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Music
African music: Hip-hop, reggae, Soukous, Mbalax, Afrobeat, Kwaito, hip-life, Naija Pop, Coupe Decale, Juju, Bongo Flava, Rai || Caribbean music: Soca, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, Dub, Reggaeton, Zouk || Plus other global beats incl Indian, Arabic, Brazilian, Colombian, Turkish etc || Plus hip-hop, R'n'B, NeoSoul, Northern Soul, Folk, Alt.Country, Pop, Rock - anything that's good!
Movies
The Lives of Others, Tsotsi, City Of God, The Straight Story, What's Up Doc, Hip-Hop Colony, Dirty Pretty Things, Boys Don't Cry, Almost Famous
Television
Documentaries, comedy, C4 news, Sugar Rush
Books
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, comic books by Matt Groening, books by Michael Moore & Bill Bryson, Rough Guide & Lonely Planet travel guides, Makes Me Wanna Holler (Nathan McCall)
Heroes
My dad
Check out this video of an Awilo Longomba rehearsal - it's brilliant!
I was born and raised in Germany, moved to London about 16 years ago and have been working in the music industry for over 10 years now. My experience includes label/product/artist management, marketing, PR, international, artwork co-ordination & production.
I have worked with various genres of music and now specialise in contemporary music from Africa and the Diaspora, as well as World music, Hip-Hop/Rap, R'n'B and Reggae music. I am very involved in the Nigerian music scene in particular, and I am working with African China and JJC & 419 Squad, and have also recently worked with Janet Gabriel, X2 and Inemo.
I am passionate about good music, regardless of its origin, style etc.
I work freelance and run my own PR & marketing consultancy (check out www.ilkamedia.com for full details).
Apart from being a publicist, I am an artist manager (JJC & 419 Squad and African China), a writer & researcher, content editor of the BBC African music site Africa On Your Street (www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet) and a DJ.
Current projects include:
- the new Transglobal Underground album ('Moonshout', out 4 June)
- an album by Zimbabwe's legendary Green Arrows ('4-track recording session', out now)
- the crtitically-acclaimed debut album by Mali's Bassekou Kouyate ('Segu Blue', out now)
- the Celebrating Sanctuary event (17 June)
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Who I'd like to meet: Other people in the music industry, preferably in the African music industry (but also Reggae, hip-hop, World music etc.), from artists to DJs, journalists to promoters etc.
Don't miss... DUB COLOSSUS “IN A TOWN CALLED ADDIS” Wednesday 8 JULY Dingwalls Camden Lock "as if Lee Scratch Perry were producing Ethiopiques" FT 12-piece band featuring musicians direct from Ethiopia www.dingwalls.com
"Jus Let It FLO" The Long Awaited Debut Album from FLOetic Lara. Launch Party on 31st May, Battersea, London,UK.
An energy-filled night where FLO and guests take you on the theatrical and musical journey of this emerging unsigned talent. With vocals capabilities ranging from rich powerful explosions to beautiful dulcet tones, this Passionate Poet and Soulful Singer expresses herself without limitation, inspiring all who experience her touching gift. FLOetic Lara (aka FLO) international artistic Soulful , Passionate Poet, Lyricist, Articulate Songwriter. FLO is truly herself, her vocal capabilities range from beautiful dulcet tones to rich powerful explosions as she expresses herself without any limitations. Her core source is evidently jazz, yet she transcends categorisation as she effortlessly creates a fusion with soul,gospel, hip hop and much more. Her FREEDOM ON STAGE, and love of music interwoven with powerful lyrics, sung and spoken reverberates with all who experience her touching gift!!!
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MUCH,MUCH THANKS for allowing this Comment on your SPACE!! Much Grateful, Blessed Love, Sista Kiya
LOPANGO YA BANKA, OPEN BAND BY DEAD PREZ<br />LOPANGO YA BANKA, EN TOURNEE AVEC DEAD PREZ<br /><br />03.04. BERLIN<br />04.04. COTTBUS<br />05.04. LINZ (Autriche/Österreich)<br />06.04. NÜRNBERG<br />07.04. SCHWÄBISCH GMUND<br />09.04. FRANCKFURT<br />11.04. COLOGNE, OPEN BAND BY ICE CUBE/ EN AVANT PREMIERE DE ICE CUBE<br /><br />Banka le combat continue...
