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Mick-Roving Commission- Thomas - Where Only Memory Can Find You
Mick-Roving Commission- Thomas
Where Only Memory Can Find You
LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Coolin' By Sound)
34,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Eliades Ochoa - Guajiro
Eliades Ochoa
Guajiro
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (World Circuit)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Pedro Rosa - Midnight Alvora
Pedro Rosa
Midnight Alvora
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Ajabu!)
33,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
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Lauren Morrow - People Talk
Lauren Morrow
People Talk
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Big Kitty)
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Release: 2023 / EU – Original
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V.A. - Canto A Lo Divino
V.A.
Canto A Lo Divino
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Mississippi)
32,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
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Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world - a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal music, played in packed rooms throughout the night on the 25-string guitarron, its ancient melodies transmitted through the 10-line decima form originating in Spain and found across the Caribbean, South America, and even into the Mississippi Delta.Rooted in the remote Central Valley of Chile at the skirt of the mountains and following the slopes of the major rivers, the Canto tradition has persisted for centuries in the voices of hundreds of men and women who sing of saints, divine images, and angelitos (very young children who have died). The verses are also centered around daily life in the valley - labor and drought, family, animals, and plants. There are countless entonaciones (melodies) that define this region, its communities, and its unique worldview.Mississippi Records is privileged to work with the Museo Campesino En Movimiento and their archive of hundreds of hours of intimate field recordings of the Canto - music rarely, if ever, heard outside of the region.Artwork is provided by another inhabitant of Chile's Central Valley, a baker called Frederico Lohse, who brought divine visions from the Cantos to life, painted on reused flour bags.Canto A Lo Divino celebrates the complexity and solemn, stunning beauty of this nocturnal, communal form of musical devotion.Double vinyl LP comes housed in deluxe gatefold jacket with 8 pages of lyric translations and liner notes about the Canto tradition by researcher Danilo Petrovich.
Donata - Imaginary Land
Donata
Imaginary Land
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Humming)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay - Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Topic)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
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Charlotte Cornfield - Could Have Done Anything
Charlotte Cornfield
Could Have Done Anything
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Double Double Whammy)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Peter One - Come Back To Me
Peter One
Come Back To Me
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Verve)
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Humazapas - Sara Mama
Humazapas
Sara Mama
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Aya)
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Release: 2023 / EU – Original
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For fans of: Maya Andina, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Luzmila Carpio, Renata Flores, Nicola Cruz, Illapu, Bolivia Manta, Polibio Mayorga, Mala Fama, EVHA, Cruzloma.The concept of "getting back to your roots" rarely has such a literal meaning, or at the same time such an ancestral meaning, as in the case of the Ecuadorian group Humazapas. Usually in the music industry this concept is used when an artist returns to a past sound, going back to that moment of newness, exploration and ingenuity, perhaps. But not Humazapas. These natives of the Kichwa communities of the Ecuadorian Andes, who have been working on this project for a decade, see "getting back to your roots" as a profound connection with their cultures, language, dance, the rituals that connect them to their deities and, of course, music. Humazapas was formed in 2010, when twelve teenagers from the Kichwa communities of Turuku, San Pedro, Jatun Topo and Anrabí decided to salvage the sounds and ritual dances of the Kichwa communes at the foot of the Tayta Imbabura and Mama Cutakachi volcanoes. The group explores an ancestral exercise translated into the fusion of native musics and contemporary structures, proposing the continuity of the art of the ancestral peoples and nationalities of Ecuador in future generations. Like a sound document, it also ties in dance and the audiovisual arts to translate an experience through the journey of a seed that is born from the earth, sprouts from it and whose fruit has fed, and will continue to feed, generations for centuries. After over a decade of research and interest in returning to ancestral knowledge, the group made up of eight musicians and four dancers, weaving in their discourse the cosmovision of community life with people, nature and the world of the deities, finally release their debut record Sara Mama, which translates as "Mother Corn" in English. Corn is one of the sacred grains that conceals knowledge in its crop and the magic of the rituals of raising, nurturing and celebrating life, from preparing th...
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
Samuele Strufaldi - Davorio
Samuele Strufaldi
Davorio
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Musica Macondo)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Through a musical collaboration between Italian musician Samuele Strufaldi and the villagers of Gohouo-Zagna in the Ivory Coast, a new album called Davorio released on Música Macondo Records, will raise money for a new community library and space in the village. Davorio is the joint efforts of Samuele Strufaldi, and the Guéré musicians of Gohouo-Zagna, located in the Ivory Coast’s Guemon region. The record is a cross-cultural-conversation that tells the villagers’ stories through a modern musical language; one that blends together Guéré music, jazz, and electronica. More than just a record, Davorio is a story about the villagers of Gohouo-Zagna, with their lives, traditions, and cultures animated across the album’s 16-tracks. The profits from the vinyl and digital music streams of the project and the money raised from a Go Fund Me fundraising page, will be used to help construct a library for the villagers, that will provide them with the infrastructure to help further their culture and storytelling for years to come.
Skinny Lister - Down On Deptford Broadway
Skinny Lister
Down On Deptford Broadway
LP | 2015 | EU | Reissue (Xtra Mile)
31,99 €*
Release: 2015 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Justin Rutledge - Something Easy
Justin Rutledge
Something Easy
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Outside Music)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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"Justin Rutledge could easily rest on his reputation. Eleven albums in, he’s accumulated a daunting body of work upon which one could easily coast. Instead, on ""Something Easy"", Justin Rutledge did the opposite. He made things exceedingly difficult for himself and decided to write, record and produce the album by himself at home. With one, then later two, bouncing baby boys underfoot, to boot.

