Awesome Tapes From Africa

Founded by Brian Shimkovitz in 2006 after a year of studies in Ghana, blog and label Awesome Tapes From Africa has grown into an international indie phenomenon, helping the outside world discover and celebrate genres like West African hip-life, Ethiopian jazz, taarab and Madagascar’s tsapiky. Shimkovitz himself now pops up in Shibuya for an evening of quick hits before his Fuji Rock appearance the following weekend.