A fairly definitive compilation featuring Chrissy Zebby Tembo and the awesome fuzz rock funk of the Ngozi Family band. LP + bonus 12" of 4 rare 7" singles.
Ethiopia's beloved and hugely influential singer, krar master and actress in a little-known recording made in the mid-70s, accompanied and arranged by Hallu Mergia, captures a new dimension of era-defining talent and artistic excellence. -ATFA
Amadjar means 'the unknown visitor' in the language of Tamashek, the one who seeks hospitality and who's condemned to an inner exile, within a territory or within himself. The story of Amadjar is the ninth Tinariwen album.
Strut present the definitive edition of the 1973 Egyptian jazz classic, 'Egypt Strut' by Salah Ragab and Cairo Jazz Band. Esoteric African American Egyptianism and radically spiritualized modal jazz.
Early hipnotic poly-rythmo masterpiece. A large ceremonial Sato drum is used. This drum is played using wooden stick beaters, the drummer dancing while playing. The Sato drummers are supported by percussionists and other drummers playing smaller drums.
What makes Nigeria 70 particularly compelling is its sonic diversity. Anyone expecting two and a half hours of music that sounds directly informed by Fela might be surprised to find out just how many musicians saw his music as a starting point than the su
The Best music you have ever heard - Tuareg rock from Niger's singer-songwriter Mdou Moctar. Distorted and blown out guitar balances with sweet melodies of Saharan folk.
This album goes hard- filled to the brim with funk. It all has deep roots in Somali traditional music, specifically the powerful sounds of the zar possession rituals.
"Ultra-rare rehearsal sessions from 1969 by this South African heavy psych/acid rock band, mastered from a tape transfer-and yet still doom-laden, dark, heavy, and as messy as can be, in all the right ways." -Rich Patz, ShroomAngel Records
BBE Music celebrates the centenary of recorded Ghana Highlife music with a double album reissue of two rare 80s LPs recorded by the late Atakora Manu, AFRO HIGHLIFE and OMINTIMINIM.
It's impossible to go wrong with Fela Kuti's work from the 1970s, and Live! With Ginger Baker, which features the Afrobeat innovator backed by his powerhouse band Africa '70 and ex-Cream drummer Ginger Baker, is no exception.
“Ilana” is Mdou's first true studio album with a live band. Recorded in Detroit at the end of a US tour by engineer Chris Koltay, the band lived in the studio for a week, playing into the early hours.
Rejoice is a very special collaboration between Tony Allen, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Afrobeat, and Hugh Masekela, the master trumpet player of South African jazz.
Afrique Victime reinvents contemporary Saharan and 'rock music' by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field recordings with poetic meditations on love, religion, women's rights inequality, and exploitation in Western Africa.
Formed by Stevo Atambire and produced by Wanlov (Fok'n Bois) and Percy Yip Tong, Alostmen's music is based around the Frafra traditions of the kologo, a stringed lute, using traditional instrumentation in entirely new ways.
Presented here is one of the most rare Zamrock LPs you’ll ever encounter. Though Dots was recorded at Zambia‘s Malachite Film Studios in 1978 the full-length was never released until 2020.
Deconstructed amapiano pop from South African producer Sam Austin Redebe. Taking the popular style in experimental and improvisational directions, making for dance-able yet jarringly compelling electronic music.
