Reissue of the classic ‘Music Of Many Colours’, the joint album between Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti, recorded after a three week tour of Nigeria’s major...
This compilation seeks to looks beyond Afrobeat, funk and disco, exploring some of the gaps in between, and a good few areas well outside of these established...
**Repress of Tenderlonious' modern classic mini LP, featuring the dancefloor anthem 'Song For My Father'!**
Tenderlonious returns home to his label 22a...
Long overdue reissue of Gideon Nxumalo 1962 album 'Jazz Fantasia', widely regarded as a seminal South African jazz record. With a limited pressing at the...
Reissue of Don Laka's in-demand, second album from 1984. Features floor-filling classics such as 'Let's Move The Night'; the silky-smooth stepper 'Need...
Contemporary Afro-beat reimagining classic and contemporary pop as authentic 70's Afrobeat and Highlife from Nigeria and Ghana.Madchester Woman takes Ebo...
Killer 45 on Lokalophon, the sub-label of Philophon. Lokalophon is designed to unearth the best beats from around the world, starting with this amazing...
Ghanaian highlife star and renowned saxophonist, singer and guitarist Gyedu-Blay Ambolley returns with '11th Street, Sekondi' his 31st studio album since...
Reissue of this very rare 1976 LP from Zambia. Deep minimal African music featuring primitive drum machines and fuzz guitars. Beautiful music with a spiritual...
Mr Bongo reissued 'Omo Lewa' by Nigerian born band leader and multi- instrumentalist Peter King came into the world in 1976. From start to finish, King...
Mr Bongo delve further into the back catalogue of Nigerian bandleader, Shina Williams, with the first official reissue of his self-titled classic. A deep,...
Reissue of Antoinette Konan's self-titled, electro-Baoulé blaster from 1986! This eponymous album features nothing more than her ahoko on the cover. The...
Previously-unreleased, original recordings from Konono No. 1, Sankayi, Orchestre Bambala, Orchestre Bana Luya made during 1978, as well as brand-new reconstructions...
The acclaimed Saharawi singer-songwriter and activist Aziza Brahim, returns for her third Glitterbeat album. Produced in Barcelona by Aziza with Amparo...
Legendary Lagos saxophonist Bukky Leo continues his celebration of Fela Kuti with a second volume in his 'Tribute To Fela Kuti' series, recorded live at...
Running Back's Shan goes to work on Cameroonian Pasteur Lappe's exuberant 1979 disco roller 'Na Real Sekele Fo'Ya', with a sleek, energised, percussive...
Following a string of lauded 7" singles, Philophon Records release the full length album from Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy. Alogte Oho is the number...
First release on promising, London-based record label Night Dreamer who recapture the unique essence of direct to disc recording with the release of new...
Musician, political critic, and hedonist, international superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a sensation throughout his career. In his own country of...
DESCRIPTION:The sounds of Africa have been infiltrating Western music and culture for some time. This book traces the development of the various musical...
**A superb collection of recordings from Somalia!**
The music on this album was all recorded in one town, Baraawe which is on the Somali coast about...
Seriously rare, killer and classic Nigerian 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock tunes bought together.
Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print...
BBE are behind this first ever reissue of ‘Disco Soccer’, the 1979 album from Ghanaian sportsman turned musician Alhaji Sidiku Buari! Having popularity...
This stunning new release looks at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960. Congolese rumba,...
A compilation of 12 Cape Verdean gems dancefloor hits and beloved radio gems known in the Cape Verdean scene by younger and older generations alike, and...
'Obiaa!' is a deep and soulful journey into the heart of Ghana’s indigenous highlife music celebrating the timeless and iconic voice of Pat Thomas, the...
Wah Wah 45s present 'Kalba', the first album from Ghanaian xylophone master Isaac Birituro and UK-based producer and singer-songwriter Sonny Johns AKA...
Reissue of this insanely rare, Nigerian psychedelic Juju Funk album recorded in the Acorn studios in Oxford, UK in 1977. If you are into the intense, raw,...
Mega rare and sought after nigeria synth reggae pop lp on ondinga holdings!!!Fantastic digital dancehall meets Nigerian stylee (and looking like Fingers...
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG-Original Nigerian Vinyl, vinyl clean, sleeve has wear and a tear at bottom right at opening of about an inch missing
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Revealing the hidden facts of this African superstar's complex personality and the truth about his tumultuous existence, this unique biography is based...
This is the fourth, and until now, unreleased album by Kapingbdi, a six-piece band from West Africa, which billed itself as "African Jazz-Funk-Rock from...
Bibi Ahmed, head and bandleader of Group Inerane, is from Agadez, Niger, which is one of the most volatile, unbridled and dangerous parts of the world....
Obed Ngobeni and his backing singers the Kurhula Sisters were among the originators of Shangaan Disco, a genre that helped shape South Africa’s ‘bubblegum’...
A compilation of the best early 7inch releases of the near-mythical Cameroonian band, Los Camaroes. Tracks taken from various singles from 1968 to 1975,...
New album from Chief Udoh! A veteran artist, singer, songwriter and virtuoso percussionist whose musical journey took him from the traditional rhythms...
2nd release from Comet Records' 'Disco Highlife Re-edit' series, featuring remastered originals by Ghanaian legends Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas and disco re-edits...
Originally released in 1979, Mandinka Dong (The Mandinke Dance) is the genesis of Toure Kunda. It’s the cornerstone of their unique sound, a crossroad...
Extremely hard-to-find Ghanaian LP from legendary musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, originally released in 1980.The third in the series of Gyedu Blay Ambolley...
BBE presents two back-to-back, impossibly scarce and NYC Afrodisco by Sidiku Buari & His Jambusters, originally released on short-lived and highly collectible...
Wicked highlife 45 via the ever reliable Philophon label! 'Siakwaa / Nana Agyei' are two songs taken from Dr. K. Gyasi & His Noble Kings' album 'Sikyi...
Malian blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré is one of the most important artists in African music. His extensive catalogue of solo albums and collaborations...