super seltenes italo-elektro-pop-projekt habibi, das von dem unaufhaltsamen archiv-label best record zur verfügung gestellt wird. habibi ist ein fröhliches, ägyptisch angehauchtes italo-stück aus der zeit, als auch egyptian lover und arabian prince ihre ägyptischen einflüsse hatten.

coloured triple vinyl (pink / yellow / green).

as the lead singer of george darko s legendary burger-highlife hit-band, lee dodou became the number one voice of 80 s highlife. born in kumasi, the epicenter of ghanaian highlife, he came to berlin in the late 70 s - by then the uprising epicenter of burger-highlife - to work as a back-up-singer for pat thomas. after joining and leaving georg darko and running his own band -kantata-, he stopped releasing music in the early 90 s. now, philophon is proud to present new recordings of his soulful genius to the world of 2018. basa basa is a song in the classic -concert party- style, as it was played in the glorious 60 s. after a firey horn introduction lee takes over in that funny and entertaining manner typical for -concert party- music. buzz duncker joins lee s phrases with some gentle clarinet. highlife at its best! sahara akwantuo is anything but a classic: it s the start of a kind of philophonic highlife, labeled as kraut-life. ghanaian love of life meets german romantic melancholy. happy rhythms meet mysterious synth landscapes. eternal summertime and mangos are meeting a wet winter world and roast apples. kraut-life at its best!

on the one hand, there s cheveu, the french three-member band, whose soundtrack has never ceased to question music codes by exceeding various genres and pushing back their limits. on the other hand, you have group doueh, a combo of tuaregs coming from the sahara desert (dahkla). their music spans across many styles and hammers tradition with unprecedented finds. vinyl lp + 8 pages insert + download code

classic afro-compilation on triple vinyl back in stock!

after being in the reggae band the heavymanners (parted in 2009) led by takeshi heavy akimoto, and participating as a supporting member of dry&heavy after which the band reunited with the original rhythm section, sahara (keyboard/programming) and ohkuma, who worked as the drummer of soul dimension, started the dub unit undefined. it is no exaggeration to say they have pushed the variously formatted term of dub to the far shore experimentally and furthermore, liberated the definition of dub to undefined. their debut 7inch vinyl released in march last year from their own label newdubhall is being well received even overseas and in the spring of 2018, this 10inch vinyl new culture days will be out, which will be their second release.

classic afro-compilation on double cd.

* take me baby * wurde ein großer hit in europa als warp records den titel 1996 lizenzierte und als single veröffentlichte. hier haben wir 3 versionen des titels die alle in der selben session in jimis haus im union avenue nyc im sommer 1993 aufgenommen wurde. die original version erschien zuerst auf tenors debüt-album > sähkömies< auf sähkö recordings im jahr 1994, die zwei weiteren bisher unveröffentlichten versionen wurden vor kurzem auf dem original-session band gefunden und werden nun zum ersten mal veröffentlicht.