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Souleance - Beautiful
Souleance
Beautiful
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Vaudou Game - Bella
Vaudou Game
Bella
7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Hot Casa)
11,99 €*
Release: 2021 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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African, funky, sarcastic, bewitching, green, ecstatic: these words collide to describe Vaudou Game and all of them are true. Bella is the first vinyl single derived from the upcoming album called Noussin, due to be relased June 11th 2021. "Bella" is a smashing summer hit, sang in Mina and french. It's an ode to the nature and love in this hard times. "Be My Wife" on the B side, is a trip into a rock /funk universe with an uptempo twist rythm, sang into the voodoo harmonies. Composed in Lyon on 100% analog equipment during the lockdown, those two songs might be the funky nuggets of all DJ's and radio playlists .
Deke Tom Dollard - Na You
Deke Tom Dollard
Na You
LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Hot Casa)
24,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Mindblowing Afro-Soul music from Ivory Coast served up by Deke Tom Dollard, an obscure artist who only recorded two albums in 1979 and 1981 but who created an original funky fusion with Bété langage. A Selection of four amazing tracks recorded in Abidjan on two different records label called War Records and As Records.
The music here is a mixture of Funk with heavy basslines, traditional percussions, funky guitar riffs, nice horns section and lyrics in Beté. The song “Demonde” is inspired by harmonies of the famous “Dance to the Drummer Beat” by Herman Kelly.
Those two rare records were found by Afrobrazilero (aka Djamel Hammadi) and never appeared on the vinyl market. It's almost impossible to have infos about this singer and composer neither the musicians involved in the recording sessions. Most of the traces of the recording session were lost by the labels we licensed the tracks with.
Unique, pressed on a deluxe vinyl, remastered by The Carvery, this very Funky album is a must have for all the Afro Funk lovers!
Jule Henri Malaki - Makiyaj / Tes Idees
Jule Henri Malaki
Makiyaj / Tes Idees
12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Secousse)
12,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Following the success of the Retro-Zouk mixtapes series (4 volumes / 15k plays on Soundcloud), Secousse Radio proudly presents its first official vinyl reissue of a long lost Zouk banger.
Originally released in 1993-1994, those two tracks have been road-tested in various clubs and parties for months and the feedback is clear: it’s dancefloor devastation business.
Their author is Jules Henri Malaki, an established and self-produced artist from Guadeloupe, a French overseas island in the Southern Caribbean Sea.
As the popularity of Zouk music keeps growing every day in Europe, America and Asia, just whisper the name “Makiyaj” to any of the best DJs from the current tropical diggers scene and watch their eyes scintillate… This secret weapon shall not remain secret very long.
V.A. - The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso
V.A.
The Original Sound Of Burkina Faso
2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)
22,99 €*
Release: 2017 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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‘The Original Sound of Burkina Faso’ follows the hugely successful ‘The Original Sound of Mali’ compilation released in March this year, also on Mr Bongo. Here we have a collection of songs that pay tribute to a truly golden age of music; touching on folk, funk, blues, highlife, disco, psyche, latin, rock and soul.
Burkina Faso may be one of the least well-known parts of West Africa but it has a deep history and musical pedigree. A few years before President Thomas Sankara changed his country’s name from Upper Volta to its current one, a new sound emerged to soundtrack a cultural revolution.
Featuring music by Abdoulaye Cissé, Amadou Balaké, Pierre Sandwidi & Super Volta, Tidiani Coulibaly & Dafra Star, Bozambo, Youssouf Diarra and more. Including a booklet with extensive liner notes and photography.
Compiled by David ‘Mr Bongo’ Buttle and Florent Mazzoleni.
Loi Tok Tok Eboma - Chakacha / Mungwana
Loi Tok Tok Eboma
Chakacha / Mungwana
7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Afro7)
12,99 €*
Release: 2017 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Loi Toki Tok band started out as a nondescript musical group. But irrefutably, the band’s star scaled the heights and shone brightly on the early 1970s Kenyan capital, Nairobi’s burgeoning live music circuit. And basking on the top of the pops charts, was vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Leon Kabasela aka Kalle. He also doubled as band’s composer and songwriter – earning credits for among other tracks, this mellow ‘ballad’ aptly titled Mungwana – loosely translated in Swahili, is descriptive of a selfless and conscientious gentleman. Kalle is one of handful surviving remnants of the band, whose lifespan was somewhat short-lived. It lasted barely three years – circa 1971 to mid-1973. Mungwana’s lyrics, sang in Congolese lingala dialect, mirror his roots and musical dream, which lured the youthful artiste during late 1960s to pack bags, and desert the rural fringes of Lubumbashi – then Zaire’s second largest city. On the 45 single flipside is a soulful, funky hit Chakacha – a seemingly timeless afro-soul flavoured cut. Its catchy and hypnotic lyrical refrains, easily grow on the listeners. The vocals of the band’s one-time frontman, singer Kasim Combo, ooze with an unmistakable tinge of late 1960s to early 70s American soul rhythms, propelled onto the global showbiz spotlight by US pop stars Otis Redding, James Brown and Jimi Hendrix. Their popular hits gained massive, almost staple airplay on Kenya’s then sole broadcaster’s twin national radio stations. The fact that this record was pressed on an obscure Athi River label, is perhaps symbolic of Loi Toki Tok’s last band phase – shifting base from Club Arcadia in the heart of Nairobi, to the Small World Club in Athi River – an equally nondescript urban town, tucked away along the Mombasa highway.
V.A. - Mr Bongo Record Club Volume 1
V.A.
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume 1
2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)
22,99 €*
Release: 2016 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The first instalment in our new ‘Mr Bongo Record Club’ compilation series – a
selection of favourites, recent discoveries and sought after obscurities, which
form the basis of our DJ sets and our radio show of the same name. Including
cuts by Claudia, Cortex, Dave Pike Set, Fruko, Neno Exporta Som, Connie
Laverne, Barbosa and more.
The original concept for ‘Mr Bongo Record Club’ was a radio show that allowed
us to air our treasured record collections, recorded and broadcast once a
month. We wanted to create an outlet free from any genre or BPM restrictions,
not constrained by the need to beat-mix every record, a space where we could
play latest finds alongside favourites. The only self-imposed rule being that
it had to be played from vinyl.
We have always DJ’d across-the-board, but playing in an eclectic way hasn’t
always been easy. Recently DJ’s such as MCDE, Floating Points, Nick The Record,
Leon Vynehall, Four Tet, Jeremy Underground, Antal (Rush Hour), Sassy J and
Young Marco – to name a few – have opened things up with very diverse sets to
younger audiences; Brazilian samba-rock, next to modern soul, highlife, disco,
boogie, jazz, house, techno and beyond.
We’re seeing a rare groove like sensibility. A shift towards the attitude of
legendary club nights hosted by the likes of Mr Scruff and Gilles Peterson,
where you could hear house, hip hop, Turkish funk, boogie, jazz, dub and Latin
back to back. At the same time it isn't a nostalgic or retro movement, people
have a progressive attitude and a thirst for new-old music. It is a vibrant and
exciting time – we are proud to be a part of it.
Ebo Taylor - My Love And Music
Ebo Taylor
My Love And Music
LP | 2016 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)
22,99 €*
Release: 2016 / UK – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah’s label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time.

