VÝBEROVKA
2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..
AUNTIE FLO
2018. Auntie Flo joins the Brownswood roster to deliver his third and most ambitious album to date. The Glasgow-raised producer, of Goan-Kenyan heritage, has often featured collaborators from different spots he's vi..
KOO NIMO
2012. An educated man who studied science in London in the Sixties and spent two years as a professor of ethnomusicology in Seattle in the late Nineties, 78-year old Koo Nimo from Ghana also immersed himself in the ..
MANU ATAKORA
2022. BBE Music presents a double album reissue of two rare 80's albums recorded by the late Atakora Manu, 'Afro Highlife' and 'Omintiminim'. The mix of vintage, rootsy 'palmwine' blues-style guitar with quirky keyb..
VÝBEROVKA
2008. Nigerian & Ghanaian Sounds from the 60's and early 70's. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and befo..
MANN C.K. & HIS CAROUSEL
2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to him ..
HIGHLIFE TIME 2: NIGERIAN & GH..
2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..
MANN C.K. & HIS CAROUSEL
2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to h..
CHIEF UDOH ESSIET
2019. Chief Udoh Essiet believes in rhythm on his album "Afrobeat Highlife Crossing", from his congas and talking drums from his native Nigeria. Chief Udoh is a veteran artist, singer, songwriter and virt..
GIANTS OF GHANIAN DANCEBAND HI..
2020. Highlife was one of the results of the unprecedented blend of West African music traditions and various sounds and styles from the new world, especially jazz from America and calypso from the Caribbean. This c..
TYPHONIAN HIGHLIFE
2016. Typhonian Highlife is a moniker of Spencer Clark. 'The World Of Shells' works as a dream expedition that has overflowed itself into real time. Through continual material-world visualization, a technological na..
HIGHLIFE BAND
2017. The Highlife Band is an authentic and unique reggae band from Seattle, Washington. Rhythms from the Spanish and French Caribbean are combined with Jamaican rockers, bif-baf, steppers, one-drop, and dancehall r..
JARR AHMADU HIGHLIFE ORCHESTRA
KUTI FELA & HIS HIGHLIFE RAKER
TAYLOR EBO
1993. One of Ghana's finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the '70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as C..
TAYLOR EBO
2016. Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's finest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily influential in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the '70s; a combination of traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat,..
KING PETER
2013. Originally released in 1975 via Sonny Roberts' Orbitone label, 'Miliki Sound' is an album by Peter King, Nigeria's most talented multi-instrumentalist, highlighting his unique blend of Afrobeat, Highlife, jazz..
TAYLOR EBO
2016. Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's finest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily influential in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the '70s; a combination of traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat,..
TAYLOR EBO
1993. Originally released in 1977, Ebo Taylor's self-titled album is a rarity that truly exposes the genius of the Ghanaian producer and arranger. Having spent most of the 1970s involved in Ghana's afro-funk output,..
VÝBEROVKA
2017. Here's a collection of songs that pays 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 part..
KING PETER
2013. 'Shango' by Peter King is an album loaded with history. Originally recorded in 1974 in a Camden studio session funded by money from a TV soundtrack recorded by King a few years earlier, it remained unreleased ..
TAYLOR EBO
2016. Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's finest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily influential in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the '70s; a combination of traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat,..
TAYLOR EBO
2013. One of Ghana's finest producers and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the Afro-funk to emerge from the country in the '70s, working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as..
TAYLOR EBO
2013. Originally released in 1977, Ebo Taylor's self-titled album is a rarity that truly exposes the genius of the Ghanaian producer and arranger. Having spent most of the 1970s involved in Ghana's afro-funk output,..
VÝBEROVKA
2009. "Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues". Soundway Records step back into Africa with thirty three original and previously un-reissued tracks from Ghana delivering a follow on of sorts from..
TAYLOR EBO -JR-
2019. Following in the giant footsteps of his famous father, Ebo Taylor Junior released this album of tough, mid-tempo Ghanaian funk and highlife grooves in 1978. Having become a very rare and much sought after t..
VÝBEROVKA
2015. Released for record store day 2015-first come, first served. From bright nigerian highlife horns to ethiopian fuzz-tone guitar riffs, this 'rough guide' presents a broad selection of rare..
KING PETER
2013. 'Shango' by Peter King is an album loaded with history. Originally recorded in 1974 in a Camden studio session funded by money from a TV soundtrack recorded by King a few years earlier, it remained unreleased ..
KING PETER
2013. Originally released in 1975 via Sonny Roberts' Orbitone label, 'Miliki Sound' is an album by Peter King, Nigeria's most talented multi-instrumentalist, highlighting his unique blend of Afrobeat, Highlife, jazz..
TAYLOR EBO/PAT THOMAS/UH
2019. Hard-to-obtain, vintage highlife from Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas and Uhuru Yenzu, three true giants of the genre. Originally released in 1982, this album now sees its welcome reissue.
VÝBEROVKA
2017. Here's a collection of songs that pays 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 p..
THOMAS PAT
2018. Rsd 2018 release. 'pat thomas introduces marijata' is a seminal ghanian album that fuses highlife, reggae, folk, funk and soul, from legendary vocalist pat thomas. Originally r..
VÝBEROVKA
2019. On DOUBLE-LP, here's Mr. Bongo's third compilation of dj-friendly, dance floor fillin', party rockin' obscurities and cult tracks, spanning genres from soul to Latin, from garage-psych to Afrobeat, and beyond...
TAYLOR EBO/PAT THOMAS/UH
2019. Hard-to-obtain, vintage highlife from Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas and Uhuru Yenzu, three true giants of the genre. Originally released in 1982, this album now sees its welcome reissue.
TAYLOR EBO -JR-
2019. Following in the giant footsteps of his famous father, Ebo Taylor Junior released this album of tough, mid-tempo Ghanaian funk and highlife grooves in 1978. Having become a very rare and much sought after titl..
KELENKYE BAND
2016. Reissued on vinyl, 1974's 'Moving World' is a holy grail of Ghanaian groove alchemy. The title track and 'Brotherhood Of Man' are hard, grinding funk outings, while 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful groove. Th..
FEYNMAN ART
2020. Art Feynman (aka accomplished recording artist and producer Luke Temple) stitches art pop, Nigerian highlife, worldbeat, and other lesser-known genres into a musical quilt that displays his unmistakable guile ..
UBONG ETUK
2020. Nigerian trumpeter, composer and bandleader Etuk Ubong has developed an original style he calls "Earth Music". Weaving together a unique combination of not only Afrobeat, highlife and jazz, but also..
CHUKWU VICTOR / UNCLE VICTOR C..
2020. BBE Music presents 'Akalaka/The Power' from Victor Chukwu, a Igbo Highlife musician. Highlife was the music composed by the Igbo people after the Biafran war. It was music that rebuilt a sense of pride, identi..
CARBONO ABELARDO Y SU CO
2020. The delightful debut-album by this Colombian act, originally released in 1980, returns to vinyl! Styles such as Afrobeat, soukous and highlife are effortlessly stirred together with elements of the Cuban son, ..
TAYLOR EBO
2016. Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's finest producer/arrangers. Taylor was heavily influential in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the '70s; a combination of traditional Ghanaian music with Afro-beat,..