Unmissable classic afro-beat! Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner!
Fela used the cover of ‘Ikoyi Blindness’ to announce his change of middle name from Ransome, which he now considered a slave name, to Anikulapo, which...
– Ikoyi Blindness
– Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
1. – Ikoyi Blindness
1. – Gba Mi Leti Ki N'Dolowo (Slap Me Make I Get Money)
This edition of ‘Original Sufferhead’ is a major event. With the release of ‘Box Set #5’, and now on this reissue, the title track of this magnificent...
‘Overtake Don Overtake Overtake’ was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997.Like its immediate...
‘Why Black Man Dey Suffer’, recorded in 1971, was originally deemed too controversial for release by EMI, his label at the time. Having recently been...
“Gentleman is the last of Fela's early 1970s albums recorded with the Africa 70. The title track can be interpreted literally or as a metaphor concerning...
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 one...
Fela Kuti made some frantic albums in his career--ones that popped with his enthusiastic political disobedience and ones that roared with fury at the Nigerian...
On the title track Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of men in uniform over an urgent, quick-march accompaniment from Afrika 70. The album...
Another killer gem from the undisputed 'King Of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti! Originally released in 1975. Expect nothing less than perfection. Sweet locked-in...
Hypnotic afrobeat bullet from 1972 - recorded in Lagos. Sprited percussion, tight horns, and pure funk! As with most of the great man's albums, this is...
'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
In 'Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense', Fela explains the role of the teacher in any society with the concept that all the things we consider to be problems...
After helping Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense, Wally Badarou then produced Beasts of No Nation. Another album that has been combined...
Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer:...
'Expensive Shit', from 1975, is one of Fela's most notorious albums. The title track recounts being framed by the police and his comical escape from certain...
Two essential Afro-beat classics from Fela Kuti with 'Upside Down' (1976) and the 'Music Of Many Colours' collaboration with Roy Ayers (1980). Their version...
Alagbon Close represents one of the first times anyone had directly taken on the Nigerian authorities in such a brash manner. Why Black Man Dey Suffer:...
Blinding Latin Funk from Mongo in his prime. Seriously funky/latin workouts of killer tunes such as Eddie Harris's 'Listen Here' and other latin soul monsters!
Analog Africa focus on the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. This compilation, reflects...
Another killer gem from the undisputed 'King Of Afrobeat' Fela Kuti! Originally released in 1975. Expect nothing less than perfection. Sweet locked-in...
Classic album that includes the boogie jazz classic "Liquid Love"! Very much a rare groove/crossover album in the vein of Donald Byrd and Mizell Brothers...
Hypnotic afrobeat bullet from 1972 - recorded in Lagos. Sprited percussion, tight horns, and pure funk! As with most of the great man's albums, this is...
Lordamercy & Dego join forces to bring you the disco boogie flex that is 'What Does It Take To Come In First', alongside the Volcov & Sassy J favourite...
Incredible jazz-funk reissue on original Monument label featuring four gems from legendary keyboardist Eddie Russ. All stone cold classics and anthems...
Shanti Celeste follows up with a full release for Future Times, on from the gem she offered for the label's 'Vibe 3' release. Killer, low-swinging, rugged...
New Edition of 20 hand-numberedUnbelievably groovy and very limited hand-printed, individually numbered silkscreen A4 prints by Jeremy Collingwood. All...
Reissue of this super-rare, oddball jazz fusion gem from 1974. Originally released on the French label, Vogue, De Bruyne's 'Here Comes The Crazy Man!'...
Hot Casa Records present Togo Soul 70 (Selected Rare Togolese Recordings from 1971 to 1981). A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded...
Classic, essential latin funk album from salsa superstar Joe Bataan - one of the most prominant of the new wave of young 1960s artists to mix latin and...