Awesome Tapes From Africa release 'Kanawa' by Malian singer Nahawa Doumbia, recorded in Bamako with a full ensemble produced by longtime collaborator N'gou Bagayoko.
"Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band...
Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the four-on-the-floor, ribald intensity of bikutsi. The Ewondo-language...
South African mbaqanga and bubblegum instrumentals for the dancefloor! Awesome Tapes From Africa focus on the second album release by one of the key players...
Never released outside South Africa, and out of print even there since its original release in 1974, Outernational Sounds reissue one of the most sought-after...
Strut release the debut album from Ghana’s Alostmen, led by Stevo Atambire. Produced by Wanlov The Kubolor (Fok’n Bois) and Percy Yip Tong and features...
Zongamin returns with dubbed-out reworks of his 'O!' EP. Cult artist Susumu Mukai brings us into the fun-house of his musical process, re-playing and reworking...
Wicked rare Black Jazz includes the MASSIVE 'Diswa' - big tune! + loads more deep stuff!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Columbus,...
Reissue of 'Spring', the classic 1968 debut album by pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab!
This edition of Shihab’s stunning debut is the first time it has...
Official super limited-edition bespoke independent press release of this SEMINAL and iconic, 1979, spiritual jazz classic!
Super-rare, spiritual jazz...
**C-L-A-S-S-I-C**
Deep, moody, dark, cosmic Chicago house music classic from the dream team of Chez Damier and Ron Trent! Mid-90s release on their own...
KILLER rare funk and soul reggae LP from 1975 - covers of Kool and the Gang's FUNKY STUFF, Betty Wright's seminal 'I LIVE THE WAY YOU LOVE' + loads more....
Reissue of this crucial US electro-funk/no-wave LP from 1983! Features the party rousing classics, 'I Need A Freak' (as covered by Egyptian Lover and sampled...
Killer new release from France's Zulu Vibes... On the A side "Alpha & Omega" inspired by the anthem "Chant Away" by Carlton Coffee, the Zulu Vibe Riddim...
Untouchable deep, spiritual jazz once more on Black Jazz from Doug Carn, with the soaring vocals of his then wife Jean Carn. Untouchable stuff!
Of all...
Reissue of the second, 1976 album by Ghanian group, Vis-A-Vis! Led by vocalist Isaac 'Superstar' Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu...
Musical innovations are often a streak of good luck. What would today’s sessions sound like without Dub versions? These instrumental versions were invented...
Musical innovations are often a streak of good luck. What would today’s sessions sound like without Dub versions? These instrumental versions were invented...
January 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Arthur Melo locked the doors and isolated himself for 3 months to write, record, mix & produce his 3rd LP, 'Adeus'....
Musical innovations are often a streak of good luck. What would today’s sessions sound like without Dub versions? These instrumental versions were invented...
Reissue of the sought-after 'Take A Chance' by Mr. Flagio; one of the greatest Italo-disco tunes, often described as the "essence of the genre." Includes...
Musical innovations are often a streak of good luck. What would today’s sessions sound like without Dub versions? These instrumental versions were invented...
This one's a bit special - it's the first release on new label Friendly Recordings!
Claude Cooper is an illusive Bristol-based producer.
These tunes...
**Limited blue vinyl edition and deluxe gatefold, tip-on sleeve!! Expensive but worth it!!**
SUPER-RARE soundtrack to the 1974 crime thriller 'The Marseille...