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AfroJazz is a Brazilian Contemporary Jazz Group. Started in 2012, AfroJazz came out of a desire to reframe the contemporary lineage of African Heritage music.

African music and heritage has had an astounding impact on the development of most of music developed in the 20th century.  Jazz and samba, to rock n’ roll, reggae and hip-hop are all styles of music that benefited from African roots. AfroJazz melds the feel of all of these styles into a completely new sound. Even though it's difficult to define exactly what AfroJazz sounds like, the mixture of traditional ethnic percussion with classic jazz horns places it somewhere between Africa, Brazil, and the US.

AfroJazz's original arrangements and compositions are strongly influenced by the masters Moacir Santos, Mulatu Astatke, Mongo Santa Maria, Guy Warren and Fela Kuti. Therefore every performance is magnetic and full of energy. They are filled with a unique combination of free improvisation, DJ scratches, electric guitar riffs and audience interaction.

AfroJazz has played all over Rio de Janeiro and was almost immediately recognized and appreciated by the local youth, and quickly became a beacon of  Rio de Janeiro's changing jazz scene. The group shows remarkable power to bring the people to its shows and is revealing a new kind of audience: people who party, dance and enjoy themselves while listening to refined new age instrumental music.

The year of 2014 has provided AfroJazz with some great opportunities. While still in Rio, they played for a 20,000 person audience in Brazil's coolest open-air jazz festival, the Rio das Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival. Marcus Miller, Al Jarreau and Scott Henderson also participated in the festival. In October, AfroJazz took a trip to China to play at the Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival in Macau. While there, AfroJazz won the special recognition award. At the present moment a CD with new songs is being recorded.

Stay tuned!

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Português

Destaque da cena carioca, a banda Afrojazz formou-se no Rio de Janeiro em 2012 e, desde então, vem realizando shows e participando de festivais nacionais e internacionais. A banda ficou conhecida pela realização das noites “Quarta Jazz” na Estudantina (RJ) e hoje se apresenta em diversas casas de show. Com seus seis integrantes foi destaque no Rio das 
  Ostras Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 e vencedor do concurso VOZPARATODOS do circuito Banco do Brasil. Ainda esse ano foram os primeiros representantes brasileiros no China's Cotai Jazz and Blues Festival, de onde retornaram com o prêmio Special Recognition Award.
    Influenciados por artistas como Mulatu Astatke, Guy Warren, Black Rio,Moacir Santos, Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Avishai Cohen, Miles Davis entre outros, a música do Afrojazz mistura ritmos afro-brasileiros e evidencia a ancestralidade musical da nossa cultura, mas sem perder o contato com a contemporaneidade do hip hop ou do rock. Suas composições transitam entre ritmos dançantes, vigorosos e originais. A banda conta com percussão, guitarra, contrabaixo, bateria, trompete e saxofone e seu trabalho pode ser conferido em seu álbum de estreia, com participação especial do Dj Negralha, já lançado esse ano. Atualmente a banda está em estúdio gravando o próximo disco só com autorais.

Fique Atento!

I'm Afro Kai (Knowledge Am I), I fuse different sounds to create a stimulant known as music. Let's explore.
Raise the conscious level of humanity each moment..


"Music is the collective of energy, frequency and magnetism, and through this form we are capable of escaping the illusion of the reality and traveling into other dimensions. Never be afraid to explore."
--Michael Winters

Come find out about True School Collective aka TSC! 
The members of the group are:

True School Collective/ 
http://www.facebook.com/groups/146862232065953/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/True-School-Collective/316618518372775?ref=tn_tnmn 
https://twitter.com/#!/TrueSchoolC 
COR STIDAK 
KeithPrice 
http://soundcloud.com/rnwhiphop 
Keem[01103] 
http://soundcloud.com/the-glitch-aka-tiny 
DJPrinceC 
Funky Notes 
Byrdversion1 
cyonsmusiq 
Mr. Capers 
MadColour 
bl4ck 
be4t by bl4ck 
ydbeatsss 
djmrdochiphop 
JDigital 
JDigital 
MissB250 
No-Ledge 
MusicalProf 
Azure_Gyver 
TWE SHELLSHOCKR 
DJ Max-E 
Yagmha Murdock 
EddieMPD 
pl4y4h 
FletchBeats 
robynharriss 
http://www.youtube.com/user/pl4y4h 
http://www.youtube.com/user/01103 
MJ Winters 
Jay Kubes 
http://www.youtube.com/user/KubesThaMuse 
http://www.youtube.com/user/DJPrinceC?feature=mhee#p/u/1/DYmwcppLYWI 
MrDiezel 
Stress The Curator 
JT EASTSIDE 
http://www.youtube.com/user/T74G?feature=uploademail_ch 
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSmoov35 
DJPrinceC 
http://www.youtube.com/user/GaGEFp2020 
FireArmProductions 
True School Collective 
A collection of songs done by members of TSC

Real name Igor Diakonov, was born in Moscow 1st of February 1987.

