April 29, 2025
Planet Afropop: African Beatmakers Part 1: Kooldrink and Pierre Kwenders
Banning Eyre digs into beat making with Kooldrink and Pierre Kwenders.
Behind every Afropop YouTube megahit and dancefloor sensation is a producer—a beat-maker striving to imagine the next big thing, essentially inventing the future. In part one of this two-part podcast, we meet Kooldrink, the producer who launched South African superstar Tyla, and Pierre Kwenders of the Moonshine Afro-house collective in Montreal, and hear their thoughts on making African hits in 2025. Produced by Banning Eyre.
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