A selection of inspiring funk artists from the African continent and around the world, compiled from expert crate digger's finds.

Inspiration playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kLJKOBR5WmwNPwbSa2fVJ?si=97643842d0344364

A World of Funk

A short selection from the recent "enlightened" era of hip-hop. Tracks to raise your spirit, activate your mind and inspire you to both reflect and take action!

Inspiration playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nlpjTIM5aNqlcJBSaUElT?si=7d7a91d9601b4610

Beat Conscious (Hip-hop)

A short selection of some of my favorite Chicha and Psychedelic Cumbia tracks. As a guitarist, when I fist discovered Chicha, I was fascinated by the use of the guitar in a tropical music setting and was instantly hooked to the genre.

Inspiration playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1PSLo2a52FClvMottoRu5b?si=d1c82aef09fd4d19

Cumbia Psicodélica & Chicha

A selection of some of my best finds around contemporary female rhyme poets and beat makers to activate your female side.

Inspiration playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3zUZDRkcnqhBoQPka0EyAc?si=26dd6b24029e41de

FemHop - All-Woman Hip-hop

A selection of African or African-inspired music from all corners of the planet with the purpose of generating a feeling of unity and interconnection.

Inspiration playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pBIJop3EEXbHiOIrJUY9H?si=8e11a0df471543e2

Africa Inspires!

Producer and DJ/Selector spinning message driven, afro-inspired grooves ranging from hip hop, afrobeat, cumbia, salsa, soul, funk, jazz and more.

"Body, speech and mind in perfect oneness,
I send my heart along with this sounds,
may the hearers wake from their forgetfulness,
and transcend the path of anxiety and sorrow." 
(Adapted from a poem by Thich Nhat Hanh)

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