the new star from Nigerian Highlife music. 
New album ! !

Obi Cubana - Oliver Nayoka - New Album - Igbo Highlife from Nigeria

A.B. Crentsil is a heavyweight of Highlife music, from Ghana. 

 In 1992, musician Charles Amoah and producer Richie Osei Kuffour offered him the opportunity to explore a new popular sound: Bürger Highlife. 

Little did he know these studio sessions would give birth to the biggest song of his career.

Preorder Vinyl and High res digital ➡️https://secousse.bandcamp.com/album/obi-baa-wiase

A Secousse x Hot Mule records partnership

A.B. Crentsil - Obi Baa Wiase (Snippet)

Kalita are proud to announce the first ever 7” single reissue of what is possibly the most coveted gospel disco record in existence, the Al-Dos Band’s soulful masterpiece ‘Doing Our Thing With Pride’. This iconic reissue is backed by the band’s previously unreleased recording ‘Love Jones Coming Down’. At long last, Kalita revives this South Carolinian grail single, housed in a limited-edition picture sleeve.

Originally penned and produced in 1976 by husband-and-wife duo William and Elizabeth Robinson in Greenville, South Carolina – a city steeped in musical heritage – the record was released in a run of just 200 copies the following year on their own label, Warmer Productions. ‘Doing Our Thing With Pride’ epitomises the best in uplifting crossover gospel disco, equally suited to both peaceful listening and dancefloor action.

Despite garnering some attention upon its original release, the single struggled to make headway against the prevailing music forces of the time. Coupled with mounting academic and familial obligations, the release faded into obscurity, eventually becoming a highly sought-after gem, commanding exorbitant prices whenever an original copy surfaced for sale—a rarity that occurred only once every decade.

Now, following their successful unearthing of the band’s unreleased album in 2021, Kalita present this remarkable record in a limited-edition 7” picture sleeve single.

Doing Our Thing With Pride

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A. Al-Dos Band - Doing Our Thing With Pride

Some African records that got a lot of play at la Casa. the early days
Selected and mixed by Dene April 2014

Wulomei - Mibe Shi Din
Wganda Kenya- Yoro
Kyeremateng stars- i go die for you
Boncana Maiga-Gabero
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Victor Uwaifo
betty osagwona- some frens
Muwei Power- Yamba Sowe
Slim Young- Otan Hunu
Tala andre Marie-Sugar Lump
Gyedu-Hi Life
umoja-feel the fire
terry mackson-i love you johnny
jane coleman- love got a hold on me
dizzy k-bad boy
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka - every woman needs a man
veno-groove i like
I.C rock- advice
Jombo-Squeeze me
Lumba brothers- nom nsou twen ope

L'Afrique danse

KING ROBERT EBIZIMOR - SIBONESUOMO

Pat Thomas - Coming Home
Out 30th September on Strut
Order: https://strut.lnk.to/PatThomasComingHomeSo

Tracklist:
PAT THOMAS - AWURADE MPAEBO
NYAME BEKYERE BAND - AWULADE
BOOM TALENTS - ANOKWAFO
DIPLOMATS DANCE BAND - EMMA NO NNYE ANSA
BLACK STAR LINE - MOKO EFEE EKO DA
OGYATANAA SHOWBAND - OSUO AMUNA
PAT THOMAS & MARIJATA - LET’S THINK IT OVER
NZEMA - ME SEKE ME NYULU
MERINGUE & THE PILSENERS - UNKNOWN
O.P.K - YENFA ANIKAN NKO ASAMANDO
BRIGADE DANCE BAND - WUO ASENKE
F. MICAH’S BAND - KA NO NANIM
UNITY STARS BAND - MESOAFO NE HWAN
REPUBLICANS DANCE BAND - ODO YE WU
GHANA POLICE BAND - JOLLY WO HEN
PAT THOMAS & THE BIG ‘7’ - EYE COLO
E.K’S BAND - MAN DEYTIRE

Duncan Brooker - Ghana 45 Mix: Highlife & Afro Blues '69-'76 Pat Thomas & Friends

03 Anamele Chi

Kalita Records and CC:EDITIONS (a new venture by Australia’s CC:DISCO) jointly announce a 12” EP comprised of four of Nana Tuffour’s greatest electronic burger highlife tracks, accompanied by
interview-based liner notes. Here, in partnership with Nana, we select two highly sought-after songs from his 1993 release ‘Genesis’, namely ‘Sikyi Medley’ and ‘M’Anu Me Ho’, and pair them his with two lesser known yet equally deserving tracks ‘Asamando’ and ‘Jesus’ from his 1997 CD-only release ‘Highlife Tropicana’.

