A few dopetastische events coming up, some even in Berlin!
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06.10 Musik & Frieden, Berlin
06.25 Watergate, Berlin
07.01 ACUD, Berlin
07.08 TBA, Barcelona
07.10 Manglar, Madrid
09.03 NyegeNyege, Kampala
09.16 Temple, Nairobi
10.15_Step In Festival, Zanzibar City
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More extensive posts about East Africa will follow. For now, just a few photos.
Jinja, Uganda:
02/OCT Bar Eleven, Nottingham
04/OCT Africa Centre, Glasgow
07/OCT Rich Mix, London
09/OCT Kefaya, London
10/OCT Take Five, Bristol
and a sweet intimate night to round off the trip:
11/OCT Magic Gardens
30/AUG Urban Spree, Berlin
03/SEP Tausend, Berlin
04/SEP Tausend, Berlin
12/SEP Heimathafen, Neukölln
19/SEP Panke, Berlin
27/SEP Schleuse 5, DE
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UK
02/OCT Bar Eleven, Nottingham
04/OCT Africa Centre, Glasgow
07/OCT Rich Mix, London
10/OCT Take Five, Bristol
11/OCT Magic Gardens, London
STILL OPEN: Glasgow: Sun 05 / London: Wed 08, Thu 09
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Kenya
18/OCT Sondeka, Nairobi
19/OCT Sondeka, Nairobi
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25/OCT Urban Spree, Berlin
31/OCT Panke, Berlin
01/NOV Pankgraefin, Berlin
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and this photo… just because 🙂
From 4 corners of the world come 4 mutants that have evolved in different ways but on the same path of poly-rhythmic bass, meeting on this night in Berlin to examine various MUTANT sonics, and create oceans deep, tornados strong vibes without borders that will rearrange the DNA of human kind for ever.
From Chicago to Berlin, from Luanda to London, JUJUJUKE 3 brings you up to the minute meta rhythms and mega bass.
this coming weekend the lovely hills of the White Carpathians will get a heavy dose of psychedelic NGOMA rhythm and bass!
0-3am on that perfectly situated function 1 system before Untold and 2562.
Tracklist? normally yes but sorry, too much work for this…
ON FIRE
Artistic exchange with South African Artists on gender and tradition
Curated by Constanza Macras and Tamara Saphir.
OPENING 28.02.2014 at 19h30 / Full Program
22h00 – Opening Party with DJ Zhao/ Ngoma Soundsystem and DJ Dorfdisco – FREE
CTM Festival & Berghain präsentieren
POLYMORPHISM #11 / 07.03.2014
Untold w/ CURRENT CURRENT (live)
2562 (live)
BINTUS (live)
DJ ZHAO (dj)
http://berghain.de/event/917
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?557401
Feb 27 The Ritual @Panke
Feb 28 South Africa Festival @Studio 44
Mar 07 polymorphism Berghain / Panorama Bar
Mar 15 BlackBox SAVVY Contemporary
and for lovers and loners alike, i hope you enjoy these Ngoma romantic grooves on Valentines day.
and Saturday after next in Kölln Dj Zhao will be making some chic booties twerk at the fantabulous BolingoClub.
Ab dem 21.09 gibt es jeden ersten und dritten Samstag im Monat die heißesten Sounds vom afrikanischen Kontinent. Afrobeats, Azonto, Coupé Décalé, Ndombolo, Zouk und Kuduro sind nur einige der Musikarten welche es bei Sweet Mother zu hören gibt. In dem angenehmen Ambiente des Bohannon werden DJs aus ganz Europa Berlin zum Schmelztiegel der modernen afrikanischen Musikszene machen. Clubhits von Lagos bis Accra, von Yaoundé bis Kinshasa, von Nairobi bis Johannesburg werden ohne Verzögerung bei Sweet Mother zu hören sein.
Zur Eröffnungsparty wird mit DJ Zhao DER Experte für moderne afrikanische Musik an den Plattentellern stehen. Der gebürtige Chinese hat bereits in den weltweit besten Clubs die Tanzflächen zu den aktuellsten afrikanischen Hits zum kochen gebracht. Des weiteren wird DJ Zyto, die Berliner DJ Legende und Aushängeschild der lokalen Afro Szene, für beste Unterhaltung sorgen. Saturday 21/September // 11:00pm until 6:00am Bohannon Dircksenstr 40, 10178 Berlin, Germany //// FACEBOOK
coming up:
21.09 – Bohannon (Berlin)
27.09 – Schlachthof Wiesbaden (Mainz)
03.10 – Ritter Butzke (Berlin)
09.10 – Lupita (Berlin)
19.10 – Bohannon (Berlin)
01.11 – Cosmik Kaspar (Berlin)
02.11 – Eschloraque (Berlin)
08.11 – TBA (LInz, Austria)
15.11 – Ethnologische Museum (Berlin)
19.11 – lipsiusbau (Dresden)
30.11 – Engel & Weiss (Cologne)
20.12 – Cosmik Kaspar (Berlin)
First of many DRUM Berlin events over the holidays, NGOMA Soundsystem live and direct smashing the dance floor. Big thanks to Marcel on percussion, Kovo on MC and Mbira, and our special guest vocalist Jah Of York.
DRUM Munich coming soon.
Additional shows:
Fri. 28/09 —- Disofeng Dobsonville
Sat. 29/09—– Club Ozone (N. West)
Sat. 29/09 — Panyaza (with Zinhle)
Sun. 05/10 -– Panyaza
Sat. 06/10 — Vintage life style (pimville)
Sun. 7/10 -— Mofolo Park Stadium (w/ Nick Holder)
Sun. 7/10 -— Pandora Chesa Nyama (Ekhuruleni)
Sun. 7/10 -— Liquid Chef (Rosebank)
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(also published on This Is Africa.)
downtown Johannesburg
At once after touch-down i noticed the modern, international air of Johannesburg, which looked wealthy and stable; and of the friendly, smartly dressed and hip Africans around me, who seemed as informed as anyone in the East Village or London. But soon a more complex picture emerges.
one summer night in a historic park on a mountain by the mediterranean sea:
