Angelique Kidjo releases Celia, an album that honours Celia Cruz, widely known as “the Queen of Salsa” and the most popular Latin artist of the 20th century.
Religious chants set to an African dub backdrop of layered hand percussion, with a mighty sonic and great musicianship places the record in a unique place. An outernational classic.
Sollo's trademark sound is marked with touches of pop, plenty of African groove disco, moments of psychedelic reggae, chattering guitars, mad synth skills and fat angular baselines.
The original 1971 Upsetter Records mono mix of this classic LP in it's original jacket art! Produced by the legendary Lee Scratch Perry, this collection contains the smash hits "Sun Is Shining," "Kaya," & "Keep On Moving!"
Father, also known as Fatheraintshit, is an American producer & recording artist from Atlanta, GA. New release in 2021 with old RnB influences and mid-'00 beats.
Following up on their acclaimed 2020 EP "All Yours" (2M streams to this day) northern lo-fi patron Ol' Burger Beats and up and coming rapper Vuyo now succeed with the awaited debut LP "Dialogue." in February 2021
This RSD Black Friday exclusive single features two never-before-heard B-sides from the same sessions as the globally acclaimed new Sons of Kemet record, Black To The Future. “Rites of Passage” is an 11-minute exploratory, contemplative composition led by
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.
"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
Reggae tunes inspired by different eras alongside some modern R&B tracks- the notion that old and new can live so comfortably together birthed the idea of Ekundayo Inversions.
