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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Moraes has an uncanny ability and acute gaze for building warm and endearing stories and characters in the old school tradition of Robert Artl and his "aguafuertes". His songs, both powerful and melancholic, are felt portraits of people who have crossed his path at various times in his life. 'Hogar' is his third album as a solo artist, and it includes a variety of genres: ballads and candombe, blues and milonga, like a mix between Bob Dylan and Tom Waits with Eduardo Mateo and Alfredo Zitarrosa. In 'Hogar', Santiago Moraes reaffirms the identity that he had previously explored in his previous works, but now it is revitalized by the participation of the musicians from Transeúntes, as well as several guests from both banks of the river, such as the Nautilus band and Uruguayan guest musicians that give the final touch to a more than interesting production. Hogar is made up of nine songs in which Moraes returns to his lyrical debt to Javier Martínez (in Los Espiritus he had quoted Manal in "Perro viejo", one of the best songs of his career) and manages to mix it with popular sounds that look towards Uruguay, the land of his parents.

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Joe Mcleod

Dancer And The Bear

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Strolling Bones)

Taxicab Verses

Is What You Make It

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Square One Black Vinyl Edition

Lack Of Afro

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bastion Music Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Les Disques Bongo Joe)

Africa Negra

Antologia Vol. 2

LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Samp)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Continuing our exploration of Sao Tomé and Príncipe with DJ Tom B., Les Disques Bongo Joe proudly announces the release of Africa Negra Anthology Vol. 2.We"ve carefully selected and remastered 13 standout tracks for this volume, digitized from studio tapes by their tour manager. The album includes a booklet with updated liner notes and vintage photos of the group.

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Trompies

Sigiya Ngengoma

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Classic South African house / Kwaito album on vinyl for the first time ! Originally released on CD in 1995, this album which is associated with the birth of South African street music genre – ‘Kwaito’ and dance/dress style ‘Pantsula’ is now remastered for vinyl from the original tapes – resulting in the best sounding version of the recording to date.

Regarded as one of the earliest full length Kwaito albums, ‘Sigiya Ngengoma’ was released just one year into South Africa’s new democracy in 1995. Characterised by ‘mid-tempo’ beats, heavy bass hooks, adapted breakdancing and vocals in informal Zulu and other South African languages; ‘Sigiya Ngengoma’ would form a critical part of the South African street music movement that now has its own fashion, crews and dance style.

It helped post-democratic South Africa define its own musical identity and would pave the way for other Kwaito releases that ultimately led to the emergence of Amapiano years later.

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Kampire Presents A Dancefloor In Ndola

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Strut)

Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut introduces a pioneering new compilation "A Dancefloor In Ndola," curated by revered East African DJ, Kampire. This release marks an evolution in Strut"s approach to compilations, showcasing emerging DJ talent from across the world and embracing an innovative approach to musical discovery from the next wave of selectors.

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Lee Perry

2LP | 2008 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2008 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2018 | FR | Original (Ouch!)

Zanzibara Volume 1

Release: 2018 / FR – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Vinyl close to NM. Cover with slightly bumped corner

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Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93

3LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Soundway)

De Lucia,Pepe&De Lucía,Paco

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Soundway presents a collection of 18 burger highlife, electronic afrobeat and reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques. A period of movement, emigration and innovation. The dawn of the 80s saw an increase in emigration following a period of political upheaval at home, with many Ghanaians moving to Europe - especially Germany - to find work. Musicians recording both at home and abroad began to blend highlife with outside influences, taking inspiration from US disco and boogie, European new wave and Caribbean zouk and soca, reflecting new surroundings and cementing musical connections forged in London, Hamburg, Toronto and New York. Ghana Special celebrates this key period of musical innovation and cultural exchange that redefined the parameters of Ghanaian music and accelerated the cultural exchange between West Africa and Europe. Features rarities from legends including Pat Thomas, Rex Gyamfi and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and deep cuts from lesser known artists like Abdul Raheem, Starlite and The Godfathers. Includes extended liner notes, original covers and neverbefore-seen photos. Gatefold 3LP includes deluxe 8pg booklet; 2CD is 6-panel wallet including 24pg booklet.

