New Album from Akoya Afrobeat!
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Brooklyn's Akoya is poised to make a brand new vinyl (and digital) album of heavy, full sized Afrobeat.
Backers: 236
Average Pledge Per Backer: $41
Funded: $9,663 of $9,000
Dates: May 26th -> Jun 30th (35 days)
Project By: Akoya Afrobeat
Backers: 236
Average Pledge Per Backer: $41
Funded: $9,663 of $9,000
Dates: May 26th -> Jun 30th (35 days)
Project By: Akoya Afrobeat
$9,663
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 30 @ 11:04 -0400 GMT
107%
of goal
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Latest News
Mastering and Artwork 
December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
To our amazing and patient supporters: After revising the mixes that we at first thought were finished in September (soon after our last update began to hear room for improvement), we have begun the mastering stage and are working with Lemi Ghariokwu... (Read More)
Mixing Done
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings everybody. I am looking at the amount of time since our last update, and it's insane how quickly time flew by. We have been meeting a few times a month when both we and our mixing engineer were in town to mix the album, and we really swung... (Read More)
FREE Brooklyn Show this Saturday 2/2
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, we just wanted to send you all a quick note to let you know we have finally finished recording our new album! It really came together and we all feel like we captured something special. We will be able to start mixing next month and... (Read More)
New Album Recorded
January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Good news everyone! We have finally recorded this album and to be completely honest it has exceeded our expectations. A lot of energy and years of workshopping went into it and we're sure you will be satisfied. We invite you to check out our Facebook... (Read More)
(cue Etta James) At Last...
January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings and happy new year to everyone. It is with great pleasure that I bring you our incredible news: Akoya Afrobeat will finally be getting into the studio at the end of next week, thanks entirely to your loving and generous support. We can't... (Read More)
The Plan Of Action
November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody, Thank you all so much for supporting our Kickstarter campaign. We're very sorry for the radio silence since you helped us get over the top in achieving our goal. A couple of unforseen circumstances arose since originally scheduling the... (Read More)
Our Schedule
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, it's been almost a month since we've been in touch. Thanks to you, we are now able to put together our third album with our heaviest Akoya styles yet. Originally, it looked like we were going to be able to record the album in late... (Read More)
We Did It! THANK YOU x 1,000,000
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
So this morning our Kickstarter Campaign ended, and we are lucky and grateful to be able to say we made our goal! THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the donors, and to everyone who helped us spread the word about our project! You won't be disappointed! Months... (Read More)
Exciting News: Matching Donor In Final Days!
June 25th - via: kickstarter.com
So as of midnight, Tuesday June 26th, we are 75% funded. There are really only FOUR DAYS left to make up the remaining 25% ($2,233) so that we can make a new Akoya album for you. We've been cooking up some music that we're really excited about--... (Read More)
The Home Stretch (and a new reward special!)
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We have nine days left for our campaign to raise money to make a new Akoya album for you. We are at a healthy 58% right now, but if we don't get to 100% (or more) by 10am Eastern Standard Time on June 30th... well... we don't even really want to... (Read More)
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