November – 2015 – Afrobotic Musicology

Ferdi Özbeğen – Kalk Gidelim

November 26, 2015Roeland Otten

Half a year ago Mad’R gave me the Turkish track Kalk Gidelim by Ferdi Özbeğen digitally, he suggested I could make an edit of it and here’s the result: I became curious for the meaning of the lyrics that are… Continue Reading →

The Sound of Cabo Verde

November 13, 2015Roeland Otten

My first introduction to Funaná – but I had no clue at that time – was probably 8 years ago, when I bought a second hand record of Bend’Nobo 83 with the album title Funaná at a local recordshop for… Continue Reading →