Laid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - In The Heart Of The Moon
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate
In The Heart Of The Moon
2LP | 2012 | EU | Original (World Circuit)
24,99 €*
Release: 2012 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Originally released in 2005, now on vinyl!
Fela Kuti - O.D.O.O. Overtake Don Overtake Overtake Vinyl Edition
Fela Kuti
O.D.O.O. Overtake Don Overtake Overtake Vinyl Edition
LP | 2024 | Original (Knitting Factory)
25,99 €*
Release: 2024 / Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Addisabababand - II
Addisabababand
II
LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Sounds Of Subterrania)
22,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - Jah Thomas Presents: The Highest Grade
V.A.
Jah Thomas Presents: The Highest Grade
2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Burning Sounds)
32,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis - Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis
Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis
Dudu Tassa & The Kuwaitis
2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (World Circuit)
31,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Shango Dance Band - Shango Dance Band
Shango Dance Band
Shango Dance Band
LP | 2017 | US | Original (Comb & Razor Sound)
20,99 €*
Release: 2017 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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In the early years of Fela Kuti's career, well before he would define the genre of afrobeat, and leave an indelible mark on the musical landscape, he was a struggling trumpet player, seeking to redefine the sound of his current group, the art-jazz ensemble Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet. As he moved his group towards the then-popular genre of highlife in 1963, he lost his bassist in the move towards commercial success, but gained the company of Ojo Okeji, who had a sterling reputation both as a bassist and
percussionist in groups like Lagos Cool Cats, Rex Williams' Nigerian Artistes, and Western Toppers Highlife Band, a favorite of Kuti's. Okeji impressed Kuti with his deft jazziness on the bass, so he was in on the spot, and the Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet became Koola Lobitos. It was Okeji that introduced Kuti to the famed percussionist Tony Allen, (Who would subsequently join Kuti into his greatest years as an artist) as well as conguero Abayomi "Easy" Adio. During his time in Koola Lobitos, Okeji not only contributed deeply melodic, and adeptly rhythmic baselines, but brought his own influence from emerging US soul artists like James Brown & The Famous Flames and Wilson Pickett, heavily pushing Koola Lobitos towards a more soulful direction. This push was often resisted by Kuti, who frequently clashed with Okeji. 1968 proved to be a turning point for the group, as the Nigerian Civil War broke out, and many starving musicians turned to the military for work. Okeji and Adio would leave for the army, while Kuti and Allen kept Koola Lobitos going, where it evolved through different names and iterations and grew into the worldwide afrobeat force that made Kuti an icon during the 70s and 80s. But as Kuti and Allen rose to global recognition, Okeji and Adio would form a new band within the ranks of the 6th Infantry Brigade of the Nigerian Army. Their emblazoned blue jackets earned them the nickname "The Blues”, but Okeji preferred the name “Shango” after the Yoruba thunder god. Shango took the fundamentals of Kuti's famous afrobeat and brought new layers of guitar and horn arrangements, while often invoking supernatural aesthetics, and maintaining a love for the US soul artists that influenced Okeji so much. Because Shango was an army band however, their records were not readily available to anyone outside of the military so their music, including their eponymous 1974 LP, remained relatively unknown even amongst the people of Nigeria. Decades later Comb & Razor is thrilled to present this long-lost Nigerian gem for the first time to a world-wide audience.
Grift - Dolt Land
Grift
Dolt Land
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nordvis)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dun Ringill - Where The Old Gods Play Act 1
Dun Ringill
Where The Old Gods Play Act 1
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (The Sign)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Nu Guinea - The Tony Allen Experiments - Afrobeat Makers Volume 3
Nu Guinea
The Tony Allen Experiments - Afrobeat Makers Volume 3
LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Comet)
21,99 €*
Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Comet is pleased to announce the third volume of the Afrobeat Makers Series: Nu Guinea - The Tony Allen Experiments.
By re-working the original magic drum patterns from the Afrobeat master Tony Allen, Nu Guinea created a compilation of tracks which is charged by a voluminous electronic jazz-Psyche funk imprint.
For this release, Comet Records teamed up with Early Sounds Recordings, the berlin label, also home to duo Berliners Nu Guinea.
The Naples formed, Berlin-based duo, is a project that arose out of jam sessions, melting synthesizers with instruments, containing a handmade sound that is not aiming for perfection but genuineness. It can be understood as a steadily shaping form, always open for collaborations with other musicians.
They've previously collaborated with singer Wayne Snow (fellow berliner artist on Comet) for the vocal edit of Nu-World, also delivered a remix for Wayne Snow’ ʻRosie Epʼ both recently released on Tartelet Records.
Ometh - Njitna!
Ometh
Njitna!
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nanga Boko)
29,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Nanga Boko Records is very proud to present you "Njitna !" ("I'm Coming" in Bamoun
vernacular langage of Cameroun), the official compilation of the finest early recordings (1979/1980) of the Cameroonian composer & musician Théodore Mounta, known on scene as "Ometh".
Deluxe hand-numbered edition, limited to 500, includes a bonus track never released on vinyl before!
Each record comes with an insert that includes exclusive pictures and very detailed biographies in both English and French languages and an HQ Digital Download Card.
Approved by the artist himself, 100 % legit, all 8 tracks are under exclusive license of Nanga Boko Records.
Tiny Habits - I Don't Have The Heart & Flicker
Tiny Habits
I Don't Have The Heart & Flicker
7" | 2024 | US | Original (Mom+Pop)
16,99 €*
Release: 2024 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon - Kontonbili EP
Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon
Kontonbili EP
10" | 2023 | UK | Original (Wah Wah 45s)
12,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Following on from the successes of their first two LPs, "Kalba" and "Small Small", Isaac Birituro & The Rail Abandon return with the "Kontonbili EP". A collection of seven tracks that trace the traditional West African roots of their sound whilst adding their unique touch, largely courtesy of Isaac's xylophone, Sonny Johns' folky embellishments and the vocal prowess of powerful Ghanaian songstress Wiyaala.

The lead single "Hado Deeli" roughly translates to "My Rival" and is a vibrant discussion between two rivals, one of whom is always making a fuss about anything and everything, even when things are all good! "Gargar", with its collaboration of xylophone, whistles, Wiyaala's effervescent vocals and relentless groove represents, quite literally, the band's "joining together" for this EP. In contrast, "I Know" sees Sonny Johns takes over lead vocal duties to lament the breakdown of a relationship accompanied by muted horns and Wiyaala's soothing backing vocals. "Nimmbalia" continues in a mellow and reassuring tone before emerging as one of the most uplifting and simultaneously fierce cuts on the EP! The traditional version of "Bawa" - the original take of which can be found on last year's "Small Small" LP - strips things back a little, before culminating in a battle of xylophone, whistles and choir. "Yeri Villa" has a wonderfully laid back, sun drenched feel with some truly beautiful vocal refrains, and finally - only available on the digital version - comes the deeply percussive and trance inducing "Darpeny", rounding off a rather stunning EP from this cross continental outfit.