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Pepito Y Paquito

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa / Brazzaville 1969-1982)

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Analog Africa)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Cleopatra)

Delta Rae

Coming Home To Carolina

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Nigeria 70 - Funky Lagos Translucent Green Vinyl Edition

3LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Strut)

35,99 €*

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Toyokasei)

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Strut proudly presents a special edition repress of the groundbreaking "Nigeria 70" compilation, now available on translucent green vinyl 3LP to celebrate the label"s 25th Anniversary.

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Thiiird Place

This Is Thiiird Place

36,54 €* 42,99 € -15%

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Subliminal Sounds)

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.

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Ixtahuele

Call Of The Islands

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (BBE Africa)

Remi Kabaka

Roots Funkadelia

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (VP)

Culture

Two Sevens Clash

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Banana In Your Fruit Basket: Red Hot Blues 1931-36

Bo Carter

LP | 2013 | Reissue (Yazoo Record Company)

Release: 2013 / Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Best Of Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Shanachie)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Merci Yaya Bongo - Female Animation Groups In Gabon 1982-1989

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Secousse)

Fermin Muguruza Kontrabanda

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gabon, 1980’s. President Omar Bongo has been in power since 1967. Together with his wife, the infamous singer Patience Dabany, he invents one of the ultimate political propaganda machine: ‘animation groups’, massive female choirs and dancers, up to 60 women deep, singing the praise of his regime over some of the best soukous rhythms ever, broadcasted live on TV. Between 1982 and 1989, mainly thanks to the flourishing oil economy, a record-label is created, a state-of-the-art recording studio is set up, and the best Gabonese and Congolese musicians are recruited. Dozens of vinyls are pressed and sold with huge success all over the country. The Bongo family has reigned continuously over Gabon until the 2023 coup d’état.

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2LP | 2024 | Original

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Shanachie)

Mutabaruka

Black Attack

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Shanachie)

Rita Marley

Harambe

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Once Upon A Time In Italy

Hugo Race Fatalists

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Santeria)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2022 | US | Reissue (Righteous Babe)

Ani Difranco

Living In Clip

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Analogue Foundation & Oshu)

Release: 2022 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Blue Swirl vinyl

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Àbáse

Awakening

2LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP on 180g vinyl. Housed in a deluxe gatefold 'tip on' sleeve with full liner notes (Jeff Mao) and studio photography.

On a quest for cosmic grooves of unity, Àbáse is the imagination of Hungarian producer and keyboardist Szabolcs Bognár. Now based in Berlin, he’s become a protagonist of a fast-rising jazz movement in the German capital. Bringing together musicians from Hungary, Germany, Ghana and Australia for moving project with a global outlook - here is his highly anticipated new album ‘Awakening’ released by Analogue Foundation and Oshu Records

Created following a move to Berlin, marriage, new parenthood, and the inevitable interrogation of mortality that takes place when a loved one has transitioned, ‘Awakening’ demonstrates a deep understanding of music’s ability to cross time and geographic boundaries, conveying a message of unity, dialogue and self-reflection. Recorded in four days at Berlin's Brewery Studios, the album coalesces Àbáse’s varied musical influences and reference points (classic Lagos Afrobeat, traditional Hungarian folk, Yoruba rhythms, house and techno, hip-hop et al) with exquisite modalimprovisation à la Coltrane, spurred by Szabolcs’ introspection.

“Awakening was the first working title I gave to the project, and I decided to stick with it as it felt authentic and descriptive of what I wanted to express. The name comes from the concept that babies can hear and remember their parents voices from the belly, they recognise the voices upon birth and can be soothed with them. Being born is to enter an elevated state of existence, transitioning from just sounds and feelings to sight upon birth. I believe the way we experience life on earth and trying to make sense of the universe will shift upon our transition or ‘death’, and its only a pathway to something higher. The imagined moment of rebirth and entering to this new realm of existence is what I call “Awakening”.

Mostly composed of first and second takes with minimal overdubs, a striking level of intimacy is achieved between Szabolcs, Ziggy Zeitgeist (drums), Ori Jacobson (saxophone), Fanni Zahár (flute), Andras Koroknay (bass, synths), Ernö Hock (double bass) and Eric Owusu (vocals, percussion). This intimacy extends to the listening experience, with moments like atmospheric opener ‘Greeting Mother Sea’ and ‘Bloom (Flora)’ welcoming listener’s into Ábàse’s world through trance-inducing, glistening piano motifs, swirling synths and fluttering woodwinds.

