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Thee J Johanz

Vivian

Vivian is a great acid banger with high frequency Jupiter 8 eruptions and a simple ‘raga style’ melody. The track was made after the last tour was can... more...

• 1 Vivian
• 2 Rag Bhupali (feat Charanjit Singh - live)

MBamina

Experimental

It is late 1972. Six emigres from Congo, Benin and Cameroon find themselves in Pavia, near Milan in Italy. Sharing a passion for music and dance roote... more...

• 1 Djambo (Salut a l'Afrique)
• 2 Tchiula (Le Crapaud)
• 3 Mamy
• 4 Tchiayala

Wally Badarou

Echoes

Wally Badarou is a French-born synthesizer specialist, and long-time associate of the British band Level 42, known for its blend of funk, pop, soul an... more...

• 01 Keys
• 02 Hi-Life
• 03 Mambo
• 04 Voices

Carl Gari & Abdulah Miniawy

Darraje

Peculiar bits with Arabian influences to top it off.

• 1 Nayroz
• 2 Ya Wayni
• 3 Darraje
• 4 Al Weshaya

King Ghazi presents Abu Sayah

Houran & Shamaleh

Dj Sotofett , Gilb'r and I:cube remixes! more...

• 1 Houran (GilbR Simple Tone mix)
• 2 Shamaleh (GilbR main mix)
• 3 Nasser (interlude)
• 4 Shamaleh (dub version)

Orchestre Rail Band

Moko-Diolo

Reissue of ultra rare 7'' from the cult, Orchestre Rail Band. Along with the Bembeya Jazz or Orchestra Baobab, the Rail Band of Bamako is one of the... more...

• 1 Moko-Diolo
• 2 Tamadiara

Faze Action / Zeke Manyika

Mangwana

Faze Action return with a brand new 12'', teaming up with Zimbabwean born Zeke Manyika to create ''Mangwana''. Sung in Zeke's native Shona, and taking... more...

• 1 Mangwana
• 2 Chiiko
• 3 Mangwana (A Vision Of Panorama remix)
• 4 Mangwana (Paradise 89 dub)

Shelter

Shelter's Edits vol 1

The first 2 Shelter edits. Afro Disco, trumpets and drums everywhere.

• 1 Phonkie Music
• 2 Open the door

Workdub

Workdub ep

Music From Memory continue their 12” series with the release of an EP from St. Louis outfit Workdub, taking four tracks from across the groups elusive... more...

• 1 Island Breeze
• 2 Caravan
• 3 The Odyssey

Shelter & The The Abstract Truth Orchestra

Talisman

Arabic Edits. more...

• 1 Chayk al-Jabal
• 2 Rasqet el Fada
• 3 Mahtab
• 4 Horizon

Various Artists

Caribbean Disco Boogie Sounds

In the Caribbean territories, local musicians and producers seized the sound of their US counterparts, and make it their own, melting-up disco, funk,... more...

• 1 Beres Hammond - Comin At You (Short Version)
• 2 Ray Williams - Cosmopolitan London
• 3 Oluko Imo - Praise Jah (7inch Version)
• 4 Musicism - Bermuda Triangle

Pasteur Lappe

African Funk Experimentals (1979 to 1981)

Recommended by: Gerd

Step forward Cameroonian funk master Pasteur Lappe. The story begins in the 60s with a charming 19 year old Nicolas ''Pasteur'' Lappe becoming a sensa... more...

• 01 More Sekele Movement (Papa Ni Mama)
• 02 Na Real Sekele Fo'Ya
• 03 Sanaga Calypso
• 04 Hiembi Nin (Hymne A La Vie)

Fadoul

Al Zman Saib

8 tracks of raw Arabic funk music, none of these have ever been reissued before. So far Fadoul (or Fadaul, or Faddoul, the transcribtion of his name t... more...