All tracks feature Ghanaian singer, song-writer, model and actor, Wiyaala. With a strong fanbase in Africa and beyond, "the lioness" made her mark on Wah Wah 45s and BBC 6 Music last year when she featured on the A-listed "Senye", described as "perfection" by Annie Mac and "pure joy!" by Tash LC.
Nkono Teles - Love Vibration
Nkono Teles
Love Vibration
LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soundway)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Soundway releases a storming compilation of Cameroonian-born, Nigerian-based super producer Nkono Teles’ solo work. The pioneer of West African electronic music was known for being tapped by over 100 other musicians to produce or arrange their music, from King Sunny Adé, Guy Lobe, even Steve Monite’s album “Only You” and more. Having already appeared on Soundway’s best-selling compilation “Doing It In Lagos”, here more of Nkono’s limited solo work is carefully remastered and reissued on vinyl for the first time. One of a small handful of pioneers of the Nigerian electronic music scene in the 1980s (alongside the likes of Jake Sollo & William Onyeabor), Teles was known for being tapped by over 100 musicians to feature on, produce or arrange their music. The list of ‘80s Nigerian records that his sound and style embellished is seemingly endless: Steve Monite (he arranged and produced the music on the Only You album recently re-issued by Soundway), Dizzy K, Peter Abdul, Odion Iruoje, Steve Black, Rick Asikpo, Feladey, Charly Boy, Majek Fashek & Sonny Okosuns, to name just a few, all engaged his enigmatic production and keyboard services throughout the 1980s. He became known as the first person in Nigeria to push the use of the drum machine into popular music and created a unique and original boogie-funk sound combining these new beats with guitars and an array of new and affordable synthesiser sounds that started appearing in the early 1980s
Sainkho Namtchylak - Where Water Meets Water Black Vinyl Edition
Sainkho Namtchylak
Where Water Meets Water Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ponderosa)
33,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The Movers - Kansas City
The Movers
Kansas City
LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Soundway)
19,99 €*
Release: 2017 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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An extremely rare and in-demand record from the disco-funk group has been unearthed and restored. The Movers enjoyed huge success in the 1970s, releasing album after album of ground-breaking sounds, including fusions of South African marabi jazz, funk, disco and jive. The line up of the band shifted throughout its existence - however this particular album produced by David Thekwane features musicians Jabu Sibumbe, L Rhikoti, Lloyd Lelosa and Sankie Chounyane.
DrumTalk - Airbourne EP
DrumTalk
Airbourne EP
12" | 2012 | UK | Original (Soundway)
12,99 €*
Release: 2012 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The Funkees - Dancing Time: The Best Of East Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
The Funkees
Dancing Time: The Best Of East Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77
2LP | 2012 | UK | Original (Soundway)
22,99 €*
Release: 2012 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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‘Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria’s Afro Rock Exponents 1973 – 77’ by The Funkees is the latest title on Soundway to mine the rich musical output of 60s and 70s Nigeria. For the 5 year period this compilation spans The Funkees output crackled with dance floor fire.

Having featured on three of Soundway’s most popular titles, across the definitive Nigeria Special compilation series, we felt The Funkees output deserved closer inspection. Presented here (on CD, download & double gatefold LP) are 18 slices of funky Afro-rock grooves hand picked by Soundway’s Miles Cleret from a selection of the bands 45s and 2 long players.

In the early 1970s The Funkees were the number-one east Nigerian band and the only outfit to seriously challenge the popular Lagos based rock combos MonoMono and BLO.

It wasn't long before promoters in the UK came calling and The Funkees packed up their instruments and moved to London where they quickly established a fierce reputation on the live circuit.

Here they recorded two seminal albums before finally breaking up in 1977 amidst some controversy. This collection features for the first time all of their Nigerian 45s alongside the best of their UK album material and is accompanied by a full interview with original member Sonny Akpan, who still lives in the capital.
Sainkho Namtchylak - Cyberia
Sainkho Namtchylak
Cyberia
2LP | 2011 | Original
25,99 €*
Release: 2011 / Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Naissam Jalal - Healing Rituals
Naissam Jalal
Healing Rituals
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Couleurs Du Son)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Tambour Battant - Galore
Tambour Battant
Galore
LP | 2021 | EU | Original (X-Ray)
19,99 €*
Release: 2021 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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After two years in the making, Tambour Battant delivers its new album "Galore", 13 tracks that outline the contours of genres and reinvent them. Very eclectic sounds makes this new album: from Brazilian-flavored tracks with the artists Flavia Coelho and Faktiss to heavy-weighted Trap beats with Miscellaneous (of Chill Bump) and Jman. On the other tracks, the duo takes us on an electrifying ride that will pleased all the lovers of heavy bass and powerful kicks. As its name suggests, this new album "Galore" is distinguished by its profusion of styles and influences.

For the original artwork of this new album "Galore", the duo appealed to Pablito Zago, a famous street artist / illustrator who brings his style rich in colors and collages to this album more than explosive!
Fred Locks Meets The Creators - Love And Harmony
Fred Locks Meets The Creators
Love And Harmony
LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)
26,99 €*
Release: 2024 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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El Gato Negro - Tigre Qui Pleure
El Gato Negro
Tigre Qui Pleure
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)
28,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Fourth Street Orchestra - Ah Who Seh? Go-Deh!
Fourth Street Orchestra
Ah Who Seh? Go-Deh!
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - Piconema: East African Hits On The Colombian Coast
V.A.
Piconema: East African Hits On The Colombian Coast
2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Rocafort)
38,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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This compilation takes us on a journey to the Colombian coast where the passion for African music burns bright.It's impossible to understand this love affair without first looking to San Basilio de Palenque - the first free town in colonial Latin America, established in 1691 as a place of refuge and autonomy for black slaves. It's a place where pride in African heritage and culture could be kept alive, just 50 km away from Cartagena de Indias.
The Afro Caribbeans' connection to their roots gave rise to the "picós" - artisanal, high-powered sound systems akin to those found in Jamaica. These music aficionados have a keen ear for African melodies, leading to a vibrant collector's scene that brought Afro sounds to the streets of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Santa Marta. This compilation showcases the best of Kenyan Benga music - a unique style with a distinct guitar-picking method that draws from traditional instruments like the nyatiti and orutu. Learn everything about the history and stories behind these African tracks, from the carefully guarded "exclusives" to the piconema - the practice of renaming songs in Spanish based on their lyrics or the reaction of the dancefloor.
The project has been led by Spanish vinyl collector Joan Pujol aka Golfo De Guinea surrounded by a team of passionate music lovers including Don Alirio, a musicologist from Barranquilla who offered a coastal perspective, and George Ouma, a Kenyan DJ, collector, and Benga advocate who helped with track selection and securing rights. The result is a compilation that captures the joy and energy of sub-Saharan polyrhythm, bringing together a vibrant mix of genres that are sure to move your feet. So sit back, turn up the volume, and let yourself be transported to the vibrant streets of the Colombian coast and the shores of Lake Victoria.
Ahmed Ben Ali - Subhana
Ahmed Ben Ali
Subhana
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Habibi Funk)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Hassan Wargui - Tiddukla
Hassan Wargui
Tiddukla
LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Hive Mind)
21,99 €*
Release: 2021 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Hassan Wargui is a self taught musician, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and an expert in the songcraft and poetry of the Tachelhit speaking Amazigh tribes of the Anti-Atlas mountains in the south of Morocco.

He was born in 1985 in the rural community of Issafen, which lies between Taroudant and Tafraoute in the Anti-Atlas mountains of Southern Morocco. His music draws from the deep well of Amazigh, or Berber, cultures that have long been suppressed across North Africa after the region underwent a process of Arabization following the Arab invasions of the 7th Century.

Hassan grew up in an isolated mountain community in which art and music is embedded into daily life. This allowed him to develop an excellent musical sense, a deep understanding of the complex poly-rhythms that underpin Amazigh music, and time to become proficient on the banjo which, since the ascendency of the popular modern folk movement involving groups such as Nass El Ghiwane and Jil Jilala in the late '60s and early '70s, has been the preferred instrument of the region. Like many musicians from the region, Hassan built his first instruments himself, and it wasn't until he moved to Casablanca in his teens to find work which was scarce in his local community, that he was able to save for his first real banjo.

Since then Hassan has been active in the Amazigh musical community and has worked with a number of groups, notably Groupe Lbouchart, Imanaren and Etran Tiznit, as well as recording prolifically as a solo artist using Fruity Loops as a home studio. In 2009, Jace Clayton (DJ/Rupture) stumbled across a CD by Imanaren on a stall in Casablanca medina and this led to a fruitful series of collaborations in 2009 and 2011 (you can learn more about their work together here.)

Tiddukla (which translates to Friendship) is one of Hassan's numerous group projects and he recorded the album with friends in 2015 and self released it through YouTube due to the lack of music infrastructure in Morocco. The Tiddukla album is raw and hypnotic and sees Hassan and his group channeling the deep and contemplative sounds of classic Amazigh groups such as Izenzaren, Archach, Izmaz, all of whom risked their freedom by daring to sing in Tachelhit at a time when the language was still forbidden, and when Amazigh people were fighting for their rights to be recognised.

