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Pedrinho

Aleluia

Mar & Sol first release Is Aleluia Lp from the Cabo Verde singer Pedrinho. At the time, late 70's, this Lp was one of the biggest successes from Cabo... more...

• 01 Ei Se Vous Dance
• 02 Nhos Baxa Nhos Panha
• 03 Ze Maria
• 04 Capataz De Moquero

Lee Moore

Do You Feel Like A Party? (Rare Singles - Memphis 1979-1984)

Arkansas native, Lee Moore moved to Memphis in 1975 with only one goal in mind: to make it big in the music industry and to release music that would b... more...

• 01 Do You Feel Like A Party (12 mix)
• 02 Get Off (part 1)
• 03 The First Family
• 04 Slow Motion

Divinity

He's Coming

Arkansas native, Lee Moore moved to Memphis in 1975 with only one goal in mind: to make it big in the music industry and to release music that would b... more...

• 1 Watch Over Me
• 2 Keep Seeking God For Divine Love
• 3 Stay
• 4 Jesus Is Love

Le' Gamby

Double OO Too Sweet

Le Gamby - Double OO Too Sweet” from 1985, truly a rarity and another glimpse of the unheralded genius of Lee Moore. Yet again, this rare LP is virtua... more...

• 1 Double OO Too Sweet
• 2 Whippin
• 3 Sweet Baby
• 4 You Played On Me

The Soul Pilot

Lawless / Craving

For our second release we may introduce the Rotterdam-based beatmaker The Soul Pilot. He is known for his funky, soulful and beats heavy productions.... more...

• 1 Lawless
• 2 Craving

Nexus

Stand Up

Recommended by: Mystic Jungle

Top class reissue of the magnificent Italo gem Stand Up by Nexus, originally released back in 1983 on the quality Italian label Mr Disc Organisation.... more...

• 1 stand up (vocal)
• 2 stand up (instrumental)

MED, Blu & Madlib

The Turn Up EP

There goes the neighborhood! MED, Blu and Madlib return with a new EP called The Turn Up. Soulful, hard hitting raw sounds produced by Madlib matched... more...

• 01 The Turn UP (feat Oh-No)
• 02 Jungles (feat Black Shakespeare)
• 03 House Keys
• 04 Even Though

The Steoples

Six Rocks

Meet the Steoples — Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker and Yeofi Andoh. Gabriel is a longtime producer, under the name Gifted & Blessed a.k.a. GB, integral to th... more...

• 01 From The Otherside
• 02 Smoak
• 03 Courting Sunshine
• 04 Fated

Letta Mbulu

In The Music...... The Village Never Ends

Originally released in South Africa in 1983, In The Music......The Village Never Ends is one of those holy-grail African records that barely needs any... more...

• 1 Sweet Juju
• 2 Nomalizo
• 3 Nkedama
• 4 Hamba Nam We

Mildlife

Phase

Recommended by: Honey Soundsystem

Narrowing down Mildlife's style into a genre is almost impossible, as they bond over the desire to push musical boundaries. No strangers to the Melbou... more...

• 1 The Magnificent Moon
• 2 Zwango Zop
• 3 Im Blau
• 4 Phase

Prophets Of Peace

Get It On

Two unreleased recordings dug up by the team at Numero Group for their Purple Snow comp (GET IT), these were begging to be put on 45. Recorded at Audi... more...

• 1 Get It On
• 2 You Can Be

Ice

Reality

First ever official reissue of Ice's rare and in demand North Carolina born soul funk jam 'Reality' via Athens of the North Records and Magnetic Recor... more...

• 1 Reality
• 2 Hey, Hey

EKO

Funky Disco Music

For this Africa Seven foray we take a trip to 1979. ''Funky Disco Music'' was Eko's third LP. It is locked-on with the sound we here at Africa Seven l... more...

• 1 Funky Disco Music
• 2 Ndolo Embe Mulema
• 3 Une Chanson Sans Paroles
• 4 Bowa'a Mba Ngebe

Aaron Broomfield / Broomfield Corporate Jam

I'm Gonna Miss Ya / Does Anybody Really Know

More fire from Aaron Broomfield's archive, here we have two sought after sides. 'I'm gonna miss ya' was transferred from tapes by Aaron himself and is... more...

• 1 I'm Gonna Miss Ya
• 2 Does Anybody Really Know

Mystic Jungle

Night Of Cheetah

Recommended by: Whodamanny | Mystic Jungle

Minimalistic funk and boogie disco jams by Mystic Jungle. more...

• 01 - Enter The Night
• 02 - Night Of Cheetah
• 03 - Mumbo Jumbo
• 04 - Blue Marlin Club

Aquarian Dream

Phoenix / East 6th Street

The Norman Connors produced Aquarian Dream first appeared in 1976 with their debut album on Buddah, featuring the extremely popular 'Phoenix' along wi... more...

• 1 Phoenix
• 2 East 6th Street

Iwabo

Reggae Down

on-point reissue with this excellent single from Caribbean funksters IWABO. ''Reggae Down'' does indeed feature a skank of sorts and all manner of sun... more...

• 1 Reggae Down
• 2 Smile On Your Face

Darryl Douglas

Holding On

Kalita Records drops the first ever official reissue of Darryl Douglas' 1981 gospel disco monster 'Holding On'. Born out of a tight-knit friendship gr... more...

• 1 Holding On
• 2 Jesus Is The Light

Egyptian Lover

1985

The lover drops a new full length album with 13 tracks. Essential! more...

• 01 To 1985
• 02 International Freak
• 03 Everything She Wants
• 04 -3

Basa Basa

Homowo

Reissue of this rare Nigerian/Ghana funk record. Incl. the jam African Soul Power which you might have heard getting spins in the clubs...Incl. a post... more...

• 1 Homowo
• 2 Konya
• 3 Black Light
• 4 African Soul Power

The Brothers

Brothers Theme

1976 - The Brothers were an emerging Disco soul septet whose blistering arrangements and ferocious playing had earned them a cult following and a majo... more...

• 1 Brothers Theme
• 2 Make Love
• 3 Under The Skin

Peech Boys

Don't Make Me Wait

the Peech Boys were Larry Levan's group, we're talking early 80's NYC here, 1982 to be precise, around the height of the Paradise Garage as Larry was... more...

• 1 Don't Make Me Wait
• 2 Don't Make Me Wait (dub mix)

Benny Golson

I'm Always Dancin' To The Music

Philadelphian Jazz legend Benny Golson has had a long and storied career, he's played with luminaries such as John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Art B... more...

• 1 I'm Always Dancin' To The Music (Special Disco version)
• 2 I'm Always Dancin' To The Music (Special Disco version - mono)

The Jones Girls

Nights Over Egypt

Detroit sisters The Jones Girls were a hugely popular part of Philadelphia's PIR stable throughout the 1970's and 80's. They cut numerous sides for t... more...

• 1 Nights Over Egypt
• 2 Love Dont Ever Say Goodbye

Keysha / FG's Romance

Stop It / What Is Love Today

Recommended by: Endless Illusion

First 12'' in a series of yearly valentine maxis celebrating love. This one contains Keysha's sleazy R&B youtube hit ''Stop It!'' & a Belgian blue eye... more...

• 1 Keysha - Stop It
• 2 FG's Romance - What Is Love Today