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Release date: 08/04/2022
Awesome Tapes From Africa Pape Nziengui et son Groupe - Kadi Yombo
Long out-of-print and much sought after locally. First time available outside Gabon thanks to Awesome Tapes From Africa.
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Pape Nziengui et son Groupe - Kadi Yombo
£31.99
Release date: 25/02/2022
Tidal Waves Music Melvin Ukachi - Ofege As One - I Am OK
Melvin Ukachi needs little introduction, the Lagos (Nigeria) based vocalist and bandleader is a living legend.
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Melvin Ukachi - Ofege As One - I Am OK
£29.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Shakara
Shakara (from 1972) is a two-track release of 13-minute songs that showcase Fela’s satirical side.
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Fela Kuti - Shakara
£16.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close
The massed horns, relentless grooves, and bold improvising that would come to define Fela's aesthetic sound.
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Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close
£17.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Zombie
The album was a scathing attack on Nigerian soldiers using the zombie metaphor to describe the methods of the Nigerian military.
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Fela Kuti - Zombie
£16.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood
Fela wrote the title track of this album in response to the 1976 Soweto Uprising.
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Fela Kuti - Sorrow, Tears and Blood
£17.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Confusion
180 gram vinyl release. Fela Kuti's 1975 'Confusion' shows him and Africa 70 at the heights of instrumental prowess and ambiguous jibes.
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Fela Kuti - Confusion
£12.99
Strut Mulatu Astatke - New York Addis London - The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975
The album covers his early recordings in the UK in 1965, his work on the Worthy label in New York and his recording in Addis on Amha, Phillips and Axum in the 1970s.
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Mulatu Astatke - New York Addis London - The Story Of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975
£19.99
Honest Jon's Records Foster Manganyi - Ndzi Teke Riendzo
Foster Manganyi is a pastor living outside Johannesburg making gospel songs with traditional vocal music of South Africa. 
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Foster Manganyi - Ndzi Teke Riendzo
£20.99
Release date: 18/02/2022
Now-Again Records Amanaz - Africa
Now-Again’s Amanaz release presented here differs from the label’s previous reissue in that it’s a single LP of just the dry mix.
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Amanaz - Africa
£29.99
Release date: 18/02/2022
Sahel Sounds Etran De L'Air – Agadez
Etran de L’Aïr (or “stars of the Aïr region”) welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock.
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Etran De L'Air – Agadez
£24.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Afrodisiac
The collection of songs on Afrodisiac were songs Fela and the Nigeria 70 (Later Africa 70) re-recorded at Abbey Road in London in 1971.
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Fela Kuti - Afrodisiac
£14.99
We Are Busy Bodies Vis-A-Vis - The Best Of Vis-A-Vis In Congo Style
Limited Indies Exclusive. A hugely talented ensemble that served as a backing band to many great Ghanaian highlife artists.
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Vis-A-Vis - The Best Of Vis-A-Vis In Congo Style
£30.99
Souma Records Hany Mehanna - Music For Airplanes / A Collection Of Instrumental Showpieces And Scores For Egyptian Films And TV-Series (1973-1980)
A hearty serving of 19 compositions from the Egyptian King of the Farfisa Organ and pioneer of the Oriental synth.
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Hany Mehanna - Music For Airplanes / A Collection Of Instrumental Showpieces And Scores For Egyptian Films And TV-Series (1973-1980)
£39.99
Release date: 28/01/2022
Time Capsule Various - Lèspri Ka: New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010
'gwoka' has always sought to express the spirit of independence and resistance authentic to Guadeloupe. Time Capsule release this defining collection.
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Various - Lèspri Ka: New Directions in Gwo Ka Music from Guadeloupe 1981-2010
£27.99
We Are Busy Bodies Vis-A-Vis - Di Wo Ho Ni
We Are Busy Bodies exploration of Vis-A-Vis catalogue continues with a remastered reissue of their album Di Wo Ho Ni.
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Vis-A-Vis - Di Wo Ho Ni
£33.99
Analog Africa Various - Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984
Essiebons Special features a selection of obscure workouts from some of the label's heaviest hitters.
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Various - Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984
£29.99
Knitting Factory Records Fela Kuti - Box Set 5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin and Femi Kuti
Box Set #5 was co-curated by Fela's son, world-renowned multi-instrumentalist and Afrobeat ambassador, Femi Kuti, and Chris Martin (Coldplay).
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Fela Kuti - Box Set 5 Co-Curated by Chris Martin and Femi Kuti
£94.99
Luaka Bop William Onyeabor - Anything You Sow
Luaka Bop finally unleashes single vinyl editions of all the William Onyeabor classic albums !
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William Onyeabor - Anything You Sow
£24.99
Honest Jon's Records Various - The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From Congo 1954-55
This album uncovers the dizzy beginnings of the golden age of African music.
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Various - The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo From Congo 1954-55
£18.99
Comet Records Tony Allen - Jealousy
Produced by Fela Kuti in 1975, Allen’s first solo album with Afrika 70 is light on its feet yet deeply settled, spacious yet bursting with magical talent.
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Tony Allen - Jealousy
£28.99
Comet Records Tony Allen - No Discrimination
Tony Allen’s first 4 solo albums, recorded with Afrika 70 at the height of their power as Fela Kuti’s band, are seminal recordings in the pantheon of afrobeat.
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Tony Allen - No Discrimination
£29.99
Comet Records Tony Allen - Progress
Progress, starts with a bang and never loses steam - a performance so fierce that it stands alongside Fela Kuti’s most powerful anthems.
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Tony Allen - Progress
£28.99
Kalita Records Wilson Boateng - Asew Watchman
The first ever re-release of ‘Asew Watchman’ and ‘Mabre Agu’, two phenomenal pieces of Ghanaian boogie / burger highlife.
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Wilson Boateng - Asew Watchman
£12.99
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