Hailing from Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region in Ghana, Nana Tuffour is by far one of the most important exponents of modern highlife music. He studied piano at college and cut his teeth in
the '70s as an organist and vocalist for the incomparable Kyeremanteng Atwede and Dr. K Gyasi’s Noble Kings Band. Fast forward to 1981 and Ghana was at the apex of its golden age of music. This era was brought to an abrupt end by political upheaval when the military took over the government and as a result a restrictive dusk to dawn curfew was imposed between 1982 and 1984. This resulted
in a total obliteration of the country's night life, and Nana just like many other prominent musicians including Pat Thomas and George Darko left Ghana for greener pastures, the most popular destinations being Nigeria and Germany. The Rheinklang Studio in Düsseldorf run by a young inimitable German sound engineer Bodo Staiger and another “exiled” Ghanaian musician Charles Amoah played a crucial role for those musicians who had chosen Germany. This studio became the focal point for Ghanaian musicians and the birthplace of a new sound, now known as 'Burger highlife' – traditional Ghanaian highlife infused with the more up to date electronic and disco sounds
of the West. It is arguable that Nana has played a crucial role in Burger highlife and developing the sound of traditional Ghanaian highlife more widely to what it is today, with his innovative use of
electronic accompaniment pushing its boundaries to its creative extremes.

It is Burger highlife's transcendence of traditional musical boundaries that helps make it so accessible to listeners, appealing not only to Ghanaians back home but now highly regarded and sought-after by those in the West interested in more occidental disco and electronic sounds. We hope that you enjoy the four songs offered here, each chosen to demonstrate Nana's singular influence on the development of Burger highlife.

Sikyi Medley

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Nana Tuffour - Sikyi Medley [Kalita Records]

Extracts of a live mix by DJ Mixanthrope - captured during "80's + 90's Obscure Gems & Mega Hits" on December 27th, 2018, at Monarch in Berlin, as part of the monthly "African Beats & Pieces" series.

00:00 Onyeka Onwenu - Ekwe
02:25 Bill Loko - Nem Lobo
07:31 Tabu Ley Rochereau - Hafi Deo
13:26 M'Bamina - Kilowi-Kilowi
19:04 Yta Jourias - Adome Nyueto
22:59 Sonny Okosuns - Mother & Child
26:11 Lokassa Ya M'Bongo - Koua Kou
31:29 Djoe Ahmed - Amek Amek
35:16 Expérience 7, Guy Houllier & Yves Honoré - Mwen ké déviré
39:41 Sadi Lancréot - Simao
44:44 Ray Lema - Mwan' Ame
49:59 Obed Ngobeni - Nwananga
52:53 Chicco - I Need Some Money
57:14 Koffi Olomide - Jeune Pato
1:02:06 Nimon Toki Lala - Ayele
1:07:20  Mory Kanté - Yeke Yeke
1:11:15 Letta Mbulu - The Village
1:15:35 Pengaudzoke - Pese Pandagarira
1:20:23 Hoigen Ekwalla - Il faut supporter
1:25:22 Damien Aziwa - Hors La loi
1:29:11 Joyce Beyal - Soukouma
1:31:42 Muda Sheda & Saron Tefera - Miso Negaya
1:35:13 Hakim - Al Salam Alikoum
1:37:43 Cheikha Djenia - Moute
1:41:05 RainaRaï - Hagda
1:44:01 Marcé - Grenn l'anmou
1:47:19 Oliver N'Goma - Bane
1:52:39 Milton - Mizik Nou
1:54:39 L'Orchestre Afro 70 - Bwanana Bibi Arusi
1:57:53 Esnard Boisdur - Mizik Bel
2:00:56 Charles Amoah - Di Ahurusi
2:04:50 Daddy Lumba - Aben Wo Aha
2:07:52 Ben Brako - Anokum
2:11:28 Sekouba Bambino - Sebema
2:17:32 Aminata Wassidjé Traoré - Alfouleila
2:20:30 Sekouba Bambino - Télégramme
2:23:42 Mohamed Diaby - Djangou Gallo
2:28:10 Djoke Djabate - Fote
2:32:10 King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Oremi
2:37:50 Philo De Iron Lady - Okwu Egho
2:42:40 Nelly Uchendu - Ezigbo Dim
2:45:42 GG Léopoldine - Walé Goupia
2:50:04 Patience Dabany & Tabu Ley Rochereau - Sango Ya Mawa
2:53:50 Simaro Massiya Lutumba - Maya
2:56:37 Nicole Amogho - Singa Soyi
3:00:12 Ofori Amponsah - Akua Ataa
3:05:32 Oumou Sangaré - Kun Fe Ko

African Beats & Pieces • "80's + 90's Gems & Hits", Dec. 2018 @ Monarch (Mixanthrope Live Mix)

Label: A & B Records 
Country: Ghana
Sortie: 1986

George Darko - Obi abayewa

Kalita are excited to announce the first ever official re-release of Cameroonian singer Jeannette N'Diaye's 1981 disco masterpiece 'Makom Ma Bobe', backed by an extended edit courtesy of Mendel!

Originally appearing as one of three tracks on 'Mut'a Mbamba', her 1981 single released on Cameroonian producer Jojo Ngalle's record label Disques Jojo, 'Makom Ma Bobe' has recently exploded as one of the most sought-after Afro-disco records out there, with prices becoming ever exceedingly eye-watering and copies ever harder to find. Now Kalita come to the rescue, offering a loud and remastered 12” single for all.

If that wasn’t enough, the single is also backed by an extended edit of 'Makom Ma Bobe', courtesy of Netherlands-based DJ and producer Mendel!

It’s fast, it’s euphoric and it’s lasers are to die for. What more could you want?

Makom Ma Bobe

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Jeannette N'Diaye - Makom Ma Bobe

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