Hive Mind are thrilled to be able to release Hassan's beautiful music, and to introduce the fascinating rhythms of the Anti-Atlas Mountains into the wider world. We're incredibly proud to be able to support this fiercely independent and hugely resourceful and tenacious artist who has been able to continue creating music for over a decade without any real support from Morocco's music industry and while holding down a variety of day jobs. We really hope you enjoy his music as much as we do.
Asnakech Worku - Asnakech
Asnakech Worku
Asnakech
LP | 2018 | US | Original (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
24,99 €*
Release: 2018 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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- Backed by Hailu Mergia - Legendary singer/instrumentalist at her mid-1970s prime -
Double LP carefully extracted from cassette and remastered by ATFA family engineer
Jessica Thompson There is perhaps no woman more cherished in modern Ethiopian
history than Asnakech Worku. As a musician, actress, dancer and cultural icon, Asnakech
inspired and challenged society for decades, until her death in 2011. From her beginnings
as Ethiopia's first theater actress in 1952 to her climb to become one of the most famous
actresses at the National Theater to her days as a club owner-turned-master musician,
Asnakech's inimitable confidence and charm made her a household name. She earned
endless accolades across the artistic spectrum. She made seminal recordings of
unforgettable original compositions, as well as legendary renditions of traditional songs,
that became national staples. With a singular sense of style, glamour and sex appeal that
sometimes stunned mainstream society, Asnakech wore clothes no one else wore and
said things no one else said. Staid notions of how women should dress and behave didn't
apply to her. Battling a mentality that until the early 1950s had men wearing dresses to
play female roles in the theater, Asnakech became a national treasure on her own terms.
Her family wasn't pleased with Asnakech becoming an azmari_an itinerant praise
musician who sings, often in bars, for tips_and didn't bother her, especially after Emperor
Haile Selassie I began to emphasize theater and music in society, officially legitimizing her
career. Asnakech became an internationally-celebrated performer of Ethiopia's ancient
harp, the krar, making her one of the most visible female musicians of the 20th century.
All this while leaving controversy, broken hearts and a changed cultural landscape in her
wake. In 1975, keyboardist and bandleader Hailu Mergia got a call from the owner of
Misratch Music Shop to do a recording with Asnakech and he went for it. This recording
is a nearly-forgotten artifact of the remarkable icon's singular legacy, remastered and
available outside Ethiopia for the first time. It also provides a rare glimpse into Mergia's
work as a arranger-sideman in the Addis Ababa music scene. This trio recording
featuring Mergia on organ and Temare Harege on drums using only brushes is starkly
minimal but deeply evocative. The minimalist arrangements ensure the focus is on
Asnakech's incisive_and occasionally romantic_lyrics and her virtuosic krar performance.
M.Chuzi - Yiri Boom!
M.Chuzi
Yiri Boom!
10" | 2024 | EU | Original (Sdban Ultra)
20,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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10" in top-on sleeve, limted to 300 copies. Yiri Yiri! Boom! A year and a half after their debut for Sdban Ultra, Brussels-based afrogroove formation M.CHUZI returns with a stunner of an EP.Yiri Boom! offers a variety summery sauces to assaison this spring with a refreshing sound, catchy songs and some catchy features.

Captivated by a musical residency in Benin, this time the band relocates to the Black Atlantic, with the agogo bell as their guide. Literally, because in "Mojo Picon", drum legend Stéphane Galland actually performs a solo on cowbell. A world's first. Together with singer Vanesa Diaz Gil, M.CHUZI travels from the Canarias to Cuba with an innovative cover of the Cuban mambo classic "Yiri Yiri Boum". Following in the footsteps of this iconic song, the Brussels gents finally cross back across the ocean in the danceable "Pepper Sauce", in which the heyday of Fela Kuti's afrobeat resonates with an irresistible guitar riff, a rippling bass, a rousing shuffle groove and punchy horns.
Milk Carton Kids - I Only See The Moon
Milk Carton Kids
I Only See The Moon
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Far Cry Records)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - The Rough Guide To Spriritual India
V.A.
The Rough Guide To Spriritual India
LP | 2020 | UK | Original (World Music Network)
17,99 €*
Release: 2020 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jorga Mesfin - The Kind Ones
Jorga Mesfin
The Kind Ones
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Muzikawi)
29,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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This is Mulatu Astatke’s protege and Ethiopian saxophonist and composer Jorga Mesfin’s debut album. It’s a long foray into Ethio-jazz that takes this courageous syncretism further by fusing spiritual experimentation with bits from all kinds of situations in Ethiopian music, jazz music, and specifically Ethiopian jazz music that precedes it.

Jorga Mesfin is widely regarded as one of the most talented contemporary musicians and composers in Ethiopia. He started his professional career at the young age of 17 and has since collaborated with numerous renowned artists, including Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Carolyn Beard Withlow, The Last Poets, Vijay Iyer, Wayna Wondossen, Kirk Whalum, Takana Miyamoto, Gizze Reggae band, Dionne Farris, Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed, and Mulatu Astatke. Additionally, Mesfin was a resident at Astatke's legendary African Jazz Village in Addis Ababa every Thursday.

Jorga Mesfin is the founder of the Ethio-jazz group called Wudasse. He composed the music for the epic Ethiopian film "Teza" directed by Haile Gerima. His work on the film earned him the Best Music Award at the 22nd Carthage Film Festival and Best Composition at the 5th Dubai International Film Festival.

Muzikawi is an Ethiopian record label, music publisher, studio, artist management, and event organiser with offices in Addis Ababa and Stockholm. We understand and honour the culture of Ethiopia.
Hocine Chaoui - Ouechesma
Hocine Chaoui
Ouechesma
LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Outre-National)
22,99 €*
Release: 2021 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Chaoui is a genre of Berber music that originated in the Aurès region of Algeria. It is a mixture of Saharan and Atlas mountain music marked with dancing rhythms and is part of the oral living tradition of the Aurès region. The first recordings on magnetic tape date back to the 1930s when Aissa Jermouni’s music was introduced and published internationally. Over the years, Chaoui has given birth to various sub-genres. The genre was popularized in the 1930s and 1940s, and still generates a strong following of fans across the country and especially in the Aurès region in the 2000s. In its most frequent instrumental configuration, a chaoui music group includes a zorna, a gasba flute, a bendir and one or more singers.

Originally, Chaoui musicians were shepherds who lived in the Aurès mountains, and they sang their own localized poetry of personal and regional topics. But also, joyful themes such as local or religious festivals or in the context of Chaoui weddings.

