Rave to the Grave podcast with Hervé Kalongo and San Farafina of Montreal’s Moonshine Crew. The post-border interdisciplinary collective talks about their journey from throwing full-moon loft parties in 2014 to wild international events in Kinshasa, Abidjan, Dar Es Salaam, Lisbon, Paris and beyond. We discuss the collective’s ethos, the music of Africa and the African diaspora and building a brand, creative hub and party institution. Plus we hear how not even power cuts, traffic, police and giant insects can keep them from a party, and we discuss our run-ins with Game of Thrones characters at the rave.

Rave to the Grave podcast with DJ/producer Vanyfox, who started producing at 12, influenced by his family's Congolese and Angolan music, his older brother’s love for Afrohouse and kuduro dancing, and hip-hop artists like Pharrell, Dr Dre and Nipsey Hussle. Upon moving to Lisbon’s Quinto do Mocho neighborhood, he met producers like Marfox and Danifox and began making batida, Lisbon’s homegrown Afro-Latin electronic dance music. Calling in from France, where he’s lived since age 15, Vany talks about his inspirations and production process, the genres that have influenced batida, his new EP Melodias E Choros and some of his favorite DJ travels, including trips to Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and Zanzibar.