Africa - All

Mark Ernestus Presents Jeri-Jeri

Bamba

Recommended by: Rio Padice | klen

Heavy mid-tempo talking drum loaded grooves produced by Mark Ernestus of Basic Channel fame. Tip!

• 1 bamba
• 2 walo
• 3 bamba version
• 4 leumbeul

Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri with Mbene Diatta Seck:

Xale

A sophomore three-tracker: singer Mbene Diatta Seck in sombre consideration of street-kids and parental neglect, buoyed by propulsive drumming and tre... more...

• 1 xale
• 2 xale rhythm
• 3 daguagne

Fela Kuti

Live in Detroit 1986

Recommended by: Clone

Official release of previously bootlegged concert from Fela's first North American tour with Egypt 80. The first album of official unreleased Fela mus... more...

Fela Kuti

Live In detroit 1986

Strut team up with New York's Knitting Factory for the exclusive worldwide release of 'Live In Detroit, 1986', the first new Fela Kuti material to be... more...

• 1 track 1
• 2 track 2
• 3 track 3
• 4 track 4

Mark Ernestus Presents Djery Djery and Mbene Diatta Seck

Mbeuguel Dafa Nekh

A stunning new production by the Rhythm & Sound ace, drawn from his recording sessions with some of Senegal's greatest musicians — a griot clan of Sab... more...

• 1 mbeugel dafa nekh
• 2 dub dafa nekh

Fela Kuti

Beasts Of No Nation / Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am

Classic Afro Funk from Fela Kuti repressed by the Slow to Speak guys

• 1 beasts of no nation
• 2 Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am

Fela Anikulapo Kuti & The Africa 70

Up Side Down / Go Slow

Afro Beat classic from 1976.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Africa 70

No Agreement

Classic African Funk/Protest LP by Fela Anikulaop Kuti the Uncrownd Nigirian King. Including the tracks ''No Agreement'' and ''Dog Eat Dog''.

Fela and Afrika 70

Zombie

Classic African Funk/Protest LP by the influential Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Including the tracks ''Zombie'', ''Monkey Banana'' and Everything Scatter''

Alphonsus Idigo

Search

riginally recorded in 1987 at Tabansi recorded Studio & Roger All Stars and pressed by Wilfilms, Nigeria. You’ll find six tracks of drumcomputer drive... more...

• 1 Flight 505
• 2 We Got To Love
• 3 Search
• 4 Superman

Various Artists

Music from Saharan WhatsApp

In 2020, Sahel Sounds hosted a project called Music from Saharan WhatsApp. This series consisted of ephemeral digital EPs, documenting live performanc... more...

• 08 Hama - Alhoria
• 10 Bounaly - Takamba

Papé Nziengui et son Groupe

Kadi Yombo

Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogh... more...

• 2 Gho Mitsaba Na Voko

Fela Ransome Kuti and his Africa 70

Felas London Scene (50th Anniversary Edition)

One of the many classic albums by multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer and political activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. As the pioneer of Afrobeat,... more...

• 01 JEhin-JEhin
• 02 Egbe Mio
• 03 Who are You
• 04 Buy Africa

Afrobuddha

Obama/Zone

It's a little unclear of the intentions behind London-based Japanese duo Afrobuddha's name, but on their first release they were certainly working in... more...

• 1 Obame
• 2 Obame (dub mix)
• 3 Zone
• 4 Zone (Drum mix)

Native Soul

Teenage Dreams

In common parlance, the two producers who make up Native Soul would be considered ''ma2000'' - or, born after the onset of democracy, having never exp... more...

Barbatuques / Emmanuel Jal

Baiana / Kuar (Pablo Fierro / FNX Omar Remixes)

Pablo Fierro's edit of 'Baiana’ is one of the most sought after tracks 2019 and is finally out on vinyl! Further more this release features a remix of... more...

• 1 Barbatuques - Baiana (Pablo Fierro Edit)
• 2 Emmanuel Jal -Kuar (FNX Omar Remix)

Ismail and Sixu Toure

Mandinka Dong

Released in 1979, self-financed by loans from friends and allies, Mandinka Dong is the genesis of Touré Kunda, the cornerstone of the band’s unique so... more...

• 1 Ntinkerint
• 2 Lemene Kuru
• 3 Kalo Kalo
• 4 NYo

Los Camaroes

A Journey Into Cameroonian Music

10 raw tracks taken from various singles from 1968 to 1975, that present the musical diversity played by the seven members of Los Camaroes: Bikutsi, A... more...

• 01 Boo A Nun Muna
• 02 Special Nkumu Asenge
• 03 Wongale Mba
• 04 Mengala Maurice

Alma Negra and SOL

Eritrea EP

The 3rd Release on Alma Negra Records is dedicated to the music of Eritrea, a small (in African terms, that is) country nestled in between Sudan and E... more...

• 1 Alma Negra - Haleto lale lalo (Saho)
• 2 SOL - Erytrea nèdègé (Saho)

Abu Obaida Hassan

Abu Obaida Hassan and His Tambour, The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan

Recommended by: Roman Sputnik

Grammy-nominated Ostinato Records presents ''Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan'' in a gatefold LP packaging with vintage ph... more...

• 1 Daweena
• 2 Qamar Al Massa (Moon of the Night)
• 3 Nas Fi Nas (People on People)
• 4 Fargooni (They Left Us)

Underground System Afrobeat

Underground System Afrobeat

The B.O.B. EP (Bootyshake Outbreak) 1st release by 12 piece Brooklyn-style Afro funk ensemble.that f/members of Akoya. Fronted almost entirely by fema... more...