June 20th Newsletter

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  • Antoine Dougbé Et L’orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou* – Antoine Dougbé Et L’orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou
    Antoine Dougbé Et L’orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou* – Antoine …
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    Who was Antoine Dougbé? Even the most dedicated crate-digger might go their whole life without stumbling across any of the three LPs he released in the late 1970s and early […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Tabu Ley – Sacramento Avec Canta Nyboma [Rumba]
    Tabu Ley – Sacramento Avec Canta Nyboma [Rumba]
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    African rumba music. Label: Genidia – GEN 119 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: African, International
  • Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator
    Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator
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    Blistering and hypnotic, ‘Ilana (The Creator)’ (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero’s first album recorded with a live rock [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator
    Mdou Moctar – Ilana: The Creator
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    Blistering and hypnotic, ‘Ilana (The Creator)’ (2019) marked the beginning of a new chapter for Mdou Moctar. It is the Nigerien guitar hero’s first album recorded with a live rock [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe – Kadi Yombo
    Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe – Kadi Yombo
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    Papé Nziengui, the tree that unveils the forest The tree that veils the forest… Never has this expression been so appropriate as when it applies to the relationship that Papé […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Bi Kidude – Zanzibar
    Bi Kidude – Zanzibar
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    Originally released in 1998. When Bi Kidude died in 2013 none of the many tributes paid to her could state her age with any certainty. She herself hadn’t known for […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Lumingu Puati – Mosese
    Lumingu Puati – Mosese
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    In 1979 the late Congolese musician Lumingu Zorro, protégé of Kinshasa’s legendary 60s band leader Dr Nico, recorded Mosese, his only pre-2000 solo album, for the Tabansi label- and this […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Ondigui And Bota Tabansi International – Ewondo Rythm
    Ondigui And Bota Tabansi International – Ewondo Rythm
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    Since the 60s, Congolese guitar combos and orchestras have always been popular across West and Central Africa. But the ‘natural fit’ element between East Nigerian Igbo highlife and Congolese [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Osibisa – Black Magic Night Live
    Osibisa – Black Magic Night Live
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    Osibisa at their energized best during this live set.

    GENRE: African, International
  • Demon Fuzz – Afreaka!
    Demon Fuzz – Afreaka!
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    Originally released in 1970, ‘Afreaka!’ was the sole album by Demon Fuzz, an Afro Rock band who made their mark by signing to Pye Records Progressive imprint Dawn. A melding […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Osibisa – Welcome Home/Ojah Awake
    Osibisa – Welcome Home/Ojah Awake
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    Osibisa’s 6th & 7th albums in one package

    GENRE: African, International
  • Feeling Kréyol – Las Palé
    Feeling Kréyol – Las Palé
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    Strut present the first ever international reissue of in-demand ‘80s zouk LP ‘Las Palé’ by Feeling Kréyol, out of Guadeloupe. Producer Darius Denon explains: “This was 1988 and bands like […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Kondi Band – Salone
    Kondi Band – Salone
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    Strut present an inspired new Afro-electronic project for 2016, Kondi Band, a collaboration between Sierra Leonean kondi (thumb piano) player Sorie Kondi and US producer / DJ Chief Boima, who [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Kampire – A Dancefloor In Ndola
    Kampire – A Dancefloor In Ndola
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    Strut introduces a pioneering new compilation ‘A Dancefloor In Ndola,’ curated by revered East African DJ, Kampire. This release marks an evolution in Strut’s approach to [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
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    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound’s one and only album, Ozobia Special, is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos. […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos – 1954-66)
    V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordin…
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    In conjunction with compiler and highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester, Soundway Records present a very special release. Highlife On The Move includes the two first ever recordings by a certain [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru* – Church of Kidane Mehret
    Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru* – Church of Kidane Mehret
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    Deeply resonant spiritual music transmitted via piano, organ, and harmonium by beloved composer and Ethiopian Orthodox nun Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru. Church of Kidane Mehret collects all the [...]

    GENRE: African
  • Alick Nkhata – Radio Lusaka
    Alick Nkhata – Radio Lusaka
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    Country, township jazz, and pop hits from the height of Zambia’s freedom movement. Vocalist, guitarist, and bandleader Alick Nkhata moved effortlessly between lonesome country slide, big band [...]

    GENRE: African
  • Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne
    Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Roi De L’Agbadja Moderne
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    Analog Africa has the huge honour to present a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, a musician that changed the trajectory of the label for ever. Hailing from Benin, […]

    GENRE: African