The results speak for themselves. ""Something Easy"" is a serene, stately thing of beauty, a gently paced record that really rewards the patient listener with meticulous detail and unexpected instrumental happenings. It’s anything but Rutledge settling into a rut. It will surprise you.

That Rutledge can still catch us off guard should not come as a surprise. The man is very good at what he does. Accolades have piled up since he released his first album, ""No Never Alone"", via Six Shooter Records and Slowdive/Mojave 3 main man Neil Halstead’s Shady Lane Records in 2004. He’s won a Juno Award for Roots Album of the Year in 2014 for the album ""Valleyheart"" – which also landed him a Canadian Folk Music Award – and has since been nominated for three more Junos. He’s been longlisted twice for the critic-voted Polaris Music Prize.

“All of these songs are about youth, and I hadn’t realized that,” he says. “And it’s interesting because I feel that, as a new dad, there’s this transition that’s happening where suddenly I’m realizing I’m in my 40s. And what’s happening is that our wild-and-free years are suddenly over there, and our ‘middle-aged’ years are now right here. I feel like I’m at this apex where I’m thinking a lot about my youth, But I’m not lamenting anything. I’m not old, I’m just shocked at how suddenly this new phase of life has begun.”"
Esther Rose - Safe To Run
Esther Rose
Safe To Run
LP | 2023 | US | Original (New West)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Hanna Enlof - Solitude
Hanna Enlof
Solitude
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (GG)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Remi Kabaka - Son Of Africa
Remi Kabaka
Son Of Africa
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BBE Africa)
36,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 5
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Vol. 5
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The fifth volume of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah"s five-part Volume Series.After the recent celebrated release of the first three parts in his Volume Series, Etsako Super Star and Godfather of Afemai Music Alhaji Waziri Oshomah returns with Vol. 5.Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 5 is now available-for the very first time!-as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 4
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Vol. 4
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The fourth volume of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah"s five-part Volume Series.This release follows World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah (September 23, 2022), which received killer reviews from Uncut (8/10), MOJO, and Pitchfork (7.2), calling it "therapy, worship, ecstasy."Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 4 is now available-for the very first time!-as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 3
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Vol. 3
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The third volume of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah"s five-part Volume Series.On the heels of his already critically acclaimed (yes, already!) retrospective, World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, Mr. Please Please Please, Mr. Dynamite - returns with Vol. 3.Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 3 is now available-for the very first time!-as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 2
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Vol. 2
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The second volume of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah"s five-part Volume Series.On the heels of his already critically acclaimed (yes, already!) retrospective, World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, Mr. Please Please Please, Mr. Dynamite - returns with Vol. 2.Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 2 is now available-for the very first time!-as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - Vol. 1
Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
Vol. 1
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Luaka Bop)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The first volume of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah"s five-part Volume Series.On the heels of his already critically acclaimed (yes, already!) retrospective, World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah - the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, Mr. Please Please Please, Mr. Dynamite - returns with Vol. 1.Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 1 is now available-for the very first time!-as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).
IzangoMa - Ngo Ma
IzangoMa
Ngo Ma
2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Brownswood)
38,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The fifteen-piece kaleidoscopic ensemble IzangoMa might only be releasing its debut offering on the esteemed UK-based label Brownswood Recording this coming Northern Hemisphere Spring, but the collective’s roots stretch back to the meeting of Sibusile Xaba (vox/keys) and Ashley Kgabo (synths/snare drum/drum machine) in 2016. The album is the logical next step in a journey. Sibusile Xaba reveals a side to his virtuosic talent at cardinal opposites with the familiar folk sound the largesse knew him for. Kings rejoice in laughter on album opener “Agenda Re-member”, while the music cascades carefree over frequencies expressing joy and positive living. In this world, IzangoMa’s world, the moon sings sweet melodies and the children rejoice in laughter. Worries are but a distraction, and joy is the ultimate quest. It’s a declaration of love in its highest, lucid, uninhibited form.
Oy - World Wide We
Oy
World Wide We
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mouthwatering)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Milk Carton Kids - I Only See The Moon
Milk Carton Kids
I Only See The Moon
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Far Cry Records)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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La Rue Ketanou - Ouvert A Double Tour
La Rue Ketanou
Ouvert A Double Tour
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Irfan (Le Label))
21,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Driss El Maloumi Trio - Aswat
Driss El Maloumi Trio
Aswat
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Contre Jour)
22,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The Trouble Notes - Liberty Awaits
The Trouble Notes
Liberty Awaits
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Foxy)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The Sorcerers - In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God
The Sorcerers
In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God
LP | 2020 | UK | Reissue (ATA)
25,99 €*
Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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ATA Records are proud to announce the follow up to the critically acclaimed debut album fromThe Sorcerers. Conceived as a soundtrack to an imagined lost European exploitation film,'In Searchof The Lost City ofThe Monkey God'covers a wide range of influences: Ethiopiques Ethio-Jazz rubs up against European library music of the 60s and 70s. The Sorcerers seamlessly blend these disparate elements into one cohesive sound.

