A dose of some music inspiration….
Cameroon, Countries, Featured Projects, Kenya, Malawi, Music, Nigeria, South Africa, VideosNo this is not a new series but sometimes we like to pepper in some music videos here and there....
Stocktown Kuduro Video
Angola, Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Music, VideosAnother great project by Stocktown. Stocktown is notorious for incredible impromptu videos that they shoot on their travels around the...
SMOD add colourful visuals to their Ça Chante music video
Countries, Mali, Music, VideosSam, Ousco and Donsky make up SMOD, a band from Mali. Ça Chante is a music video single released from their...
DESIGN INDABA : DAY 2
Countries, Events, Featured, Music, News, South Africa, VideosAfter a compelling day 1 at Design Indaba, Day 2 featured speakers mostly from South Africa working in architecture to product...
I fink u freeky by Die Antwoord
Countries, Music, South Africa, VideosWhen I first saw the “Tension Trailer” – Die Antwoord’s promo trailer for their upcoming album, it definitely caught my...
Stocktown visits Nairobi
Countries, Kenya, Music, News, VideosIt’s been an awesome chance for us this year to meet some of our beloved online friends from Stocktown the online culture video...
The Best in African Cover Art
Branding, Featured Projects, Graphic Design, Music, Packaging Design2011 was a great year for African music but it was also a great year for graphic design and cover...
Native Sun
Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Ghana, MusicNative Sun is a short film produced by Blitz the Ambassador & Terence Nance. The film features music from Blitz...
Music from Saharan Cellphones
Algeria, Countries, Featured Projects, Ivory Coast, Mali, Music, North AfricaA refreshing digital project that experiments with digital sounds from around the Sahara. Music from Saharan Cellphones is an album...
3 New Music Videos by Kenya’s Afro-Electro-Pop Group Just A Band
Film, Kenya, MusicKenya’s Afro-electro-pop boy band Just A Band were part of BLN-NRB described as an electro-hip hop fusion of two musical meccas seeking to expand horizons between Berlin and Nairobi. That collaboration featured the likes of Modeselector, Gebrüder Teichmann , Jahcoozi and Kenyan acts Abbas, Kimya, Lon Jon, Nazizi, Just A Band, Michel Ongaro and Ukoo Flani and from it all came the album Welcome to the Madhouse.
Mesh Mohem
Countries, Egypt, Featured Projects, MusicA little music break from Egyptian alternative rockers Nagham Masry. "Mesh Mohem" means Not a Big Deal or It Doesn't Matter. Enjoy.
Faaji Agba [DOCUMENTARY]
Featured Projects, Film, Ghana, MusicWest Africa: Alaba Pedro and the Roots of the “Faaji” Guitar By: Bunmi Oloruntoba Music critic Benson Idonije pens a...
Conduit Productions for Locnville Music Video – Stars Above You
Countries, Featured Projects, Music, South Africa, VideosCape Town based Motion Design Studio Conduit Productions released "Stars Above You" a new music video for South African electric hop band
Spoek Mathambo [Video]
Countries, Featured Artists, Music, South Africa, VideosSpoek Mathambo (real name Nthato Mokgata) self admits he is a slippery post-Apartheid glam-rap prince from Soweto and is descended from distant African royalty, or Jewish, or both. Undeniably breaking the notion and stereotype expectations of African musicians, Spoek takes advantage of timing and generation disparateness.
Am I collective & Die Heuwels [VIDEO]
Animation, Featured Projects, Motion Graphics, Music, South AfricaAnother incredible motion and animation project from powerhouse Am I Collective. This is the latest music video produced for Die Heuwels Fantasies new song, Noordelig. Illustrated and animated by Am I Collective the video was produced by Ruan Vermeulen over a period of 8 months.
Freshlyground and ZA News [VIDEO]
Animation, Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Mozambique, Music, South Africa, ZimbabweIn cased you missed it, early September the band Freshlyground and the show ZA News partnered up to release a...
Kinshasa Symphony: A documentary
Congo, Countries, Featured Projects, Film, MusicKinshasa the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo is no ordinary city and at first seems an unlikely place to have an orchestra of two hundred musicians playing to Beethoven Ninth –Freude schöner Götterfunken.
Catch up on some Brit Pop from Tinchy Stryder, Tinie Tempah & Dizzy Rascal
Countries, Ghana, Music, NigeriaBritish pop is finding its top count down charts and favorite hits being crowded by artists natively from Africa or...
Pan African Space Station
Cameroon, Countries, Featured Projects, Music, South AfricaLaunched at midnight on Saturday, 11th September, the Pan African Space Station (PASS) cyber-radio project is now broadcasting live from...
Greenhaus Films
Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Music, South Africa, VideosGreenhaus Films is a small mixed international crew of talented filmmakers who all met in Cape Town on the rustic...
Bouncing Cats
Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Music, Uganda, VideosTrailer of Documentary Film Bouncing Cats Directed by Nabil Elderkin Synopsis UGANDA has been called one of the worst places...
Minds A Blaze
Animation, Featured Projects, Music, South Africa, VideosFound via Slybeaver In case you can’t get enough we have another awesome African animation. This time we are pleased...
Independence Cha cha cha [Video]
Congo, Countries, Featured Artists, Featured Projects, Music, VideosIndependence Cha Cha. Shot in the "Bon marché" (Barumbu) neighbourhood, at the heart of Kinshasa, featuring the late Wendo Kolosoy’s backing band, "Indépendance cha-cha - Le jour d'après" is a new take on the African independence anthem written in 1960 by Joseph "grand kallé" Kabasele and Nicolas " dr. nico" Kassanda.
Baloji
Congo, Countries, Featured Artists, Music, VideosFor your inspiration we are pleased to feature Baloji, a Congolese artist who is known for his combination of sound,...
K’naan Coca-Cola World Cup Campaign
Music, Somalia, South Africa, VideosIn case you missed it, Somalia’s K’Naan song “Wavin’ Flag” is the official FIFA World Cup 2010 song. Coca Cola,...
Makmende
Countries, Kenya, Music, VideosAnother great music video by Kenya’s Just A Band! The new video features the latest single “Ha-He”. It was great...
Lagos Town- Afrikan Boy [Video]
Countries, Featured Projects, Film, Music, Nigeria, VideosLatest video by Nigerian musician – Afrikan Boy. This music video is simple but visually appealing full of rich textiles,...
Put a Ring on It (African Remix)
Music, Nigeria, VideosFor your enjoyment we thought we might include this fun rendition of Beyonce’s ‘Put A Ring On It’. Its clever...
Tinariwen
Featured Artists, Mali, MusicIf you haven’t heard of them already Tinariwen is a band of Tuareg musicians that was formed in Mali in...
Interview with Just-a-Band on Kenyan Animation and Music
Countries, Featured Artists, Featured Projects, Interviews, Kenya, MusicJust a Band is a self proclaimed house/funk/disco band who are on the brink of releasing their sophomore album 82. Their debut album Scratch to Reveal, released in 2008 received critical acclaim. Due to their spanking new sound and fusion of various digital elements Just A Band could be considered as pioneers of digital sound and animation in East Africa.In honor of their new upcoming album we posted this iinterview with our fellow Digital African, Afromusing. (We recommend that you check out her blog). Just a Band reveal their inspiration, creative process and future projects. Enjoy.
Honda - Go Everywhere by Ned Wenlock for DDB South Africa 
