Outernational - All
Tuesday Sep 28, 2010
Various Artists
Afro-Beat Airways
Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie. Just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation by Sa... more...
| 2LP + Booklet | Analog Africa: AALP068 | in stock |
Tuesday Sep 7, 2010
Various Artists
Disc 'O' Lypso
Recommended by: Clone
Awesome collection of phat grooving disco and boogie funk! Tracks like The Star Beams - Disco Stomp, Okyerema Asante - Sabi (Get Down), Billie Cole -... more...
| 2LP | Trans Air: TRA424001 | out of stock |
Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Various Artists
Afro-Beat Airways
Recommended by: Clone
Organ-driven Afro-beat, cosmic Afro-funk and raw, psychedelic boogie ... just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation by... more...
| CD | Analog Africa: AACD068 | out of stock |
Wednesday Jul 14, 2010
Various Artists
Shangaan Electro - New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
An astounding compilation of the breakneck Shangaan dance output of the Nozinja studio in Soweto, recorded between 2006 and 2009. The traditional Shan... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP052 | in stock |
Various Artist
To Scratch Your Heart: Early Recordings From Istanbul
Recommended by: Clone
The music here is so transfixing, intensely devotional and sublimely beautiful, that some contemporary listeners thought they were levitating. Drawn... more...
| 4LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP048 | out of stock |
Thursday May 27, 2010
Tony Allen
Lagos No Shaking
Tony Allen is the co-creator of Afrobeat, and one of the most distinctive and in-demand drummers on the planet. No one swings like this Nigerian rhyth... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP020 | out of stock |
Thursday Apr 29, 2010
Various Artists
The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From The Congo, 1954-55
The presentation of vintage recordings from the EMI Archive in Hayes, this album uncovers the dizzy beginnings of the golden age of African music — zi... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP040 | out of stock |
Friday Apr 16, 2010
Various Artists
Give Me Love: Songs Of The Brokenhearted - Baghdad, 1925-1929
Recommended by: Clone
In the mid-1920s The Gramophone Company employed two or three Europeans to criss-cross Iraq. They logged regional demographics, assessed the German co... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP035 | in stock |
Various Artists
Sprigs Of Time: 78s From The EMI Archive
Recommended by: Clone
Thirty amazing tracks recorded between 1903 and 1957, everywhere from England — Percy Grainger’s recording of the title song in 1908 — to the court of... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP036 | in stock |
Various Artists
Marvellous Boy: Calypso From West Africa
Recommended by: Vereker | Clone
The inter-war dance bands of British West Africa are often strikingly similar in sound to Trinidadian orchestras like Lovey's String Band (credited wi... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP038 | out of stock |
Various Artists
Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization Of West Africa
Drawn from exceedingly rare records, mixing the celebrated and unknown, this is the sequel to The World Is Shaking, and the companion of Marvellous Bo... more...
| 2LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP041 | out of stock |
Thursday Nov 26, 2009
Mulatu Astatke
The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975
Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his... more...
| 2LP | Strut: Strut051lp | out of stock |
Wednesday Nov 25, 2009
Fela Kuti
Beasts Of No Nation / Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am
Classic Afro Funk from Fela Kuti repressed by the Slow to Speak guys
| LP | Celluloid: Cell0822 | out of stock |
Wednesday Aug 5, 2009
Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu of Ethiopia
Recommended by: Luca Lozano
Amazing funky Afro-Jazz Funk masterpiece. This can compete with Fela Kuti's best works. Rare US vinyl re-issue!! more...
| LP | Atlantic: Worthy1020 | out of stock |
Monday Dec 31, 2007
Ismo Laakso
Ofelia
Ismo Laakso's very well produced and spaceously mixed Ofelia (from 1996-99) is a blend of industrial, avant garde, modern classic, bleeps and clicks.... more...
| LP | Sahko Puu: PUU045 | in stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Biosis Now / Afro Train
Independent Bahamas V's Ivory Coast Afro Funk (Nik's Mukatsuku Edit) / Tumba Safari (Nik's Mukatsuku Re-Edit)
Few years ago label manager Nik played in France and the promoter pulled out a Biosis now 45 that he never knew existed up till then and was generally... more...
| 7inch | Mukatsuku: MUKAT053 | out of stock |
Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek
Nem Kaldi
Brand new Anatolian Psych-Pop sensation! 4 heart-melting gems where Turkish Folk meets groove and electric action! Young singer/multi-instrumentist De... more...
| 12inch | Catapulte Records: CATADG024 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Various Artists
Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988
Through 18 diverse tracks, this compilation reveals how immigration from the Cape Verde Islands to Europe and the United States gave us an alternate h... more...
| 2LP | Ostinato Records: OSTLP002 | out of stock |
Les Pythons de la Fournaise
SLP!
Exquisit Franco-Creole supergroup Les Pythons de la Fournaise (named after the great volcano on the Reunion island) are rewarding us with their 2nd ef... more...
| LP | Catapulte Records: CATALP022 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Molly Nilsson
The Travels
The Travels represents a signpost in the continuing journey that is the songs of Berlin-based artist Molly Nilsson. LP with download card and lyric in... more...
| 12inch | Nightschool: LSSN017 | out of stock |
Various Artists
Beach Diggin Vol. 2 By Guts & Mambo
After the success of the first volume last summer, Guts and Mambo return with a new selection of titles to be listened stretched out, feet in the sand... more...
| 2LP | Heavenly Sweetness: HS112VL | out of stock |
Benis Cletin
Jungle Magic
Victor Uwaifo - Ohue (Frankie Francis & Simbad edit) / Sonny Okosun - Odenigbo (Frankie Francis & Simbad edit) Victor Uwaifo’s early ‘80s psychedel... more...
| 12inch | Sofrito: SSS003 | out of stock | |
| Also available @ D\G\T\L | |||
Harmonious Thelonious
Ting Tong EP
Excellent Ep with African drumming combined with classical Minimal Music. Somes with a nice silk screened sleeve!
| 12inch | Asafa: ASAFA02 (65679) | out of stock |
Various Artists
Open Strings: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses
Forgotten masterpieces, out-of-this-world improvisations from the 1920s and new responses.
| 4LP | Honest Jons: HJRLP39 | out of stock |
Abdul Karim Khan
Abdul Karim Khan
Recommended by: Clone
Compilation of 78's by the master of Indian classical vocal music. Heavy & spiritual austere performances of 10 ragas. Not easy listening by any mean... more...
| LP | Mississippi: MR-085 | out of stock |