Based in ATA Records' home of Leeds, The Sorcerers form the backbone of the ATA Records house band including drummer Joost Hendrickx (Kefaya, Shatner's Bassoon, Abstract Orchestra) and ATA label heads Neil Innes (Bass & Guitar) and Pete Williams (Woodwinds & Percussion). Bass clarinets, flutes, and esoteric percussion that sit alongside bass, guitar and drums are essential to The Sorcerers sound providing cinematic textures on top of a solid rhythmic foundation.

The Sorcerers began working on the new album during the winter of 2018 and it was during the writing sessions for this album that the concept for the LP began to take shape. The name for the album was taken from the title of a National Geographic article read by Bassist Neil Innes and was used as the starting point for the entire concept. The library music scene of the 60s and 70s has always been an intrinsic part of the sound of ATA Records and so it made perfect sense to envisage the album as a soundtrack, given the cinematic quality of The Sorcerers music.

Each track was written with a particular scene in mind and the music was then shaped in the studio to best reflect the essence of that scene. Drums, Bass and Percussion provide the solid foundation onto which Flutes, Bass Clarinets, Xylophones and Vibraphones add the atmospheric and melodic counterpoint, deftly weaving between one another to conjure up images of the unforgiving environment of the dense jungle, unknown eyes watching the protagonists of the imagined film as they make their way towards their ultimate goal, their pursuit by unseen assailants, the arcane mysticism of undiscovered cargo cultists and the ancient ruins of long passed civilisations.
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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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Love In Time
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Love In Time
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Easy Star)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Somi - Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba
Somi
Zenzile: The Reimagination Of Miriam Makeba
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Salon Africana)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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William Prince - Stand In The Joy
William Prince
Stand In The Joy
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Six Shooter)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Kara Jackson - Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?
Kara Jackson
Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (September)
31,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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David Walters - Soul Tropical
David Walters
Soul Tropical
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Gene Clark & Carla Olsen - So Rebellious A Lover
Gene Clark & Carla Olsen
So Rebellious A Lover
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sunset Blvd)
31,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Bob Dylan - Debut Album
Bob Dylan
Debut Album
LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (20th Century Masterworks)
18,99 €*
Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Gaisha - Ana Aïcha
Gaisha
Ana Aïcha
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Zephyrus)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Euforquestra - Fire
Euforquestra
Fire
LP | 2023 | US | Original (Color Red)
29,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - African Vibes
V.A.
African Vibes
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Between electronic music and traditional African music, dive into the heart of this subtle mix thanks to the leading artists of the genre!Bonobo - Vaudou Game - Bonga -Guts - Fatoumata Diawara - Philippe Cohen Solal - Manu Dibango -Anschorsong
Tunico - Tunico
Tunico
Tunico
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Far Out)
33,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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The Good Samaritans - No Food Without Taste If By Hunger Colored
The Good Samaritans
No Food Without Taste If By Hunger Colored
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Analog Africa)
32,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Put your dancing shoes and be ready to kill the dancefloor, the intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. Following the planetary success of our „Edo Funk Explosion Vol.1“ project we have now unearthed „No Food Without Taste If By Hunger“ by „The Good Samaritans“, one of the most obscure Nigerian album ever recorded. Originally released in 1982, the bands first album is full of bouncy basslines, raw trance-like grooves and tripped-out psychedelic guitars, a funk experience unlike any other.

