reissue

limited reissue on yellow coloured vinyl.

including remixes by trus me & tiger tigre

african music

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

a previously unreleased ebo taylor album from 1980 is finally available via bbe. pressing on 180 gram vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.

including remixes by leonxleon & leo nanjo

including remixes by monsieur scott & 2 paris septembre

2019 remaster

second terrestrial funk coming up with a classic release by legends pat thomas and ebo taylor

official mr bongo reissue of a vintage highlife classic from 3 true giants of the sound.

mr bongo presents the first 12inch in a series of remix packages curated from ebo taylors brand new album yen ara. the 81-year-old composer, arranger, guitarist and vocalist has been a key figure in the evolving afro-funk sound since the seventies, working with the likes of apagya show band, ck mann and pat thomas. this 12inch combines three of the best remixers in the business - the legendary ron trent, west coast talent flako, and disco connoisseur nick the record. you will hear the high-energy afrobeat, sweet highlife, jazz and konkoma influences that ebo is famous for, and the remixes have contributed their disco pulse, house groove, and hard-hitting percussive edge to the tracks.

ghanaian legend ebo taylor returns with perhaps his finest album to date. but don’t take our word for it. that’s coming straight from the man himself. and he should know after more than 60 years in the business.

just in time for the season, seaside maestro jean claude gavri returns with this long awaited 3rd instalment of the seaside edits series. both tracks on side a are top notch 117 afro disco floor fillers by disco tech & lillo carillo. on the flip, the man himself label owner jcg is giving us a sneak peek inside his vinyl vault with off broadway, a balearic afro synth heaven, for these very lucky few that earned their ticket to the deeper zones of your collection.

for this album, ebo joined forces with 12-piece band ‘the pelikans’ — from the cape coast region of ghana — led by bessa simmona, with rhythm guitarist fifi orleans lindsay. a genuine ‘holy-grail’ of ghanaian music and one of ebo’s most saught-after.
the album was released on the small abookyi label. named after a nightclub they played in called pelikans, and sung in english and fante, this was the first album where ebo sang on tracks, such as the classic ‘come along’, on which he also plays keyboard. this song clearly defined a new direction in highlife and has become a ghanaian funk anthem. ‘come along’ formed the basis of sadat x’s ‘remember that’ hip hop jam from 2011.
this official mr bongo re-issue is packaged in our new & improved heavyweight ‘tip-on’ sleeves, printed in japan, pressed on high quality vinyl, audio restored to the best of our ability, with label designs and artwork as per the original release.

2017 reissue - following his recent studio album with afrobeat academy, >love and death<, his first international release, ghanaian highlife guitar legend ebo taylor teams up again with strut for a long overdue definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings, >life stories<.
tracks include the anthemic >heaven<, sampled by usher on his hit with ludacris, >she dont know, the original version of the poignant >love and death< and the rare 15-minute nugget, >aba yaa<. the package features rare photos, original album artwork and sleeve notes by soundway records miles cleret.

das erste studioalbum des ghanaische gitarristen, komponisten und produzenten seit über 20 jahren, eingespielt mit afrobeat academy und der deutschen funkband poets of rhythm! 2017 reissue

pat thomas and ebo taylor are the jagger and richards of nigerian highlife. drawn together by a mutual love of the genre – and an equally intense desire to stop it becoming moribund and bereft of ideas – ghana’s two most progressive musicians added a western twist to this traditional form of african music and gave it relevance again.

originally released in 1975 on gapophone records, george prah’s label, hailing from ghana. only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time. laid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.

jean claude gavri one of tel avivs most prolific and eminent djs presents the next release on his ever popular ebo records label. this release features jean claude gavris star on 45 as well two essential cuts by dimitri from tokyo in the shape of lozes & bleaking

release # 5 in mr bongos africa 45 series.

two re edits in classic ebo fashion, two massive aor classics from the late 70s / early 80s, reworked by label owner jean claude gavri, b-side co produced by omri anghel.

2 seriously hot remixes from opolopo

debut release on a new exclusive 12 inch series by jean claude gavri & moplen.

2nd release on jean claude gavris new label ebo records, seaside edits volume 2 contains 4 more energetic percussive reworks in tropical nature - brazilian, afro & latin vibes

limited edition of 300 copies, pressed on translucent, light blue coloured vinyl.

dims classic edit skills are back on wax! including 2 exclusive unreleased tracks.

disco edits of the tropical genre.

collab between spanish producer nueen and manchester vocalist / rapper iceboy violet.

electronic/dance

germanrock / progressive

third deep in dis intl. release is a split ep from eric os and lewis. available on vinyl only. repress incoming!

comes with full cover sleeve

limited to 99 copies