From 2012 - 2014 the TEN CITIES project brought together 50 arists from ten african & european cities. Recording sessions, collaborations, partys and concerts took place in Berlin, Bristol, Cairo, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Lagos, Lisbon, Luanda, Nairobi & Naples. The musical outcome was released on a triple vinyl album on Soundway Records UK.

The idea went on and various collaborations made their own way on records, projects & concerts and inspired artists and scenes involved. 29.11.2019 we´ll bring back the spirit and celebrate it with a TEN CITIES jam at Yaam Berlin.

Berlin´s electronic wizards Gebrüder Teichmann will play a liveset together with Yoruba percussionist and singer Wura Samba (Kazia Jones, ua.)

London-born, Berlin-based producer, song- writer and DJ Sasha Perera (Jahcoozi) performs with her highly acclaimed project Perera Elsewhere.

Alai K from Nairobi (Ukoo Flani, Nyege Nyege Tapes) will present his Disco Vumbi project, that blends eastafrican influences and electronic dance music.

And one of our favorites Djs Mixanthrope (African Beats and Pieces) will show the diversity of Africas contemporary electronic music scenes.

The Nigerian yoruba percussionist and singer Wura Samba and Berlin´s electronic multitalents Gebrüder Teichmann met in Lagos, Nigeria through the TEN CITIES Project. After their succesful debut on Soundway Records (V.A. - Ten Cities) they are happy to present their first EP "2 Cities / Berlin - Lagos", which is also the first release of the new NOLAND Tracks series.

https://soundcloud.com/gebrueder-teichmann/sets/gebrueder-teichmann-wura-samba

NOLAND Tracks is a subdivision of the brothers NOLAND label and will focus on the clubby and dancy side of the NOLAND label spectrum. Tracks for DJS and Vinyl lovers - raw and direct.

Perera Elsewhere is Berlin based, UK born experimental electronic music producer Sasha Perera. Coined by some as ‘Doom-Folk’, her one-of-a-kind music has been used in Paolo Sorrentino’s feature film Loro, Ava Du Vernay’s Queen Sugar show and HBO’s Looking.

She‘s been well supported in the media by the likes of Pitchfork, NPR, BBC R1/6Music/1Xtra, Resident Advisor, Crack, Entertainment Weekly, The Wire ,Vogue and many more while KEXP, FACT and Fader have all commissioned exclusive mixes from her.

Disco Vumbi is a mix of electronic music and live instruments, created and produced by Alai K, which features Mijikenda rhythms, Chakacha and Benga music. It is inspired by Kenyan music from the 1950s to 1990s.

https://soundcloud.com/nyege-nyege-tapes/sets/nnt001-disco-vumbi-boutiq

The name Disco Vumbi refers to a saying from the 1970s when people would go out to a dance in the streets and came home covered in dust(vumbi). While Kenyan music was influenced a lot by Western pop music since the turn of the century, Disco Vumbi is coming to give you the local old-school music in a new style. Alai K has been in the Kenyan music industry since 1995, starting out with the Hip Hop collective Ukoo Flani and afterwards pursuing his solo career as a singer and songwriter. Later on he ventured into music production and Djing and that is when Disco Vumbi emerged. Disco Vumbi is about dancing and singing together to celebrate the music according to the Kenyan culture. Cheza!

French-born & Berlin-based DJ Mixanthrope loves shaking dancefloors with african voices, electronic beats and tropical grooves.

https://soundcloud.com/djmixanthrope