Singles ‘Destruction Everywhere’ and ‘Menidaso’, paired with ‘Shango’, perhaps best highlight Szabolcs’ worldview and efforts to bridge creative ideas and cultural viewpoints. All three tracks are a bold fusion of spiritual jazz and afrobeat, with the latter two featuring the Twi vocal and driving percussion of Eric Owusu. Elsewhere, Szabolcs explores his own heritage with a stirring iteration of Hungarian folk song ‘Gyászba Borult Isten Csillagvára (God’s Star Castle Has Fallen To Grief)’, whilst also nodding to musical lineage through J Dilla homage ‘Shining’, and ‘Sunisaway’, a tribute to Sun Ra upon which Sun Ra Arkestra members Cecil Brooks and Knoel Scott are warmly welcomed to contribute.

‘Awakening’ is a new chapter for Àbáse, whose work has already drawn widespread critical acclaim. Debut album ‘Laroyê’, recorded entirely during a five- month trip to Brazil, found global praise from the likes of The Guardian, BBC Radio 6, Soulection, KEXP and Complex. Szabolcs has toured and collaborated as a keyboardist with the likes of Wayne Snow, Dele Sosimi, Pat Thomas and Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange. The new album begins an era of partnership with Analogue Foundation, who are dedicated to preserving and furthering analogue creation via record releases, international events, and activities at its recording studio and hi-fi listening bar. The Foundation is headed up by Grammy-winning New York City recording and mixing engineer Russ Elevado (D’Angelo, Erykah Badu), Audio-Technica, Soundwalk Collective, and Berlin recording and mix engineer Erik Breuer.

Personnel:

Fanni Zahár, Ori Jacobson Szabolcs Bognár, Eric Owusu,
Ernő Hock & Ziggy Zeitgeist, drums

With Special Guests: Flóra Bognár, Youka Snell, Cecil Brooks Knoel Scott, Dumama, Rhea Sodemann, Wayne Snow.

Liner notes by Jeff 'Chairman' Mao and session photos by Dario Raspudic.

"Certainly a producer to watch" -Gilles Peterson
“ Hungarian producer Àbáse blends west African and Brazilian rhythms with a satisfying and uncluttered efficacy on Laroyê” -The Guardian
“We were instantly gripped upon hearing the work of Hungarian jazz collaborative project Àbáse” Stamp The Wax

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Santana

Moonflower

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Hot Casa)

Togo Soul 2

LP | 2024 | Original (Culture Factory)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Hot Casa Records present Togo Soul 2: Selected Rare Togolese Recordings from 1974 to 1989 .

A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70’s and 80’s . A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk . Finding these tracks and their rights holders hasn’t become any easier even after few trips all over this west African country bordered by Ghana , Benin & Burkina Faso. After 8 years, We , at Hot Casa Records with the kind help of Roger Damawuzan decided to select thirteen tracks, a snapshot of some hundreds of rare and often forgotten tapes from the most prolific, professional and exciting phase of the country’s recording history included international stars like Akofa Akoussah, Gregoire Lawani to Roger Damawuzan compared as the James Brown from Lomé to forgotten tapes and brilliant songs in Mina, Kabyié and Fon language.

Many of the tracks featured here are peppered with innovation and experimentation highlighting how diverse, the music scene in Togo was at the time even if the political context influenced their creation. Many of the original albums these tracks are taken from high prices online due to their rarity and so it’s with great pleasure that we present a selection here that evokes a golden boomtime in Togolese music history. Includes biographies and rare photos Remastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery

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Bob Marley

Trenchtown Rockers

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Guide Wommat Yellow, Red & Orange Marbled Vinyl Edition

Youssou N Dour

2LP | 1994 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Mom+Pop)

Release: 1994 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Pop

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
INCLUDES INSERT
FEATURING THE DUET “7 SECONDS” WITH NENEH CHERRY
WORLDWIDE HIT ALBUM THAT WENT CERTIFIED PLATINUM IN
ITALY, CERTIFIED DOUBLE GOLD IN FRANCE AND CERTIFIED GOLD

IN THE NETHERLANDS AND SPAIN

FOR THE FIRST TIME AVAILABLE AS 2LP-SET
LIMITED EDITION OF 1500 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON
YELLOW, RED & ORANGE MARBLED VINYL

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Caamp

By And By

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rogamar Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Cesaria Evora

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on turquoise coloured vinyl.

