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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Lily

O Genki Desu Ka

Recommended by: Charmaine

Limited edition in gatefold sleeve + liner notes insert. Lily’s early life runs parallel to an untold story of post-war Japan, that of the marginal... more...

• 01 So Yo
• 02 Im A Lost Time
• 03 Jikanyo Tomare (Invisable Time)
• 04 Okiteyo

Various Artists

Anime & Manga Synth Pop Soundtracks (1984-1990)

Recommended by: Redray

Trailblazing instrumental synth pop experiments created to soundtrack Japan’s booming 1980s cartoon and comic industries. The brightly futuristic inst... more...

• 1 Kan Ogasawara - Honowo
• 2 Ichiro Nitta - Shadow Rhythm
• 3 Kazuhiko Izu - Act 2 Scene 26
• 4 Yoshinobu Hiraiwa - Into The Jungle

Various Artists

Polyphonic Cosmos: Sonic Innovations In Japan (1980-1986)

Recommended by: Clone

Ever since he made his first trip to Japan to DJ, Optimo Music founder JD Twitch has been bewitched by Japanese music, and particularly the vibrant, i... more...

• 01 World Standard - Fellini & Rota
• 02 Masumi Hara - Your Dream
• 03 Normal Brain - M.U.S.I.C
• 04 Hiroyuki Namba - Who Done It (Part 2)

Morio Agata

Norimono Zukan

Japanese folk-rock legend Morio Agata stunned fans with this way-outta-left-field dispatch - a synthesizer-laden, new-wave/post-punk classic. Original... more...

• 1 Radio City Of Love
• 2 Tinplate Rock Ocon Roll
• 3 submarine
• 4 airplane

Maha

Orkos

Completely unknown album by Salah Ragab's Cairo Jazz Band vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. Features productions by Hany Shenoda of Al Massrie... more...

• 01 Orkos
• 02 Kabl Ma Nessallem We Nemshy
• 03 We Mesheet
• 04 El Hob Matnassash

KG Russell

Last Dance

Jamaican born and Toronto raised, KG Russell is an unsung journeyman who followed the DIY path with his compelling output. Only a handful of collector... more...

• 1 Last Dance
• 2 Talk To Me
• 3 Dance With Me

Ayanda Sikade

Umakhulu

Born in 1981 in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, Ayanda Sikade is one of South African jazz’s most in-demand and respected drummers, a familiar face on... more...

• 1 mdantsane
• 2 izzah
• 3 space ship
• 4 amawethu

The Oaken Chariot

Biznes Time

What is the sound of the Russian dub? There is a storied history of attempts to adapt roots music to Russian soil, but most of them can be attributed... more...

• 1 They are looking at us from above
• 2 BIZNES TIME
• 3 Free poetry
• 4 Wasteland luxury