Teranga Beat

Adamantios Kafetzis – visual artist, avid record collector, DJ, owner of the Teranga Beat record label, and curator of the Eligo Audio Culture online platform.

Based in Dakar, Teranga Beat was founded in 2010, when it released “Diamonoye tiopité (L’époque de l’évolution)”, an album of pieces written by Idrissa Diop between 1969 and 1975. There have been another twelve label releases to date, among the most important being “Ormenion” by Evritiki Zygia, which shaped the band’s sound.