„The Good Samaritans“ is Philosopher Okundaye’s own Edo-Funk project, under which name he produced four albums, all recorded at Phonodisk Studio in Ijebu-Igbo east of Lagos with a 24 track. Okundaye who played many instruments, engaged the right musicians for each project and mixed the whole thing himself, is known as the composer of a large part of Benin City’s celebrated hits in the 80s. His name keeps popping up but somehow his role in the scene remains a bit hazy, giving the character an image of something like the gray eminence of Edo funk.

Due to its private pressing in a probably very small edition, „No Food Without Taste If By Hunger“ is very difficult to find. With this reissue limited to 2000 copies - newly mastered by Nick Robbins and approved by Philosopher Okundaye himself - „The Good Samaritans“ make a welcome and long-overdue return to turntables around the world in a beautiful Silk-Screen printed cover and an orange colored vinyl pressed on 180g high quality vinyl. This is funk stripped down to its primal essence, driving rhythms mixed with highlife horns, sweet keyboards and psychedelic guitar riffs, pushing the limits of dance moves towards cosmic dancefloors.
Who's The Cuban - Pafata
Who's The Cuban
Pafata
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Smash)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Bob Dylan - At The Bonnie Beecher's Apartment
Bob Dylan
At The Bonnie Beecher's Apartment
2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Culture Factory)
40,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – 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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Tommy Ashby - Lamplighter
Tommy Ashby
Lamplighter
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Dance To The Radio)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Mariam Koné - Nouvelle Eau Dans La Riviere (Berlin Bamaka Sessions)
Mariam Koné
Nouvelle Eau Dans La Riviere (Berlin Bamaka Sessions)
12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Trikont)
18,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Carminho - Portuguesa
Carminho
Portuguesa
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Parlophone Label Group)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Refree - El Espacio Entre
Refree
El Espacio Entre
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dotti Holmberg - Some Times Happy Times
Dotti Holmberg
Some Times Happy Times
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sundazed)
30,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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King Ayisoba - Work Hard
King Ayisoba
Work Hard
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Glitterbeat)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Doolin' - Circus Boy
Doolin'
Circus Boy
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Compass)
22,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dave Van Ronk - Hear Me Howl-Live 1964
Dave Van Ronk
Hear Me Howl-Live 1964
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rockbeat)
22,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ali Farka Toure - Voyageur
Ali Farka Toure
Voyageur
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (World Circuit)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dub Pistols - Addict
Dub Pistols
Addict
LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Sunday Best)
28,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Moonrakers Band - Moonrakers Band Blue Vinyl Edtion
Moonrakers Band
Moonrakers Band Blue Vinyl Edtion
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Afrodelic)
22,09 €* 25,99 € -15%
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Moonrakers Band - Moonrakers Band Black Vinyl Edition
Moonrakers Band
Moonrakers Band Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Afrodelic)
21,59 €* 23,99 € -10%
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Black Children Sledge Funk Band - Black Children Green Vinyl Edtion
Black Children Sledge Funk Band
Black Children Green Vinyl Edtion
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Afrodelic)
25,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Black Children Sledge Funk Band - Black Children Black Vinyl Edition
Black Children Sledge Funk Band
Black Children Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Afrodelic)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Lee Perry & Friends - Open The Gate
Lee Perry & Friends
Open The Gate
3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)
39,89 €* 41,99 € -5%
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers - Ayiti Kongo Dub 2
Chouk Bwa & The Angstromers
Ayiti Kongo Dub 2
12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
21,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Following on from the first edition released earlier this year, Les Disques Bongo Joe are pleased to announce "Ayiti Kongo Dub Ep#2" by Chouk Bwa & The Ângströmers. Following on from 2020s acclaimed album Vodou Ale, Chouk Bwa turn up the heat for this exhilarating trip into their bush of ghosts by introducing a new stripped down line-up to fire up the dance floor, based exclusively on the drums and rhythms of the Haitian kongo rite and deep electronic dub expansions by their trusted Belgian counterparts The Ângströmers. As Afro-Caribbean polyrhythms meet bass-weight dub electronics, the two part EP has documented the group experimenting with a stripped back form which focuses on the dimension of trance. Opening with a cermonial chant and designed to enduce dancefloor delirium, the first track taken from the EP is the raw, high-octane, primordial techno of "Zemedo".
Sundub - Spirits Eat Music
Sundub
Spirits Eat Music
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Easy Star)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Drayton Farley - A Hard Up Life
Drayton Farley
A Hard Up Life
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hargrove)
26,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ethiopians - Woman Capture Man Gold Vinyl Edition
Ethiopians
Woman Capture Man Gold Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Limited to 1000 individually numbered copies on 180g.
Doug Paisley - Say What You Like Black Vinyl Edition
Doug Paisley
Say What You Like Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Outside Music)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Taylor Kingman - Hollow Sound
Taylor Kingman
Hollow Sound
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mama Bird)
24,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Taylor Kingman - Hollow Sound
Taylor Kingman
Hollow Sound
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mama Bird)
25,19 €* 27,99 € -10%
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ferry DJimmy - Rhythm Revolution Colored Vinyl Edition
Ferry DJimmy
Rhythm Revolution Colored Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Acid Jazz)
28,99 €*
Release: 2023 / UK – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Acid Jazz presents one of Afrobeat’s most mysterious and rare records by a former schoolteacher, boxer, Jacques Chirac's bodyguard, and Beninese musical visionary: Ferry Djimmy - Rhythm Revolution.

