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Wednesday May 28, 2014

Frankie Reyes

Technoindigenous Studies EP No. 1

Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker, better known as the mastermind behind the label Gifted & Blessed and his various monikers including GB, The Abstract Eye and... more...

7inch Gifted & Blessed: GBEP555

Thursday May 8, 2014

Various

Musica Afro Funky Vol 2

Second in a new series of vinyl-only loud-pressed double packs documenting Italy's legendary Afro Funky / Cosmic scene packed with an eclectic selecti... more...

2x12inch Various UK re-releases: SG002

Tuesday Apr 22, 2014

Ric Piccolo

Austral Works 2

Tango! Volume two in the rare Argentinian grooves, reworked by disco connaisseur Ricardo Piccolo. You'll never find these joints again! Limited to 250... more...

12inch Bordello A Parigi: BAP027

Wednesday Apr 16, 2014

Plaza Francia

A New Tango Song Book

Catherine Ringer (from Rita Mitsouko) sings Müller & Makaroff (from Gotan Project) This is the story of two worlds sizing each other up! more...

2LP+CD Because: Bec1785

William Onyeabor

What!?

Hot off the success on last years groundbreaking 'Who Is' collection Luaka Bop celebrates Record Story Day with William Onyeabor's What?!, a fantastic... more...

2LP Luaka Bop: LuakaBop680899503914
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Witch

Movin' On

''Known for their psychedelic fuzz masterpiece Lazy Bones, this is another side of Witch. This time around the band created another masterpiece, but t... more...

LP Invisible City Editions: ICE005

Monday Apr 7, 2014

Ric Piccolo

Austral Works 1

Tango! Rare Argentinian grooves reworked by disco connaisseur Ricardo Piccolo. You'll never find these joints again! Limited to 250 copies.

12inch Bordello A Parigi: BAP026

Wednesday Mar 26, 2014

Woima Collective

Frou Frou Rokko

The Woima Collective returns to Kindred Spirits with a second album release. Influenced by African rhythms and Ethipian Jazz, the collective manages t... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KS043LP

Monday Mar 24, 2014

Mr Mendel

Mr Mendel Edits

Amsterdam native Mr Mendel is one those cats you'll find digging in the deepest vinyl crates but also one to hook up seriously tight edits. On his de... more...

12inch Basic Fingers: Fingers016

Saturday Mar 22, 2014

Ravi Shankar

Three Ragas

Three Ragas, Ravi Shankar’s Western debut (recorded in London in 1956), remains one of his finest albums ever recorded. Although Shankar was already a... more...

LP Doxy: DOZ422LP

Thursday Mar 13, 2014

Forgotten Corner & Kidja

Tatooine Moons

Stunning trip into foreign sounds on this release. Not much info comes with it, but this is the hype text for those interested: ''Forgotten Corner, Kh... more...

12inch Forgotten Corner Records: Forgotten002

Wednesday Feb 26, 2014

l'orchestre sidi yassa de kayes

l'orchestre sidi yassa de kayes (deluxe edition)

The new installement of the Kindred Spirits Mali series. Comes in a heavy weight ‘old style’ tip-on card sleeve and pressed on 180 gr. In 1977, seven... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSMALI04Lp

Friday Feb 21, 2014

Various Artists

African Shakedown #2

African Shakedown is back! After Ata Kak made so many new friends around the globe, we take you on another journey into the irresistible world of A... more...

12inch African Shakedown: ASD002

Thursday Feb 13, 2014

William Onyeabor

Who is William Onyeabor?

In the early 21st century, a shadowy figure rose from the dust that settled atop forgotten record collections throughout Africa, leaving behind a trai... more...

3LP Luaka Bop: LuakaBopLP0079
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Feb 10, 2014

Duve

Karv

Blank Slate presents the debut of the Düve project, a collaboration between Soren Jahan and Ali Çakir. Combining live recorded drums and instrumenta... more...

EP Blank Slate: BS005
4LP Honest Jons: HJRLP069

Wednesday Feb 5, 2014

Various Artists

Heavenly Ethiopiques - The Best Of The Ethiopiques Series

The first 'Best of' on vinyl from the ethiopiques series. Francis Falcetto, the founder of the series and specialist of Ethiopian music picked up a se... more...

2LP Heavenly Sweetness: HS107VL

Thursday Dec 12, 2013

B.N.M. / P.D.D.G.

B.N.M. / P.D.D.G.

Some adventurous tracks from the lisboa underground scene! BNM (Blacksea Nao Maya) are from the South side and PDDG (Piquenos Djs Do Guetto) from the... more...

12inch Principe: P005

Wednesday Dec 11, 2013

William Onyeabor

Good Name

Reissue of the most hard to get African album ever. One off pressing with two long tracks. A huge recommendation and simply a must have for anyone int... more...

LP Luaka Bop: LuakaBop5030

mar seck

vagabonde from super cap-vert to number one: unreleased recordings 1969 - 1980

TERANGA BEAT proudly presents MAR SECK, a delicate singer and songwriter who marked the history of Senegalese music. A cross over between Cuban comp... more...

2LP Teranga Beat: TBLP018

Monday Dec 9, 2013

Super Djata De Bamako

Vol. 2 - Blue

Super Djata is one of boldest and most exciting orchestras in the history of African modern music, if not one of Africa’s greatest and most unsung ens... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSRE17

Super Djata Band

Vol. 2 - Yellow

Super Djata is one of boldest and most exciting orchestras in the history of African modern music, if not one of Africa’s greatest and most unsung ens... more...

LP Kindred Spirits: KSRE16

Wednesday Nov 27, 2013

Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand

African Songbird

The opener is a first-round knockout: moody and hurting, soaring and visionary, with him-indoors Dollar Brand threading electric keys through the free... more...

CD Matsuli Music: mm103cd