Hipsters Don’t Dance Top World Carnival Tunes for February 2015

One week after the World Carnival holiday, Hipster’s Don’t Dance are back with their first chart of 2015. Enjoy this round of tunes, and remember to visit the HDD blog for all their great up-to-the-time-ness out of London!

Gino Brown x MercyO

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ8IN_K_Iso&w=560&h=315]

SA house guy Gino Brown teams up with Nigerian Mc Pinky Jay, the groove on this is great and Gino really has something going by putting these two styles together. House may have an affinity to powerful divas but now its time for Sh@t talking women.

Martel B x Badda Dan Dem Remix (Feat. Bigz, Frisco & Young Spray)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa_db0H0MHs&w=560&h=315]

Martel B’s hit is bubbling up and this year has seen two remixes appear. This is the better one with UK legends Frisco and Bigz hopping on it. Also like Kanye at the Brits you can peep Skepta in the back.The Naija remix deserves a listen as well.

Moelogo x Sweetie

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKobE-XlwEE&w=560&h=315]

His first release on a major label is a cover/interpolation of Bunny Mack’s classic Let Me Love You. Every family function should have played this, now the kids can now pretend it’s their own.

Yanga X Awuth’Yam REMIX (Feat. KiD & AKA)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X17WGZvjo3w&w=560&h=315]

This month’s chart is slightly skewed towards SA because we just came back from an incredible trip to the country. Effectively the same combo that came up with Run Jozi are back with this jam. Summertime flows and vibes.

Cassper Nyovest x Ghetto (Feat. DJ Drama & Anatii)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjGpbe9xOA&w=560&h=315]

First of all shout out fellow AIAC writers Dylan and Antoinette (as well as Leila) for putting us on in SA. One of the things we were recommended was Cassper. Lo and Behold a week or so later here he is teaming up with DJ Drama for Ghetto.

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

More than a building

The film ‘No Place But Here’ uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a housing occupation in Cape Town. In the process, it wants to challenge gentrification and the capitalist logic of home ownership.