flowers in the dark is the debut album from the creative principle known as kofi flexxx.

uk underground soul style

kalita are excited to announce the first ever re-release of ‘adzagli (jungle funk)’ and ‘a song for you (ayawa)’, two phenomenal pieces of west african disco from amsterdam’s kofi ayivor.

nathan kofi delivers four sugary sweet electro bangers.

an ecletic musical representation of infamous rotterdam jazzclub bird with well-known and lesser-known dutch artists from the black music spectrum, varying from jazz, soul, hip-hop to electronic music. compiled by bird musical curators philip powel and guido van dieren.

2018 repress - earl s back with 002 from his new label melange. 3 power cuts in raw form. this time bringing along good friend and previous collborator, kofi tarris.

debut ep

diese 5 track compilation zeigt einige der feinsten niederländischen und amerikanischen sounds.

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

the 4th edition in the acclaimed sterns edits series sees curator ben gomori open up the sterns music catalogue to other keen re-editors with brownswood / worldwide genius smbd (aka simbad) the first to step up to the plate. nigeria s segun adewale is sometimes referred to as the crown prince of jùjú music, but in the 1980s he developed a sound all of his own, which he called yo-pop. a mixture of jùjú, funk, reggae, afrobeat and jazz, its vibrant melange can be heard on his 1986 record ojo je , where both these originals are taken from. smbd delivers too superb flips of the title track a gritty funk-fuelled disco version with live bass, and a deliciously deep dub-house version. gomori, meanwhile, takes the haunting atewo-lara ka tepa mo se for an extended hypnotic, tribal trip. the stunning artwork comes from kofi ankobra, the son of radical white south africans who grew up in ghana and studied art at oshogbo, nigeria the place adewale himself was born. sterns edits is an official collaboration between african music stalwarts sterns music and londons ben gomori.

since the early 1990s, keyboard player jessica lauren has been a familiar part of london s alternative music scene. jessica s keyboard skills have augmented the live performances and studio recordings of world renowned artists such as jean carne, tom browne, dexter wansel and james mason, japan s united future organisation, and uk soul diva juliet roberts. her previous freestyle album jessica lauren four (2012) highlighted jessica s minimalist approach, something rare and refreshing in the jazz world: she instills her compositions and playing with a refined sense of space which makes her music as much about what she doesn t play as what she does.

‘pat thomas introduces marijata’ is a seminal ghanian album that fuses highlife, reggae, folk, funk and soul, from legendary vocalist pat thomas. originally released in 1976 on gapophone records. ‘marijata’ was a group made up of three members – kofi ‘electric’ addison on drums, bob fischlan on organ and nat osmanu on guitar, hailing from ghana. pat thomas career began in 1969 with the ‘broadway dance band’, leaving a year later to join the ‘uhuru dance band’. he then played with ebo taylor’s ‘blue monks’ and finally formed the ‘sweet beans’ in 1973 where he really made his name. the group released ‘false lover’ in 1974, split and then reformed as marijata, releasing ‘marijata’ (also available on mr bongo) and this album, ‘pat thomas introduces marijata’. thomas career spans more than 50 years and he still tours regularly across the world. replica original artwork, official mr bongo reissue. licensed from gapophone records courtesy of george prah.

official mr bongo reissue. licensed from george prah, founder of gapophone records.
marijata was a group made up of three members – kofi electric addison on drums, bob fischlan on organ and nat osmanu on guitar, hailing from ghana. ‘this is marijata’ is the groups first lp, released originally on the gapophone label – it is pure, rootsy, raw, driving african funk music of the highest order, now highly sought-after in both its original and previously reissued forms.

peacefrog präsentiert einen neuen namen in der britischen electronica-szene: mined aka kofi holmes attivor, londoner sohn einer ghanaischen familie, wuchs mit den soul/r&b platten seiner eltern auf und ließ sich von brian eno, spooky black und den foals inspirieren. mined produziert einen vokalen, eskapistischen electronic-pop voller ländlicher schönheit, der irgendwo zwischen den kosmen von james blake, caribou und boards of canada seine bahnen zieht.

shadeleaf continues, with a strident 7 out of 7 on the scoreboard! following a stunning (and sell-out !) ep earlier last year, the north easts answer to michigans finest, steps up again, with probably his strongest work to date. mannmademusic became known very quickly, over the space of a few low key, but expertly realised edits releases for the likes of glenview, lumberjacks in hell & diner city sounds. this ep sees him continue wearing his influences proudly, but re-imagine them in an altogether rawer framework - samples woven together, augmented and redefined, some of it following the classic kdj blueprint but laid out in a style thats all his own. those familiar loops submerged and unfurling, rubbing up against altogether more off-kilter but coherent workouts, sat alongside perfectly measured electronic jams all combining into an ep that stands head and shoulders above the competition. another shadeleaf sureshot!

a year in the making, queen & disco s the royalty of funk has finally landed. the project was handled with tlc from the get-go and the result has been worth the wait.

cardiffs best kept secret chesus debuts on 4lux with a release of his own. 4 strong deep house tracks. cleverly combining the old with the new, chesus shows his amazing production skills once again. the single features collaborations with fellow cardiff producers kofi tarris and, of course, the organ grinder with whom he previously released the club banger steam roller. tip!

expected playlist by papst benedikt, siegfried & roy, kofi annan, uschi glas, radiohead, l.podolski.

die 26-jŠhrige britisch-japanische kŸnstlerin maya jane coles setzt einen weiteren meilenstein in ihrer noch jungen laufbahn. von den fachmedien - von resident advisor Ÿber mixmag bis zur ehrwŸrdigen bbc - mehrfach ausgezeichnet, gipfelte ihre aktuelle anerkennung mit einem herausragenden platz 15 der top 25 einflussreichsten djs der welt, die der us-rolling stone ende 2012 herausgab. charakteristisch fŸr maya jane coles ist ihr meditativ-antreibender techno/house-stil, der nach einer ersten -dj-kicks--compilation 2012 und ihrem debŸtalbum -comfort- 2013 nun auf der neuen fabric-ausgabe zum vorschein kommt. geprŠgt von melodischen qualitŠten und einer enormen effektivitŠt, erleben wir hier eine weitere ausgezeichnete dj-perfomance einer echten ausnahmekŸnstlerin.

a 2nd, killer presentation of assured nigerian and ghanaian highlife classics selected by the good, good people at vampi soul. it features nineteen tracks by essential artists of the genre such as et mensah & the tempos, dr victor olaiya, prince nico mbarga, dr sir warrior, and rex lawson, plus extensive notes by experts, rita may and max reinhardt, and artist photos.