp.com
Nigerian R&B, Alté, Afropop
The Cavemen (stylized as The Cavemen.) are a Nigerian Highlife band consisting of sibling duo Kingsley Okorie, a bassist and Benjamin James, a drummer.
Heshoo Beshoo (literally meaning ‘going with force’) were founded in 1969 by alto saxophonist Henry Sithole. Heshoo Beshoo Group embodies a unique sound founded on a persuasive mix of American and African jazz.
heshoobeshoogroup.bandcamp.com
Mau Gatiyo ia an accordian player and vocalist based in Bogota, Colombia -- along with his group Los Años Maravillosos (translated as The Marvelous Years)
nyctrust.bandcamp.com
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Hamza Akram Qawwal & his brothers have been acclaimed for their riveting interpretations of qawwali. Their ensemble represents the 26th generation of the seven centuries-old Qawwal Bachon ka Gharana of Delhi founded by Saamat bin Ibrahim, the first qawwal of the India.
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Takayuki Nakamura (中村隆之, Nakamura Takayuki, born July 19, 1967) is a Japanese video game music composer and musician, who worked at Sega from 1989 to 1996 and contributed to games such as OutRunners and the Virtua Fighter series.
“The Girl with the Green shoes” established Charles as a progressive voice in Jazz. "Petty" by Melanie Charles sampled Tame Impala's "'Cause I'm a Man"
melaniecharles.bandcamp.com
Amadou and Mariam are Afrobeat superstars who first met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind (both performers are blind) where they both performed at the Institute's Eclipse Orchestra, and quickly began playing Malian blues music together.
The now married duo was live in the KEXP studios back in August of 2017:
youtu.be
www.amadou-mariam.com
DJ/Producer based in Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Unnayanaa (a.k.a Prashanth Pallemoni) is a DJ/Artist based out of Bangalore who specialises in combining South Asian and African influences into electronic music.
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Visit windhorserecords.bandcamp.com
From Nancy, France.
At the crossroads of influences from all sides, Taxi Kebab is the collision between synthesizers, machines, modulated guitars and buzuq.
Through a poetic register in darija, Leïla Jiqqir interferes with the acid arpeggios led by Romain Henry (machines).
Mainly electronic, their influences are haunted by the specter of North African roots. A rough, psyche sound, disoriented and "disoriental." bit.ly
Daisuke Tanabe (Japanese: 田辺 大輔, Tanabe Daisuke) is a Japanese electronic musician and record producer, known for his work in the styles of intelligent dance music (IDM) and jungle.
krunkkulture.bandcamp.com
Arab hip-hop duo comprised of brothers Ya'koob and Humble Abdul from Kuwait
sonsofyusuf.com
Lapgan is a Chicago-based beatmaker / producer who draws influence from hip hop to classic Bollywood and Lollywood.
lapgan.bandcamp.com
Indian indie band based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ensemble features Gana, Hip- Hop and other forms of world music elements with artists hailing from Mumbai and Chennai. The band was initiated by Social Equality Activist and Filmmaker Pa. Ranjith along with Music Producer Tenma from Madras Records
Welcome to Bantou Mentale, a brand-new chapter in a very long story. The band was born in Chateau Rouge and born out of Matongé. Two worlds, one universe. Drummer, song-writer and all-round concept guy Cubain Kabeya - originally from the DRC, now resident in Paris - has been in or around every big thrill to come out of Kinshasa over the past decade. Guitarist Chicco Katembo. Singer Apocalypse is an ace face on the Parisian Congo scene, an alumnus of the orchestra of Koffi Olomide, emperor of contemporary Congolese soukous. Liam Farrell, aka Doctor L, born Irish, raised Parisian, is a musician, composer and producer
From Santiago, Chile
poldelsur.bandcamp.com
Brian d'Souza (Auntie Flo) is a Glasgow-raised producer of Goan-Kenyan heritage. Based in the UK, d'Souza is an award-winning sound artist, DJ, music producer and live performer
auntieflo.bandcamp.com
Earthtones is a multi-faceted Musician/DJ, who crosses cultures in electronic music from Ambient to House & Cumbia to Hip Hop.
earthtonesmusic.bandcamp.com
The Crystal Hum is the debut vinyl release by Taiwan-based artist Yuching Huang and her first release for Night School
huangyuching.bandcamp.com
Based in New York
@modularprincess
Merging modular synthesis with Hindustani classical music
arushijain.bandcamp.com
Playing in Seattle July 28th @ Here-After
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TOUR DATES:
MAY 18, 2024
Neptune Theatre
Seattle, WA
MAY 19, 2024
Bimbo's 365 Club
San Francisco, CA
World renowned and multi-Grammy-nominated Brazilian singer/songwriter making soulful electronic bossa nova
bebelgilberto.bandcamp.com
Vancouver-based rapper and singer songwriter Karan Aujla collaborating with Ikwinder Singh (AKA Ikky) on "Making Memories" where Punjabi folk vocal melodies and Desi lyrics blend seamlessly with a lush expansive sound rooted in contemporary soul, R&B, and hip-hop.
Noni-mouse is Mumbai-based Radha Priya, who's a singer, producer, synth-and-sample fiend, taking from hip-hop, ambient and everything under the electronic umbrella.
BIGYUKI is NYC's musical secret weapon. This Japanese keyboardist and songwriter's extensive vocabulary fuels his ability to create an entirely new sound by infusing elements of jazz, classical, hip-hop, soul, rock, dance, and electronica into his compositions.
Hello! Michele's sets starting with Tove Styrke tonight.
Maintaining a progressive electronic pop sound, Tove Styrke makes easily memorable grooves laden with soft lyrical delivery.
Read more about what inspires this Swedish singer/composer.
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