The album was originally recorded in the mid-1970s in support of Benin’s revolutionary leader Mathieu Kérékou. Rumour has it that less than two hundred copies survived a late-‘70s fire.
Culture - Culture Dub
Culture
Culture Dub
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)
29,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ailbhe Reddy - Endless Affair
Ailbhe Reddy
Endless Affair
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Mnrk)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Sunny War - Anarchist Gospel
Sunny War
Anarchist Gospel
LP | 2023 | US | Original (New West)
23,99 €*
Release: 2023 / US – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jaimee Harris - Boomerang Town
Jaimee Harris
Boomerang Town
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Folk N' Roll)
30,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Mulatu Astatke - Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke
Mochilla Presents Timeless: Mulatu Astatke
2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Mochilla)
33,99 €*
Release: 2010 / US – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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V.A. - The Rough Guide To The Music Of West Africa
V.A.
The Rough Guide To The Music Of West Africa
LP | 2017 | UK | Original (World Music Network)
17,99 €*
Release: 2017 / UK – 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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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.
Antibalas - Antibalas Black Vinyl Edition
Antibalas
Antibalas Black 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.
Tommy Mclain - I Ran Down Every Dream
Tommy Mclain
I Ran Down Every Dream
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Yep Roc)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jill Barber - Homemaker Blueberry Pie Vinyl Edition
Jill Barber
Homemaker Blueberry Pie Vinyl Edition
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Outside Music)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Jill Barber - Homemaker
Jill Barber
Homemaker
LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Outside Music)
27,99 €*
Release: 2023 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Pentangle - Basket Of Light Colored Vinyl Edition
Pentangle
Basket Of Light Colored Vinyl Edition
LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)
29,99 €*
Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Basket of Light is the most progressive release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences. The album opener “Light Flight” has become their signature song, which was also the theme song from BBC1’s first colour drama series Take Three Girls. With Basket Of Light, Pentangle proved they could release a progressive, ground-breaking work without keyboards, much studio trickery or even electric instruments. The original Pentangle was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During the recordings of Basket Of Light, line-up included Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Terry Cox, Danny Thompson and Jacqui McShee. Basket Of Light is available as a limited edition on yellow & orange marbled vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.
I Hate My Village - I Hate My Village Red Vinyl Edtion
I Hate My Village
I Hate My Village Red Vinyl Edtion
LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Master Music)
28,99 €*
Release: 2019 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie
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Kapingbdi - Take A Look Outside
Kapingbdi
Take A Look Outside
LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Sonorama)
21,99 €*
Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Idrissa Soumaoro Et L´Eclipse De L´Ija - Nissodia Mike D Edit Orange Vinyl Edition
Idrissa Soumaoro Et L´Eclipse De L´Ija
Nissodia Mike D Edit Orange Vinyl Edition
12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)
18,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Legend' is lofty praise that is often used lightly, however, Mike D from the Beastie Boys certainly is one in the truest of spirits. We are delighted after over 30 years of being involved in music to finally release a project involving such a hip-hop pioneer and icon as Mike. In keeping with the maverick attitude of the Beastie Boys, you don't always get what you expect. For this release there isn't a hip-hop beat, instrumental-funk or hardcore-punk joint in sight, rather an electronic-African club banger. Mike took it upon himself to rework Malian artists Idrissa Soumaoro and L'Eclipse De L'I.J.A. and their track ’Nissodia', which is taken from the 'Le Tioko-Tioko' album originally released in 1978 on the German Democratic Republic (gdr) label Eterna. The song was also featured on 'The Original Sound Of Mali' compilation released on Mr Bongo back in 2017. It was November 2019 and the day before a Mr Bongo 30 years celebration event in Paris at the Pedro party in the 'New Morning' club, when out of the blue the remix landed in Dave Mr Bongo's inbox. We loved it straight away and decided to road test it the next night in the club. Whether it be a remix/re-edit/rework, it doesn't matter, what does matter is that it works spectacularly in the club and had people jumping on the stage to dance at the party. A sensational track and one which leaves a beautiful memory of good-times from a night out in Paris (and one which is in retrospect is even more poignant as the late-great maestro Tony Allen was in the club that night), and we are sure it will light up many more dancefloors to come.
Nebeyu Hamdi & The Sabat Bet Cultural Gurage Band - Yebolala Red Vinyl Edition
Nebeyu Hamdi & The Sabat Bet Cultural Gurage Band
Yebolala Red Vinyl Edition
12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Nu Afrique / Sheba Sound)
20,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Sheba Sound tour the Ethiopian hinterlands, capturing the mesmerising sounds of local talented musicians, using state of the art pop-up recording studios. The hugely anticipated next release from the Sheba Sound archives, under licence to Nu Afrique features crazy, untapped talent of Nebeyu Hamdi, from the Sabat Bet Cultural Gurage Band, based in Welkite, western Ethiopia. The original recordings from 2013 receive ethio-funk bassline overdubbing treatment from Addis Abeba’s inspired masenko bass-man of the moment, ‘Bubu’ Teklemariam.

