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New African Disco

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New African Disco

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Hipsters Don't Dance

Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for April 2015.

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Hipster’s Don’t Dance are back with our chart for April 2015. Enjoy this round of tunes, and remember to visit the HDD blog for all the great up-to-the-time-ness out of London. Also, visit the archive of this series.

Patoranking x Daniella Whine

VP Records’ history making dancehall stars cross-over is impressive, hopefully they will be able to do the same with Patoranking. This 90’s dancehall-esque video by Clarence Peters is really good.

Hagan x Gold Coast EP

We couldn’t choose which track to focus on, but Hagan is really putting together something special. Crafting a UK club sound with flourishes of African club music. Afrohouse is growing in the UK and hopefully this can help.

Joao Victor Alves de Bastos, via Unsplash.

Dotorado x African Scream

So the video for this potentially seminal track just dropped, but more importantly Annie Mac, the UK Queen of all music, had this playing on her show. Granted it was Benji’s B pick but still it’s the start of this great underground track getting UK exposure.

Major Notes x Nu African Disco

This month is leaning very house heavy, but we would be remiss to not mention this EP as well. After the amazing track 419 from last year Major Notes is back with a further exploration of “Nu African Disco”.

Shatta Wale x Reality

Granted this is very much a rip off Popcaan, but Shatta is gaining quite a bit of momentum at the moment so this could be the launch of something big. After the success of Patoranking, why not him next?

Further Reading

On Safari

On our year-end publishing break, we reflect on how 2024’s contradictions reveal a fractured world grappling with inequality, digital activism, and the blurred lines between action and spectacle.

Rebuilding Algeria’s oceans

Grassroots activists and marine scientists in Algeria are building artificial reefs to restore biodiversity and sustain fishing communities, but scaling up requires more than passion—it needs institutional support and political will.

Ibaaku’s space race

Through Afro-futurist soundscapes blending tradition and innovation, Ibaaku’s new album, ‘Joola Jazz,’ reshapes Dakar’s cultural rhythm and challenges the legacy of Négritude.

An allegiance to abusers

This weekend, Chris Brown will perform two sold-out concerts in South Africa. His relationship to the country reveals the twisted dynamic between a black American artist with a track record of violence and a country happy to receive him.

Shell’s exit scam

Shell’s so-called divestment from Nigeria’s Niger Delta is a calculated move to evade accountability, leaving behind both environmental and economic devastation.

Africa’s sibling rivalry

Nigeria and South Africa have a fraught relationship marked by xenophobia, economic competition, and cultural exchange. The Nigerian Scam are joined by Khanya Mtshali to discuss the dynamics shaping these tensions on the AIAC podcast.

The price of power

Ghana’s election has brought another handover between the country’s two main parties. Yet behind the scenes lies a flawed system where wealth can buy political office.

Beats of defiance

From the streets of Khartoum to exile abroad, Sudanese hip-hop artists have turned music into a powerful tool for protest, resilience, and the preservation of collective memory.