Dec. 15, 2009 -
PRLog -- HEADLINE: ADDISTUNES.COM TEAMS UP WITH OUT HERE RECORDS TO DISTRIBUTE URBAN AFRICAN HITS
(New York, NY) – AddisTunes.com (www.AddisTunes.com)
– one of the world’s fist sites dedicated to legally authorized African music and movie downloads – today announced that it will begin offering digital downloads of Germany-based Out Here Records’ entire catalog of urban African music, which features artists such as K’naan (Somalia), Professor Jay (Tanzania), Peter Miles (Uganda), Bonga (Angola), Terry the Rapman (Nigeria), and Bassekou Kouyate (Mali), to name a few.
Out Here Records (http://www.outhere.de/)
was founded in 2004 to present a new urban image of Africa. The first release was the album ‘Dakamerap’
by Senegal’s first female rap trio Alif. Georg Milz joined the team and started getting more and more involved in the labelwork. Soon the Tanzanian band X Plastaz and their album ‘Maasai hip hop’ followed. This got the label in touch with East Africa and the Bongo Flava scene, which has been booming literally unnoticed by the rest of the world for the last ten years. ‘Bongo Flava - Swahili rap from Tanzania’ brought together the Swahili hip-hop cats from Dar es Salaam. It introduces superstars like Professor Jay, Juma Nature (just nominated for a MTV European Music award), Afande Sele (Tanzania’s King of Bongo Flava 2004) and many others to an international market. Out Here Records has an impressive track record of being on the frontier of the African music scene, with hard-hitting releases from Nigeria, African Reggae and Dancehall, revolutionary Ghanaian Hiplife, and more.
AddisTunes.com’
s founder, Diallo Hall, praised Out Here Records for their visionary pursuit of the most incredible and creative music to come out of the African continent. “Out Here Records is run by a team of musical pioneers who have the courage to explore musical markets long-ignored by Western audiences. And we are honored to work with such a dedicated crew of musical archeologists.”
Hall continued that this new relationship is key for positioning AddisTunes.com as the future home for all African artists. “When we founded AddisTunes.com, we were inspired by the creative passion of Ethiopian artists. But we can’t stop there. We are determined to work with every artist and musician on the African continent and in the Diaspora. But we can’t stop there. There is a whole generation of musicians that have been inspired by the musical traditions of Mama Africa who are pushing boundaries of music as we know it. They are the future of AddisTunes.com.”
Over the upcoming weeks, AddisTunes.com will begin releasing individual albums, beginning with Urban Africa Club: Hip Hop, Dancehall, and Kwaito, and Comfusoes1: From Angola to Brasil. As always, downloads are priced at $0.90 each, with the majority of proceeds going directly to the artists.
www.AddisTunes.com
www.OutHere.de
For further information, contact Diallo Hall at info@AddisTunes.com
# # #
AddisTunes.com is one of the world's first sites dedicated to legally authorized downloads of African music and movies.
