IKOQWE - The Beginning, The Medium, The End And The Infinite [LP]

CRAMMED DISCS

£22.93

Cat. no: CRAM306LP
Format: LP
Barcode: 876623008200
Release Date: 5th March 2021
Genre: World Music

IKOQWE (pronounced ee-kok-weh) is a new project by Batida (aka Pedro Coquen o, the Angola-born, Lisbon-raised artist who ranks among the leading exponents of the new wave of African electronic music), and Luaty Beir o, aka Ikonoklasta, the Angolan rapper turned iconic activist.

IKOQWE’s inspiration comes from old school Hip Hop as much as from traditional Angolan music. The album (entitled ‘The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite’) includes drum machines, vocals in Angolan slang, Umbundu, Portuguese & English, discussions about neocolonialism, iniquities and falsified history, radio sounds, utopian solutions, and much more.

The album will be preceded by a 3-track digital single, ‘Pele’ (‘Skin’), containing the album version, and remixes by afro house legend Bodhi Sattva and by UK ‘disco noir’ band MADMADMAD. Also check out the music video for ‘Pele’, including some footage from IKOQWE’s first live performance.

Press:
BBC Radio 6 Music (Tom Ravenscroft)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdsl
Folk Radio
https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2021/01/ikoqwe-pele-angolan-music/
Pan African Music
https://pan-african-music.com/en/ikoqwe-pele/
XLR8R
http://bit.ly/36KadKh

Tracks: The Principle (O Pr ncipio) / Bulubulu / Falta Muito? (feat. Spoek Mathambo) / Pele / The Medium (O Meio) (feat. Celeste Mariposa) / Vai de C@n@! (feat. Octa Push) / Outra Cidade (Another Town) / Makumba / The End (Kamicasio) / Quarentena / The Infinite (O Infinito)