Dafydd Iwan | nl

Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1987) is an English soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Randy Newman, Terry Callier, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012, he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels. He went on to study at the School of Media, Arts and Design at the...

Waiwan, which happends to rhyme with Taiwan, is already a regular feature on the UK circuit, playing nights such as Plastic People in London, as well as Electric Chair and Counter Culture in Manchester. He has also toured with Giles Peterson and Eddie Piller, the founders of recording label 'Acid Jazz'. His style has largely been influenced by the likes of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest and James Brown and can be accurately described as "nu-jazz", a herbal blend of jazz textures with funk and electronic overlays. Waiwan's first album 'Distraction', released on Autonomy/ EMI, was an uplifting...

The mysterious Ifan Dafydd (pronounced ee-van daa-vith) released his debut single No Good on August 15th, 2011, on vinyl only. The prodigious new producer has not stepped into the limelight quietly, already grabbing the ears of Gilles Peterson – who gave B-side Miranda its first outing on BBC Radio 1 - while man of the moment and undoubtedly one of the most sought-after producers of 2011, Jamie xx, has tipped Ifan as one to look out for in Clash. Additional support from KCRW in Los Angeles and NTS Radio in the UK. You can check the track for yourself in...

Nass el Ghiwane was formed in the late 60's by four young men from the poor district of Hay el Mohammadi in industrial Casablanca. Laarbi Batma (who came from the Chaouia region to Kariane Jdid) met Boujemaa Hagour (who came form the Tata (Morocco) region to Derb Moulay Cherif) through their mutual friend Omar Essayed. They were all performing in the theater troupe of Tayeb Essidiki. While performing the piece "Al Majdoub" for Parisian crowds in the summer of 1969, they had the idea of using traditional music as a way to express themselves onstage. They had written pieces of...