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  • V/A  – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    V/A – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    $27.00 | ,

    Tsapiky music from Southwest Madagascar features wild ecstatic vocals, distorted electric guitars, rocket bass, and the amphetamine beat! Unlike anything else, this is THE high life music [...]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    V/A – Tsapiky! Modern Music From Southwest Madagascar
    $16.00 | ,

    Tsapiky music from Southwest Madagascar features wild ecstatic vocals, distorted electric guitars, rocket bass, and the amphetamine beat! Unlike anything else, this is THE high life music [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    $27.00 | ,

    Sublime Frequencies is honored to release the third Album from Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band. Sonbonbela was recorded in the beginning of 2022 in the Republic of Burkina Faso. […]

    GENRE: International
  • Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band – Sonbonbela
    $16.00 | ,

    Sublime Frequencies is honored to release the third Album from Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band. Sonbonbela was recorded in the beginning of 2022 in the Republic of Burkina Faso. […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records From Japan, 1903-1912
    V/A – Sound Storing Machines: The First 78rpm Records From Japan, 1903…
    $16.00 | ,

    The first commercial recordings from Asia were made in Japan in 1903 by Fred Gaisberg, the legendary producer and recording engineer who traveled the world making recordings for the Gramophone [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Dayak Benuaq – Kwangkay (Funerary Music Of The Dayak Benuaq Of Borneo)
    Dayak Benuaq – Kwangkay (Funerary Music Of The Dayak Benuaq Of Borneo)
    $20.00 | ,

    Numbering less than 1000 people, the Dayak Benuaq from the Eastern Kalimantan region of Indonesian Borneo still practice many of their traditional ceremonial customs. This album of field [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Adnan Othman – “Bershukor” A Retrospective Of Hits By A Malaysian Pop Yeh Yeh Legend
    Adnan Othman – “Bershukor” A Retrospective Of Hits By A Ma…
    $16.00 | ,

    The legendary Adnan Othman has long been a driving force in the Malaysian rock scene. As early as the 1960s his groundbreaking songs in the style known as Pop Yeh […]

    GENRE: International
  • Erkin Koray – Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
    Erkin Koray – Meçhul: Singles & Rarities
    $16.00 | ,

    Erkin Koray and Sublime Frequencies are pleased to present this collection of rare tracks and lesser-heard singles. All tracks were recorded and released in Turkey between 1970-1977 and culled [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
    Abdou El Omari – Lost Tape: 1980
    $16.00 | ,

    Abdou El Omari was born in 1945 in Tafraout, south of Agadir — a village suspended between the pink granite peaks of the Anti-Atlas and the waves of the Atlantic. […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Theppabutr Productions: The Man Behind The Molam Sound 1972-75
    V/A – Theppabutr Productions: The Man Behind The Molam Sound 1972-75
    $16.00 | , ,

    “This is the first in a series of compilations on key producers of modern molam music from Northeast Thailand. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, these pioneers created an exciting, […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Cult Cargo : Belize City Boil Up
    V/A – Cult Cargo : Belize City Boil Up
    $25.00 | , ,

    The national dish of Belize is a diverse mixture of ingredients: pig’s tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, and whole fish, thrown in a pot and stewed to perfection. […]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay
    V/A – Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay
    $20.00 | , ,

    The second in our series exploring the pan-American funk experience, Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay is a deep overview of Funky Nassau’s redheaded sister city, Freeport, on Grand Bahama Island. [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Ray Barretto ‎– Tomorrow: Barretto Live
    Ray Barretto ‎– Tomorrow: Barretto Live
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Over the years, Ray Barretto has commanded respect in two different genres: salsa and Latin jazz. Not surprisingly, his salsa recordings have been much bigger sellers than his Latin jazz [...]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Cochemea* ‎– All My Relations (Teal Vinyl)
    Cochemea* ‎– All My Relations (Teal Vinyl)
    $16.00 | , ,

    “Cochemea Gastelum is coming home to connect with his roots. After nearly 15 years of touring the world with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, the saxophonist offers a deeply personal […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Chicano Batman – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme
    Chicano Batman – Cycles Of Existential Rhyme
    $28.00 | , ,

    Heavy & solid Latin soul. Label: El Relleno Records – J-003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+. Light wear

    GENRE: Latin
  • Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe – Kadi Yombo
    Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe – Kadi Yombo
    $16.00 | ,

    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
    $16.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $11.00 | ,

    Osibisa at their energized best during this live set.