Hocine Chaoui is one of the genre’s most famous and respected musicians and poets. ,Hocine modernized his sound with drum machines, incorporating intense and modern production techniques with phased gesba flute, reverbed out vocals, taking the genre to its logical new phase. This LP is a reissue of one of the most “in demand” of the genre’s cassettes originally released by Oriental Music Production, a cassette label dedicated to the some of the best regional releases during the heyday of the 80’s and 90’s golden era of rai and local Algerian music cassettes. These releases were only ever released on cassette and now command a premium on the collector’s market.
Seyoum Gebreyes & Wallias Band / Wallias Band - Muziqa Muziqa / Muziqa Slit
Seyoum Gebreyes & Wallias Band / Wallias Band
Muziqa Muziqa / Muziqa Slit
7" | 2016 | UK | Original (Mr Bongo)
11,99 €*
Release: 2016 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Wallias Band were an Ethiopian jazz/funk outfit active from the
70’s until the 90’s. They recorded and worked with Mulatu
Astatke. They were amongst the first Ethipian bands to tour the
USA.
On ‘Muziqa Muziqa’ saxophonist Seyoum Gebreyes collaborates with
the Wallias Band. Very little is known about Seyoum… ‘Muziqa
Muziqa’ is an uptempo Ethio-funk jam, with a soaring vocal,
driving organ, drums and brass.
‘Muziqawi Slit’ is a chugging, hypnotic Ethiopian jazz funk
groover featuring organ player by Hailu Mergia. Taken from his
‘Tche Belew’ LP originally released on Kaifa in 1977, featuring
Mulatu Astatke, arranged by Girme Beyene.
Phil Pratt - Star Wars Dub
Phil Pratt
Star Wars Dub
2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)
30,99 €*
Release: 2024 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Abigail Lapell - Getaway
Abigail Lapell
Getaway
LP | 2023 | Original (Abigail Lapell)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Opolopo X Alafia - Axxanxxan / Axxiove
Opolopo X Alafia
Axxanxxan / Axxiove
12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Canopy)
20,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Canopy & Opolopo collaborate on a new transmission, resulting in an alchemical amalgam to elevate dancefloors from Mos Eisley to Jades-GS-z13-O.
John Francis Flynn - Look Over The Wall, See The Sky
John Francis Flynn
Look Over The Wall, See The Sky
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (River Lea)
31,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Lee Dodou & The Polyversal Souls - Basa Basa
Lee Dodou & The Polyversal Souls
Basa Basa
7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Philophon)
10,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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As the lead singer of George Darko's legendary Burger-Highlife hit-band, Lee Dodou became the number one voice of 80's Highlife. Born in Kumasi, the epicenter of Ghanaian Highlife, he came to Berlin in the late 70's - by then the uprising epicenter of Burger-Highlife - to work as a back-up-singer for Pat Thomas. After joining and leaving Georg Darko and running his own band "Kantata", he stopped releasing music in the early 90's. Now, Philophon is proud to present new recordings of his soulful genius to the world of 2018.
Basa Basa is a song in the classic "concert party" style, as it was played in the glorious 60's. After a firey horn introduction Lee takes over in that funny and entertaining manner typical for "concert party" music. Buzz Duncker joins Lee's phrases with some gentle clarinet. Highlife at its best!
Sahara Akwantuo is anything but a classic: it's the start of a kind of philophonic Highlife, labeled as Kraut-Life. Ghanaian love of life meets German romantic melancholy. Happy rhythms meet mysterious synth landscapes. Eternal summertime and mangos are meeting a wet winter world and roast apples. Kraut-Life at its best!
V.A. - Space Echo
V.A.
Space Echo
2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Analog Africa)
34,99 €*
Release: 2016 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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In the spring of 1968 a cargo ship was preparing to leave the port of Baltimore with an important shipment of musical instruments. Its final destination was Rio De Janeiro, where the EMSE Exhibition (Exposição Mundial Do Son Eletrônico) was going to be held. It was the first expo of its kind to take place in the Southern Hemisphere and many of the leading companies in the field of electronic music were involved. Rhodes, Moog, Farfisa, Hammond and Korg, just to name a few, were all eager to present their newest synthesisers and other gadgets to a growing and promising South American market, spearheaded by Brazil and Colombia.

The ship with the goods set sail on the 20th of March on a calm morning and mysteriously disappeared from the radar on the very same day. One can only imagine the surprise of the villagers of Cachaço, on the Sao Nicolau island of Cabo Verde, when a few months later they woke up and found a ship stranded in their fields, in the middle of nowhere, 8 km from any coastline.

After consulting with the village elders, the locals had decided to open the containers to see what was inside – however gossip as scintillating as this travels fast and colonial police had already arrived and secured the area. Portuguese scientists and physicians were ordered to the scene and after weeks of thorough studies and research, it was concluded that the ship had fallen from the sky. One of the less plausible theories was that it might have fallen from a Russian military air carrier. The locals joked that again the government had wasted their tax money on a useless exercise, as a simple look at the crater generated by the impact could explain the phenomena. “No need for Portuguese rocket scientists to explain this!” they laughed.

What the villagers didn’t know, was that traces of cosmic particles were discovered on the boat. The bow of the ship showed traces of extreme heat, very similar to traces found on meteors, suggesting that the ship had penetrated the hemisphere at high speed. That theory also didn't make sense as such an impact would have reduced the ship to dust. Mystery permeated the event.

Finally, a team of welders arrived to open the containers and the whole village waited impatiently. The atmosphere, which had been filled with joy and excitement, quickly gave way to astonishment. Hundreds of boxes conjured, all containing keyboards and other instruments which they had never seen before: and all useless in an area devoid of electricity. Disappointment was palpable. The goods were temporarily stored in the local church and the women of the village had insisted a solution be found before Sunday mass.

It is said that charismatic anti-colonial leader Amílcar Cabral had ordered for the instruments to be distributed equally in places that had access to electricity, which placed them mainly in schools. This distribution was best thing that could have happened - keyboards found fertile grounds in the hands of curious children, born with an innate sense of rhythm who picked up the ready-to-use instruments. This in turn facilitated the modernisation of local rhythms such as Mornas, Coladeras and the highly danceable music style called Funaná, which had been banned by the Portuguese colonial rulers until 1975 due to its sensuality!