• 01 Sid Redad
• 02 Laylat Al Jabda
• 03 Maktoub Lah
• 04 Tayeh

Dalton

Alech

Dalton was a band from Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. They came together as a band around 1968 when most of the members studied together at the Univer... more...

• 01 alech
• 02 soul brother

Various Artists

Nigeria 70 - The Definitive LP Edition

Strut present a definitive vinyl edition of the groundbreaking compilation 'Nigeria 70'. Originally released in 2001, the collection set the benchmark... more...

• 01 Orlando Julius & The Afro Sounders - Alo Mi Alo (part 1 & 2)
• 02 Segun Bucknor & His Revolution - La La La
• 03 Lijadu Sisters - Orere Elejigbo
• 04 Peter King - Shango

D.K.

Island Of Dreams

No more pool parties, no more red-hot cars on the road to Miami; with his third release Parisian producer D.K. gives his music a new direction. While... more...

• 1 Evening Shadows
• 2 Ivory Forest
• 3 Play On
• 4 Journey Into The Sun

Andi Otto

Bangalore Whispers

Recommended by: Nixxon

Andi Otto aka Springintgut together with South-Indian singer Md Pallavi.

• 1 Bangalore Whispers (ft MD Pallavi)
• 2 6-5-5-5

Nu Guinea

The Tony Allen Experiments

Recommended by: MinimalRome | Modular DJs | The Pilotwings | D-Ribeiro

Comet is pleased to announce the third volume of the Afrobeat Makers Series: Nu Guinea - The Tony Allen Experiments. By re-working the original ma... more...

• 1 Prelude
• 2 Howls
• 3 Open Paths
• 4 NG Theme

Finis Africae

Amazonia

Recommended by: Clone

Come join Spaniard Juan Alberto Arteche Guel and his musical co-adventurers on their good ship Finis Africae on an imagined musical journey along the... more...

• 01 Suite Amazonica (Amazon Suite)
• 02 El Abrazo de la Selva (The Embrace of the Forest)
• 03 Carauari (Carauari)
• 04 El Hechicero (The Soothsayer)

Khwanta Fasawang

Lam phaen motorsai tham saep: the best of lam phaen sister no. 1

Combining earlier musical trajectories with electronic elements and lyrics dealing with drinking and love, money and motorcycles, Khwanta led the cass... more...

• 1 Lam Phaen Bak Song Sao Pha Saeo
• 2 Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saeb
• 3 Lam Phaen Pen Taa O O
• 4 Lam Phaen Nai Khon Bo Mi Ongsa

The Green Door All-Stars

Youth Stand Up!

Youth Stand Up! is a collaborative recording project between Glasgow’s Green Door Studio, Lebeha Drumming Center in Hopkins, Belize, and the Tafi Cult... more...

• 1 Youth Stand Up
• 2 Ava Wo Nane
• 3 Beat The Drum
• 4 Set Upon The River

Rex ILUSIVII

In The Moon Cage

Serbian electronic music pioneer Rex Ilusivii (The King of Illusions in Latin) left an extensive collection of never-heard-before musical gems in his... more...

• 1 Moon Cage I
• 2 Moon Cage II
• 3 Moon Cage III
• 4 Moon Cage IV

AMM

Ammmusic

Black Truffle is honoured to present the first vinyl reissue of the classic debut album from AMM, AMMMusic. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of it... more...

• 1 Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset
• 2 After Rapidly Circling The Plaza

Various Artists

Time To Set The Night On Fire

Recommended by: De Dupe

01AM is the perfect time to start a party and it is the first release of a new label by Afrobot related to his Afrobotic Musicology blog. The record c... more...

• 1 Set On Fire
• 2 Indian Reggae
• 3 Mandinga Babinga
• 4 Ayooo

Wukir Suryadi

Woven Sounds

Half of Indonesia's Senyawa (the band's sole instrumentalist, Wukir Suryadi) with a solo release for Morphine. Engineered by Rabih Beaini.

• 1 Tenun
• 2 Comb Sisir & Topi Toraja