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Melé & Bontan & K.O.G - Adesa
Pressed play on Melé, Bontan and K.O.G's Adesa half by accident and eight bars later the room felt ten degrees warmer. Afro house with real heat.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestOne email per week with the tracks worth your time. No spam, no Coldplay. -
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Melé - Another Tomorrow
Melé runs a hand-drum loop under Another Tomorrow that sounds recorded in a courtyard. Best decision on the track, and the afro house groove does the rest.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Melé & IRAH - Body Move (Extended Mix)
Mele and IRAH built 'Body Move' to do one job on a system at 1am. Afro-house swing that gets your ankles moving before your coffee does.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestWhat you missed this week, minus the corporate emo. -
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Stryv - Patigo (Extended Mix)
Stryv's 'Patigo' is the rolling, percussive Afro house eating everyone's lunch right now. Seven minutes, zero interest in standing still.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Two Records, No Connection
Read more . . . →If you only have ten minutes today, spend them on these two. They share no DNA. One went number one in three countries, the other cracked Beatport’s top 100 from a label most people can’t name. Both of them own a piece of this summer from opposite ends. 1. Adam Port & Stryv ft. Malachiii - Move You hear this once in a bar and then it follows you home. Malachiii’s vocal sits on a rhythm that splits the difference between Afrobeats and melodic house, and standing still to it is physically unreasonable. It went to number one in Belgium,...
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Ahmed Spins vs Mike Dunn - Phunky
Ahmed Spins vs Mike Dunn's Phunky is afro house that lives up to its name, groove-heavy and impossible not to move to immediately.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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The one genuinely new thing at Tomorrowland this year
Read more . . . →Here’s the actual news out of this year’s lineup, buried under the headliner circus: on opening Friday, Tomorrowland is running its first full afro house day at the Melodia stage. Not one token DJ shoved into an afternoon slot, a whole bill of South African producers who’ve spent years turning drum patterns into something closer to church. If you only know this festival as big-room fireworks, this is the corner worth walking to. 1. Caiiro - The Akan Caiiro builds tracks like they’re supposed to run twenty minutes, and you resent it when they don’t. The Akan is all rolling...
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THEMBA, Niraj Naik x Manoo feat. Nicolle Rochelle - Sorofe
THEMBA and crew deliver afro house that doesn't rush to the drop because the drop was never the point. Hypnotic, patient, and genuinely transporting.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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THEMBA x DJ Kent x David Morales - Alegria
THEMBA, DJ Kent, and David Morales making something that actually earns the title Alegria. Three headliners who chose cooperation over ego. It works.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogWhat if your laundry was also a personality? -
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Defected Ibiza - House Music Summer Mix 2026
Defected Ibiza saying summer is happening whether you're ready or not. Two hours of deep, vocal, afro and tech house. Put this on.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
