African Beats & Pieces Keyboard Kings & Queens

★ African Beats & Pieces ★ is an event series dedicated to the music of Africa and its diaspora. With a special focus on contemporary and lesser-known artists, we strive to showcase the diversity of sounds and songs the continent has to offer, doing so through theme-specific parties involving passionate diggers & DJs. ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ Continuing our epic series focusing on instruments, we’re happy to dedicate a whole party to the million amazing songs made with pianos, keyboards, accordions & midi controllers all over the continent and throughout its diaspora! We’re super chuffed to welcome for the occasion a fellow African music enthusiast + brilliant rekkid/digital digger Jimmy Trash - himself a keys player! - to embark on this joyful thematic adventure! 🎹👌 Come travel with us up and down the keys from the high BPMs of Funana to the somber stabs of Gqom, from the shimmering pentatonic cascades of Ethiopia to the frenetic chords of the Ivory Coast, from the sweaty Zouk layers in the West Indies to the sexy grooves sprinkled throughout contemporary African pop! ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ► Jimmy Trash (Australia/Berlin) | Trashfest/Sigourney Skywalker https://www.mixcloud.com/jimmy-trash/stream/ ► DJ Mixanthrope (France/Berlin) | African Beats & Pieces https://soundcloud.com/djmixanthrope ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ ♬ 4€ before midnight / 5€ after | 9pm-open end. Special thanks to Sahel Sounds for alllowing us to use for our banner artwork the beautiful cover from Hama Synth's latest gorgeous album: "Houmeissa".