Started his singing career in may 2008 as frontman of Ja ba band.With band and alone with selectors he gave more than 100 performances in Moscow and other Russian cities(Saint Peterburg, Ekaterinburg, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Toliaty, Tver). Took part in Bob Marley Birthday Fest 2009 in Moscow, performing in one scene with Fitta Warri( Jamaica). Performed in 1st Russian Dancehall Queen Contest 2009, feat Amzone and J Mix(France). Also made weekly dancehall reggae events in Moscow, with Curly Heads Lab promo group.

At first all lyrics was in native language, but then he decided that project must be international and start to work with English lyrics, using also Jamaican Patois. In the middle of 2010 he started to record his debute album “ The First Step”. Also this time he started to work with the first Russian reggae background band call The Stereodrop. In 2011 the Stereodrop organized weekly live reggae events “Rocking Time”, when Afro D always was special guest.

In January 2012 Afro D released his first video “See di Light”, it was shooted in the 100000 protest action against president Vladimir Putin. With The Stereodrop performed with Uwe Banton (Germany). Also supported dancehall master classes with French dancer Animal with the performance.

Year 2013 was very successful for Afro D. He performed in the “Music for Bob 2013” in Moscow – international reggae festival, shared scene with Tippa Irie, Solo Banton and Radikal Guru. In April visited Negril, one of the first Russian artists who was in Jamaica and can understand it culture. In 31th of may he released his debute album “The First Step”, featuring Mark Wonder (Jamaica), Dub Unit (UK, Portugal), Jahsenda (Ghana), Maasto Records(Finland), Rebelsteppa (Russia), Daniel Man (Russia). Mixing and mastering by Yuri “ derCircus” Markov. Cd (digipack) was printed 1500 copies and available in free download.

Then he started to work with two Ep’s. One prod. by Sticky Joe (UK), another strictly russian product, produced by The Stereodrop, which will be released in 2014. In the beginning of December was shooted music video in Vietnam, dedicated to his wife and called “Darling”.

In January 2014 two radio stations started to play Afro D songs and dubs, Randy’s Radio(New York), Ras Dave Show and Pulsar Radio (France), Culture Dub Show. Also were two releases. Single “Nah Believe” featuring Papa Lion(Russia), prod. by Rebelsteppa. And also first Russian dancehall music video “Family”, featuring Luna T, prod. by El Toro. Video was supported by best Russian dancehall teams.

In February 2014 performed first time abroad with Jahneral Sound and Bass Sheriff Sound in Brno, and Boscovice (Czech Republic) and shooted the video in Prague on the song «The Way of Righteousness» (Released in May 2014)
 
In May 2014 performed on Moscow Reggae Festival VI first time with The Dubsters ( russian reggae backing band).
Also Afro D tunes were played on Riddim Roots Radio (UK) and was big interview about reggae music in Russia longside Farda Concious.

In august 2014 was release of song “Never Get Dirty” on Freedom Riddim VA complication (Zona Reggae Music, Romania)
Also Afro D started to collaborate with Dubophonic Netlabel. With The Dubsters organized monthly events “Heavyweight Dub Party”

