genre: electronic

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  review May 3, 2013

  Mali Meets Latin America: Remix EP

  Last year we reviewed Amadou & Mariam’s seventh studio album, Folila, and our feelings were a little mixed- we loved the sound, but we also couldn’t help ourselves from thinking that we heard it before. The album was chock full … Read more »

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  interview April 26, 2013

  Pierce Freelon of Beat Making Lab

  As apart of their Beat Making Lab project, Pierce Freelon, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill and MC of hip-hop band The Beast, and Apple Juice Kid, a producer who’s worked with Camp Lo, Mos Def (Yasiin Bey), Wale, and … Read more »

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  blog April 12, 2013

  Electro Sha’bi Documentary Trailer

  Afropop fans will be familiar with electro sha’bi, the street-smart working class dance music that exploded  out of post-Mubarak Cairo, but we’re still excited by it’s  growing popularity and the international attention that has increasingly received. The sound grew out of traditional … Read more »

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  blog March 29, 2013

  Aputumpu Music Festival!

  Afropop is proud to support the 2013 APUTUMPU Music Festival, which kicked off last night at Williamsburg’s awesome Cameo Gallery and continues tonight and tomorrow all over the ‘Berg and the East Village. The festival features music from an incredibly … Read more »

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  blog March 1, 2013

  New Track- Moner Alo from Brooklyn Shanti Ft. Anoura

  Geko Jones is a New York based DJ and artist. He records for Dutty Artz, as well as hosting the party Que Bajo?! along with Uproot Andy.   New York City as a melting pot has always made for some … Read more »