In 2018, the renowned music journal Fact boldly claimed that “the world’s best electronic music festival is in Uganda.” In only a few years, Nyege Nyege has indeed become one of the hottest artistic hubs in East Africa, birthing two music labels that propelled local scenes, such as Ugandan acholitronix or Tanzanian singeli, across the globe. At the heart of this explosive universe lies a big house, known as “the Villa,” that almost constantly vibrates with sounds as musicians from the region and beyond tirelessly produce, exchange skills, and frenetically party until dawn. Despite reducing the Villa’s bubbling flow, COVID-19 didn’t silence it, and the house kept on nurturing its community of underground musicians. In this episode, producer Basile Koechlin takes us to the Villa to meet current residents and other members of the Nyege Nyege nebula. Through a patchwork of stories, soundscapes, and fresh musical releases, we hear more about this unique and strange place that came to host and generate a seminal part of the avant-garde of electronic music production in East Africa.

APWW #843

The Nyege Nyege Villa - East African Hub of the Electronic Music Underground

In the wake of his recent remix for Depeche Mode, Sunken Cages gathers three remixers around the mystical, hypnotic and percussive “Tofhaa”, to be released on Radio Chiguiro Records.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/sunken-cages-the-drums-scientist-radio-chiguiro

Interview

PREMIERE: Sunken Cages - Tofhaa (Makossiri Remix) (Radio Chiguiro Records)

Listen to the set on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5FFk6oy13Co

Follow Makossiri on
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makossiri/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/makossiri
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makossiri
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/makossiri/

Follow Ignite Berlin on
Instagram: https://instagram.com/igniteberlin
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@igniteberlin 
YouTube: youtube.com/@ignite.berlin

Email us at igniteberlin@ravemail.com for submissions, and be in our next episode

Ep. 6 - MAKOSSIRI

Digital and live platform for emerging club music founded in 2011.
Requests: media@couvrexchefs.com

Stream/Download 💿 DJ Babatr | Pedro Le Dino 
🔗 https://orcd.co/dj-babatr-pedro-le-dino

Next events⤦
➯ shotgun.live/fr/venues/couvre-x-chefs
➯ ra.co/promoters/88983
➯ dice.fm/promoters/couvre-x-chefs-l6b8p

