WORKU ASNAKECH
2018. Legendary singer/instrumentalist at her mid-1970s prime. Carefully extracted from cassette and remastered by ATFA family engineer Jessica Thompson. There is perhaps no woman more cherished in modern Ethiopian ..
JESS SAH BI & PETER ONE
2018.
SAH BI JESS
2018. First official international release of this massive album of- West African country folk music with an ambient vibe. In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi and Peter One became one of the most popular musical act..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2018. A vinyl reissue of Professor Rhythm's 1991 recording 'Professor 3'. It is a vivid reflection of urban South Africa as apartheid was ending. Upbeat, chipper bubblegum, often with double-time breakdowns and upst..
MERGIA HAILU
2018. The Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro's first new album since his recent career resurgence. Beginning in 2013 with the reissue of his dreamy 'Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument' followed by the e..
MERGIA HAILU
2018. The Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro's first new album since his recent career resurgence. Beginning in 2013 with the reissue of his dreamy 'Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument' followed by the e..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2017. Available on DOUBLE-CD 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-toppin..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2017. Available on vinyl for the first time 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 o..
OM ALEC KHAOLI
2017. Here on CD. Reissue of 'Say You Love Me', South African's Om Alec Khaoli's first solo album (originally from 1985). With this release he solidified as a bass player & songwriter as well standing as one of ..
UMOJA
2017. On vinyl, this is a reissue of Umoja's 1988 South African "bubblegum" classic '707'. This kind of bubblegum music was defined by its call-and-response vocals and catchy synthesizer-led melodies. Back..
UMOJA
2017. On CD, this is a reissue of Umoja's 1988 South African "bubblegum" classic '707'. This kind of bubblegum music was defined by its call-and-response vocals and catchy synthesizer-led melodies. Back..
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 Peul..
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 ..
HAILU MERGIA
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. &..
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 ..
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 ..
MERGIA HAILU & THE WALIAS