The observation was made that the children who came into contact with the instruments found on the ship inherited prodigious capabilities to understand music and learn instruments. One of them was the musical genius Paulino Vieira, who by the end of the 70s would become the country´s most important music arranger. 8 out of the 15 songs presented in this compilation had been recorded with the backing of the band Voz de Cabo Verde, lead by Paulino Vieira, the mastermind behind the creation and promulgation of what is known today as “The Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde”.
Pepe De Lucia & Paco De Lucía - Pepito Y Paquito Deluxe Bookpack Edition
Pepe De Lucia & Paco De Lucía
Pepito Y Paquito Deluxe Bookpack Edition
2LP+CD | 2024 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)
49,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Leon Keita - Leon Keita
Leon Keita
Leon Keita
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Analog Africa)
32,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ahemaa Nwomkro - Yebre Ma Owuo
Ahemaa Nwomkro
Yebre Ma Owuo
7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Philophon)
11,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Antibalas - Antibalas Colored Vinyl Edition
Antibalas
Antibalas Colored Vinyl Edition
LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Daptone)
26,99 €*
Release: 2012 / US – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The unstoppable, irresistible rhythms and melodies of Antibalas have influenced scores of artists across rock, hip hop, afrobeat and beyond. Born in a Brooklyn warehouse in 1997, 12 piece ensemble Antibalas is credited with introducing Afrobeat to a wider global audience, influencing countless musicians and developing a live show that is the stuff of legend. Members of Antibalas served as musical directors and the house band in the Broadway hit Fela! and penned original music for the show. Members have also recently collaborated/performed with Iron and Wine, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Mark Ronson, TV on the Radio and The Roots. On the heels of the hit musical Fela!, Antibalas ended up reuniting with former member and producer Gabriel Roth, who was at the helm for their first three albums. This self-titled album was their first on Daptone Records.
Liraz - Zan
Liraz
Zan
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)
22,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - Spirit Of Brazil (New Version)
V.A.
Spirit Of Brazil (New Version)
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)
15,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Spirit of Brazil is the new release in the spirit of Vinyl collection.12 unforgotable tunes to rediscover the Spirit of Brazil.
Shangaan Electro - New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
Shangaan Electro
New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
2LP | 2010 | UK | Original (Honest Jon's)
27,99 €*
Release: 2010 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance
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An astounding compilation of the breakneck Shangaan dance output of the Nozinja studio in Soweto, recorded between 2006 and 2009.
Ahmed Malek - Musique Original De Films Volume Deux
Ahmed Malek
Musique Original De Films Volume Deux
LP | 2024 | Original (Habibi Funk)
25,99 €*
Release: 2024 / Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Habibi Funk is thrilled to share a second collection of deep grooves and unreleased songs from Algeria's Ahmed Malek, often compared to Italian heavyweight Ennio Morricone. Malek’s music effortlessly switches between thematic jazz, funk, reggae and Algerian folk – creating indelible soundscapes that intersect the musical innovations made in African jazz by Mulatu Astatke, Bembeya Jazz National along with some of Europe’s finest experimental composers like Piero Piccioni and Janko Nilovic.
Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento - Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento Colored Vinyl Edition
Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento
Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento Colored Vinyl Edition
LP | 2024 | US | Original (Ansonia)
26,99 €*
Release: 2024 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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[ENG]NEW VINYL EDITION IN A BEAUTIFUL TRANSPARENT GREEN COLOR!"Meridian Brothers & El Grupo Renacimiento" is an effort from Meridian Brothers to excavate the forgotten sounds of fantastical 1970s salsa dura group El Grupo Renacimiento. The group identifies as "B-class" salsa whose music touches on themes of human suffering in the urban city landscape, such as police brutality, social marginalization, and addiction. Meridian Brothers has worked together with El Grupo Renacimiento at the classic Isaac Newton studios in Bogotá, Colombia to capture this "Fantasy Salsa Dura" music. Although the group came out of myth, its members have been created in spirit. Embodied by Meridian Brothers and depicted in the graphic creations of illustrators Glenda Torrado and Mateo Rivano, the members of El Grupo Renacimiento have now come to life.
Laura Veirs - Laura Veirs And Her Band - Live In Brooklyn
Laura Veirs
Laura Veirs And Her Band - Live In Brooklyn
LP | 2024 | US | Original (Raven Marching Band)
31,99 €*
Release: 2024 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - Afromagic Volume 1 - Hypnotic Grooves & Ecstatic Moves 1976-1981
V.A.
Afromagic Volume 1 - Hypnotic Grooves & Ecstatic Moves 1976-1981
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Everland)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dub Pistols - Addict
Dub Pistols
Addict
LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Sunday Best)
29,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ayalew Mesfin - Che Belew (March Forward)
Ayalew Mesfin
Che Belew (March Forward)
LP | 2020 | US | Original (Now-Again)
27,99 €*
Release: 2020 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ayalew Mesfin stands aside the likes of Mulatu Astake, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hailu Mergia and Alemayehu Eshete as a legend of 1970s Ethiopia. Mesfin’s music is some of the funkiest to arise from this unconquerable East African nation. Mesfin’s recording career, captured in nearly two dozen 7” singles and numerous reel-to-reel tapes, shows the strata of the most fertile decade in Ethiopia’s 20th century recording industry, when records were pressed constantly by both independent upstarts and corporate behemoths, even if they were only distributed within the confines of this East African nation. Though Mesfin was forced underground by the Derg regime that took control of Ethiopia in 1974, he has returned almost 50 years later with this triumphant set albums – the first time that his music has been presented in this form. These albums give us a chance to discover a rare and beautiful moment in music history, in anthologies built from Mesfin’s uber-rare 7” single releases and from previously unreleased recordings taken from master tapes. Che Belew gives us a chance to discover a rare & beautiful moment in music history, in an anthology built from his uber-rare 7” single releases.
Tamikrest - Tamotait
Tamikrest
Tamotait
2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)
22,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ali Hassan Kuban - From Nubia To Cairo(Remastered) / The Soul Of Black Egypt
Ali Hassan Kuban
From Nubia To Cairo(Remastered) / The Soul Of Black Egypt
LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Piranha)
22,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra - Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra
Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra
Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra
LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Paris DJs)
28,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Limited edition of 250 copies only!
Only one copy per customer!
Access to groovy, funkin', rockin', psychedelic, revolutionary (etc.) African music as we've grown to like it at Paris DJs was not for everyone before the internet age. For Paris DJs co-founder Loik, it began in the early 80s when he met with a former Fela Kuti horn player, who introduced him to Afrobeat. When Loik arrived at Radio Nova in 1986 (he was radio programmer there between 1987 and 1997), he then discovered marvels of African Music (other than Fela), through the radio's vast record collection, which soon led to the word-famous "La Sono Mondiale" concept.
At the same time, Grant Phabao, in his late teens, discovered Congolese music through friends from Zaire. He gets access to Afrobeat in the mid-90s with a Fela Kuti CD gathering the "Zombie" and "He Miss Road" albums, which long-time friend Djouls brought back from his diggin' sessions in Paris. Many friends ripped and burned that CD, for sure. Then the legendary Daktaris album happened on Desco Records in 1998, followed by the beginning of the Antibalas, the Comet Records & Strut Records compilations in 2000, and soon after Soundway Records… the rest is history but that's roughly how African Music started for us at Paris DJs.
At this point we met online with Calumbinho on the Soulseek P2P network. Such a mind-bending experience… The man was sharing hundreds of full albums, all sorted by country, and had music from every corner of 1960s/70s/80s Africa! We asked for advice, he listed 50 records to begin with! All those records, digital files, influences & experience gathered together gave birth in 2006 to a series of mixes on the Paris DJs podcast, "African Mashed Potato Popcorn", blending old and new African music from all over the world. It was an instant smash, DJs from all over the world reaching out asking us to keep on focusing on this amazing music coming from Africa (or inspired by music from Africa).
Around that time, the Paris DJs crew met with musicians from Antibalas (Martín Perna, Duke Amayo / USA), and from the Poets Of Rhythm/Karl Hector bands (Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, Jan Whitefield / Germany). They had all played with Fela Kuti's guitar player Oghene Kologbo by then. The German guys had even started a band with him, the Afrobeat Academy, releasing an album together in 2007. Little did we know that from this point on, Kologbo and African music would grow to become a very important part of our lives.
We started collaborating with Samy Ben Redjeb from Analog Africa, Miles Cleret from Soundway or Quantic from Tru Thoughts, among many others very influential record collectors, for some exclusive mixes of rare afro/latin music on the Paris DJs podcast. In 2009 we co-organized the first Ebo Taylor show in Europe, with German musicians from the Afrobeat Academy/Whitefield Brothers/Jimi Tenor crew backing him along with Kologbo. Soon we helped open the Superfly Record Store and got our hands (and ears) on many rare, original African Records. Loik started recording Kologbo's second solo album "Africa Is The Future" (featuring Tony Allen and Pat Thomas!), Grant Phabao was producing his first afrofunk tunes, and all this new music was damn funky…
Phabao went on a trip to Benin and Ghana, where he ended up hooking up with Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, who was recording with Ebo Taylor and Pat Thomas there. After a two-year period during which Grant Phabao and Djouls partnered with famous Irish-born, Paris-based producer Doctor L, and released with Cameroonian artist Franck Biyong no less than 16 digital albums and conceptual compilations, the Paris DJs label was born in 2012, with the addition of poster artist Ben Hito to the gang.
Five compilations in the "Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International" series were released, with artists from all over the world, featuring the first tracks from the Grant Phabao Afrofunk Arkestra project, with Grant Phabao at the controls and many guests from the now global African music scene adding their own, original touch. Most of those were compiled in the "Massive Hits From the Grant Phabao Factory" LP in 2015.
It was a long read, many years of learning and sharing back, but we wanted to tell how African music slowly but surely infiltrated its way into Paris DJs' daily life, which led to the Kologbo LP being released at the end of 2017, and to this Grant Phabao Afrofunk LP to be released june 2018, featuring 20 guests among which Tony Allen, Oghene Kologbo, Sandra Nkaké, RacecaR, members of Antibalas, The Breakestra, Brownout, Fela Kuti's Egypt 80, Jungle Fire, Les Frères Smith, Ebo Taylor's Afrobeat Academy, Osemako… coming from Paris, Berlin, Lagos, Washington, Austin or Los Angeles!
Edmony Krater - An Ka Sonjé
Edmony Krater
An Ka Sonjé
LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)
16,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Following the reissue of his cult album “Ti jan pou vélo”, Heavenly Sweetness decided to continue the collaboration with Edmony Krater and record a new album! The first one in 30 years! As an avant-gardist percussionist, singer and trumpet player, Edmony Krater has always worked to develop and promote the Gwoka music of Guadeloupe and to feed it with different influences, from Jazz to Reggae.
Kologbo - Africa Is The Future Black Vinyl Edition
Kologbo
Africa Is The Future Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Paris DJs)
25,99 €*
Release: 2017 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Limited black vinyl edition of 250 copies only!

