The Visual and Pitou have both been confirmed for showcase festival and conference for European music Eurosonic Noorderslag! See you in January Groningen! ✨ Check out the full line up here.
Boka de Banjul Nominated for ‘Best Album’ at Rotterdam Music Awards
Gambian Rotterdam-based Afrobeat group Boka de Banjul’s album ‘Lu Jot Yomb’, released on Mink back in April, has been nominated for best album at the Rotterdam Music Awards, powered by 3voor12 Rotterdam! Thank you, Popunie! VOTE HERE.
The Mighty Breaks’ New Single Featured in Apple Music’s ‘Best of the Week’ Playlist!
Wow! Thanks Apple Music for placing The Mighty Break’s new single ‘Where’s The Having Fun?” in the ‘Best of the Week’ playlist!
And to UK based blog Mystic Sons for featuring the track in their ‘New Music Discovery’ blog post!
Stream here.
The Hazzah Finalise Recording Debut Album
The Hazzah just finished recording their debut album with producer Michiel at Wisseloord Studios and their self built studio in an empty scouting building somewhere in the North of Holland. They also got a nice French review from indiemusic france:
‘… son troisième EP qui évoque une rencontre fortuite entre la nonchalance absurde des Black Lips et la décontraction des Growlers. Les deux titres de ce maxi sont des petits bijoux de concision, branleurs mais pas branlants, que la joyeuse bande entonne avec beaucoup de cœur.’ – read the review here.
New tunes coming soon! We can’t wait
The Visual’s Album to be Mixed by Grammy Award winning Darrell Thorp and Alain Johannes
We can hardly wait for the release of The Visual’s debut album. It’s currently being mixed by Darrell Thorp (Grammy award winning producer who worked with Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Beck, Ray Charles, Jay-Z and Radiohead) and Alain Johannes (who worked with Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell and Arctic Monkeys). ✨ First single out in September! Image is a still from their upcoming video… stay tuned.
Mink at the Abbey Road Institute
Last week founder of Mink, Marieke McKenna gave a second guest lecture at Abbey Road Institute Amsterdam, the educational branch of the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London. It was a lovely day chatting about setting up your own record label, and independent music in general.
Read more about the institute on their website.
New Material by The Visual Coming
Something beautiful is brewing in the world of The Visual. New music and accompanying visual pleasure coming soon in collaboration with the Academie voor Theater en Dans ✨
‘What a suiting name this Jeff Buckley, The XX, Nick Cave-like collective chose for themselves. Upon closing your eyes to their music you find yourself in the cinematic universe of David Lynch.’ – OOR Magazine, 2017
Boka de Banjul Summer Tour
Groove to some Gambian Afro-beat & Mbalax this summer!
After Movies that Matter, BIRD, The Life I Live, Bevrijdingsfestival, Ruigoord, FullMoon Babylon our Afro-beat/Gambian Mbalax supergroup have some more dates coming up for you in The Netherlands and Belgium:
22 June: Oerol Festival, Terschelling
23 June: De Ceuvel, Amsterdam
29 June: North Sea Round Town at Jazzcafé Dizzy, Rotterdam
30 June: Dias Latinos Festival, Amersfoort
7 July: Zeehelden Festival, The Hague
8 July: Onderstroom Festival, Vlissingen
13 July: Zwarte Cross, Lichtenvoorde
14 July: Afro-Latino Festival, Bree, Belgium
21 July: Blijburg Aan Zee, Amsterdam
Folk Radio Praises Avocet’s ‘Borrowed Seed’
Boka de Banjul on New York Radio!
Big up to Break Thru Radio NYC / DJ Meredith for playing Boka de Banjul’s tracks ‘The Leaders’ and ‘Break The Chain’ on the Afrobeat show! ❤️