The full package receives ultimate mixing treatment at The Yard Studio by master dub producer Nick Manasseh (Roots Garden).

The B-side of this EP release features 3 exclusive ethio-dub cuts. Manasseh’s inspiration of deep masenko bass and tribal drum rhythms is evident through his dub treatment of the originals. Playing the tracks back through his mixing desk like it was an instrument, the results are completely unique pulsating, punctuated Ethio-dub rhythm tracks.

Watch out Shaka – the Ethiopians are bringing their own dub cuts to town!
Nebeyu Hamdi - Yebolala Black Vinyl Edition
Nebeyu Hamdi
Yebolala Black Vinyl Edition
12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Sheba Sound)
19,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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This is a recent recording straight out of Ethiopia, courtesy of the Sheba Sound crew.

Sheba Sound tour the Ethiopian hinterlands, capturing the mesmerising sounds of local talented musicians, using state of the art pop-up recording studios.

The process was captured in the highly acclaimed, award-winning documentary: Roaring Abyss, by Joaquin Piñero:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roaring-Abyss-Quino-Piñero/dp/B08329VLRL

The hugely anticipated next release from the Sheba Sound archives, under license to NuAfrique (My45) features crazy, untapped talent of Nebeyu Hamdi, with the Sabat Bet Gurage Band, based in Welkite, western Ethiopia.

The original recordings from 2013 receive ethio-funk bassline overdubbing treatment from Addis Abeba's inspired masenko-bass man of the moment, 'Bubu' Teklemariam.

The full package receives ultimate mixing treatment at The Yard Studio by master dub producer Nick Manasseh (Roots Garden).