When you put three music loving people together you are bound to get a sweet sound that will not only make you smile, but make you laugh, fall in love and possibly cry. The power of good music and its such music that one of South Africa’s most promising afro-pop bands are about. Making music for the soul. 
Made up of Sergeant Malishe, Thandeka Zulu and Sabelo Ngema, AfroSoul offers that long awaited breath of ‘fresh air in the Afro Pop genre in SA and one that stands to inject a positive influence in both local and international stages. In the short space of time that they have been in the music industry, AfroSoul have managed to get three nominations (SAMA, Metro FM, SATMA) winning two (Metro FM and SATMA) of those awards. 
“We are all about music. Good music,” Malishe says and in essence that’s what they have produced in their two albums. “We have tried to set ourselves apart from the other groups in afro pop, giving ourselves a distinct signature sound that when anyone listens to a song they can hear that it’s AfroSoul.” 
“I speak for all of us when I say that we’ve wanted to do music from a young age. I mean we all went through school and church choirs and all three of us had people telling us about our talent and we had to do something about it. We can’t run away from music because we are in this industry because of the love of good music.” 
Formed in 2000, the group met when they were at the famous Mbongeni Ngema Academy. “We had a mutual love for music and when people with a passion for music meet, there are bound to be fireworks,” Thandeka says. “We met at Mbongeni’s Academy, so how fitting is it that we are now signed under KZN Music House?” Mbongeni Ngema doesn’t just work with anyone, but pristine talent and this is why he’s a success. Getting a nod from him, shows that they are going in the right direction. 
The group separated for a few years while they were each pursuing other interests and at one stage all of them were performing all over the world. But the desire to work together again was too much to resist and they reformed and brought out their first album. 
For AfroSoul success was hard fought for and they are all about hard work. “We didn’t get our two awards just because they felt like giving them to us,” Sabelo says. “We worked hard for them and that’s what AfroSoul is about. Working hard to make great music that will last for generations.” 
They haven’t been without difficulties in their career. They were signed to DJ Tira’s label Afrotainment but soon got into disagreements since they feel their opinion wasn’t respected when it came to the production of their music. “We got over that and signed with KZN Music House and carried on our quest to make good music,” Malishe said. “We got to be actively involved on the production side of things too and as a result, we feel more connected to this album.” 
But through that hard time they’ve come back stronger and their second album is proof of that. “Our album appeals to everyone, whether young or old, black or white, religious or not,” Sabelo says. “There are love songs, there are songs that deal with your spirituality and there are dance songs. It’s diverse yet the songs still gel together and make it a solid album.” 
They love performing live and they say this is where they do a great job. “We make sure our fans get the real deal. There’s no backtrack, just a live band and us singing,” Thandeka says. “Playing with a live band is our strong point and we’ve noticed that the public loves it more when they see that we are actually singing instead of lip-synching. It’s show a professional musicianship and we have to give our fans a proper show.” 
And with hard work comes success and success is what they want. “The plan is to conquer South Africa and conquer we will.”

Afro-Tek is a tech and tribal house artist from Switzerland. With the age of only 23 he was already remixing songs on very popular house labels. After this success he produced more own songs and to release them on tech and tribal house focussed labels. He already worked on a view projects with artists like Matan Caspi, Dany Cohiba, Carlos Russo, Mas Flores and others. For sure you will hear a lot about this artist in the future.

Soulsha is a Boston-based band combining Scottish and West-African traditional music, funk, highlife, and afrobeat.
Our name  is a reference to the Scots-Gaelic word soillse, meaning a ray of light, elucidation, or “the light that happens.”
This 8-piece collective brings together some of the Boston area’s top musicians in (at least) three genres: Scottish, West African, and Funk music. Hip-shatteringly tight grooves laid down by funk-bass master Aaron Bellamy and veteran drummer Pete MacLean provide an irresistibly danceable pedestal for the  explosive joyfulness of  Scottish dance tunes on Galen Fraser’s fiddle and Elias Alexander’s bagpipes. Add to that Elias’s soulful vocals, percussionist/dancer Nani Agbeli’s virtuosity in traditional Ghanian  rhythms, and the giddy pyrotechnics of Neil Pearlman’s improvisation on keys and mandolin, and you have a force of nature on your hands.
This is a sound you have never heard before. We bring you blood-pumping arrangements of funky original songs, covers from some of our favourite Scottish and West African musicians, and even traditional Gaelic songs, all riding a maelstrom of  high energy rhythms and New Orleans-inspired horn lines (played by Alex Lee-Clark on trumpet, and Dylan Sherry on tenor sax).
This band has a mission to reveal the rhythmic, melodic, and spiritual connections between traditional Scottish and traditional West African music, in an idiom updated through the evolutions of Funk, Afro-Beat, Highlife, and New Orleans music. No one will be left unmoved, or seated, as the celebratory exuberance of these diverse cultures unites on stage, reminding us never to forget that we’re all in this together. Get ready for Afro-Celtic Funk Nation!

We are Fidel Afro, a rock band from Liverpool, UK. We are often confused with Cubans or a disco band by people who check out our name and not our songs. We are in fact neither and are more often compared to QOTSA, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and the Bees. Some people also say the Beatles but I doubt they would if we were not from Liverpool!
There are 4 of us in our merry tribe, Jon (Guitar/vox/occasional sitar/occasional harmonica), Pete (Guitar/vox/occasional keys/wailing noises), E (Bass/confusing time signatures) and Paul (Drums/anything that can be hit shaken or tapped/occasional namer of songs) We’ve been doing ok, we did an album and have videos and this Soundcloud page as well.
If you’ve read this far then come a step further on the journey and check some of those things out. If you’re feeling brave, come attend a show or invite us to your city and we’ll play there.

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