Awesome Tapes From Africa

3 listings in one named room, over the last three years · Los Angeles · 1,369 following on RA

also plays Berlin — 4 nights

Brian Shimkovitz was on a Fulbright scholarship in Ghana when he got hooked on the cassette culture of the region. Street vendors hawked West African recordings in myriad genres, from highlife to African disco, old left-field soul to curious local pop. Much of his style is largely unheard outside of West Africa.

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The nights

2026

Sun 26 AprSundays in The Atrium: Awesome Tapes, Lollise [Live]public records · their 3rd night

2025 — 1 night

Sun 18 May 2025Sundays in The Atrium: Awesome Tapes From Africa [DJ Set] + Saha Gnawa [Live]public records · their 2nd night

2024 — 1 night

Sun 31 Mar 2024Sunday in The Atrium: Awesome Tapes From Africapublic records · first time

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2023Jan 2027

public recordsMar 2024 – Apr 20263 nights

Who they play with

Three nights on the books, and no name on more than one of them.

Sun 31 Mar 2024Luaka Bop
Sun 18 May 2025Saha Gnawa
Sun 26 Apr 2026Lollise

Three people have stood on one of these bills; none has stood on two.

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