Oshunmare - Mimagidu
Weaving a magical soundworld, influences from West-African mythology (like the rainbow serpent Oxumaré), elements of triphop, quirkiness mixed with melancholy...(read more)
Label: bytrecs
Artist: Oshunmare
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Electronic, Mythology, Songwriters, Trip Hop, Vinyl.
Various Artists - Congo Guitars 1952 & 1957 – BESTEL VOOR GUIDO + BEST OF HUGH TRACEY OP LP
This is the famous Katanga guitar sound, as recorded by Hugh Tracey, based on the traditional likembe lamellaphone music of the various Luba peoples and their n..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP045
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '50s, African, Guitar, Vinyl.
Various Artists - Malawi Grooves 1950, ’57, ’58
This album with grooves by Cewa, Mang’anja, Tumbuka, and Tonga musicians represents only some of Malawi’s many rich musical cultures. Eight of the fifteen t..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP051
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Field Recordings, Traditional, Vinyl.
Various Artists - Zam Groove
Irresistably groovy music from Zambia. Two trance tracks by the old Leya xylophone master Crispin Mutanuka, three tracks of exquisite Barotse Guitar sound by th..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP063
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Guitar, Vinyl, Xylophone.
Various Artists - The Kankobela of the Batonga
The kankobela is the thumb-piano of the Batonga people who live either side of Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Amazing thing is: the ‘distortion’ you he..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP050
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Traditional, Vinyl.
Ayuune Sule - What a Man Can Do a Woman Can Do More Better
Popular kologo player from Ghana, Ayuune Sule comes from the vibrant Frafra scene including King Ayisoba, Guy One, Bola and Prince Buju.
Label: Makkum Records / MR12
Artist: Ayuune Sule
Medium: 7"
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: 7", African, Songwriters, Strings, Vinyl.
Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex and Friends - Y’Anbessaw Tezeta
The Ex: “The result is stunning. Deep, old, classic melodies. Very different from the last one. Instrumental, more sensitive and fragile, deeper. Amazing ..(read more)
Label: Terp Records / AS-21/22LP
Medium: 2LP - Photobook - CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Improvisation, Jazz, Pioneers.
King Ayisoba - Modern Ghanaians
The idea of making a vinyl album with King Ayisoba’s best songs came in 2012 when he saw, during his tour with Zea through Europe, people buying vinyl and..(read more)
Label: Makkum Records / MR 8
Artist: King Ayisoba
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, Songwriters, Vinyl, World Music.
Group Doueh - Guitar Music From The Western Sahara
CD Reissue of the sold-out LP edition. Raw & unfiltered electric Guitar Music of an entirely different order, this is Saharawi music from the Western Sahara..(read more)
Label: Sublime Frequencies / SF030CD
Artist: Group Doueh
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: African, World Music.
