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Album: QEMIRÎ
Loma Reqs debut album Qemirî („Sunburned“) is a daring collision of modern Kurdish poetry, electronic music, improvisation, rap, and traditional singing. Shifting from from ironic feminist wedding songs to raw refl Loma Reqs takes us on a journey from Kurdistan to outernational electronic territories, blending…
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LOMA REQS
LOMA REQS is a kurdish-colombian duo from Hamburg. Loma Reqs means „That’s Why We Dance“ in kurdish. Hêja Netirk, voice and leader of the band, is a native of Kurdistan living in exile. She was arrested in Istanbul in 2016 and accused of terrorist activities.…
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Album: FALATÔ
Falatô is Massas third album – and his first with a large band line-up. Drums, bass, guitar, shimmering synthesizer solos, crisp brass and, above all, the voice and camel N’Goni of Massa Dembele: ‘Falatô’, recorded in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, with local musicians, is Afrobeat and…
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MASSA DEMBELE
Massa Dembele is a songwriter, griot, percussionist and master of the kamele n’goni, a West African harp. Nine years ago, he left Burkina Faso to find an international audience for his music. His journey took him to Ghana, among other places, where he recorded his…
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TED GAIER
Born in 1964 in Stuttgart. Since 1983, he has lived primarily in Hamburg, with periods in Prague, Munich, and Berlin. Co-founder of the band Die Goldenen Zitronen (since 1984 as an instrumentalist, composer, and lyricist).Also a theater artist and performer. Long-standing collaboration with Gintersdorfer/Klaßen, 400…
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JEANO ELONG
Jeano Elong is a singer, bass player and songwriter from Cameroon based in Hamburg. His style is danceable, eclectic and political. Jeano arrived in Hamburg in 2013. This followed a years-long odyssey that took him from Cameroon to Tripoli, Libya, where he initially worked as…
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Single 7″ BARA
“Bara” means work in Bambara. “Every job has its value!” sings Massa Dembele. Every job deserves respect, including that of musicians. Dembele, born in 1989 in Nouna, comes from a griot family; during his childhood, he often witnessed how griots were not sufficiently valued by…
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Album: JÂBEÂ
„Jâbeâ“ is the debut album by Jeano Elong, published by Not OK Records in late 2024. Jeano Elong comes from Eboné, a village in the Nlonako district, a three-hour drive north of Douala. With the exception of two songs (“Common”, “Vieux Fascistes”), all are sung…
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MASSA DEMBELE Videos
Siya addresses the issue of conflicts in Burkina Faso that arise because different ethnic groups have different social status. Massa urges people to remain true to themselves, their families and their ethnic groups and not to hide their origins. It is about pride and resistance…
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JEANO ELONG Videos
Vieux Fascistes – The ‘old fascists’, are the aged rulers who still have the say in various African countries and whose power is based on old colonial structures. This Afro-club banger, produced by Ted Gaier, brings them before a tribunal: “Le peuple vas vous jugés”…