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Africa Express

Africa Express is a group from the UK.

Group GB electronic avant-garde afrobeat
TOTAL PLAYS
187
SONGS PLAYED
30
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2013-11-30 01:28 · 6 Music — "Season Change"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · Radio 2 — "Motherland (feat. Bootie Brown, M.anifest, Tom Excell & Joan as Police Woman)"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2013 — 2025
100 75 50 25 0
'13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 171 91%
1Xtra 12 6%
Radio 1 3 2%
Radio 2 1 1%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 18:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Johannesburg (feat. Gruff Rhys, Sibot, Radio 123 & Morena Leraba) 65 2020-07-11
2 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 46 2025-10-09
3 Season Change 20 2023-09-15
4 Twirl (feat. Poté & Ghetts) 12 2019-08-24
5 Nayena 5 2019-04-18
6 Mi Lado (feat. Poté, Alansito Vega & Mare Advertencia) 4 2025-05-31
7 Johannesburg (feat. Gruff Rhys, Sibot, Morena Leraba & Radio 123) 4 2019-05-22
8 Soledad (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Luisa Almaguer & Mexican Institute of Sound) 2 2025-07-11
9 Hacernos Asi (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Luisa Almaguer & Mexican Institute of Sound) 2 2025-07-11
10 The Sky Above You (feat. Damon Albarn, Imarhan, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan & Luisa Almaguer) 2 2025-07-11
11 Kuduro (feat. Fatoumata Diawara, Moonchild Sanelly & Tom Excell) 2 2025-07-11
12 Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter Bokondji, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn) 2 2025-06-23
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-10-29 23:44 Motherland (feat. Bootie Brown, M.anifest, Tom Excell & Joan as Police Woman) Radio 2
2025-10-09 04:16 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-09-28 06:33 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-09-10 04:13 Hacernos Así (feat. Luisa Almaguer, Seye Adelekan, Nick Zinner, Damon Albarn & Joan As Police Woman) 6 Music
2025-09-06 18:23 Defiant Ones (feat. Son Rompe Pera, M.anifest, Ophélia Hié, Mélissa Hié & Mexican Institute of Sound) 6 Music
2025-08-28 04:20 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-08-24 05:33 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-08-11 12:25 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-08-03 06:04 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-08-01 04:33 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-07-31 11:37 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
2025-07-31 06:04 Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

30 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
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Bittersweet Escape (feat. Mr Jukes, Nonku Phiri & BCUC) — 1 ▶
Defiant Ones (feat. Son Rompe Pera, M.anifest, Ophélia Hié, Mélissa Hié & Mexican Institute of Sound) — 1 ▶
Hacernos Asi (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Luisa Almaguer & Mexican Institute of Sound) — 2 ▶
Hacernos Así (feat. Luisa Almaguer, Seye Adelekan, Nick Zinner, Damon Albarn & Joan As Police Woman) — 1 ▶
Invocation (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Onipa, Otim Alpha & Jupiter) — 46 ▶
Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter Bokondji, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn) — 2 ▶
Johannesburg (feat. Gruff Rhys, Sibot, Morena Leraba & Radio 123) — 4 ▶
Johannesburg (feat. Gruff Rhys, Sibot, Radio 123 & Morena Leraba) — 65 ▶
Kuduro (feat. Fatoumata Diawara, Moonchild Sanelly & Tom Excell) — 2 ▶
Mi Lado (feat. Poté, Alansito Vega & Mare Advertencia) — 1 ▶
Mi Lado (feat. Poté, Alansito Vega & Mare Advertencia) — 4 ▶
Morals (feat. Mr Jukes, Mahotella Queens & Moonchild) — 1 ▶
Motherland (feat. Bootie Brown, M.anifest, Tom Excell & Joan as Police Woman) — 1 ▶
Nayena — 5 ▶
No Games — 2 ▶
No Games (feat. Muzi, Ghetts, Sho Madjozi, Poté & Moonchild Sanelly) — 1 ▶
No Games (feat. Muzi, Poté, Ghetts, Moonchild Sanelly, Radio 123 & Sho Madjozi) — 2 ▶
Season Change — 20 ▶
See The World (feat. Mahotella Queens, Damon Albarn, Gruff Rhys) — 1 ▶
Sizi Freaks (feat. Moonchild Sanelly & Infamous Boiz) — 1 ▶
Soledad (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Luisa Almagu, Nick Zinner & Seye Adelekan) — 2 ▶
Soledad (feat. Damon Albarn, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Luisa Almaguer & Mexican Institute of Sound) — 2 ▶
The Return of Bacardi (feat. Spoko & FAKA) — 1 ▶
The River (feat. Muzi, Zola 7 & Mahotella Queens) — 1 ▶
The Sky Above You (feat. Damon Albarn, Imarhan, Joan As Police Woman, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan & Luisa Almaguer) — 2 ▶
Twirl (feat. Poté & Ghetts) — 12 ▶
Vessels — 1 ▶
Vessels (feat. Gruff Rhys, Muzi, BCUC, Puzekhemisi) — 1 ▶
Vessels (feat. Muzi, Puzekhemisi, Gruff Rhys & BCUC) — 1 ▶
Wade In The Water — 1 ▶