Guitar legend Oghene Kologbo was born in Warri, Nigeria in 1957. His father was the well-known highlife musician Joe King Kologbo. When Kologbo was a teenager, he began performing with the revolutionary Afrobeat master Fela Kuti. Kologbo went on to record more than 50 sides with Africa 70. He played the hypnotic tenor guitar lines, but often recorded bass and rhythm guitar too. Kologbo was Fela's personal assistant and "tape recorder". That is, it was his job to remember the melodies Fela would sing to him late at night, then teach them to the band at rehearsal the next day. In 1978, after a show at the Berlin Jazz Festival, Kologbo left the band (along with Tony Allen and a few others) and stayed in Berlin.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Kologbo worked with the legendary but short-lived Roots Anabo. He also toured and recorded with King Sunny Ade, Tony Allen, and Brenda Fosse, among others. In 2005, Kologbo began working with the Afrobeat Academy, Berlin's heaviest afrobeat ensemble — which later on morphed into Ebo Taylor's and then Pat Thomas' backing bands — and released together in 2007 the album "Remember Fela Kuti". In 2008 he moved to France to join Tony Allen's on tenor guitar. After nearly a year playing and teaching Afrobeat in Brazil, Kologbo came back to France to work on his new record, "Africa is the Future", produced by Loik Dury and Grant Phabao from the Paris DJs label/mediae.

"Africa Is The Future" is a true collective effort, with many guests gathering forces on the project: Tony Allen, playing drums on 5 tracks out of 8 (Nigeria/France), singer Pat Thomas (Ghana), deejay Joseph Cotton (Jamaica), singer Ayo (Nigeria/Germany), horn players from the Afrobeat Academy (Germany) or from Les Frères Smith (France), members of Antibalas (USA), Newen Afrobeat (Chile), etc. This is afrobeat from the 21st century at its purest, blending the originators and the descendants together!

This limited edition vinyl comes in a beautiful gatefold cover.
Lord Echo - Harmonies DJ Friendly Edition
Lord Echo
Harmonies DJ Friendly Edition
2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Soundway)
25,99 €*
Release: 2017 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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DJ friendly 2xLP version, cut loud for your pleasure!

Harmonies is the new long player from underground super-producer Lord Echo. Hotly anticipated for the last few years by his growing entourage of fans, many were frustrated by his descent into obscurity in the industrial backwaters of New Zealand where he lived alone and went completely insane trying to complete the record. But those frustrations are finally at an end, and the wait was worth it - for fans at least.The new album solidifies his already distinctive mutations of reggae and rock steady with disco, African soul, techno and spiritual jazz. In other words, the Lord has returned from the wilderness with a bounty for his followers. Eat of the bread of life and enjoy access to his crazy World of Sound.
Susso - Keira
Susso
Keira
LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Soundway)
21,99 €*
Release: 2016 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance
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Susso, aka bassist / producer Huw Bennett, creates music inspired by, and directly sampling, the magnificent sounds of the Mandinka people, recorded during a recent trip to Gambia. Initially travelling with the aim of gaining perspective as a musician and to discover a new world of music first hand, Huw found himself humbled by such a welcoming community of artists, mostly belonging to the celebrated Suso and Kuyateh griot families. The tracks are composed entirely from original source material, field recordings and Huw’s talents as a multi-instrumentalist; performing tuned percussion from the region including the Mandinka Balafon, Kutiringding drum, aswell drawing on his skill as a professional upright / electric bassist. The music produced has a contemporary electronic sound, whilst still paying homage to a traditional Gambian aesthetic. Keira (meaning peace) guides the listener through Huw’s journey up the River Gambia, being welcomed into remote dusty villages, where your people are the most important thing in life.
Etienne De La Sayette - Maputo Queens
Etienne De La Sayette
Maputo Queens
LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Paris DJs)
27,99 €*
Release: 2016 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Composer/arranger/producer Etienne de la Sayette is a frenetic globe-trotter and a relentless collector of musical instruments. Founder and headhunter of, among others, the Frix and Baeshi Bang groups, co-founder/saxophonist for Parisian Ethio-Jazz band Akalé Wubé, Etienne might mostly be a live musician, he manages nonetheless to find the time for audio production, remixes and synch music. 'Maputo Queens' is his first solo album, a deep afrojazz masterpiece for thoughful moods and after-hours atmospheres, with some masterful blends of spices from all over the globe.
Tamikrest - Chatma
Tamikrest
Chatma
LP+CD | 2013 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)
23,99 €*
Release: 2013 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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180g vinyl!
Matmos - Return To Archive
Matmos
Return To Archive
LP | 2024 | US | Original (Smithsonian Folkways)
32,99 €*
Release: 2024 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - Afromagic Volume 2 - Hypnotic Grooves & Ecstatic Moves Deep Dancefloor Jams Of African Disco, Funk, Boogie, Reggae & Proto Electro Music 1977-1986 Remi Kabaka - Roots Funkadelia
Remi Kabaka
Roots Funkadelia
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BBE Africa)
35,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Feven Yoseph - Gize Blue Vinyl Edition
Feven Yoseph
Gize Blue Vinyl Edition
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blue Pearls)
27,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Diverse - The Rough Guide To Capoeira
Diverse
The Rough Guide To Capoeira
LP | 2023 | UK | Original (World Music Network)
19,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft - Gula Gula - H¢R Stamm¢Drenes Stemme
Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft
Gula Gula - H¢R Stamm¢Drenes Stemme
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (By Norse Music)
30,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Titi Bakorta - Molende
Titi Bakorta
Molende
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Titi Bakorta almost didn't make it. Born in and raised in: Kinshasa, the Congolese multi instrumentalist was on his way to Uganda when he fell of the boat as it traversed the Format: mighty Congo River. Unable to swim, Bakorta was saved by a friend who dragged him to the closest city Kisangani, where he was unexpectedly acquainted with local singer Dancer Papalas. Soon they were performing in bands together, traveling across the continents and settling in Tanzania, South Sudan and Dubai o they even appeared in front of General Defao, the beloved Congolese vocalist who fronted legendary soukous bands Grand Zaiko Wawa, Choc Stars and Big Stars. Now based in Kampala, Bakorta offers his own unique take on Congolese pop and folk sounds, weaving traditional elements through a psychedelic lattice of guitar loops, mangled voices and eccentric beatbox rhythms on his debut full-length. He bends woodblock snaps on 'Kop' into stuttered blurs, wailing emotionally over twanging riffs and bizarre, theatrical xylophone twinkles. It's still pop music on some level, but curved around Bakorta's unwieldy personal narrative - there's a sense that everything could unravel at any time but it all hangs together, strengthened by Bakorta's confident, contemporary production smarts. 'Elles Vais' is more airy, with celestial soukous vocals that float above tight, electronic drums. Tangled guitar echoes overlap each other like dense, weaved tapestries, contrasting perfectly with Bakorta's urgent, driving pulse. Occasionally, he transcends completely, like on 'Molende' where his chants and phrases neatly flutter between praise music and contemporary R8B. "Hustling, hustling, hustling, everyday I'm hustling," an angelic voice coos over phased electric guitar plucks and looped, AutoTuned chorals.It makes perfect sense that Bakorta should team up with 7 Metal Preyers' Jesse Hackett on the album's final track, the aptly-titled 'Titis Haunted House'. The two artists share a similar obsession with moonlit, carnivalesque soundscapes, and...
David Nesselhauf - A Guide To Afrokraut III Limited Edition
David Nesselhauf
A Guide To Afrokraut III Limited Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Legere)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dritter Teil und Abschluss der »Afrokraut«-Trilogie des Hamburger Musikers und Songwriters als Vinyl-LP auf Legere Recordings.

