This audio documentary is a pilot of the research project Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation under COVID-19, hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk.

Loss In Translation:  Funerals and Death Care(BRIC19 Pilot)

A soundscape of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham by Gboyega Odubanjo. Edited by Lucia Scazzocchio. With support from the Alternative School of Economics.

Two Stops Short Of Barking - An Audio Piece By Gboyega Odubanjo

Racial Equity & the City - Experiences of people of colour in London’
A series recorded as part of a research project, exploring the relationship between the built environment and racial equity, through the eyes of community members in Newham and Thamesmead. 

Recorded as a live radio discussion, these conversations bring to light some of the lived experiences of communities of colour in London, with the aim to encourage dialogue and action towards anti-racist city-making.  Thank you to Smart Women’s Group, Newham, the DOST Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants in Newham and the individuals from Thamesmead who trusted us with their experiences and stories.  

The project is funded by Arup with participatory research conducted by Arup in collaboration with Decosm, and Social Broadcasts. The findings and insights from this research will be shared in a report on arup.com in the November 2021

3. Racial Equity & The City (Thamesmead): Building Trust

2 Racial Equity & The City (Thamesmead): Thamesmead needs a bank

1. Racial Equity In The City (Thamesmead): Thamesmead is missing so much

Do That

My take on Brandy's classic 

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I Wanna Be Down (BLcKBLT Edition)

A remix with Khalil from Livin' Proof which came about from hanging out at Nando's and late night drinking. 

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Millionaire (Kengo & Khalil's BlackLights Remix)

Man in the moon

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Follow Me KENGO's BLcKBLT Remix wav

Kiko Navarro’s ‘Afroterraneo’ label continues to explore new territories in the realm of electronic music with the second volume of album series ‘Genesis’.

Picking off right where ‘Genesis Vol.1’ left off, this second instalment opens with Kiko Navarro’s spiritual dub version of Isaac Aesili’s chillout gem ‘The Real’. Hungarian producer and drummer PALMFooD delivers exotic atmospheres in ‘Somello’, a track which summons up the sunshine with a sublime piano breakdown and evocative live percussion. 

Next, Kiko Navarro presents the stunning Yoruba Soul remix of 2007 cut Aché Pa Ti, written in collaboration with his longtime collaborator (and piano teacher) Isis "Apache" Montero. Kengo’s ‘Florida Street’ summons an eclectic carnival atmosphere, with a scratchy recording of a tribal chorus and upbeat kalimbas combined with modern digital drums and synths. 

Appearing in Beaport's ‘Best Afro House’ chart earlier this year, Afroterraneo’s debut release ‘Sea Goddess’ receives a new re-edit for ‘Genesis Vol.2’, subtly tweaking the arrangement for even more meaningful dance-floor impact. Akayan’s ‘Snakes’ lays down a rock-solid House groove, gradually stacking rhythmic stabs and fragments of melody which amount to a towering peak-time groove.

Somewhat slept-on at the time of its 2016 release, Kiko Navarro’s synth-laden dub version of ‘El Rey De Los Truenos’ by Myles Bigelow gets a well deserved new lease of life, fitting nicely into the Afroterraneo sound. KOKI’s perfectly titled ‘Unstoppable Beat’ showcases stellar live percussion performance over a frenetic and highly charged electronic rhythm; surely a must-have DJ tool.

Tuccillo's remix of ‘The First Time feat. Isis "Apache" Montero’ heads into bouncier, Chicago-style House territory with loungey jazz piano shimmering over tight, swung drums and rolling bass. Closing this chapter in the Afroterraneo story, Kiko Navarro provides an achingly beautiful reprise of The Visionary’s ‘My Life Is Music’, a set closer of his for many years, which can now be yours too.

Kengo - Florida Street

HAWA (हवा, حواء).  Hawa, meaning "air desire, inclination  Eve,  Heva, breath, affection, desire, lust, will. The first woman, is known as  Hawa. 
 "the source of life" 
"container of life" , where life is, thus said to mean "mother of the living".  "the one who contained Adam's heart"
......That's Power 

Do That

HAWA POWER

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