Beasts Of No Nation, originally released in 1989, was an indictment of the corruption and repression in post-colonial Africa. The album, whose single track took up both sides of the vinyl LP, addressed a variety of targets, each of them, said Fela, guilty of enslaving Africans: the Nigerian regime, the South African apartheid regime of P.W. Botha, Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, America’s Ronald Reagan, and the ineffectual United Nations. In addition to being vilified in the lyrics, Botha, Thatcher and Reagan are among the political leaders portrayed as beasts and devils on the front sleeve
After gate-crashing the Britpop party in 1996 with The First Big Weekend , Arab Strap went on to produce eight albums (six of them on Chemikal Underground) over a period of 10 years. Reflecting [...]
Even in this age of near-total Internet accessibility, Charlie Megira is a modern mystery. A casual search turns up little aside from a few cryptic articles. His brief career unfolded during a [...]
“Darla Records is proud to offer a new record from Dusty Reske’s Rocketship, California’s most venerable indiepop prodigy. Psychedelic, sugary, blissed-out, orgasmic, pop [...]
“I have always been searching for a way to articulate the intangible area between the recognizable and the unfathomable, a feeling perhaps informed by some long-abandoned experiments with [...]
Happy Mondays – Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
“London Records present the first vinyl reissue of Happy Mondays‘ Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), originally released in 1987. [...]
Seoul based DJ Duo Ping and Pong (Dydsu + DJ yesyes), started annual B2B recording from 2016. always very tripping experience through the all the music around the world (from noise to asian [...]
2014 repress. One of King Tubby’s finest works, originally released in 1974. Recorded at Tubby’s famous 18 Drummly Ave. studio in Kingston during dub’s early development period.
Master Musicians Of Jajouka Feat. Bachir Attar – The Apocalypse Across The Sky
2020 restock. Zehra present a reissue of Apocalypse Across The Sky by The Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar, originally released in 1992. Available on vinyl for the very first [...]
Experimentation in early electronic music in the Sahara from the singular Mamman Sani. Dreamy organs and droning melodies reinterpret ancient folk tradition into sublime fantastical soundscape. [...]
Finally the re-issue of the classic from 1981 as LP-vinyl, the album which have been out of print for over five years now and got a new lacquer cut by Kevin Metcalfe at Soundmasters. Produced by [...]
Nahawa Doumbia-La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3
“Na Hawa Doumbia’s La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 is the first release for Awesome Tapes From Africa, a blog and DJ project known worldwide for shedding light on obscure and [...]