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

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!

oladele franck komolou stammt aus den voodoo-wäldern von benin und gründete 2013 in helsinki die band frankosun and the family. seitdem hat die band mit ihrer erstaunlichen musik, shows und energie die herzen der menschen erobert. stark beeinflusst von den rhythmen und der geschichte der nago.

das wort -nago- leitet sich vom wort -anago- ab, ein begriff, mit dem fon-sprechende menschen nago-yoruba-sprechende menschen in benin beschreiben. die nago-yoruba-gemeinschaft zeichnet sich durch den maskentanz guèlèdè aus - einen besonderen tanz, der reich an liedern, musik, epischen und lyrischen gedichten im rhythmus und klängen von tam-tam ist.

die band kombiniert hervorragend beninischen und nigerianischen afrobeat im stil der 70er und 80er jahre mit afrofunk und afrorock.

das erwartete debütalbum -frankosun and the family- wird im frühjahr 2020 in den formaten vinyl und digital veröffentlicht.

kinshasa meets paris - glitterbeat presents the debut album from bantou mentale. the double vinyl release includes a download code.

official mr bongo reissue of the 1978 album by the son of ebo taylor.

the second album from kongo-jazz outfit kongo dia ntotila on 180 gram double vinyl.

releasing an album into the world is a special moment for any artist but when you re an artist who grew up in remote northern ghana with no schooling, spending a life herding cows and goats, building your own instruments and teaching yourself to sing, then there s a particular sense of occasion and celebration in finding recognition and an audience for that music. this is the case for guy one, an utterly unique artist who is writing and performing frafra music, a style that originates from a small area in the north of ghana. whilst guy one is already loved and adored locally by now - building up a fervent following in local villages in which no funeral or wedding would take place without his soaring voice and deeply rhythmic playing, before then transforming into an award-winning, tv appearing artist in ghana - his music is now to find a much wider audience through max weissenfeldt s philophon label (jimi tenor, hailu mergia, alemayehu eshete) on this berlin meets bolgatanga release.

strut present the first ever new international studio album by one of the all-time great african big bands, orchestre les mangelepa. “last band standing” is out now! comprising congolese musicians who settled in kenya, les mangelepa helped drive the east african evolutionary spur of one of the greatest musical artforms, african rumba, during the 1970s.

vintage african musics treated in breakbeat mode though chants focused & in barranquilla and cartagena style

1977’s fire woman is perhaps the finest (and rarest) of foundars 15’s albums, offering a spicy buffet of groovy pop, reggae, native rock and dense, off-kilter funk. long sought after by aficionados, fire woman has been an lp that is more often heard about than actually heard.
that is about to change.
comb & razor sound is proud to present a new, fully-authorized reissue of fire woman, featuring eight crucial cuts representing the gold standard of the golden age of nigerian pop music. here’s your chance to catch the fire!

nigerian funk / soft rock from 1977 back on vinyl.

the self-proclaimed funkiest band on the west coast of africa, the heads funk band, could arguably make that claim for the whole continent. featuring the slick guitar of felix ‘feladey’ odey, the slinky drumming of eddie offeyi and the swirling keyboard chops of kevin ‘fortune’ coburn, nobody was funkier. and that’s not even taking into account the dance floor monsters they were releasing at the same time as akwassa.

limited edition of 250 copies.

robo arigo is an extraordinary multi-instrumentalist from nigeria’s ogun state. a founding member of pogo ltd, he played bass, guitar and organ on both their albums and plays all kinds of instruments, including cowbell, on sexy thing too. one listen to the record, however, (and a quick look at the back of the cover), and it’s pretty clear that playing bass is where robo’s heart lay. especially when he gets to slap it.

with the super wings in mutiny and a trail for the manslaughter of his former bandmate, spuds nathan, still hanging over his head, manford best came out swinging with come go with me. it’s a chirpy, calypso-influenced insight into the state of his mind and his first solo album.

limited to 500 copies only! emma ogosi has worn a lot of different hats in his career: former air force officer, guitarist with benin-based pogo limited, and husband and manager of nigerian reggae superstar, evi-edna ogholi. in 1981, he donned a sequined cowboy hat and released nobody knows. nobody knows is arguably the nigeria’s best – and perhaps only – disco country album.

grill by gbubemi amas is as smooth as the red cardigan artfully slung around his shoulders on the cover. whether he is running through the scales on a cover version of ‘fire and rain’, or trying on his calypso highlife moves on ‘ereyon’, you know amas is a man with a smooth line for every occasion.

brand new, rambunctious, rootsy, spiritual brass-band music from lagos, with singing, drums and home-made percussion. obadikah is a group of old friends who play together in the cherubim & seraphim and baptist churches of the ikeja and isale eko districts. a couple of them were founder-members of the eko brass band, they’ve played with pretty much all the key nigerian reggae artists. the tunes are mostly traditional yoruban melodies, often sung at bed-time. the songs are mostly original, sung in yoruba (though jomido is an egun song from the badagry area of lagos state).

with half a century of existence, beninese band poly-rythmo can easily be considerate as legends of the african music alongside sela kuti and tinariwen. drawing their name from the extensive mix of influences that forged their sound (american soul and funk, nigerian afrobeat, french chanson, congolese rumba, etc.), they are known to be impressively productive as they released from 1969 to 1980 hundreds of eps and dozens of albums. in 2014, orchestra conductor florent mazzoleni visited the band and decided to produce this new album recorded in the legendary african studio satel. with its warm tone and mastery of rhythm variations, madjafalao will instantaneously become a classic of afrobeat and poly-rythmo will share their warm joie de vivre with thousands of people during their european tour starting in late october.

sounding quite like nothing you have heard before, the excelsiors come correct with their debut album, control this. the latest project from shane ‘sureshot’ hunt, known for his sharpshooters group, and for his highly-regarded soundbwoy reggae breaks series wherein he has liberally dropped science, sharing his in-depth knowledge of ska, rock-steady, reggae and dancehall for the instruction of the hip-hop massive, the excelsiors is the logical extension of shanes passion for classic jamaican music (and more) of the 60s through 80s.

teranga beat proudly presents the royal band de thiÈs in their first ever and entirely unreleased 1979 recording. singers and composers james gadiaga & secka will guide you through the sweet melodies, wicked rhythms and vocal traditions of senegalese music, in a fabulous performance that combines mbalax with afro-jazz.