IKOQWE (pronounced ee-kok-weh) is a new project by Batida (the Angola-born, Lisbon-raised artist who ranks among the leading exponents of the new wave of African electronic music), and Luaty Beirão, aka Ikonoklasta, the Angolan rapper turned iconic activist.
Taking inspiration from old school hip hop and traditional Angolan music, their debut “The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite” is drum machines, vocals in Angolan slang, Umbundu, Portuguese & English, delving into neocolonialism, iniquities & falsified history, radio sounds and utopian solutions.
“Pele” (‘skin’) is the first single off the forthcoming debut album:
The Beginning, the Medium, the End and the Infinite is due for release on March 5, 2021 on Crammed Discs.
Listen to PELE : https://smarturl.it/IKOQWE_Pele
Photo Credit: Raquel Moreira