    GENRE: African, International
  • Demon Fuzz – Afreaka!
    Demon Fuzz – Afreaka!
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    Osibisa’s 6th & 7th albums in one package

    GENRE: African, International
  • Ennanga Vision – Ennanga Vision
    Ennanga Vision – Ennanga Vision
    $16.00 | ,

    Deconstructed musical forms from the kingdoms of Uganda lead by London producer Jesse Hackett, multi-instrumentalist Albert Ssempeke and singing legend Otim Alpha.

    GENRE: International
  • Tunji Oyelana – A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
    Tunji Oyelana – A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79
    $18.00 | ,

    During the golden age of Nigerian music in the 1970s, as thousands of records were produced in a wide spectrum of styles and marketed to an immense audience of ardent […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Gal Costa – Gal Canta Caymmi
    Gal Costa – Gal Canta Caymmi
    $16.00 | ,

    GAL COSTA is an award-winning singer with an extensive solo discography and international experience. A fundamental presence in the Tropicália movement, she has been one of Brazil’s most [...]

    GENRE: International, Latin
  • Majid Soula – Chant Amazigh
    Majid Soula – Chant Amazigh
    $17.00 | ,

    Habibi Funk is happy to present a selection of works by Algerian-born, Amazigh artist Majid Soula. With synths, driving drums, prominent repetitive guitar lines, Majid’s music blends the best of [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Hossam Ramzy – Sabla Tolo II – Further Journeys Into Pure Egyptian Percussion
    Hossam Ramzy – Sabla Tolo II – Further Journeys Into Pure Egypti…
    $15.00 | ,

    A perfect primer for anyone diving into the world of Egyptian percussion

    GENRE: International
  • Ferkat Al Ard – Oghneya
    Ferkat Al Ard – Oghneya
    $17.00 | ,

    An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali’s group Ferkat Al Ard, “Oghneya” stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab world. A groundbreaking release […]

    GENRE: International
  • Feeling Kréyol – Las Palé
    Feeling Kréyol – Las Palé
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $17.00 | ,

    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
    $16.00 | ,

    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
  • Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Planetário Da Gávea
    Hermeto Pascoal E Grupo – Planetário Da Gávea
    $19.00 | ,

    On a balmy Brazilian night in February, 1981, a crowd gathered in Rio de Janeiro’s Gávea neighbourhood under the iconic dome of the city’s Planetário (Planetarium). Alongside [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti – Poison Fruit
    Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti – Poison Fruit
    $15.00 | ,

    From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Azymuth – Fênix
    Azymuth – Fênix
    $17.00 | ,

    Azymuth are back! With Fênix, their first album in five years, the Brazilian mavericks have recreated the energy of those spellbinding seventies’ sessions which would launch them into [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    $17.00 | ,

    Far Out Recordings continues its reissue campaign of the late Argentinian guitarist Agustin Pereyra Lucena’s work with the first-ever vinyl reissue of his singular 1988 private press album, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Latin
  • Areski – Brigitte Fontaine – L’Incendie
    Areski – Brigitte Fontaine – L’Incendie
    $18.00 | ,

    Vocalist-multi-instrumentalist Areski and singer Brigitte Fontaine are a legendary French musical couple that rose to prominence in the ‘60s, making a series of albums that showcased a boldly [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    $17.00 | ,

