Tears of Injustice restates the sentiments expressed on their previous album, Funeral for Justice - but the new, calmer and reaffirming acoustic sound they gave the same old songs lends them a quite different tone.
Now it’s 10 years later after releasing his records and what would have been William’s 79th birthday so we are releasing two of his magical lps in COLOR.
Comp album of gloriously groovy psychedelic synth funk from Nigerian artist William Onyeabor. Who is William Onyeabor? Many ask the same question. He self released seven albums then disappeared from the public eye.
"The king of modern Agbadja has mastered the art of blending ancestral Voodoo beats from his homeland Benin with Cuban rhythms, creating a fusion so seamless, at times, they're impossible to tell apart!" - Samy Ben Redjeb
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.
We Belong, is the eighth studio album from Sinkane, a band led by multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab. And like much of Sinkane's previous releases, it resists genre. It's pop. It's funk. It's electronic. It's SINKANE.
It's clear that the 4-piece rock band from northern Mali are in a new frame of mind, moving into a more acoustic, creative re-imagining of the "desert blues" style that has brought them to world fame.
Jazz is Dead accounces another offering top-shelf recordings taking listeners on a journey through the funky sounds of Ghana all the way down to the psychedelic soul and samba of Brazil.
A masterwork from a Ghanaian legend, Love and Death finds Ebo Taylor blending highlife, Afrobeat, jazz, and funk into a sound that feels both timeless and deeply rooted.
In 1961, President Touré launched authenticité, the new cultural policy for Guinea. Assembling the best Guinean musicians into a new state-sponsored orchestras that were tasked with presenting traditional Guinean music in a new and modern style.
Soundway presents a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilizng new music technology and recording techniques.
Sonically diverse psych from heavily fuzzed-out to Deadhead-friendly mellow, a disco-ish tunes and a strong Afrobeat backbone. The Nigerian sound is fascinatingly tangled.
Vinyl LP produced in conjunction with the James Barnor archive, featuring a previously unpublished 1976 photo from the archive of Ghana’s most famous photographer.
