Unless you had been living under a rock, you couldn’t help but feel the creep of South Africa’s Townships latest musical export. During the global shutdown the sound, which began as a slow creep through the African diaspora, steamrolled its way into the consciousness of the masses, generating column inches in mainstream publications around the world. What we do know is that the Amapiano (Zulu for ‘the piano’) origin story […]
Bembe DJ Awards When Enough is Enough Create Your Own There's nothing like doing it for yourself!! When the electronic music industry failed to honour the DJs who fill dance floors across the globe, with the sounds of deep soulful afrohouse, in their predictable yearly DJ rankings, Ocha Records head Carlos Mena and his team said enough is enough. Named after Carlos' legendary party Bembe, a celebration of Afro-Latin music […]
Taking the listener on a fabled journey infused with the sounds of North Africa, and s touch of the Orient
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