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Daphni

Music project of Caribou's Dan Snaith. Daphni's debut album, Jiaolong, will be released on 8 October on Merge Records. "During the time I was making the Caribou album Swim, I'd fallen back in love with moments in small, dark clubs when a DJ puts on a piece of music that not only can you not identify, but that until you heard it you could not have conceived of existing," Snaith said. "Daphni tracks are rough and spontaneous … They're about working fast and intuitively, capturing the manic energy needed to start a track one afternoon, have it finished, and be playing it in a club that night."

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Canadian Psychedelic Afrobeat

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The Mahotella Queens

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Papa Chango

For the Ecuadorian reggae group see Papá Changó Whether you

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Vibe Squad

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Wunmi

Wunmi, real name Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olufunke Olaiya, is a singer, dancer and fashion designer. She was born in the United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, but spent much of her childhood in Lagos, Nigeria. She worked with the band Soul II Soul, notably appearing as a dancer in the video for "Back To Life" (1989). Her debut single, "What a See (A Guy Called Gerald Mix)" was released in 1998, and her debut album A.L.A. (Africans Living Abroad) came out on the Documented record label in 2006.

WANLOV THE KUBOLOR

Yes it’s true, he wears a skirt; it’s actually a mud cloth wrap. Yes, yes, he goes everywhere barefoot and rumors of no underwear might very well be true, but would you expect anything less radical from a Kubolor? And for those who are not hip to this word; a Kubolor pronounced “coo-bor-law” is a rascal or truant; one who does not appear to be under parental control or guidance, always on some adventure like Kofi Babone or Peter Pan.

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Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra

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Chico Man

Marcos "Marquitos" Garcia was born into a musical Cuban family, and is currently a member of American Afrobeat pioneers, Antibalas. Armed with his childhood Casio keyboard, in late 2002 he embarked upon an experiment in afrobeat. The outcome was Manifest Tone Vol.1, a collection of raw and dirty, Lo-Fi tracks to make your body move. Encouraged by his Antibalas bandmates to keep exploring, Garcia ventured into the world of 1980's drum machine beats and sounds.

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Jungle by Night

Jungle by Night is a young and swinging, promising band from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Friends, family and former strangers form a nine-headed ensemble, which is the talk of the town at this moment. Being different from the slipstream of young bands that find their inspiration in British and American pop, Jungle by Night is inspired by music away from the mainstream. Their music is a mixture of Afrobeat from Nigeria and Jazz from Ethiopia, played with a Western rock attitude.

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lapis lazzuli

Lapis Lazuli are a band from Canterbury, UK formed in late 2009 they are 5 people unified by a concept of music unbound by the limits of pigeon-holing, and brought together by the willingness to fuse and transverse genres from across time and place.
Bombastic beats and global grooves are combined with a rich tapestry of texture and melody created by the twin guitars, synth, flute, trumpet and digeredoo sounds, telling ancient stories from the vault of their collective influences.

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