Three years after the Grammy Award-winning album Voz D'Amor, Cape Verdean superstar Cesaria Evora returned with Rogamar, the tenth studio album by the "Queen of Morna". Together with her talented Cape Verdean songwriting team, Cesaria Evora presents 17 tracks in total, including 2 bonus tracks that were specially included for this release ("Nos Maestro" & "Mae Africa (Version Cap-Vert))". It also includes a performance with Ismaël Lô on "Africa Nossa", as well as the popular song "Um Pincelada".

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Cesaria Evora

Club Sodade

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Catchy Rhythms From Nigeria - Vol. 3

LP | NL | Original (Philips)

39,99 €*

Release: NL – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Time Capsule)

Gigi

Illuminated Audio

39,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

180 gram vinyl.

Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Includes original insert.
Records are close to VG+

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Release: SE

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release: SE

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Decca)

Salif Keita

Anthology

39,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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At The Bonnie Beecher's Apartment

Bob Dylan

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Culture Factory)

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Ternaire)

Oum Dakchi

Live In Marrakech

40,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Vilevilevilevilevilevilevilevile

Brandon López

LP | 2024 | Original

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2024 | Original (Visage Music)

Inventionis Mater

Dimentionis Matter

41,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Righteous Babe)

Ani Difranco

Living In Clip

41,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ett Samlingsverk Fran Nordvi Colored Vinyl Edition

Nordvisor

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Nordvis)

42,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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I Feel Good Blue Vinyl Edition

John Lee Hooker

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Friday Rights Mgmt)

43,99 €*

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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New Orleans Heat Red Vinyl Edition

Albert King

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

43,99 €*

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Havanna Meets Kingston Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Mista Savona Presents

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

45,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soul Of Congo - Treasures Of The Ngoma Label

3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Planet Ilunga)

45,99 €*

Afla Sackey & Afrik Bawantu

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Soul of Congo is a compilation that spans the years from 1948 to 1963 as the Belgian Congo emerged from colonial subjugation into the first flower of Independence. Singers and players came to Congo’s capital Léopoldville, from all over Central Africa — from the streets of Brazzaville on the opposite shore of the Congo river to the vast plateau of Mbanza Congo in Angola, from the mineral rich areas of Lubumbashi (Elizabethville) in the Deep South to the lively docks of Kisangani (Stanleyville) in the northeast, from the rocky wastes of Mbandaka (Coquilhatville) in the West to the majestic forests of Bukavu (Costermansville) in the East.

Léopoldville became a cauldron of musical syncretism between the African rhythms that arrived with these musicians and the European, Caribbean and Cuban tunes that were popular in the big city. The new sounds were recorded for one of the big five Congo labels: Opika, Loningisa, Esengo, Olympia or Ngoma. None of the other Congolese labels better showcased the energy, variety & spirit of this era than the Ngoma label. The label was founded by the Greek Nicolas Jéronimidis in 1948. After his early death in 1951, it was further developed by Nikis Cavvadias and Alexandros Jéronimidis. During its existence, from 1948 until 1971, Ngoma made over 4500 recordings, creating a crucial cultural legacy. Now with Unesco declaring Congolese Rumba as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity as of December 2021, it is fitting they are restored to the ears of the world.

As the Ngoma label flourished, so too did the first big stars of this new sound: Manuel d’Oliveira from San Salvador, Antoine Kolosoy “Wendo’’ from Bandundu and Léon Bukasa from Katanga. The three of them are heavily featured in the Ngoma catalogue and in this compilation. Ngoma also provided a way for female singers, such as Martha Badibala, to rise to fame and inspire other women to dream of a life beyond taking care of the kids and husband. Futhermore, the label was keen to record traditional folkloric music, such as the songs by likembe player Antoine Mundanda. It also looked for fresh talent as far away as Brussels where they recorded Camerounian heartthrob Charles Lembe fronting a fierce quartet on some flashy adapted Cuban Guaracha rhythms. Instrumentalists like Antoine Kasongo (clarinet), Albino Kalombo (sax) and Tino Baroza (guitar) also made their mark through the Ngoma recordings.

