reissue

third output

limited rsd 2021 release, taken from the forthcoming album “the seed”.

afro

2021 reissue, 180 g vinyl lp incl. tip-on sleeve

duplicated with care on clear-smoke tapes. limited to 100 copies.

ltd nice price

deep house

four essential cuts from ghana & cape verde, compiled by arp frique

reissue

with a voice of pure gold and a startling sensitivity for heartfelt pop songwriting, on no reino dos afetos (in the realm of affections), berle firmly embraces earnestness, through starry-eyed brazilian love songs, ambient vignettes, warm, home-cooked beats and gentle strokes of mpb genius.

bbe music celebrates the centenary of recorded ghana highlife music with a double album reissue of two rare 80s lps recorded by the late atakora manu, afro highlife and omintiminim.

double lp pressed on 140g virgin vinyl comes with a full color 12-pages booklet

arp friques second album on colorful world, exploring the globe via a concoction of sounds that takes in disco, synth boogie, funk and the sounds of the caribbean, west and east africa. tip!

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

we are very happy to announce the 13th release of cabrera with two special remixes from the label boss, j.c., “vertigo” record that came out in the summer of 2017. side a comes with a special shed rework. rene is a huge influence for us and we are thrilled to have him on our catalogue. keeping the essence of the original, he made a proper raw dub techno banger. on the flip side, kastil, already part of the family, took “nyame” in a whole other level and made a fresh blend of fierce techno.

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.

detroit rooted techno tracks with morphing synths and layers of percussions and breakbeats designed for the dancefloor!

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.

reissue coming soon!

a voice of pure gold and a startling sensitivity for heartfelt pop

arp friques second album on colorful world, exploring the globe via a concoction of sounds that takes in disco, synth boogie, funk and the sounds of the caribbean, west and east africa. tip!