The B-side of this EP release features 3 exclusive ethio-dub cuts. Manasseh's inspiration of deep masenko bass and tribal drum rhythms is evident through his dub treatment of the originals. Playing the tracks back through his mixing desk like it was an instrument, the results are completely unique pulsating, punctuated Ethio-dub rhythm tracks.

Watch out Shaka – the Ethiopians are bringing their own dub cuts to town!
Interactive acoustic map of Ethiopia: http://shebasound.com/
Info & DJ bookings, contact: jonbanes@gmail.com
Dona Onete - Feitico Caboclo
Dona Onete
Feitico Caboclo
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Mais Um Discos)
23,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Hallelujah Chicken Run Band - Take One
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band
Take One
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Analog Africa)
27,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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In 1972, the country of Rhodesia – as Zimbabwe was then known – was in the middle of a long-simmering struggle for independence from British colonial rule. In the hotels and nightclubs of the capital, bands could make a living playing a mix of Afro-Rock, Cha-Cha-Cha and Congolese Rumba. But as the desire for independence grew stronger, a number of Zimbabwean musicians began to look to their own culture for inspiration. They began to emulate the staccato sound and looping melodies of the mbira (thumb piano) on their electric guitars, and to replicate the insistent shaker rhythms on the hi-hat; they also started to sing in the Shona language and to add overtly political messages to their lyrics (safe in the knowledge that the predominantly white minority government wouldn’t understand them). From this collision of electric instruments and indigenous traditions, a new style of Zimbabwean popular music – later known as Chimurenga, from the Shona word for ‘struggle’ – was born. And there were few bands more essential to the development of this music than the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.
San Proper - San Proper & The Love Present L.O.V.E. Part 3
San Proper
San Proper & The Love Present L.O.V.E. Part 3
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Dopeness Galore)
17,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance
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Mini LP with insert. The musical vagabond returns to spread his Gospel of L.O.V.E. San "Dr." Proper presents his third EP on Dopeness Galore with a selection of kindred sounds and spirits encountered around the earth while on tour. The result is an intriguing six-track EP that documents the musical collaborations that sparked to the pulse of cities like Casablanca, Bogota, Amsterdam and Medellin, straight back to the dungeon of Volkshotel where they fused these tracks in an Amsterdamic fashion. "where we did some afternoon-jams alongside some after-effects to spread the gospel of sentiment and love.” L.O.V.E. part 3 features upcoming artists such as Mr. Cruz, Elias Mazian, Bobbi and V. Bannier as well as local musicians from studios around the world, moulding a colorful record with traditional Arabique, Latin-Americain and western influences to create that unmistakable Proper sound.
Omniversal Earkestra - Le Mali 70 Black Vinyl Edition
Omniversal Earkestra
Le Mali 70 Black Vinyl Edition
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Trikont)
22,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Kaito Winse - Kaladounia
Kaito Winse
Kaladounia
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rebel Up)
14,69 €* 20,99 € -30%
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Vinyl LP ((incl. Download Code*) Kaito Winse comes from a Burkina Faso griot music family, where from an early age he was formed in the tradition of his family and the region of Sourou in the north of Burkina Faso.Kaito Winse comes from a Burkina Faso griot music family, where from an early age he was formed in the tradition of his family and the region of Sourou in the north of Burkina Faso. Kaladounia means ‘Here the world’. As a griot, Kaito is the message bearer for the traditions of Burkina Faso. This debut album takes its impetus from the desire to perpetuate these traditions.
Dandana - Free The System
Dandana
Free The System
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Rebel Up)
20,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Dandana is a musical collective with musicians from the Netherlands, Senegal and The Gambia with members Bas Ackermann, Ebou Gaye Mada, Filly Dioma, Jackson Loman, Joop de Graaf and Modou Joof. Inspiration is drawn from West African psychedelic mandingue pioneers Guelewar, Ifang Bondi & Touré Kunda and the synth-driven vibes of bands like Air & Tame Impala. ‘Free the System’ will take you on a journey through a new universe.
Edmony Krater - J'ai Traversé La Mer
Edmony Krater
J'ai Traversé La Mer
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Heavenly Sweetness)
19,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Ayalew Mesfin - Mot Aykerim (You Can't Cheat Death)
Ayalew Mesfin
Mot Aykerim (You Can't Cheat Death)
