Seminal sounds from the golden age of Ghanaian music. Highlife, rock, and soul collide and merge with tradition and culture. New styles meet old styles....
Alhaji K Frimpong’s 1977 Highlife masterpiece, melding traditional Ghanaian musical forms with experimental instrumentation and innovative arrangements....
Aotearoa (New Zealand)’s interstellar jazz collective The Circling Sun return with their radiant second album Orbits, landing July 11th. A deeper, more...
Soundway Records presents a collection of nineteen tracks chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided...
Highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques....
Recorded between Lagos and New York in 1988, the tracks sit at the fault line of the Trinidad-Yoruba connection, blending calypso heritage with the Afrobeat...
Soundway Records presents Ayo Manuel '1983-1990', a collection of selected works by one of Nigeria's DIY pioneers.
This mini compilation selects the stand...
The particular Thaba sound reflects a sonic duality drawing on a double pop heritage of Mbaqanga and Bubblegum artists like The Soul Brothers, Paul Ndlovu...
The mighty Soundway Records present a new compilation, this time turning their attention to South America, specifically Brazil. This is a treasure trove...
Soundway dig deep again and present a selection of 18 rare 1980s cuts that highlight the period that nestles in between the ‘70s (where American-influenced...
British quintet Me and My Friends release their captivating and mesmerising second album, Hide Your Way, on Soundway. A unique and singular blend, it's...
Soundway release a compilation of twenty rare, and mostly unavailable, tracks from the world of Nigerian pop and club culture from the early 80's! A stunning...
Soundway return with another instalment in their acclaimed african "special" series - this time focussing on 70's and 80's Kenya!Having delved deep into...
48 tracks from the Joe Gibbs’ stable of the 1970s, featuring a diversity of performer and musical styles• A 2CD set that includes significant Jamaican...
Reissue of these two CLASSIC, emotive, melodic techno tracks from UK producer, Vince Watson! His most cherished, ethereal, Detroit-channelling tunes, that...
A fantastic new collection of classic and rare remixes of Kraftwerk including versions by François Kervorkian, Orbital, Underground Resistance, DJ Rolando,...
Gilles Peterson and his Brownswood Recordings crew release the next, fifth volume of the excellent 'Future Bubblers' series, continuing the tradition of...
The 21 track selection curated by Trujillo, a Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector based in Berlin, explores the forgotten corners of the 1980s...
MONSTER release on Soundway that effortlessly shifts between Afro-disco, no wave and jazz! The powerful vocal delivery by Guinean singer Falle Nioke lift...
Ibibio Sound Machine are back with their Hot Chip produced 'Electricity' album. Expect a blend of African and electronic elements with the sound of golden...
Faitiche presents Beispiel (German for "example", also suggests playing together), a joint project by Frank Bretschneider and Jan Jelinek. 'Muster' is...