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Kokoroko - Kokoroko
This is not idle music! London has long been a hotbed for experimentation for music from West Africa, and it’s into this global-local story that we can situate London’s newest afrobeat innovators:...
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The Brighton Beat - Live at the Clayton Opera House
Funky afro-beat big band The Brighton Beat added a vocalist to the mix in 2017. With Ryan Nava holding the mike (and adding extra percussion too) the band has broadened their sound even further. Case...
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London Afrobeat Collective – Humans
Hard-driving, politically-charged, rhythmic, irresistibly-danceable music; what else could be expected from a band that mixes influences from Fela Kuti, Parliament/Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, and Nile...
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It' so sad: RIP MANU DIBANGO!!!
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The musician Manu Dibango, who has died aged 86 after being treated for Covid-19, covered a vast spectrum of styles, from traditional African roots music to jazz,...
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Femi Kuti & Made Kuti – Legacy
The influence of the legendary Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti is displayed gloriously with the next two Kuti generations connecting on this joint release. Legacy + is in fact two albums, with...
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Reissue of "Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey" (Superlfly Records)
I finally received my vinyl of "Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey" re-issue from Superfly Records ... and it's amazing as always with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo... - - - - - - - **1000 copies**...
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Recently discovered ... positively surprised: BCUC - Our Truth
A stone’s throw from the church where Desmond Tutu organised the escape of the most wanted anti-Apartheid activists of Soweto, the BCUC band rehearses in a shipping container-turned-community...
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BCUC - Emakhosini
Hailing from South Africa, the seven-piece band BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) has released their newest album Emakhosini, an EP featuring three tracks that capture the sound of ancestral,...
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From Portugal/ Brazil: Carapaus Afrobeat - Dois
Shortly after arriving in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2017, guitarist Zé Victor Gottardi joined eight more Brazilian and Portuguese musicians to form Carapaus Afrobeat. Before landing on the old continent,...
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Pierre Sandwidi – Le Troubadour De La Savane
Twenty years after he died, french label Born Bad Records pays tribute to Pierre Sandwidi, one of West Africa’s most outstanding and adamant artist. Born in 1947 in Boulsa, a small village in...
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From Lithuania: Ojibo Afrobeat
Unfortunately cannot find any information ...Ojibo Afrobeat @facebook.com@soundcloud.com
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Vaudou Game - Noussin
African, funky, sarcastic, bewitching, green, ecstatic: these words collide to describe Vaudou Game and all of them are true. Noussin is the fourth album of the french Afro Funk band. Forced into...
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Joro - Manipulation EP
Long JORO are a 10-piece afrobeat band from London, England. The band formed in early 2016 and released their selfrecorded EP in July 2016. This release featured a mix of original music and new...
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V.A. Edo Funk Explosion Volume 1 (by analogafrica)
It was in Benin City, in the heart of Nigeria, that a new hybrid of intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk was born. It first emerged in the late 1970s when a group of musicians began to...
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey - Le Sato
Acid Jazz Records continue their exclusive licensing agreement with Albarika Store, the legendary record label that defined the sound of Benin and influenced the entire region of West Africa and...
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From Chile: Newen Afrobeat- Curiche
Second LP from Newen Afrobeat that resume the research of the chilean orchestra with the masters of afrobeat and their visits to afrobeat´s homeland in Lagos, Nigeria. A extremely energetic album that...
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Songhoy Blues - Optimisme
It’s impossible to separate Songhoy Blues and politics. Formed in 2012 as a direct result of being forced from their homes, after rebel jihadists took control of northern Mali and outlawed all music,...
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Cameroon Garage Funk (by analog africa)
Yaoundé, in the 1970´s, was a buzzing place. Every neighbourhood of Cameroon´s capital, no matter how dodgy, was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise...
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Bombino - Nomad
The meeting of western rock stars and non-western musicians is so fraught with potential pitfalls, it's a wonder any decent records ever come of it at all. Cross-pollination is hampered by gaps in...
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Cameroon Garage Funk (Pt. II)
The globe-trotting team over at Analog Africa are at it again, delivering another beautifully crafted package that shines a light and some of the lost scenes of yesteryear. After 15 years in the game,...
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Los Camaroes - A Journey Into Cameroonian Music
For its 3rd releases, Nubiphone is proud to present you a compilation of the best early 7inch releases of the mythical Cameroonian band Los Camaroes. 10 raw tracks taken from various singles from 1968...
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Johnny! – Karl Hector presents: Johnny!
Ghanaian Afro-Rock from German producer/composer JJ Whitefield, inspired by his Karl Hector & The Malcouns and Whitefield Brothers projects.Fans of Zamrock, Ebo Taylor, Khruangbin and William...
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Digging deeper into forgotten corners of global groove
Originally published by BY ROB GARRATT @ allaboutjazz.com, October 21, 2020For casual but curious collectors of eclectic sounds and global grooves, Analog Africa might be the Holy Grail. Since being...
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Essiebons Special 1973 - 1984 (Ghana Music Power House) by analogafrica
One of the most interesting tracks on Essiebons Special 1973–1984 Ghana Music Power House is Joe Meah’s mysterious "Dee Mmaa Pe". It’s not mentioned in the compilation’s accompanying booklet, and Joe...
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From Capo Verde: Bitori
In 1997, a quiet, unassuming man of 59 years old named Victor Tavares - better know as Bitori - walks into a studio for the very first time to record a masterpiece which many Cabo Verdean consider to...
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