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14 Feb 2025 14:00H
Jewel Tones presents Ahya's Deep Dive in Neptunian Waters
With Ahya Simone, KESSWA
Ahya Simone does a deep dive on her inspirations for her Debut EP "Neptunian Blue".
Read moreCalvoMusic is a producer from Baltimore, MD and the Pioneer of "New Club Waves”. A direction of dance music derived from the roots of the original Club Music example and the new era of Baltimore Club Music. It breaches into an atmosphere mixed with influences from various genres Calvo became fond of over a 21 year time span, in addition to rhythmic comprehension he learned in African Drum Class.
Read moreAfro Indie Radio features Indie, Folk and Soul tracks. Resident Tommy WÁ is a free-spirited singer/songwriter, poet, guitarist and visual storyteller with music at the core of his expression. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, to a multicultural family, Oluwatomiwa Oyakhilome Suleiman has accumulated all the perceptions of his realities, that which also includes him moving to Ghana at 18 years old for his tertiary education, turning them into explorable art. He considers himself an artist with multi-soulful genres at the brim of his DNA, offering an introspective organic blend of Afro Indie acoustics and poetic monologues. Written in English (Fluent, Yoruba"lised and pidgin), his works are built on rich folkloric native wisdom through which he brings to life a sub conscious knowledge which have the potential of being mutual, offering closure to the listener.
Read moreWe are at the Summer Palace in Hwaguk, together with Gyen Jebi, a lead character from "Phoenix Extravagant", a book written by a Korean-American writer, Yoon Ha Lee and first published in October 2020 by Solaris Books. This show is a free interpretation of characters and events in the book, especially connection between Jebi and Arazi, that had been given speech ability by them. According to the myth, dragon-spirits inhabited lakes and clouds and mists, stories that the people of Huang-Guan, Razan, and Hwaguk held in common.
Read more“I’ve always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but Jesus and my parents wouldn’t let me.” Hlengiwe aka Hlengi is a Johannesburg based DJ, multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer, who in their DJ career focuses on a blend of hard techno, house, gqom and general electronic music beats creating a unique, vulgar and sweaty experience of Afro-European fusions inspired by the likes of Berghain and Taxi Gqom raves. Their main aim is simple, concise and straight to the point…make techno black again.
Read moreA radio show airing transmissions across time, space, and Africa. This frequency is a surrealist travel guide to the continent’s soundscapes. Existing otherness of love, politics, and deep-seated human expression sonically and artistically.
Read more[kevinindafield] returns to their bi-monthly residency with loads of new music from the likes of Abadir, Nectax, Soeneido and Samurai Breaks plus exclusive unreleased dubs by South African based producers, mono_sono and boxkitty.
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