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KHADAFI |
The
most solicited
African DJ in
the USA to do
parties
He plays all kind
of music, especially
African.
Will host Mafrika
Festival.
To contact DJ
Khadafi - gerard.koala@caramail.com
Cell- 646 671
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| CHRIS
GOLDTEETH |
Associate
photo editor of
XXL Magazine and
host of the wildly
popular downtown
show Karaoke Killed
the Cat.
Will host Mafrika
Festival
www.karaokekilledthecat.com |
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| THE
AKOYA AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE |
With
a furious storm
of thundering
congas and the
deep boom of the
kaleta drum, this
13-member supergroup
takes to the stage
an explosion of
dance rhythms.
Fusing a mixture
of African, Afro-Cuban,
Jazz, and Funk
music, Akoya is
one of the world’s
finest examples
of a musical melting
pot.
www.akoyamusic.com
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| ZOZO
AFROBEAT |
Now
with his 13-piece
band fresh out
of NYC with members
from around the
globe Zozo is
set to take the
world by storm
injecting tribal
rhythms, african
dances, pulsating
horns and high
octane acid jazz
guitar riffs to
create a show
like no other.
Zozo afrobeat
is set to take
this music to
a new revolutionary
level.
www.zozoafrobeat.com
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| MARTIN
N’TERRY |
finds
that in his homeland
of Burkina Faso
reggae spans the
generation gap
- because it is
music with a message
and the theme
of his music is
one of hope and
about the beauty
of being African.
Martin is currently
putting the finishing
touches on his
third C.D. which
he describes as
having a Jamaican
beat, African
rhythms, and American
style horns.
www.martinnterry.rendala.com
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| DAARA-J |
Formed
in 1997, Senegalese
rappers Daara
J were influenced
by local heroes
Positive Black
Soul but looked
to bring other
musical influences
to their hip-hop
sound. Members
N'Dango D, Aladji
Man, and Faada
Freddy started
out by rapping
over any instrumental
versions of America
or French rap
they could find
and adding their
own percussion
over the tracks.
Eventually they
got a drum machine,
but with only
a drum machine,
one of the members
would have to
"sing"
all the instruments.
It brought a great
sense of melody
to the group,
which allowed
them to incorporate
the sounds of
their beloved
reggae, funk,
and Cuban music
into their hip-hop.
Reggae great Mad
Professor produced
their 1998 self-titled
debut which was
followed a year
later by Xalima.
The Declic label
released both
records, but 2003
marked a switch
to the Wrasse
label with the
Boomerang album.
www.wrasserecords.com
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| FUARKISTRA |
AMAYO,
lead singer of
the Antibalas
Afrobeat Orchestra,
presents his original
afrobeat project,
FU-ARKIST-RA,
an explosive blend
of African spiritual
rhythms, traditional
Chinese lion rhythms,
highlife, funk,
and jazz, infused
with passionate
activism. Experience
the deep, hard,
nyash grindin'
dance-till-you-drop
afrobeat tunes
and share in this
love connexion!
www.fuarkistra.com
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| PHOENIX
AND THE SHADOW |
Backed
by a full live
band and a high
energy, entertaining
show stands PHOENIX
AND THE SHADOW
far from the rest.
Their take no
prisoners approach
to every performance
has help them
maintain a loyal
following that
streches from
Brooklyn to Amsterdam.
As Voodo Fr’
puts it, “we
don’t have
to talk allot
about our shows,
just ask anybody
we’ve ever
opened up for.”
Their trademark
writing approach
of using topics
of everyday situations
that everyone
can easily connect
with has opened
their markets
allowing them
to reach a more
versatile audience
www.phoenixandtheshadow.com
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| BEETROOT |
| Beetroot
was founded by
Fiona Wilkes (vocals),
Jason Mills (drums),
and Marivaldo
Dos Santos (percussion),
who met as members
of the globally
acclaimed percussion
performance troupe
STOMP. Wilkes
has been with
STOMP since its
original inception
in Brighton, England,
and Mills and
Dos Santos joined
the cast a few
years later when
the show relocated
to NYC. Through
STOMP's success,
the three have
toured in over
25 countries on
6 continents,
worked on Quincy
Jones’ grammy
nominated album
Juke Joint, and
appeared in the
Oscar-nominated
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Brooms.
The unique rhythmic sensibilities
these three honed after years
of banging out stripped-down
beats together around the
world is what Beetroot is
all about. Mills, from the
sticks of Appalachian Virginia,
and Dos Santos, from Bahia,
Brazil, combine the far-flung
worlds of Stax-era southern
soul drums and Afro-Brazilian
percussion to create their
own backbeat vocabulary. Their
dirty, driving tempo contrasts
sharply with Wilkes’
sweet, smoky vocals, steeped
in a lifetime of steel bands,
soca, and Lovers Rock reggae
ballads in the massive West
Indian community of Leeds,
England. This juxtaposition
of musical ingredients from
different genres and continents
is the foundation of the Beetroot
sound.
www.beatrootnyc.com
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| MAGBANA
DRUM AND DANCE NYC |
was
established as
a professional
company in 1997
by artistic director
Michael Markus.