Ngoma is also known for releasing Adou Elenga’s hit “Ata Ndele,” that criticized the white colonists. It led to his imprisonment and the song being quickly deleted from the catalogue after its release in 1954 (long sought after, a rare original copy has been found for this compilation). Angolan Paul Mwanga, too, was unstinting in his criticism of the colonials, and he was also active with authors’ rights associations. Frank Lassan was a singer who brought the romantic style of French crooners to Congolese popular culture, while guitar wizard Manoka De Saïo or “Maitre Colon Gentil” were flamboyant popular figures in the nightclub scene, captured on disc. Guitar prodigies like Antoine Nedule “Papa Noel” or Mose Se Sengo “Fan Fan” cut their teeth as teenagers in studio bands. The band names changed rapidly — Beguen Band, Jazz Mango, Jazz Venus, Dynamic Jazz, Affeinta Jazz, Mysterieux Jazz, Orchstre Novelty, Rumbanella Bande, Vedette Jazz, La Palma, Negrita Jazz — all of them are heard here.

Dedicated record collectors came together to make this compilation possible. From the USA, Belgium, Japan, Germany, France, Morocco, and The Netherlands, these generous fans of the music have pooled their collections for the compilation, assembled and annotated by Alastair Johnston who runs the Muzikifan website from California. He dedicates this release to Flemming Harrev from the reference website afrodisc.com who passed away in 2020. Legendary but unheard songs were tracked down, some emerging from dead stock in a forgotten Tanzanian record store. Experts who have made previous compilations were solicited for their advice and recommendations; liner notes, graduate theses, African periodicals, blogs and documents by authorities such as Jean-Pierre Nimy Nzonga, Sylvain Konko, Gary Stewart, Manda Tchebwa, and Michel Lonoh were scoured for clues.

There are 69 songs on the 3CD set and 42 on the 3LP set. Two of the LPs are distilled from the 3CD set, while the third “bonus” LP" has a different selection of songs by Léon Bukasa and others. While this is unusual, we felt there was so much great material, the vinyl collectors would enjoy an extra album of out-takes from the shortlist that was originally over four hours in length.

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Destination

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Wah Wah 45s)

47,49 €* 49,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2009 | DE | Original (Analog Africa)

Legends Of Benin

49,99 €*

LP | 2006 | DE | Reissue (Sonorama)

Release: 2009 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs, closer to NM

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Mombasa

African Rhythms & Blues

49,99 €*

Release: 2006 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

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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2LP | 2015 | Original (Teranga Beat)

Dieuf-Dieul De Thies

Aw Sa Yone Vol. 2

54,99 €*

2LP | 1963 | EU | Reissue (Ubatuqui)

Release: 2015 / Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Cover with slightly bumped corners

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Joao Gilberto

Warm World Of

54,99 €*

Release: 1963 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Emahoy Tsegue Maryam Guebrou

Spielt Eigene Kompositionen

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Mississippi/Change)

Art Blakey & The Afro-Drum Ensemble

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

US reissue from 2016. Black labels. Vinyl with a couple of light scuffs. Copy close to NM

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The African Beat

LP | 1962 | US | Original (Blue Note)

T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Release: 1962 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: G+, Cover: VG

US original.

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Echos Hypnotiques

2LP | 2009 | DE | Original (Analog Africa)

Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them

Release: 2009 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Bruno Pernadas

2LP | 2023 | PT | Original (Pataca Discos)

Release: 2023 / PT – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (AUM Fidelity)

James Brandon Lewis

For Mahalia, With Love

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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2LP | 2008 | DE | Original (Analog Africa)

African Scream Contest

60,99 €*

Muddy Waters / Johnny Winter / James Cotton

Release: 2008 / DE – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Copy closer to NM. Cover with very slightly bumped corner

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Breakin' It Up Breakin' It Down Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2007 | US | Reissue (Friday Music)

74,99 €*

Release: 2007 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Freestyle)

The Shaolin Afronauts

Flight Of The Ancients

79,99 €*

Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba 7

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Copy is close to VG+!

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Fela Kuti

7LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Knitting Factory)

114,99 €*