Awesome Tapes From Africa release Awa Poulo's newest recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting her vision of Peulh music beyond the grazing grounds and central markets of her remote home region in southwestern Mali.
Ata Kak created a peculiar slice of Ghanaian music history with his debut album “Obaa Sima”.
While it barely made a ripple at the time of its release...
In the vibrant streets of Tembisa, South Africa, amidst the sprawling urbanity connecting Johannesburg and Pretoria, the story of Moskito began. Formed...
"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...
This sought-after tape from 1994 by Ghanaian musician Ata Kak gets a reissue on Awesome Tapes From Africa! The seven tracks on Obaa Sima touch on rap,...
Very highly recommended compilation of super-rare self-released private press and little label 1970s US female folk! This is absolutely gorgeous music...
KILLER compilation of obscure and long-lost psychedelic funk, cosmic disco, Balearica, Middle Eastern beats and beyond!
As well as prolific producers,...
Music from Memory’s final release of 2016 is an EP of works by a German trio formed in the city of Wuppertal, in the late eighties. A one off and unique...