Als Bassist glänzt David Nesselhauf bei hochkarätigen Hamburger Groove-Institutionen wie Diazpora, den Hamburg Spinners oder The Angels Of Libra. Mit »Afrokraut« (2016) und »Afrokraut II - The Lowbrow Manifesto« (2018) widmete sich das Multitalent dem kurzen Abschnitt der Musikgeschichte in dem Krautrock-Acts wie Can die funkigen Afrobetas entdeckten. Experimentierfreudigkeit war entscheidend für den immersiven Produktionsprozess dieses Albums, das sowohl Elemente aus Funk, Afrobeat und Krautrock als auch spacige Drones, frühe Elektronische Musik und Field Recordings umfasst. Inspiriert von dem unvollendeten Manuskript »History Deletes Itself« des verstorbenen Science-Fiction-Autors Joseph Sabiers beschloss Nesselhauf, eine Art B-Movie-Soundtrack zur Originalhandlung zu produzieren. Diese zwölf Tracks des Studioprojekts strotzen vor ungezähmter Entdeckungslust, kreativer Energie und herausragender Qualität und Originalität!
Various - Township Jive & Kwela Jazz Volume 2
Various
Township Jive & Kwela Jazz Volume 2
LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Ubuntu Publishing)
19,99 €*
Release: 2013 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Soul Safari presents volume Two of the Township Jive & Kwela Jazz compilation, featuring 18 rare gems from South Africa, recorded between 1930 and 1962. All titles on this compilation have been carefully handpicked from the ILAM Archives (the International Library of African Music), in Grahamstown, South Africa.
De Lucia,Pepe&De Lucía,Paco - Pepito Y Paquito
De Lucia,Pepe&De Lucía,Paco
Pepito Y Paquito
2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)
34,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - The Same Tree
Bibi Tanga & The Selenites
The Same Tree
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Inlassable)
23,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Blanc Manioc & Furie Sound System - Anono Tapes
Blanc Manioc & Furie Sound System
Anono Tapes
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Blancmanioc)
23,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Oum Dakchi - Live In Marrakech
Oum Dakchi
Live In Marrakech
2LP | 2024 | Original (Ternaire)
40,99 €*
Release: 2024 / Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jackson C. Frank - Mystery
Jackson C. Frank
Mystery
LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Mooncrest)
29,99 €*
Release: 2024 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Loving Paupers - Ladders
Loving Paupers
Ladders
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Easy Star)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy - Doose Mam / Gure Yose Me
Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy
Doose Mam / Gure Yose Me
7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Philophon)
12,99 €*
Release: 2021 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy are back with a new single release after their album debut "Mam Yinne Wa", which can be seen as a harbinger of the second album. You can hear another Frafra Gospel masterpiece by the king of this genre.

"Doose Mam" is a soulful piece that goes straight to the limbs with its repetitive rhythm. The jubilant middle section, in which the wind instruments and the choir pass the balls to each other, is to be emphasized. "Gure Yose Me" ties in with the Frafra Gospel tradition of making use of reggae rhythms. Here we hear a stepper played by Josie Coppola, Europe's No.1 reaggae drummer. Both pieces were produced both in Berlin and in Kumasi by Max Weissenfeldt in Philophon's in-house Joy Sound Studios.
Santrofi - Alewa
Santrofi
Alewa
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Out Here)
19,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Even without an album out: they have already set the world on fire freaking out audiences all over Europe on their 2019 summer festival tour including Sines in Portugal, WOMAD in UK, Roskilde and WOMEX in Tampere. This young allstar band from Ghana brims with gifted musicians and energy on stage. The 8 piece collective is made up of a young generation of awarded musicians who have backed anyone in Ghana from Azonto sensation Sarkodie to Nigerian superstar 2 Face Idibia, but their passion isn't local pop but Highlife. And their mission is to bring it back; not only to the world but also to Ghana, where the young generation has forgotten all about this great music.Santrofi's debut album Alewa now brings you a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Ofori who rose from the source having played with Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band and has now formed his own band collective: Santrofi. The 8 musicians are deeply rooted in vintage Ghanaian highlife music in all its forms. The influences range from the riveting fast-paced pulse of 70s dance-guitar highlife, or the other-worldly sound of Highlife funk to the polyrhythmic beats and melodies that took Afrobeat across the globe. The members have toured the world with legends like Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Osibisa, George Darko and many, many others. They have learnt from the masters and are now ready to take highlife into the future.
Michael Palmer - Meets Kelly Ranks At Channel One
Michael Palmer
Meets Kelly Ranks At Channel One
LP | 2024 | US | Original (Burning Sounds)
30,99 €*
Release: 2024 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Onipa - Off The Grid
Onipa
Off The Grid
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real World)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Namian Sidibé - Namian Sidibé
Namian Sidibé
Namian Sidibé
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Sahel Sounds)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Another side of modern Malian praise songs: an intimate, stripped down, acoustic session from Namian Sidibé. From arising generation of young Malian divas leveraging socialmedia, Namian has built a following, publishing videos anddedications in song, accompanied by her cousin Jules Diabatéon acoustic guitar. Recorded at her home, with powerful yet restrained vocals that drift over melancholy acoustic guitar, Namian explores epic generational songs and poetry, broughtinto the TikTok age.
The Joy - The Joy Colored Vinyl Edition
The Joy
The Joy Colored Vinyl Edition
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Transgressive)
28,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Rahman Mammadli - Azerbaijani Gitara, Volume 2
Rahman Mammadli
Azerbaijani Gitara, Volume 2
LP | 2024 | CH | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
27,99 €*
Release: 2024 / CH – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Introducing "Azerbaijani Gitara vol. 2" by Rahman Mammadli, the eagerly awaited sequel to Bongo Joe"s acclaimed debut featuring Rüstam Quliyev. Born from the vibrant streets of Baku, Azerbaijani gitara culture has evolved into a mesmerizing fusion of indigenous traditions and global influences. From the oil boom era to Soviet rule, musicians have embraced the electric guitar as a symbol of cultural expression.Rahman Mammadli, a legend in his own right, revolutionized the sound with his innovative techniques and impassioned performances. Drawing inspiration from mugham music, Mammadli"s compositions resonate with soul-stirring melodies and electrifying solos.
Thiiird Place - This Is Thiiird Place
Thiiird Place
This Is Thiiird Place
LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Toyokasei)
42,99 €*
Release: 2024 / JP – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Thiiird Place, a 13-piece Afro-soul jazz band with a borderless ageless identity and sincere message, is releasing the first full-length album "This is Thiiird Place," a major masterpiece! The long-awaited first album by Thiiird Place, a band with a sound based on Afro-soul Latin jazz and a pop, euphoric and message for all. The album features a rich variety of nine songs, including the first single "Shoes," the Caribbean-Cuban flavored "Ears," the energetic R&B/soul number "Sorekara Dousuru" and the Pat Metheny cover "Last Train Home," which is well-known in live performances but not yet available on digital streaming.
Black Lives - People Of Earth
Black Lives
People Of Earth
LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Jammin' Colors)
28,99 €*
Release: 2024 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Lissie - Back To Forever
Lissie
Back To Forever
LP | 2013 | Reissue (Lionboy)
25,99 €*
Release: 2013 / Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy - O Yinne!
Alogte Oho & His Sounds Of Joy
O Yinne!
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Philophon)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dorea - Grande Coisa
Dorea
Grande Coisa
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ajabu!)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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