the 3rd album from french togolese band vaudou game is a fantastic funk trip on double vinyl.

afro funk lp

the polyversal souls are back with another collaboration with ethopias no. 1

black vinyl edition.

dancing time: the best of eastern nigerias afro rock exponents 1973 – 77 by the funkees mines the rich musical output of 60s and 70s nigeria. for the 5 year period this compilation spans the funkees output crackled with dance floor fire.
having featured on three of soundways most popular titles, across the definitive nigeria special compilation series, soundway felt the funkees output deserved closer inspection. presented here are 16 slices of funky afro-rock grooves hand picked by soundways miles cleret from a selection of the bands 45s and 2 long players.
pressing on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl in gatefold cover, including code for free mp3-download of the full album.

repress - first official reissue of nigerian boogie disco grail lp produced by grotto for emi nigeria and originally released in 1978. contains dance classic bad city girl. liner notes by nigerian music expert uchenna ikkone, include previously unpublished photos and extensive interviews by temitope kogbe

mix righteous fuzz guitar, bad-ass keyboards and ecstatic african rhythms and what have you got? celebration by aktion - a slab of of heavy afro-funk-pysch-rock from the hardest working band in 70s nigeria.

official mr bongo reissue of the 1982 album from south african band marumo.

sprouting from a rich humus of latin and african polyrhythms, ghost horse creates a fusion of free jazz, hip hop, blues & loop music. the result is fascinating but quietly menacing, pulsing & breathing with the visceral force of nature reclaiming abandoned structures. full color poster insert!

‘the original sound of burkina faso’ follows the hugely successful ‘the original sound of mali’ compilation released in march this year, also on mr bongo. here we have a collection of songs that pay tribute to a truly golden age of music, touching on folk, funk, blues, highlife, disco, psyche, latin, rock and soul.

jimi tenor produced longplayer - incl at the end a great releaxed dj sotofett mix

official mr bongo reissue of a much sought after 1982 higlife classic from ghana. licensed directly from gyedu-blay ambolley.

double vinyl re-issue of the classic lord echo debut. features the huge single thinking of you. available for the first time on general release outside japan. look out for the brand new album harmonies from lord echo - part 3 in the trilogy.

repress available! soundway records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. comes on triple 12 inch + bonus 7 inch vinyl, download code and 8-page booklet in gatefold sleeve.

first ever international reissue of shina peters highly sought after juju album from 1986. the vinyl release includes a download code.

reissue of the 1975 highlife classic from gyedu-blay ambolley.

limited hand-numbered to 400 copies

reissue of the 1982 manu dibango album on clear vinyl.

black vinyl, afro latin 7 inch

black vinyl

isle of jura go back to 1976 to resurrect anambra, the jewel in the crown of dub, soul & funk outfit ozo. anambra is something of a classic, a unique song thats slow, ritualistic and spiritual, mixing african & nyabinghi drumming with a buddhist sanskrit mantra om mani padme hum. an alternate version anambra river appears for the first time on the same 12 inch.

wewantsounds is delighted to release dibango 82, an unreleased live recording by manu dibango taped in marseille, dec 1982.

opaque pink vinyl / reissue

this is part three and the last of the collaboration series between ethopias legendary soul singer alemayehu eshete and the philophon house band the polyversal souls.

hip re-works of the amsterdam based afro-funk styled unit

debut full-length solo album by the award-winning malian band trio da kali.