Previous events⤦
➯ 16.08.25 Badatopia x Couvre x Chefs & Misantropical: Merca Bae, DJ Hidrataccioni & more @ Badaboum, Paris
➯ 08.08.25 imprint x Couvre x Chefs: Sylvere, BJF, Scarlett @ Le Sucre, Lyon
➯ 14.06.25 Couvre x Chefs: Zutzut, Scarlett, Tévéa B2B Tim Karbon @ Point Ephémère, Paris
➯ 22.05.25 Couvre x Chefs: BJF, Jeune Gaou, Scarlett @ Les Amarres, Paris
➯ 25.04.25 Couvre x Chefs: Bile Noire, BJF, Jeune Gaou, Næja @ Panic Room, Paris
➯ 14.03.25 Couvre x Chefs: Tevea, Tim Karbon, Scarlett @ Point Ephémère, Paris
➯ 13.02.25 Scarlett | Three Faces Release Party @ L'International, Paris
➯ 29.11.24 Misantropical & Couvre x Chefs: Rattlesnakke, Tony Gallardo, Bile Noire, Rara Ma Rabbia, @ Petit Bain, Paris
➯ 04.10.24 Couvre x Chefs & Moon Squad: Bianca Oblivion @ Dock B, Pantin
➯ 06.07.24 Hyperboum / Couvre x Chefs: BJF b2b anyoneID, Kokoprisci, Teddy Kitano, Scarlett @ Petit Bain, Paris
➯ 26.05.24 Couvre x Chefs: Rosa Pistola, Zutzut, Loris, DJ Rankng, Lukrø, Philou CxC @ 316centro, CDMX
➯ 24.05.24 Couvre x Chefs + Matraca + Chakanais @ Alzate 92, CDMX
➯ 12.04.24 Couvre x Chefs: Bile Noire, Jeune Gaou, Scarlett @ Pavillon des Canaux, Paris
➯ 22.03.24 Terminal Label Night: DJ Rankng, El Plvybxy, Ruiseñor & Philou CxC @ Le Chinois, Montreuil
➯ 02.12.23 Winter Club @ La Cité Fertile 
➯ 03.11.23 CxC : Philou CxC all night long @ ALG, Paris
➯ 21.10.23 CxC : DJ Babatr, Franssouax, BJF B2B Jeune Gaou, Næja B2B Tim Karbon @ Petit Bain, Paris
➯ 15.09.23 CxC : Witold, Scarlett, BJF @ ALG, Paris 
➯ 14.07.23 Global System x Couvre x Chefs & Matraca @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge 
➯ 30.06.23 CxC : Jacques Jaguar, BJF B2B Tévéa, Bile Noire @ ALG, Paris
➯ 28.04.23 CxC : Underarrest, Tim Karbon, Jeune Gaou @ ALG, Paris
➯ 03.03.23 CxC: Onelight (live), Scarlett (live), BJF, Philou CxC, Næja @ ALG, Paris
➯ 25.02.23 CxC: De Schuurman, Ikonika, Lia catreux, Philou CxC B2B Bile Noire @ Petit Bain, Paris
➯ 28.01.23 CxC B2B @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 06.01.23 CxC: Malaise Vagal, Philou CxC, Bile Noire @ ALG, Paris
➯ 10.12.22 CxC: Rosa Pistola, Hitmakerchinx, BJF B2B Tim Karbon, TV Showw @ Petit Bain, Paris 
➯ 18.11.22 BJF | Uprooted release party: BJF, Næja, Jeune Gaou @ ALG, Paris 
➯ 07.10.22 CxC: Teddy Kitano, BJF, Jeune Gaou @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 24.09.22 CxC: Emily Dust, Mango Park, Philou CxC @ ALG, Paris
➯ 22.07.22 CxC: BJF, Philou CxC, Bile Noire @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 24.06.22 CxC: AnyoneID, BJF B2B Daviaa, Bile Noire @ ALG, Paris
➯ 01.07.22 CxC: Tévéa, Bile Noire, Philou CxC @ Delta Festival, Marseille
➯ 27.05.22 CxC & Sudar: SD9, Amazondotcom, Gustavo Elsas (fka Marginal Men) & more @ Le Chinois, Montreuil
➯ 13.05.2022 CxC: Maghdalene, Tim Karbon, Scarlett @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 29.04.2022 CxC: Franssouax, Næja, BJF @ ALG, Paris
➯ 01.04.2022 CxC: Onelight, Bile Noire, Philou CxC @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 12.03.2022 CxC Vol. 2 release party: Le Motel, Bianca Oblivion & more @ Le Chinois, Montreuil
➯ 26.02.2022 CxC: Sébastien Forrester, BJF, Tim Karbon @ ALG, Paris
➯ 07.01.2022 CxC: BJF, Scarlett, Næja @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 03.12.21 CxC: Mystique, Scarlett, BJF, Philou CxC @ ALG, Paris
➯ 05.11.21 CxC: Tévéa, Næja, Jeune Gaou @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 02.10.21 Pop-up @ Velvet Moon, Montreuil + Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 24.09.21 CxC: Maïa, BJF, Philou CxC @ ALG, Paris
➯ 20.08.21 CxC: Witold (Météo), Scarlett, BJF B2B Philou CxC @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 10.07.21 CxC: Mysterious Sk1n (La Créole), BJF, Philou CxC @ ALG, Paris
➯ 28.08.20 CxC: Tim Karbon, Scarlett, BJF, Philou CxC @ Gambetta Club, Paris
➯ 27.12.19 CxC: BJF & Friends @ ALG, Paris
➯ 15.11.19 CxC: DJ Marfox, Yayoyanoh, Petit Piment, Sylvere @ La Java, Paris
➯ 12.10.19 CxC: Plage Club Vol. 1 Release Party w/ LaBok, Tarquin B2B Noire & more @ Le 9b, Paris
➯ 14.09.19 CxC: 100KOBSESSION, Scarlett, Bile Noire, Philou CxC @ Le Zorba, Paris
➯ 17.08.19 CxC: Lil Crack, Næja, BJF, Philou CxC @ ALG, Paris
➯ 28.06.19 CxC & Big Brothers présentent : Lechuga Zafiro, Siete Catorce & guests, Le Klub, Paris
➯ 20.06.19 CxC @ Le 9b, Paris
➯ 17.05.19 CxC: Zutzut & Fausto Bahía (NAAFI), Bob Sleigh B2B Carin Kelly @ La Java, Paris
➯ 29.03.19 Couvre x Feu w/ Stranacorpus @ Le 9b, Paris
➯ 22.12.18 Couvre x Feu @ La Marbrerie, Montreuil
➫ 29.11.18, Boiler Room, Paris
boilerroom.tv/session/boiler-room-x-uber-pool-presents-b2b2b2b-paris
➫ 29.11.18, Couvre x Feu @ L'Alimentation Générale, Paris
➫ 12.10.18, Couvre x Feu @ Decibell, Geneva
➫ 16.08.18, Couvre x Feu @ à la folie, Paris

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

New tracks tagged #makossiri