hip hop

BCUC

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/bantucontinua

De muzikanten van Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness (BCUC) brengen vanuit de straten van Soweto een eigenwijze mix van traditionele Afrikaanse chants, rock riffs en moderne beats, overgoten door een enorme dosis goudeerlijke soul. Ze brengen een explosie van passie, funk en straat filosofie die je doen swingen maar ook ontroeren en nadenken.

Blitz the Ambassador

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/blitztheambassador

Rechtstreeks uit de undergroundscene van NYC. Voor het eerst in Europa, en het zal niet de laatste keer zijn! Blitz is in Ghana geboren, waar hij opgroeide met afrobeat, highlife en motown. Toen zijn oudere broer hem confronteerde met Public Enemy was hij helemaal onderste boven. Die energie en kracht was wat hij wilde en wat in hem bewoog. Hij verhuisde naar New York en integreerde zich zo stap voor stap verder in de hiphop scene.

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Carlou D

Official site:

http://www.carlou-d.net/

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/beneenvibes

This 31-year-old Senegalese is already working on his second musical life. As a 20 year old he had a hit in Senegal in the socially engaged hiphop band 'Positive Black Soul. " In 2004 he went on alone and he took a more traditional musical road. In our view, a good decision.

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Choc Quib Town

Official site:

http://www.chocquibtown.com

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/chocquibtown

The population of the poor Colombian Chocó region is mainly of African origin and thus their music too. In the capital of Chocó, Quibdó - Choc Quib Town - was founded in 2000. They blend traditional Afro-Colombian music with contemporary hip hop and in a few years time they developed a unique urban style.

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Ojos de Brujo

Official site:

http://www.ojosdebrujo.com

Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/ojosdebrujo

Originally more of a collective than a band, the Barcelona-based fusion group came together in the mid-90s, when guitarist Ramon Giménez began playing with like-minded experimental musicians based along La Rambla, like singer Marina ‘La Canillas’ Abad and percussionist Xavi Turull, trying to find out what kind of sound they could create. Mixing dub, hip hop, and flamenco allows Ojos de Brujo a wide range of expression. By blending flamenco and rumba, and mixing hip hop, dub and modern-sounding drum licks and bass lines the group makes forward-looking music with a social conscience.