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2018. First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Clean copies of the original currently sell for up to £500. The record was born in 1979 when Shina..

2024. Konkolo Orchestra is a Zürich/Switzerland based project initiated by multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Alexis Malefakis. With strong jazzy afrobeat and highlife references, Konkolo Orchestra pa..

2020. Comet Records presents the Tony Allen & Africa 70 reissue series with the classic late seventies first four solo albums of Tony Allen remastered. 'Jealousy' was produced by Fela Kuti and released in 1975, ..

2020. The mysterious Afro-soul of The Shaolin Afronauts first echoed across the dance floors of Australia in late 2008. Heavily inspired by the sounds of 1970s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde ja..

2020. This classic 1974 Afro-funk delivery (originally on EMI Nigeria) gets a welcome reissue. It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/Afrobeat scene..

2014. Originally recorded in 1971 and 1978 by the Africa '70 with Cream-drummer, Ginger Baker, this album contains four tracks, plus a bonus 16-minute exciting drum duet between Baker and Africa '70 drummer Tony All..

2021. Led by composer/arranger and djembe player Yahael Camara Onono and featuring members of bands including Kokoroko and SEED Ensemble, Balimaya Project intently synthesise and bridge London's bustling jazz circui..

2021. Following the 1972 release of his LP 'Africa', Italian composer Piero Umiliani once again payed homage to the African continent with this exciting, rhythmic 1975 album. For this work Umiliani used influnces..

2021. Following the 1972 release of his LP 'Africa', Italian composer Piero Umiliani once again payed homage to the African continent with this exciting, rhythmic 1975 album. For this work Umiliani used influnces r..

2018. Led by drummer and producer Nick Woodmansey, Emanative have created a cosmic strand of multi-cultural UK jazz with African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences unlike any other act on the UK scene. Following ..

2019. Fela Anikulapo Kuti is to african music what Bob Marley is to reggae. From funk to techno, all today's black musical styles owe something to the unique groove which he created : Afrobeat. During his life (he d..

2022. What you can hear on this compilation is Fela Ransome Kuti (not Anikulapo) and His Koola Lobitos, doing an irresistible, torrid and infectious rhythmic mix of west africa's Highlife music, jazz, soul and funk...

2016.  'selected east african recordings from the 1970s & '80s'.  A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from east africa.  Spread out over a triple lp, 'kenya special' is ..

2024. Konkolo Orchestra is a Zürich/Switzerland based project initiated by multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Alexis Malefakis. With strong jazzy afrobeat and highlife references, Konkolo Orchestra pa..

2018. Led by drummer and producer Nick Woodmansey, Emanative have created a cosmic strand of multi-cultural UK jazz with African, Indian and Middle Eastern influences unlike any other act on the UK scene. Following ..

2014. A wonderful eclectical blend of Afrobeat, jazz, soul and a little blues, brought to us by a band comprising musicians from Scandinavia and West-Africa. Featuring three brass players, two drummers and a man at..

2019. Repress on clear vinyl. In early 1965, just as the West African high-life scene was starting to get boring, the revolutionary sound of Fela Ransome Kuti & His Koola Lobitos burst upon us. A strikingly orig..

2011. This new album, produced by Seun, along with Brian Eno and John Reynolds, is proof that Seun is following in the steps of his father, Fela, as the prince of afrobeat. Backed by Egypt 80, this album is definite..

2015. A special triple 180-gram vinyl release, presented in a gatefold sleeve. The included 45rpm 7-inch includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recor..

2018. First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Clean copies of the original currently sell for up to £500. The record was born in 1979 when Shina..

2017.  - killing time (massacre),oh my people (the last poets),natalia (toure kunda),interlock (ginger baker) (deadline),harima (mandingo),locomotive (peter brotzman & bill laswell),legs (massacre),cross e..

2008. In this special priced collection you will find a wide variety of exciting african sounds created in Nigeria from the late 1950's up to the late 1980's. All the songs are taken from recent or upcoming releases..

2017. This classic 1974 Afro-funk delivery (originally on EMI Nigeria) gets a welcome reissue. It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/Afrobeat sc..

2017. Inspired by the music of Fela Kuti and his Africa 70 project featuring drummer Tony Allen, 'The Devil Made Me Do It' contains pure downtempo Afrobeat in its original form. This EP also includes two remixes...

2016. The awaited 2016 full-length by a Danish band fusing the West African music of Fela Kuti with the inimitable style of jazz bassist Charlie Mingus.

2015. Two side-long cuts of steamin' Afro-funk from the master, Fela Kuti, and his band Africa 70. Now back on vinyl, this album was originally released in 1975, with 'Who No Know Go Know' on Side B.

2014. Combines the sound of James Brown-style '70s funk with a stripped down Afrobeat performance. Ginger Baker produced this ethereal, nearly psychedelic album with Tony Allen on drums, backed by Fela's Africa '70 ..

2012. New York City Born and New Jersey City based Chico Mann (aka Marcos Garcia), a multi instrumentalist and guitarist with the afrobeat orchestra Antibalas is to release his solo Manifest Tone EP through Soundway..

2011. The mysterious Afro-soul of The Shaolin Afronauts first echoed across the dance floors of Australia in late 2008. Heavily inspired by the sounds of 1970s West Africa, Ethiopia and the pioneering avant-garde ja..