FUTURE FUSION GLOBAL WARNING RADIO SHOW Nikki Lucas Intro 1.Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Tabali Te-Outhere Records 2.Taub-Chamber Pot-Nonine Recordings 3.Zoe Rahman & Idris Rahman -Briddho Ashrom-Manushi Records 4.D.Lee - Obama Revolution- White 5.Les Ongles Noirs-L'Insupportable- White 6.Una Mas Trio -Clear As Water)- Agogo Records 7.Manoj -Dhyanoo Bachdaa- White 8.Laura Vane & the Vipertones-Man of your word-Steam Domu Special Future Mix 9.Herrmutt Lobby – Play– Eat Contrete 10.Untold – Yukon – Fantastic Mr Fox –Hemlock 11.Harmonic 313 – Flash – Warp 12.Micheal Jackson – Rock My World DJ Cam rmx – White 13.Frank Hebly – Tuinslangboogie – Dixie 14.Blair – Nightlife – White 15.Floating Points – Lovee Me Like This – Eglo 16.Theo Parrish – Still Love, Still Happiness– Sound Signature Back to Nikki Lucas 17.Yury Kardesler- White 18.Shantel-Fige Ki Ase Me-Crammed Disks 19.The Juju Orchestra-Frohlocker- Agogo Records 20.Disrupt -Fleisch Dub-white 21. Bing Ji Ling-Home (Tokyo Black Star Remix)-Lovemonk 22.Nneka -Deadly Combination-Yo Mama 23. Afrozen Orchestra -Future Afrobeat- Soultronic NL Urban Paris Special 24.Cheb Nono(DJ Kim RMX-Way Way-KAMJ Aquisset 25.Tunisiano Ft Cheba Zahounia -La Corniche-Workaholics Prod 26. Cheb Amar-Ya Lala Turquya-MLP 27.Sinik/Billal/Big Ali -Bienvenue Chez Les Bylkas-Artop Records 28.Cheeba Maria, Cheb Amar & Aketo -Ya Denia- Artop Records 28.Krys ft Little Micke-Sound boy Dead- Unity Records 29.Daly -Konstriksyon-La La Productions 30.113 ft Malore-On Est Ensemble-Sony BMG 31.Marc Lenoir & Dj sergo -Faya Moukou-Xpol Music 32.Les Princes Du Kuduro-Mwangole Angola-Bizzness Music 33.Meiway &Alibi Montana -Feu de camp-Xpol Music 34.Arafat -On Aime Trop Ça-Blackrock 35.L'algerino & Sahraoui -C L'ambiance-Artop Records 36Jalal El Hamdaoui Ft Driver & Rima -Sidi Baba-Fassiphone
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!!! I started out as a featured artist with Emerson's Borbor Belle Tour in 2005, released my debut album, "Born Sierra Leonean", at Best Western Hotel in Lanham in July 2006, opened the Supreme Inc. music awards at the national stadium in Sierra Leone in December 2006, performed at the Coronet in London during the Sierra Leone independence day celebrations in April 2007, performed at the Miss Africa USA Pageant in Atlanta in November, 2007.
This March...Saturday March 28th 2009...I will be headlining a show on my biggest stage to date...Zanzibar Night Club in Washington DC. A stage where legends like Lucky Dube, Morgan Heritage, Beres Hammond, etc. made their mark.
Please join me as I release my second album "Here 2 Stay" backed by the Culture Band...
Date: March 28, 2009
Venue: Zanzibar Night Club on the waterfront 700 Water Street SW, Washington, DC
Music: DJ Lebbie and DJ Sam-I-Am (L&S Crew)
Fee: Advance $20 Door $25 VIP Single $50 VIP Double $75
**VIP includes complimentary meal and refreshments **Tickets and the album can be purchased online from my official website www.salonejr.com , www.saloneconnection.com or www.werepafrica.com. Tickets can also be purchased on www.ticketmaster.com.
