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.
Michael Baird - SoonSoon
Percussionist and SWP Records man Michael Baird with guests David Tronzo (USA) on slide guitar, singer Yvonne Cornelius (D) and Andy Moor (NL) on guitar. Kind o..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP049
Artist: Michael Baird
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Exotica, Modern Jazz, Percussion, Vinyl.
Sharp Wood! - Percussion
Recorded digitally in 1986, in the old Tivoli concert space in Utrecht. Very lively and high-spirited percussion duets and trios, which were the dawning of Mich..(read more)
Label: SWP Records / SWP001
Artist: Sharp Wood!
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '80s, Improvisation, Percussion, 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.
Maguire/La Berge - Three Cities
Maguire and La Berge came together through their love of structures that slowly evolve through extended time. Detailed drones that color the perception of time ..(read more)
Label: verz imprint / VI012
Artist: Maguire/La Berge
Medium: Music Cassette
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Analog Synth, Drone, Flutes, Tapes.
Rolf Julius - “Lullaby For The Fishes”
Reissue of Rolf Julius’ first and only (and almost impossible to find) LP from 1985. Rolf Julius was the archetypal “sound artist”. He painted with sound,..(read more)
Label: Tochnit Aleph / TA133
Artist: Rolf Julius
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Germany, Sound Art, Vinyl.
Erkki Kurenniemi - Rules
One of the great unsung pioneers of the electronic age, Erkki Kurenniemi (1941–2017) played a central role in the development of electronic music in Finland. ..(read more)
Label: Full Contact / Ektro / KRYPT-022
Artist: Erkki Kurenniemi
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Early Electronic, Finland, Pioneers, Vinyl.