It is his vision
to entertain and
educate people
from all cultural
backgrounds and
ages about the
power of the drum
and the movement
it inspires. Magbana
believes that
music and dance
transcends the
boundaries of
race and class
as well as promotes
diversity. Magbana
Drum and Dance
NYC is a group
of fourteen talented
percussionists
and dancers with
a large repertory
of exciting West
African pieces
as well as works
which combine
Martial Arts,
Modern dance,
and World percussion.
The sheer power
of the drumming
and the explosive
energy of the
dancers combined
with tight arrangements,
innovative choreography,
original costumes,
and racial diversity
puts Magbana in
a class by itself.
www.magbana.com
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| SIREN
DANCE COMPANY |
| Mambo,
artistic director
of the SIREN DANCE
COMPANY was introduced
to dance as a
young girl in
her father's compound.
Her first dance
was to the sound
of her father's
wooden homemade
xylophone and
her uncle's calculated
pounds of hollowed
wooden drumbeats
in the swamps
of Ekea, Yaounde
- Cameroon's Capital.
Her Journey brought
her to the Haitians
of Flatbush who
jittered at the
thought of a father
naming his daughter
"guider of
the spirits".
Born to a Baptist
preacher and a
nurse in the heart
spirits of the
Makeza's forest
of the Littoral
Province in Cameroon,
reawaken by the
Whispers of despair
in South Dallas
and immersed in
the emotions of
the spirits of
the underground
railroad riders
of Brooklyn. Her
journey sometimes
seems like the
spirits are guiding
her to a path. |
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| BAYE
KOUYATE |
Talking
drum ("tama")
master Baye Kouyate
is a resident
musican at musician-owned
Zebulon Cafe in
Williamsburg,
NYC. Originally
from Bamako, Mali,
Baye has been
in New York for
two years, playing
with the likes
of New York frontmen
Famoro Diabate
(balafon) and
Yacouba Sissoko
(kora). Before
touching down
in the New York
City scene, Baye
spent five years
in Paris playing
alongside French-Ivorian
innovator Toma
Sidibe.
www.modiba.net
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| BAKO
BACK |
| Bako
of Mali, is a
rapper who transcends
the boundaries
of traditional
pure African beats
and is heavily
influenced by
the sounds of
Snoop and Nas.
His most recent
album includes
Raga, Rap and
R&B beats. |
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| DELAROCA |
| is
a young Ivorian
who lives in the
United States
after spending
time in Hambourg
(Germany ) and
Paris (France).
In spite of his
soccer player
talents he has
chosen an artistic
career which started
as a DJ in a famous
club in New York
City. Then, he
attempted a career
as a comedian
in the movie industry,
where he got a
main character
in a successful
movie. D.J. Camus
Delaroca got so
successful as
a DJ, that he
was indispensable
and nobody could
go around him,
during social
and cultural events
in the New York
African Community.
When he was looking
for a link or
a rallying point,
or something that
could bring more
liveliness to
the New York African
Community, D.J.
Camus Delaroca,
has reached music
by innovating.
He is the first
Ivoirian who has
created a musical
concept, in New-York
(U.S.A): the "TCHEKOULOUMAN"
musical concept;
The words of a
man in malinké
(the language
spoken in the
west African countries.
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This
concept is reinforced by an
album of ten (10) titles,
which is today on the American
market (New York , Washington
D.C, Philadelphia , Atlanta
, etc.). Since, July 3rd 2005,
this album has made a great
impression among American
music lovers. D.J. Camus Delaroca
Album will soon be released,
and at music lovers disposal,
in England, Paris , Ivory
Coast and other African countries.
www.delarocaproductions.com
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| PETIT
JOHN |
| From
Burkina Faso,
the son of John
Omar Nabole where
he got the name
Petit John. Since
he was a kid he’s
sung for his father
who is the famous
band leader of
Volta Orchestra.
Petit John released
his album in 2000
which was a huge
success in West
Africa. He has
toured all over
Europe and West
Africa and now
will be performing
for MAFRIKA. |
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| META
DIA |
| Meta
was born in Senegal,
West Africa where
his deep love
and true appreciation
for music began.
Meta is a Reggae
artist who is
also a very skilled
Hip Hop artist.
Meta arrived in
the U. S. in spring
of 2000, and resided
in Detroit, Mi.
before recently
relocating to
New York Meta's
powerful writing,
expansive language
skills, and his
phenomenal singing
voice have gained
him great respect
and recognition
both nationally
and Internationally.
Meta speaks 7
languages fluently
and has been very
innovative in
creating new ways
of communicating
by combining two
or more languages
together thus
creating his own
"patoie",
similar to the
known Jamaican
patoie. Through
his music Meta
has been able
to both entertain
and heal people
with his special
flair for this
art form. |
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| EMPIRE
ISIS |
Working
with the legendary
Jamaican musicians
Dean Fraiser and
Chinna Smith,
as well as in
collaboration
with cutting-edge
producers from
Brooklyn, NY and
the I.C.O.N.Z.
from Miami, Florida.
Miriam has had
adventures and
projects spanning
twenty-five countries
including Brazil,
Colombia, Venezuela,
Trinidad, Jamaica,
Cuba, and all
of Central America.
Inspired by the
street sounds
of every block
from North America
to Latin America,
the Caribbean
to Africa; the
music and lyrical
fury of Empire
ISIS reveal a
solid determination
to rally the masses
and break the
mold of the female
MC. Her empowering
message, explosive
tone and versatile
musical styles
aim to shake the
hips and elevate
the mind.
www.empireisis.com
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