Tickets are now on sale locally in the DMV...
Contact:
LYOA Records - 1-866-674-5962 Amy "RayOfBeauty" Conteh - 240-460-4567 C and C Promotions - 703-200-6973 Dove Cot International Market - 301-772-9401 Black Star Entertainment - 571-225-1363
FUTURE FUSION GLOBAL WARNING RADIO SHOW 1.Yaw -Where Would You Be -White 2.Recloose(ft. Joe Dukie) - Deeper Water - Sonar Kollektiv 3.Zamballarana – Zamballarana - Casa Editions 4.Village Kollektiv -Medley: Get Lost / Wynos Sia - White 5.Dorian Concept -Fort Teen -Trebleo 6.Immortal Technique & DJ Green Lantern - The 3rd World -Viper records 7.Salif Keita - Nou Pas Bouger -Mad Minute Music 8.Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou –Assibavi -Analog Africa 9.Sir Victor Uwaifo –Agho -Soundway 10.Brownout - Con el Brownout No Se Juega -Freestyle Records 11.BLK JKS - Transit Camp -Runnaway records 12.Phuture Motion - Carne Negra - Freestyle Records 13.Carlos Nino & Lil' Sci -Are What's the Science? -Shaman Work Recordings 14.LeLeo - Maravilhas Sambanana - Acid Jazz Records 15.Opolopo feat. Amalia - All Systems Down -Deepersoul Recs 16.Fanfare Ciocarlia -Kan Marau la (ft Dan Armeanca )- Asphalt Tango Records 17.Abrar Ul Haq - Jatt- Moviebox Birmingham Ltd 18.Moein -Yade Tou- Caltex Records 19.Najwa Karam –Rotana Records 20.The Bahama Social Club (LOA Rmx) –Sugar Cane - Buyu promo 21.Trio Valore - Return Of The Iron Monkey -UK Record kicks 22.Snowboy & The Latin Section- Que Viva Para Siempre -Freestyle Records 23.Digital Mystikz- Conference -Soul Jazz Records 24.Medhat Mamdooh - Tabla and Doff -DJ recording 25.Nomo -Ghost Rock -Ubiquity Records 26.Julien Jabre -Talking Walls / Stagger -Defected 27.Digitaldubs - Comedia Dub -Man recordings 28.Fiji -Indigenous Life -Indigenous Alliance
Ben Baddoo/Neil Sparkes BouGaRaBoU (Ghana/UK) LIVE @ THE HORSEBRIDGE ARTS CENTRE, WHITSTABLE, KENT- JUNE 20th 2008
DOVER MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, DOVER, MARKET SQUARE - JUNE 21ST 2008
BouGaRaBou is the brand new percussion ensemble formed by Ben Baddoo, Master Drummer from Ghana and Neil Sparkes (Temple of Sound and ex-TransGlobal Underground).
BougaRaBou appear live @ June 20th Whitstable Horsebridge Arts Centre
June 21st Dover MultiCultural Festival.
July 3rd The Halo, Battersea, London.
July 5th Canterbury Global Picnic.
August 30th BouGaRaBou: The Afro Latin Beat - Club Launch @The Halo, Battersea, London
September 13th Whitstable Horsebridge Arts Centre.
September 18th Neil Sparkes Exhibition "Globalhead"/ Gig @ ANPQ Gallery, Peret, South of France
iLKA How are you today? and how have you been? I Just thought to stop by your profile to say hi and also to tell you about an awesome new product - Porselene.
