The guest for this, the final episode of season 1 is Juba,  a British Nigerian DJ, producer, filmmaker and radio and podcast host based in Berlin, Germany.  Her film and podcast series Assurance tackles the challenges that female DJs face worldwide. Juba is a champion of African electronic music and her recent FACT mix was one of Resident Advisor’s mixes of the year for 2022.  I spoke to Juba at the end of last year, and in the short window of time she had we covered a whole range of topics, we started off by talking about her first encounters with rhythm, through dance…

You can find Juba on Instagram and listen to her radio shows on Rinse FM and Cashmere Radio. You can stream her Assurance Documentary and listen to the associated Podcast and Compilation. All the music featured in today’s episode are from the Assurance Podcast, the tracks are:

DJ IV - Chosen

Badsista - Linha Vermelha

Makorssiri - Hisia feat Air Conditioner

Gina Jeanz - Don’t Stop the Rave

Sensei Lo - True Love

Maggie Tra - Em Come Home

The guest for today’s podcast is Pedro Coquenao, known by his artist alias, Batida, which is Portuguese for ‘beat’.  He is a producer, a DJ, a curator, and a radio host, amongst many other things.   He has released four albums to date, all combining African rhythms from his native Angola with house and techno beats.  In this, the second part of our conversation, the importance of dance, his radio show on Worldwide FM and latest album, both called Neon Colonialismo, his project and film The Almost Perfect DJ and his tips for finding music in Lisbon. This is part 2 of a two-part interview

You can find Batida’s latest album Neon Colonialismo on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. And spend some time getting lost in the archive of his Worldwide FM Radio Shows.

Music used (all by Batida)

Bom Bom feat Mayra Andrade

Farrarmento feat Nástio Mosquito

Hmmm feat Bonga

Tem Dor (Africa de Itamaracá) feat Lia De Itamaracá and DJ Delores

Tieri O Chap

The guest for today’s podcast is Pedro Coquenao, known by his artist alias, Batida, which is Portuguese for ‘beat’.  He is a producer, a DJ, a curator, and a radio host, amongst many other things.   He has released four albums to date, all combining African rhythms from his native Angola with house and techno beats.  We had a long chat, and in this, the first part of our conversation, we discuss the city of Lisbon, the spread of African electronic music, sampling and his somewhat unique live performance instrument.  We started by talking about his earliest musical influences. This is part 1 of a two-part interview

You can find Batida’s latest album Neon Colonialismo on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. And spend some time getting lost in the archive of his Worldwide FM Radio Shows. There is also music on this episode from his first album, simply called Batida, you can also find that on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Music used:

Algeria

Eléctrico (featuring Branko)

Farramento (featuring Nástio Mosquito)

Ah! (featuring Poté)

Bazuka (Quen Me Rusguo)