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The Free Music and Najib Alhoush

Free Music (Part 1)

Recommended by: LUZ1E

Blisteringly groovy collection of completely off-the-radar songs by Libyan composer / producer Najib Alhoush’s group The Free Music, circa 1976. Relea... more...

• 01 Mathasebnish
• 02 Hawelt Nensa Ghalaak
• 03 Law Yom Saalak Had
• 04 Free Music I

Hamza El Din

Al Oud

His second album is similar in tone to his debut, featuring original compositions based on Nubian folk traditions, masterful oud playing, and soothing... more...

• 1 Childhood (Assaramessuga)
• 2 The Spirits (Shortunga)
• 3 Grandfathers Stories (Annun Sira)
• 4 Did Nura Remember (Gillina Nura)

Hamza El Din

Music Of Nubia

Hamza El Din (July 10, 1929 – May 22, 2006) was an Egyptian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist. Performing on the oud (the Arabian short-n... more...

• 1 Fegir Nedan (Call To Worship)
• 2 Desse Barama (Peace)
• 3 Aiga Denos Ailanga (Give Back My Heart)
• 4 Hoi To Irkil Fagiu (The Message Bearer)

Gidia

Struga

Ritualistic, tribal industrial double lp from George Kondaktor and George Lemos direct from the mountains of Greece. Open circuit feedback laden elect... more...

• 01 Gidia To Kyma
• 02 Souravli
• 03 House Of Gidi
• 04 Tragos

Nu Genea

Bar Mediterraneo

Years after ''Nuova Napoli'', Nu Genea are back with ''Bar Mediterraneo'', a new album and journey, which projects the sounds of the Neapolitan duo fo... more...

• 01 Bar Mediterraneo
• 02 Tienate
• 03 Gelbi (with Marzouk Mejri)
• 04 Marechia (with Célia Kameni)

Maxwell Udoh

Survival Of The Fittest

Rasman Maxwell Udoh was one of the best things to come out of the Nigerian music scene in the 80s and 90s. Born on the 29th of August 1959 and passed... more...

• 01 Wait For Tomorrow
• 02 Come Lets Go Dancin
• 03 I Like It (Dont Stop)
• 04 Survival Of The Fittest

Letta Mbulu

In The Music The Village Never Ends (40th Anniversary version)

Letta Mbulu is a South African jazz singer who has been active since the 1960s. On ''In The Music The Village Never Ends'', Letta Mbulu's voice soars... more...

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

Ago Gazo

Ago Gazo

In Togo, Gazo doesn’t need any special occasion to resonate with people. Like an everyday life soundtrack, it is present when everything is fine but a... more...

• 1 Kini Dub
• 2 Ziguidi Dance
• 3 Tsi Kodi
• 4 Zagan

Satoshi

Ambivalent (Selected Works 1994 - 2022)

Satoshi (Satoshi & Makoto) releases his first solo album - A collection of archival works and new compositions. Like his previous releases with Makoto... more...

• 01 Sazanami
• 02 Coastlines
• 03 New Dawn (ft. Benedek & Kunyuki)
• 04 Southerly Wind

Studio Mule

Carnaval feat Miyako Koda aka Dip In The Pool

The first release of project ''Studio Mule'' is a cover of 80's Japanese dance classic ''Carnaval'' by Taeko Ohnuki. The dance edit on a side stays tr... more...

• 01 Carnaval (Dance Edit)
• 02 Carnaval (Extended Edit)

Studio Mule

Shinzo No Tobira feat. Miyako Koda

Following the cover version of Ohnuki Taeko's Carnaval, they made a new version of Japanese New Wave classic ''Shinzo No Tibia'' with a new lyrics in... more...

• 01 Shinzo No Tobira feat. Miyako Koda (Extended Edit)
• 02 Shinzo No Tobira feat. Miyako Koda (Dub Edit)

Takayuki Shiraishi

Missing Link

An excellent collection of unreleased material from the late 80's by this living legend from Japan. It's an unique mixture of dark New Wave, Post Punk... more...

