Brian Shimkovitz was on a Fulbright scholarship in Ghana when he got hooked on the region’s cassette culture; street vendors hawking West African recordings in a myriad of genres, from highlife to African disco, old left-field soul to curious local pop. Inspired, Shimkovitz started a blog,
Awesome Tapes from Africa, and won enough listeners to turn it into an acclaimed label and DJ career.
http://www.awesometapes.com/
› awesometapes.com
Appearances:
› 2012 › ICAS SUITE BERLIN
