Afro-House DJs LAOLU [Keinemusik], SPARROW & BARBOSSA [MoBlack] at Madarae

Madarae is San Francisco's newest nightclub featuring world famous house DJs with state of the art sound and lighting but in an intimate setting. Immersing the crowd in amazing sound and visuals while up close and personal to the DJ.

He spent his first years where his parents owned "The Gallery", a club dedicated to Jazz and Soul. After relocating to France , he attended music school in order to learn saxophone and music theory, but upon discovering Detroit techno pioneers Derrick May and Carl Craig at the age of 18, he sold his saxophone to buy his first drum machine.

He then moved to Geneva where he started DJing and met Kadebostan who quickly became a musical co-conspirator. In 2010, Laolu released his first EP "O Fantasma" on the young Berlin based label Clap Your Hands. During the following years, his collaborations and solo work have led him to produce music for labels including Innervisions, Freude Am Tanzen, Defected Clap Your Hands, Mental Groove, Fenou, Baobab Music, Jalapeno Records and Soundway Records. He kicked off 2014 writing and producing Sene Kela for Mr Raoul K new album, which gathered love and support from Dixon and Mano Le tough.

As a DJ, he has built a solid reputation in his hometown of Geneva but also played across Europe in Berlin, Paris , Krakow and Tbilisi. Ruff techno, heart warming house, his style both sophisticated and raw at once allows him to swing moods and match the feverish atmosphere of any club.

Sparrow & Barbossa is a Madrid-based DJ and producer duo formed by the Swiss Bryan Coletta and the Uruguayan Emiliano Haberli. Bryan is a pianist born to a musician's family; his father is the legendary guitarist Francis Coletta who worked with artists like Whitney Houston, Quincy Jones, and Frank Sinatra. Emiliano was born and raised in Uruguay, a region dominated by African colonials, and was widely influenced by 'The Culture Of Candombe,' a pure African tribal rhythm from colonialism.

Sparrow & Barbossa's production debut came in 2018 with their version of Mory Kante's classic 'Yeke' released on Wired Records. The track became a #1 Afro House record. In 2020, they released 'Nterini,' a remix for Fatoumata Diawara's on MoBlack Records that became a #2 Afro House Record with around 2 million plays on Spotify.

Sparrow & Barbossa's debut album 'Seven Seas' was released in 2021, featuring starring collaborations with Mo’Horizon, Dele Sosimi, Floyd Lavine, Josh Milan, Francis Coletta, Idd Aziz, and DJ Chus became #1 Afro House album on Traxsource cross-genre and reached over 11 million streams on Spotify. 'Morena,' also included in the Album, became an Ibiza Anthem thanks to the Keinemusik crew, Adam Port, &Me, and Rampa, their strongest supporters.

Sparrow & Barbossa's sophomore album Réciprocité was release in June of 2023. The album features performers such as Starving Yet Full (Hungry For The Power), Maria De Moraes (Vinicius de Moraes' Daughter), Phindile Ndlovu (Lion King) and remixers such as Monkey Safari, Boddhi Satva, Manoo, Amine K, Kintar and Michel Cleis amongst others.

Shortly thereafter, Bryan and Emiliano linked up with German showstopper Rampa from Keinemusik to release their summer anthem “Champion” which hit # 1 on Beatport’s Afro House chart within the first 24hrs of release.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Madarae, 46 Minna Street, San Francisco, United States