Josi Chave & Kea Zawadi - To the beat (feat. Kea Zawadi)

Afrocentric Records returns with the follow-up to their 2018 compilation. It Began in Africa 1.0 .
It Began In Africa 2.0 features 26 cuts of Authentic Afro House, including music from established artist like Candy Man, Wilson Kentura, Gino Brown and Sky White alongside a number of "If you don't know get to know" newcomers.


All elements of the Afro House genre are covered over the 26 tracks. Some of our personal favorites which have been road tested extensively on the Afrocentric dance floor include:

Jose Chave & Kea Zawadi with Beat of the Drum, heartfelt vocals and intricate production grace this Afro Soul gem. Candy Man's slept on Technokrat release from 2018 is remastered and sounding even more emotional than the original. Ancestral Afro is represented by Rock Final Boyz & Imvubelo Clan, with their Deep, Dark thumping , taking no prisoners on the dance floor track Izembe.


Benjy & Echo Deep keeps up the percussive pressure with Pata Pata with Benjy going all out on the bongos and showing why he is to go to percussion drummer for all things Afro.

For those that like their Afro of the Tech variety, we have you covered , with dance floor stompers from Thaiiland SA, Durbanroot & Cyberklng, Giluuu, Statix , Ronny T, Frankysoule and the outstanding new talent called Emkay with Ukuthala , which has featured heavily on the Afrocentric Record radio show.


We have included a couple of instrumentals from AMFLOW & Sky White of their remix of Gino Brown's Uchi Da Dai for those that liked the original remixes these will be available only on this compilation. Speaking of Sky White this uber talented producer from Mozambique delivers with his haunting Salted Wounds track, which further solidifies his credentials as a producer to look out for .


Afro Soul is represented by an epic track Free from Arol Kinzie featuring Txio, this will have those who love their soulful house reaching for the repeat button, a beautiful vocal performance from Txio which complements Arol's intricate drums patterns and cinematic strings perfectly


Creating a feeling of early Culoe De Song new talent Camblom Subaria delivers with Europa . Angola is represented by Vado M & DJ Lau Virilha with their sing along cut Wena,. And the legend Wilson Kentura with his B side cut Jungle Jail from his 2019 Afrocentric Records release a track he has stated is one of his best.


Add to this new music from DJ Cider, InQfive, Sedis, Vex Africa & El Sonik, Buder Nice, label stalwart Kates le Cafe alongside Phats De Juvenile