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have a great day Remember Jesus Loves you and Love is Patient (1 Cor13:4) sincerely Linda Johnson Ofukeme
LIVE ON STAGE: YAABA FUNK! (EARTH SHAKINGLY FUNKY HI-LIFE/AFROBEAT BIG BAND)
ON THE DECKS: THE FLYING CHILLIS AKA ALEX STEWART (FLYING CARPET) & JAMIE RENTON(CHILLI FRIED)
SATURDAY 31st MAY 2008, 8PM – 12.30 AM @THE INN ON THE GREEN 3-5 Thorpe Close London W10 5XL £5 / £3 concs Tel: 0208 962 5757 Nearest Tubes: Ladbroke Grove
Everybody will have their 15 minutes of DJ fame! Chilli Fried, the unique globalbeat club night, is very proud to host a party like no other, offering those on the Chilli Fried mailing list and contributors to Charlie Gillett's Sound of the World website (www.soundoftheworld.com) the chance to show off their skill behind the decks with short DJ sets. Everyone, from well known DJs, broadcasters and journalists to fresh faced first timers, get a quarter of an hour to play their selection of whatever they like and try to fill the floor. Come and join this FREE party and expect the unexpected.
There will also be a very special surprise live performance. Previous DJ Relays have featured live sets from the likes of Justin Adams & Juldeh Camara, Mousu T e lei Jovents, Saltpeter and LaXula (AMA)
Chilli Fried North, 7 PM – 12 AM, Thursday 1st May 2008 at Darbucka, 182 St John Street, London, EC1V 4JZ FREE 020 749087712
It was great to meet up with you this week in London, thanks for all your hard work and your support for GondwanaSound in organising the Bassekou Kouyate interview. I've a couple to edit out but it won't be long before its ready for broadcast.
LIVE ON STAGE: YAABA FUNK! (10-piece Afrobeat band)
ON THE DECKS: THE CHILLI FRIED AFRO DJ ALLSTARS (INCLUDING RITA RAY, MAX REINHARDT, ERIC SOUL, DJ DEBBIE, ALEX STEWART, DJ ILKA, MARTIN MEI &, JAMIE RENTON)
8 PM – 12 AM, Thursday 3rd April 2008 at Darbucka, 182 St John Street, London, EC1V 4JZ £5 / £3 concs
Thanks for your continuing support of GondwanaSound,thought you might like to know I'm playing three cuts from African Scream Contest - its our album of the week on 12th March.
GondwanaSound broadcasting 2 hours of global roots and gooves Wednesday on Sheffield Live! 93.2FM worldwide on www.sheffieldlive.org and repeated on African Internet Radio.
*DEVIATION SESSION 05*
SPECIAL GUESTS: IG CULTURE • ERIC LAU & FRIENDS **DEBUT LIVE SET** RESIDENT: BENJI B
05 MAR 2008 • 9PM-2AM • £5 ENTRY FOR ALL
GRAMAPHONE, 60-62 COMMERCIAL ST, LONDON E1 6LT
NEAREST TUBE: ALDGATE EAST/LIVERPOOL STREET STATION
www.deviationmusic.net
www.kspace.tv
Venue: SOUTH SIDE BAR, RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 144 Brixton Hill, Brixton, London SW2 1SD
Doors Open : 6pm till 4am
Show starts at 7.00 pm
FREE before 7pm
£5 Advance Booking at www.TICKETWEB.co.uk
Click TicketWeb Link Below to BUY TICKET Or Click TicketWeb Link on our Profile Page to BUY TICKET £ 7 on the Door after 7pm
£10 for Reserved Front Comfy Seats
A taste of Conscious Vibration on CONSCIOUS CONSUMING by ANTONY from CFISUK , followed by a meal course of AFRO-ACOUSTIC SOUL by MAYA SONA JOBARTEH, accompanied with WISE SPOKEN WORDS by AMEN NOIR [BKS], seasoned by LIVE REGGAE Performance by JAHNKONOO and for DESSERT a Live DANCE PERFORMANCE “ KIZOMBA” from ANGOLA by IRIS DE BRITO ( 2x UK Salsa Champion) and MIGUEL MONTEIRO
Music FLOWING the whole night by Resident DJ: AFROCAT Also Guest DJs to keep it IRIE!! DJ Sylvester throwin Latin Tunes & DJ Akin on Soul & Rare Grooves
Reggae, Funk, Rare Groove, Ska, Latin, Soul, Afro Beat & World Music
