Great Fela Kuti and sons, Tony Allen, Antibalas, Oumou Sanagre, Salif Keita, Yousou N'Dor, Mamady Keita, Oumou Diabate, Richard Bona, Baka Beyond, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Bob Marley, Jacob Miller, Dennis Brown, Gladiators, Third World, Abyssinians, Culture, Basque Dub Foundation, Lone Ark, King Tubby, Lee Perry.....
Kwame is the name for the magical, mystical musician and composer John Kwame Azraku. The name Kwame is perfect for this unique, special talent, since it means “Saturday” in Acan, one of the indigenous languages of Ghana. Kwame was born in Ghana in 1958, and began his first ensemble, the City Brothers Band, in 1977. This dance band played diverse styles, ranging from Funk, Afrobeat, and HighLife to Reggae and Makossa.
In 1980 he moved to Nigeria where he formed the Super Ashantis Band, whose first album was titled “Waterproof”. John played drums in this band ,which eventually became the Zebs Band International, a prestigious band based out of Nigeria, who toured Cameroon, the Congo, Niger, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Libya, Chad and many more exotic locales. In 1992 Kwame recorded the album “Afroca Democracy” with a new band, Akumamba. As a result of this recording, Kwame and company signed a 6 year contract with a German promoter to tour all of Europe, especially Germany. This eventually took Kwame to Barcelona, where he currently resides.
Upon setting foot on the Catalan ground Kwame was reunited with an old friend from Guinea Bissau named Oli. Kwame proceeded to collaborate with Oli on recordings for the band Qubamba, thus beginning his experiments of playing African music with a variety of musicians from other countries and continents. It was at this point that John felt comfortable enough in his surroundings to carry out his own musical project, thus was born Kwame Afrovibes. This project is an attempt to express John’s personal philosophy formed by his musical experience and general “joy for life”. Upon seeing Kwame perform one is immediately drawn to his earnest, honest and straightforward happiness and ecstatic stage presence. The modern Kwame Afrovibes was formed when Kwame met Aaron Feder, recently arrived from Chicago. The two formed a deep friendship and musical relationship that is now three years old and still growing!
Kwame is the composer of all the music currently played by the Kwame Afrovibes. However, the musical influences of each of the current members is still quite obvious, and thus the unique and beautiful amalgam that is Kwame Afrovibes stands out. Whether it is a HighLife tune, a Reggae song, a traditional Native Blues or an Afrobeat jam, the crowd and the band are constantly moving, constantly dancing, constantly smiling, imparting to the audience the band’s own happiness and good fortune to be playing with Kwame
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Concierto presentación … REAS … con su primer disco “Vivir Libre”
Género: Reggae, ragga, hip-hop.
Con la colaboración a los micros de: Totas, Sataniko (”jhk”) y Zeze (”Pff”).
Con la colaboración a los platos: Dj MiyAgUi.
Como grupos invitados:
* Keishal (Reggae, ragga, hip-hop. Caceres)
* Ky2 (Hip-hop. Valladolid)
Fecha: 20 - Junio - 2009 (Sabado)
Lugar: Sala Porta Caeli (Valladolid)
Horario: 19:30h.
Entradas: 6€ (con consumición) y 8€ (con consumición + Disco REAS “Vivir Libre”)
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La Resistencia informa: JUEVES 14 ************************************** CLAN MATUKE (reggae funk dub)+MOYENEI (dacehall queen Mexico)+ODIPS (supa nova sound system Dj reggae dancehall Francia) A las 22h 5 € Editor de Imagenes www.myspace.com/clanmatuke www.myspace.com/moyenei VIERNES 15************************************* THE SLINGSHOTS (soul funk) + UPPER EGYPT SERIES con Djs ABEL+ASMATIC+THABEAT+UVE (funk soul jazz) A las 23h 5 €. Editor de Imagenes www.myspace.com/theslingshotsfunk www.myspace.com/thabeat SABADO 16********************************** TOP OF CLASS party (early, rocksteady, northen) a las 23h. www.myspace.com/topoftheclassproductions DOMINGO 17******************************************* SORPESA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A las 20h.
Lo dicho, el que avisa, no es traidor, es avisador!!!
c/ Rosalía de Castro,92 L..Hospitalet, junto al metro Torrassa-Nit Bus N2 (delante de la puerta)
Salaam, The European Reggae Contest has just begun! We really hope to reach the final in Berlin and it..s up to you to vote for us! Do it! You can listen to 2 fresh tunes from our so far unreleased album "THE RANDOMPLAN", comming out in June 2009.
