Our boys The Very Best return with a hammer of a video directed by Village Beat for the 1st single from their forthcoming new album, MTMTMTK, dropping this summer on Moshi Moshi/Cooperative Music. Esau & Johan take the part of Lil Wayne and his security except they’re in a Nairobi township have a goat which …
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Johan Hugo ‘Super Mom feat. Baloji’ & ‘Arab Spring’
Fresh back from playing Lake of Stars in Malawi with Esau, our boy Johan of The Very Best / We Don’t Belong in Pacha, Blasts you with a double barrel of always welcome output of pure music sunshine. Earlier this summer, inspired by the North African and Arabic uprisings, he laid down this dabke house …
Super Mom – Summer Jam This Friday
This Friday, Super Mom is back! After two riotous parties (sorry) The Very Best are back with an essential carnival warm up summer jam. Join us this Friday at Villain in East london for more FIRE! Get all the details here and on the Facebook page The Very Best have teamed up with Invisible Children …
The Very Best FACT Mix
Since their Super Mom mixtape dropped, The Very Best has been busy in the studio perfecting tracks for the new Very Best album, again all featuring the soaring epic vocals of Esau Mwamwaya with some huge secret collaborations. In between working on the album and his house productions and remixes as We Don’t Belong in …
The Very Best – Super Mom Mixtape
The Very Best soundcheck, Secousse New York, summer 2009 If you’ve been following updates on the Ghetto Bassquake Facebook page, you might have noticed that I’ve been getting very hyped for the release of the second Very Best mixtape. Since the release of their now legendary first mixtape dropped as a free download in 09, …
The Very Best live @ Malawi’s Lake of Stars festival
The Very Best perform DJ Cleo’s Wena as a girl cooks up a snack on some bloke’s head. Head over to RCRDLBL to get the awesome new remixes of ‘Julia’ by Kano and Jayou. And if you haven’t picked up the album yet, go buy it at Rough Trade (and get the mixtape FREE), Amazon …
The Very Best in San Francisco
I finally get to link up with The Very Best on the gig tip. When they were touring this summer in the US, I was playing their party in London, so it will be nice to be able to warm up the room for them this Friday at 103 Harriett in San Francisco. Update: Tonight’s …
TVB
You’ve heard the mixtape and it was hot. With this banging cover specially commissioned by Ivorian artist B P Konan, The Very Best’s album, Warm Heart of Africa (Rough Trade Pre-order) is already shaping up to be a classic. Dropping on Moshi Moshi on 14th September. For now here is the Architecture in Helsinki remix …
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love me some Bongo! I didn't know you used to play in a project with him, got any recordings?
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