• 01 Dark Sea
• 02 Eardrum
• 03 Down The Stairs
• 04 Crystal Valley

Alain Peters

Rest' La Maloya

Recommended by: Wrong Sal

Hurting, spiritually-charged, Creole genius from the Island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, recorded in the 1970s and 80s. Gorg... more...

• 01 caloubadia
• 02 mange pou le coeur
• 03 la rosee si feuilles songes
• 04 la peche bernica

Arp Frique

Analog People Digital World

Arp Frique returns to the scene with a new album after a string of releases, leaving the cratediggers and dancefloor tastemakers with underground clas... more...

• 1 Spiritual Masseuse (ft. Sumy)
• 2 Omampam (ft. Mariseya)
• 3 Jah Kingdom (ft. Mariseya)
• 4 Digital World (ft. Mariseya)

Various Artists

Ethiopian Soul And Groove Vol. 1

Recommended by: The Fluid Druid

Urban Ethiopian music stands out within the African continent thanks to its creativity and originality. Whatever the shade -- pop, blues, jazz or soul... more...

• 1 Wallias Band - Muziqawi Silt
• 2 Alemayehu Eshete And Hirut Beqele - Temeles
• 3 Samuel Belay - Aynotchesh Yerefu
• 4 Ayalew Mesfin - Hasabe

Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Africa 70

Coffin For Head Of State

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist, is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, a Ni... more...

• 01 Coffin For Head Of State (vocal)
• 02 Coffin For Head Of State (instrumental)

Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Africa 70

No Agreement

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist, is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, a Ni... more...

• 01 No Agreement
• 02 Dog Eat Dog

Fela Ransome Kuti and The Africa 70

Afrodisiac (50th Anniversary Edition)

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist, is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, a Ni... more...

• 01 Alu Jon Jonki Jon
• 02 Chop and Quench
• 03 Eko Ile
• 04 Je nwi Temi (Dont Gag Me)

Fela Kuti

Confusion

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist, is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, a Ni... more...

• 01 Confusion (part 1)
• 02 Confusion (part 2)

Fela and The Africa 70

Roforofo Fight

By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming... more...

• 01 Roforofo Fight
• 02 Go Slow

Fela and The Africa 70

Roforofo Fight (50th Anniversary Edition)

By 1972, when Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight was originally released (on two vinyl albums, Music of Fela Volume One and Volume Two), Fela was becoming... more...

• 01 Roforofo Fight
• 02 Go Slow
• 03 Question Jam Answer
• 04 Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am

Grupo Um

Starting Point

The previously unreleased debut album from 1975. ''Starting Point'' was to mark the inception of one of Brazil's most daring instrumental groups. Thei... more...

• 01 Porao Da Teodor
• 02 Onze Por Oito
• 03 Organica
• 04 Suite Orquidea Negra

Bashar / Firkit El Lotus

Omrena / Nerjaa (Moving Still edits)

We are honoured to have none other than Jamal Sul better known as Moving Still as the first artist to bless us with two ‘90s Kuwaiti edits on a 12” EP... more...

• 1 Bashar - Omrena (Moving Still & Disco Arabesquo Edit)
• 2 Firkit El Lotus - Nerjaa (Moving Still Edit)

Mariko Katsuragi

Seaside Highway

With unprecedented prosperity and growing worldwide fame in broadcast, game, and synthesizers, the 1980s Japan entered a golden decade. New genre spla... more...

• 1 Dancing Tonight
• 2 Seaside Highway
• 3 Game Sentaa
• 4 Game Sentaa (JTs On Acid Mix)

Starlight

Starlight

South African production duo of Emil Zoghby and John Galanakis were responsible for a string of high-quality disco singles in the early 80s, typically... more...

• 1 Picnic
• 2 Starlight
• 3 Lets Go Dancing Boogie Boogie
• 4 Jah Jah Love