DOUMBIA NAHAWA
1990. This early recording - made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 - captures the dualities inherent in Doumbia's music from early on: a stripped down, raw backdrop supported by warm sonics; feminist expressions of s..
DJ KATAPILA
2016. DJ Katapila creates traditional Ga music using electronic sounds instead of live percussion, resulting in his own kind of house music. In the context of Ghana's pop music landscape, Katapila's music is singula..
DJ KATAPILA
2016. DJ Katapila creates traditional Ga music using electronic sounds instead of live percussion, resulting in his own kind of house music. In the context of Ghana's pop music landscape, Katapila's music is sing..
MERGIA HAILU & DAHLAK BA
2016. Recorded in 1978 in Addis Abebeba, Ethiopia, then released on tape and recently rediscovered, this is the album's first ever edition on vinyl. The album captures the inimitable vibe of this Ethiopian keyboard ..
MERGIA HAILU & DAHLAK BA
2016. Recorded in 1978 in Addis Abebeba, Ethiopia, then released on tape and recently rediscovered, this is the album's first ever CD-edition. The album captures the inimitable vibe of this Ethiopian keyboard and ..
AWA POULO
2017. Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from the Dilly commune in Mali, located near the border with Mauritania. This recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, presents her vision of Peulh m..
MERGIA HAILU
2013. 'shemonmuanaye'. - adding a moog synthesizer, rhodes electric piano and a rhythm machine to the harmonic layering of his accordion, he creates hauntingly psychedelic instrumentals. ..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2017. Available on cassette is this work by the key producer of early South-African instrumental house music and kwaito, Professor Rhythm a.k.a. Thami Mdluli. Throughout the 1980s Mdluli was member of chart-topping ..
DOUMBIA NAHAWA
2011. This early recording - made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 - captures the dualities inherent in Doumbia's music from early on: a stripped down, raw backdrop supported by warm sonics; feminist expressions of s..
BOLA
2012. His bold fury stems from the kologo (a two-stringed lute with a calabash gourd resonator) and Frafra language vocals, emitted in raspy bursts. Although he employs a traditional instrument and the age-old mode ..
BOLA
2012. Vinyl issue. His bold fury stems from the kologo (a two-stringed lute with a calabash gourd resonator) and Frafra language vocals, emitted in raspy bursts. Although he employs a traditional instrument and the ..
DUR DUR BAND
2013. Awesome Tapes from Africa reissues the 1987 cassette release from Mogadishu's Dur-Dur Band. Dur-Dur Band were one of the leaders of Mogadishu's musical community, fusing elements of traditional Somali music wi..
MERGIA HAILU
2013. 'shemonmuanaye'. - adding a moog synthesizer, rhodes electric piano and a rhythm machine to the harmonic layering of his accordion, he creates hauntingly psychedelic instrumentals. &..
DIOP ABY NGANA
2014. Repress of Aby Ngana Diop's only album 'Liital'! Aby Ngana Diop was the most famous taasukat in Dakar, Senegal in the 1980s and 1990s. Taasu is a Wolof-language poetic style, usually performed by women griots ..
MERGIA HAILU & THE WALIAS