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HAPE New year! 2019 en retrospectiva

HAPE New year! 2019 en retrospectiva

Cuba, US, Africa, Europe

Los inicios de año son el momento perfecto para mirar hacia atrás y para ver por dónde los últimos meses nos han llevado…

El colectivo HAPE nació en La Habana a inicios del 2016. La idea era crear una plataforma, donde música y artistas alternativos pudieran estar descubiertos por una audiencia con ganas de algo nuevo.

La cantidad de talentos con los cuales Cuba cuenta, el rumbo constante de DJs, los maravillosos lugares que la ciudad ofrece, y sobretodo el público: esos ingredientes hicieron de La Habana una tierra muy fértil para desarrollar el proyecto

HAPE New Year! Looking back at our journey in 2019

HAPE New Year! Looking back at our journey in 2019

Cuba, US, Africa, Europe

The beginning of the year is a good time for everyone to look back at their journey and where it took them...
HAPE Collective started in Havana in the spring of 2016 from the idea of creating a platform where alternative music and artists could be discovered by an audience hungry for something new. The vast musical talent, the turn-over of DJs visiting, the beautiful locations that the city has to offer, and most importantly the audience, made Havana a very fertile ground for this idea.

Pulo NDJ - Desert to Douala is out!

N’Djamena, Chad, 29 March 2019

Announcing our first album, Pulo NDJ's "From Desert To Douala" - a collaborative record between Nickodemus, HAPE & a group of local musicians recorded in N'djamena, Chad. Our friends at Afropop Worldwide have the very first taste of the album with "Clandoman" - an uplifting track paying homage to the Taxi Motorcycle drivers in Chad's dusty capital. 

Preview & Pre-Order Digital, 2x7" pack or CD --> 

https://wonderwheelrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/desert-to-douala

New MixtHAPE out! Afrique partout

New MixtHAPE out! Afrique partout

N’Djamena, Chad, 31 January 2019

African influences, African sounds, African traditions, Africa now… a continent that goes beyond its geographical limits, shaping cultures and styles worldwide, a place where the old and new meet, fight, build future traditions. From the marginal center of N’djamena, Chad, to the periphery of London, UK from old town Havana, Cuba to flourishing Nairobi, Kenya, find the colours, roots, shapes of such diversity… find "Afrique partout"!

Desert to Douala (soon out on Wonderwheel Recordings): 125% of the amount pledged funded!

Desert to Douala (soon out on Wonderwheel Recordings): 125% of the amount pledged funded!

N’Djamena, Chad, 25 January 2019

The crowdfunding campaign for the Pulo NDJ’s debut album “Desert to Douala” was successful, with 125% of the amount pledged funded.

The artists of the collective are currently working with Nickodemus and Wonderwheel Recordings to get the last things done and release the album, which is expected for the beginning of April 2019.

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Pulo NDJ's debut album: Desert to Douala

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Pulo NDJ's debut album: Desert to Douala

N’Djamena, Chad, 10 December 2018

HAPE Collective launched its first music production project!! Pulo NDJ's debut album: 'Desert to Douala' (Wonderwheel Recordings ), an encounter between talented artists from Chad🇹🇩 & Cameroon🇨🇲, globe-trotting Nickodemus and HAPE Collective's own djbuosis, is almost ready to be produced! Support our Kickstarter campaign!

HAPE N'Djamena #3

HAPE N'Djamena #3

N’Djamena, Chad, 24 February 2018

HAPE N’Djaména lit up the garden of the French Cultural Institute with a mix of live traditional performance and DJing in front of a crowd of both national and international dancers. With Samy on the vocals and drums, Master Walid with his piano, Idriss and his garaya, Bana and his djembe and Vianney with his trumpet, the artists played along DJs from