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. Mot Aykerim gives us a chance to discover a rare & beautiful moment in music history, in an anthology built from his uber-rare 7” single releases. Contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Mesfin’s role within it.
Tito Pontet - La Fera Dub / La Fera
Tito Pontet
La Fera Dub / La Fera
7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Newentun Resistance)
13,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall
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One of the most successful bands in the Valencian Community who sing in Catalonia. It is an afrobeat song with a mix of rocksteady and its corresponding dub version by Roberto Sanchez, the most international Spanish reggae producer.
Faratuben - Sira Kura
Faratuben
Sira Kura
LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Sounds Of Subterrania)
25,99 €*
Release: 2020 / EU – Original
Genre: Organic Grooves
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Between Aarhus and Bamako lie 6,593 kilometers – and a deep socio-economic divide. This is why people have long been drawn from Africa to Europe. Unfortunately, the opposite is rarely the case. “Sira Kura”, the debut album from the Danish-Malian band Faratuben, shows what is possible when musicians move out of their comfort zones and meet at eye level. The music from this Bamako-based band is not just another variation of Afrobeat, nor a retrospective reminiscence of Fela Kuti. It is an electrified version of the centuries-old Bwa and Bobo music, and differs from the traditional Kora sounds of a Toumani Diabaté and Salif Keïta with its increased pressure and tempo.
The three Danes, Mikas Bøgh Olesen, Jakob de Place and Mads Voxen, came to Mali as part of an exchange program of the Conservatoire de Arts et Metiers Multimédia (CAMM), where they heard traditional Bobo music for the first time. Bobo is what the French colonizers called the Bwa people, an oppressed minority living in Burkina Faso and northern Mali. The percussive music of the Bwa is driven by various percussion instruments and the sound of the balofon, a type of xylophone with calabashes suspended below. The three Danish music students were completely enthralled with this dynamic sound that accompanies religious ceremonies as well as weddings and parties in Mali.
Guitarist and studio owner Dieudonne Koita, vocalist Sory Dao and balofon virtuoso Kassim Koita, formed a band that was originally intended to perform only once: at the Bamako Jazz Festival. The name Bobo Jazz Experience was used on the posters at the time. But the performance was too grandiose not to continue. At the Bogolan Studio in downtown Bamako, the musicians recorded the songs “Terete” and “Pari” a short time later, which rapidly went into heavy rotation at the TV station ORTM and on various Malian radio stations. In the meantime the band had decided on the name Faratuben, a combination of the words “farafin” (black) and “toubabou” (white).
The musicians often live and rehearse together in the mountains outside Bamako, in a village called Kati, which the Koita family calls home. The Koita family is a large clan that has produced many important musicians. “Electrification is quite new in our tradition, and the first person to play Bwa music on an electric guitar was our father, Pakuene Koita”, says Dieudonne. His brother Kassim has been voted best balofon player in Mali four times. Faratuben are also becoming more and more successful in Mali, playing at weddings, parties and increasingly at big festivals like “Spot on Mali Music”.
In short, it was high time for a debut album! “Sira Kura” is extremely varied fusion, in which the pulsating polyrhythms of Bwa music are organically combined with elements of jazz and art pop – played at a dreamlike higher level. “A modern mix of 10CC and Osibisa”, as keyboarder Mikas calls it. And indeed, such overwhelming melodiousness and such complex songwriting is rarely found in Afrobeat. In Bambara, one of the many languages spoken in Mali, “Sira Kura” means “new direction”.
But Faratuben is about more than parties and good moods. The rousingly combative “Mi Njan Mure Mure” tells of days when Mali was a French colony: “You took our land, you took our space, you torture us, you treated us with barbarity.” The musicians see their band as living anti-racism. As Dieudonne says: “I never thought before that I could meet white people on an equal footing and on one level. That white people live, eat and sleep in my house and live together with my family, just like I do. Such a thing is very rare in Mali. We are happy and proud that through Faratuben we can show that it is possible to create a community beyond race and skin color.”
Meanwhile, the band has also gained a loyal fan base in Scandinavia. In Denmark, where the album was released last year, “Sira Kura” was awarded the Danish Music Award for the best “globalpop” album. And in August, the musicians also received a nomination for the DMA Roots Award.
Faratuben are now back again after being stuck in Aarhus from March to August due to Corona, and could only return to Mali at the end of the month. In their luggage, they carry the songs for their second album, which were written during their quarantine. But, until then, “Sira Kura” will ensure that autumn in Germany sizzles. Bwa music rules!
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