AfroHouse/Electro/EDM

The story of Fulu Miziki [music from the garbage] is sprawling and complex and constantly evolving, with various offshoots and band iterations.

Ghoula is a Tunisian self-made musician and producer. He dedicated his career to creating and refining a unique sound-defying style. Drum & Gasba is from his latest release “Demi-Ecrémé.”

Bamanya is responsible for building Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer, a huge wall of home-made modules and FX units that he dubbed, fittingly, The Afrorack.

Highlighting the continuing evolution of Durban’s globally influential GQOM sound, this special trilogy of releases showcases three separate artists from South Africa’s fertile musical landscape. The set captures a fresh wave of gqom innovation from DJ Scriby // DJ MaRiiO // DJ Skothan.

“A Trip To Bolgatanga” is a musical journey to founder member Bonjo’s current hometown in north Ghana. A psychedelic travelogue across the landscape featuring their trademark hand percussion and group chanting augmented with rumbling bass, mutated horns, dubbed out effects, wild wah-wah, haunted voodoo dancehall, synthetic swells, disco congas, tumbling layers of electronic effects, blues-inflected woodwind, and funky organ.

“Synthesized Sudan: Astro​-​Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground” is a musical “UFO”. Unknown in the capital Khartoum, without a telephone, the Sudanese keyboard player Jantra searches for inspiration in the countryside. It’s electronic dance music, made with foreign keyboards turned into uniquely Sudanese instruments able to play polyrhythmic notes. Jantra plays a modified Yamaha to create his 150+ BPM music and hypnotic rhythms.

DJ Lycox et TYSON – Batida with a dose of Kuduro.

DJs Di Guetto is a compilation of Angolan Kuduro from Portugal, by DJ Marfox, DJ Nervoso, DJ N.K, DJ Foxufo, DJ Pausas and DJ Jesse. This 13-track album of Afro-Portuguese sounds direct from the Lisbon scene is taken from Volume 1, originally released in 2006 to capture the African dance music spirit from the outskirts of the city.

Latest album for Ekiti Sound, Drum Money was released in June 2023, with “Chairman” as the first single.