Daniel Henao, known under the stage name Dani EscoBar$, is a Colombian music producer based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Drawing inspiration from East Coast and Dirty South styles — the likes of MF Doom and OutKast — Henao combines light sampling with his own keyboard-crafted melodies to create unique sounds with percussive downbeats. Henao's portfolio ranges from love songs to war anthems, a testament to his adaptive style. Through music, Henao hopes that listeners can understand his roots while becoming more in touch with their own.

the synthesis of soul, culture, silliness, and stardust -- aka music in progress. a beatmaker in the making. influences lie in house, highlife, and alt r&b/hip hop

contact: amakwabs@gmail.com

nanaama is local to Raleigh, is Ghanaian, rooted firmly in the diaspora. As part of various brass ensembles, jazz bands, choirs, church groups, and even a steel-drum band, her first foray into digital music is one informed by her long musical background.

Her music is for the people who try to sing every part of the song -- bassline, harmony, drum fills, adlibs -- all at once. For those unaffiliated with genre in the same way one may be with social construction, normativity, in other words, for those who live genreless. For those who cling to culture and community, instead. For diaspora in every way it can mean. For the people who love to drown in a song. For those who adore weird sounds and silly moments. For those whom hair is a forum for intimacy, and matching grills a goal. For the girlies with blue notebooks and beads in their hair.

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