    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
  • Victor Chukwu*, Uncle Victor Chuks* & The Black Irokos – Akalaka / The Power
    Victor Chukwu*, Uncle Victor Chuks* & The Black Irokos – Akalaka …
    $17.00 | ,

    BBE Music presents Akalaka and The Power, a double helping of old-school Igbo highlife from one of the genre’s acknowledged masters, Victor Chukwu. Highlife was the music that the Igbo […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu – Hitsville Re-Visited
    Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu – Hitsville Re-Visited
    $16.00 | ,

    Hard-to-obtain, vintage highlife from three true giants of the sound; Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas & Uhuru Yenzu. Originally released in 1982. In ‘Hitsville Re-Visited’, the mighty trio [...]

    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…
    $18.00 | ,

    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
  • Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    Iris Chacón ‎– Iris Chacón
    $28.00 | , ,

    Groovy Latin funk from the Puerto Rican icon, Iris Chacón Label: Borinquen – AAD-1315 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: Puerto Rico Released: 1977 VG/VG. Noticeable light marks. Sleeve [...]

    GENRE: Latin, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
    V/A – A Todas Las Imágenes Del Mundo: Antología Del Canto A Lo Divino
    $28.00 | ,

    Canto A Lo Divino is the unique musical expression of the Chilean peasant world – a conversation with the divine nourished by Biblical and other sacred texts. It is communal […]

    GENRE: International
  • Rail Band – Rail Band
    Rail Band – Rail Band
    $22.00 | ,

    One of the greatest, heaviest, and hardest-to-find guitar records from 1970s West Africa, available on vinyl for the first time in over a decade!!! A product of Mali’s golden age, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Avec Rochereau* Et M’Bilia Bel* – 20 Ans De Carrière
    Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Ave…
    $17.00 | , ,

    Groovy one from one of the biggest Congolese popstars Label: Genidia – GEN 106 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Some sleeve discoloration

    GENRE: International
  • Akiko Yano – Iroha Ni Konpeitou
    Akiko Yano – Iroha Ni Konpeitou
    $45.00 | , ,

    “Another superb Akiko Yano album and one of her funkiest, highlighting her unmissable singing and songwriting talents. Recorded in Tokyo and New York City, the album features a superb line [...]

    GENRE: International, Rock / Pop
  • Carlos Paredes – Movimento Perpétuo (Portugal Pressing)
    Carlos Paredes – Movimento Perpétuo (Portugal Pressing)
    $18.00 | , ,

    A masterpiece of Fado, and guitar music as a whole. Label: Columbia – 11C 074 40150 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: Portugal Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Laminate bubbling/sleevewear

    GENRE: International
  • Pancho Acosta / Money Chicha – Egyptian Reggae / Carnaval De Jujuy
    Pancho Acosta / Money Chicha – Egyptian Reggae / Carnaval De Jujuy
    $16.00 | ,

    “Jonathan Richman’s classic “Egyptian Reggae” has been responsible for setting thousands of discerning dance floors on fire. After getting the obvious Jah twist on a few [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Luisa – Luísa
    Luisa – Luísa
    $17.00 | ,

    “Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros doesn’t remember recording this single. It’s understandable — the sessions happened over forty years ago, and at the time, Malheiros, Ivan [...]

    GENRE: International, Latin
  • Phylipe Nunes Araújo – Phylipe Nunes Araújo
    Phylipe Nunes Araújo – Phylipe Nunes Araújo
    $28.00 | ,

    “Phylipe Nunes Araújo’s songs are as rich and varied as the diverse landscapes they were written in. The hills of Pernambuco, the lagoons of Alagoas, and the beaches of Bahia […]

    GENRE: International, Latin
  • Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    Agustin Pereyra Lucena – Puertos De Alternativa
    $28.00 | ,

    “Far Out Recordings continues its reissue campaign of the late Argentinian guitarist Agustin Pereyra Lucena’s work with the first-ever vinyl reissue of his singular 1988 private press [...]

    GENRE: International, Latin