🎧 ABUSIA BACKTRACK SPOTLIGHT: BRADFORD JAMES — DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE UNDERGROUND

Abusia Backtrack Live! Deep Spirit Twitch.TV/AbusiaRadio Days Hours Minutes Seconds "Go Deep. Feel the Spirit" Abusia Backtrack Live continues its journey through the architects of soulful house with a special feature on producer / DJ Bradford James — one of the genre’s most quietly influential craftsmen. With more than three decades behind the decks, Bradford’s sound speaks the language of roots, rhythm, and community. From his early start in 1987, he has shaped underground dance floors from Boston to Brooklyn, […]

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ABUSIA SPOTLIGHTS: AMMA WHATT

ABUSIA SPOTLIGHT: AMMA WHATT Where Soul Meets Spirit in House Music When “Elegua – The Opener” dropped on Tribe Records, it did more than move the dance floor. Written and performed by Amma Whatt and produced by Zepherin Saint, the track became a devotional anthem—its Yoruba refrain and rolling groove evoking the crossroads where ancestral rhythm meets modern soul. For the global house community, it marked the moment a new spiritual voice stepped fully into view. A Heritage of Rhythm […]

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Underground Revival NYC: Spotlight on a Duo Keeping the Groove Sacred

Underground Revival NYC: Spotlight on a Duo Keeping the Groove SacredPublished: July 2025By Abusia Radio Editorial Team House music may have been born in Chicago, but its spirit found a sacred home in New York City’s underground. Few embody that legacy more faithfully than Underground Revival NYC (URNYC)—a DJ and production duo made up of two seasoned selectors with roots deep in the scene. Who Is URNYC? Founded in the 1990s, URNYC was born of a friendship sparked at the […]

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Golden Era of House Music

Abusia Backtrack Live: Honoring the Golden Era of House Music Streaming Sunday, June 22, 2025 Live on AbusiaRadio.net and Twitch.tv/AbusiaRadio This Classic Groove Sunday, Abusia Radio invites you to a special moment in our cultural journey—Abusia Backtrack Live, a one-day audio tribute celebrating the DJs, dancers, and sanctuaries that built the foundations of house music. Throughout the day, we’ll broadcast a curated tribute on AbusiaRadio.com, blending music, memories, and messages that capture the soul of the movement. Then, we take […]

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Chapter 3: Descendants from Greatness

Abusia Backtrack Chapter Three: Descendants from Greatness By the time the 1990s arrived, house music had already created its temples, its rituals, and its gods. But a new generation of DJs and producers—raised on the foundations of The Loft, The Garage, and The Warehouse—were now ready to build kingdoms of their own. They weren’t imitating the legends—they were continuing the lineage. This is the story of the Descendants from Greatness—the DJs who took what they were given and made it […]

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🔥SPOTLIGHT: DJ JenJen — Leading the Drum-Driven Dancefloor Revolution

Hey Abusia Radio Family, We’ve got one question:👉 Are you ready to Bang Da Damn Drums? On Saturday, June 28, 2025, Brooklyn’s own DJ JenJen brings her electrifying movement from Twitch to the live stage—right here in NYC. Before you hit the floor, meet the woman behind the beats: 🎧 About DJ JenJen Born and raised in Brooklyn to a Guyanese family, DJ JenJen grew up moving to the vibrant rhythms of Soca and Caribbean sounds. From her first family […]

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Chapter 2: The Inner Circle

Abusia Backtrack Presents: Chapter Two: The Inner Circle In Chapter One: The Sound That Built Us, we opened the doors to the sanctuaries where house, disco, and underground dance music began. But behind those doors was a circle of visionaries—people who didn’t just play records. They broke rules, built communities, and designed blueprints for freedom. This is the story of the inner circle: David Mancuso, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, and Nicky Siano. Before they were legends, they were listeners. Before […]

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From Zanzibar to Now: The Soul of DJ Sodé

OTR SPOTLIGHT: DJ SODÉ This DJ Sodé spotlight takes you from her Newark roots to her residency at AbusiaRadio. Born and raised in Newark, NJ, DJ Sodé grew up in a house where music wasn’t just background noise—it was the heartbeat of home. From the smooth jazz sounds of CD 101.9 to old school love songs on repeat, music shaped her world early. But it was her brother, DJ SteveBass, spinning house tracks on a Barbie turntable and a transistor […]

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Chapter 1: The Sound That Built Us

Abusia Backtrack Chapter One: The Sound That Built Us Before the algorithms, before the club charts and curated playlists, there was something raw and real: a beat, a basement, a body in motion. This is where house music was born—not in boardrooms or press releases, but in sweat, spirit, and soul. Abusia Backtrack is our love letter to the culture that raised us. It’s a preservation project, an educational journey, and a tribute to the Black, brown, queer, and working-class […]

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