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My Re-Edit of this awesome disco track from Africa. I made some of the nicer bits go on for longer, and added a breakdown / build-up in the middle to help everyone on the dance floor.

Oh Ye Soweto (Jadell Re - Edit)

Sneak peak of the forthcoming twelve from Afro7 records. Two mid 80s Kikuyu Disco Bombs by Julius Kangethe. Extended Edit and Rework by Didier Selin.

KIRU STARS (Julius Kangethe BYLAW / Didier Selin extended mix) 'FAMILY PLANNING' Snippet

More infos on our website : http://www.phonographecorp.com/2016/01/huitieme-edit-pour-discomatin/
You can also follow @Discomatin

Le nouvel after parisien lancé par Mag Spencer, Saint-James et Julia, en plus de vous faire danser le matin, vous offre ses edits en téléchargement libre. Une exclusivité Phonographe Corp.

Discomatin - Nous Les Filles (Mag Spencer Edit)- FREE DL

DC Promo Tracks #16 is from the forth coming sampler 12" on my favorite new label @ken-oath-records. 

Pre-Order: 
http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/80175-ken001-ken001-va

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DC Promo Tracks #16: Low Flung "Floaty Time"

First release in our own East Africa reissue series. Fantastic doublesider from Somalia. Heavy backbone flipped sax and great vocals sung by the late Faadumo Qaasim. Flip it and you have the crazy Berflasana by Ahmed Sharief Yusuf. Top sound for your home stereo or play in the clubs. Limited release. American pressed 45’s with uk centre pullout (just like original Kenya singles!) Comes in custom AFRO7 silkscreen pressed sleeves. Ships in week 21.

Faduma Kassim MAJOGO

Taarab doublesider killer! Harambe with it's insane R&B groove riff, flip it and you have the crazy liverpool track. Originally from mid 60s aimed for the growing tourism in Mombasa and it's regions. Both tracks officially licensed on our inhouse label. Comes in tasty Afro7 sleeve with original label design. Head over to afro7.net READ THE FULL STORY and get your copy today!

Harambe / Liverpool

Mac & Party Harambe / Liverpool - New Afro7 single!

Very sought after Synth-pop stepper. We're so happy we got an extra copy of this apart from our own.  Don't sleep!

contact@magicteapotrecords.com

Bandolero ‎"Rêves Noirs" - 7" Flarenasch, France 1989 - SOLD

2. Sau Poler - Enniocamente

‘Sham’ Taken from my debut album 01DEAS 
released 23/03 on R&S Records  http://smarturl.it/01DEAS

A1. Eddies
A2. Crime Jazz
A3. Can’t Breathe (feat. Anushka)
A4. Hi Top Remix (feat A-F-R-O)
B1. Sham
B2. Mike’s Afro (feat Gatto Fritto)
B3. Mbira
C1.  Revenge (feat Rutendo Machiridza)
C2. Strings
C3. Needy
D1. Mr. Brown
D2. Broken
D3. Radiance

01DEAS

Sham

Boys From Patagonia - It's So Exciting (High Jingo Love Love Rework)

We bring you the latest news from the Kenyan coast! Afro7 presents Mombasa Roots… This 5-track EP features the group's synth excavations from the 80s: Karibishe, Mezea Tu (Lele Mama) and Kasha Langu. On the flip side both tracks from their late seventies private disco seven inch, What Is It That You Want and My Everything. Frank the Carvery has inserted new life in all tracks and mastered them loud for dancefloor action! EP comes in super deluxe cardboard jacket made in Thailand with silk screened coastal-inspired artwork made by California resident Steve Roden. This is the first time these tracks are being reissued. Limited release, one copy per customer. Read the story of the Band by Jumanne Thomas on Afro7.net

Mombasa Roots EP

Mombasa Roots EP - New Afro7 twelve - preorder now!

From our PST 1 EP. visit our Bandcamp page to listen and purchase. Mastered by Erick Labson.

All songs by Project Sandro (Rollmottle and Tony Watson) 
Recorded and mixed at SENTRALL Sound in Los Angeles, CA. 
Mastered by Erick Labson at United Recording Studios. 
Cover art by Morgan Corum.

PST 1

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Project Sandro "Tears"

Lungile Masitha was the short-lived studio name for renowned SA artist Sello ‘Chicco’ Twala, who played with such iconic bands as Harari and Umoja. However, in the mid 80’s his name was under license to one of the major labels and in an effort for self-expression recorded under the name ‘Lungile Masitha’, here he linked up with long term friend Jimmy Mngwandi to co-write and arrange the two tracks ‘Vuyani’ & ‘Makoti’, both sung in his native Tsongan tongue. Vuyani is an upbeat tune that matches Chicco’s unique vocal style with percolating drums and distorted choruses to incredible effect, while Makoti is a mellower blend of floating keys and choruses sung by local kids in an effort to expose “emerging talent”. Due out Jan 29th, distro through Rushhour.

Makoti

The Cranes were one of Uganda’s most popular teenage bands in the 1970’s. Founded in 1965, they metamorphosed at the end of the 1970’s into the Afrigo Band which is still, up to today, the number one band in the country. What’s love and Joy, both written by singer and guitarist Tony Senkebejje, appeared in 1974 on the only Cranes’ LP ‘Top Ten Hits’.
When the album hit the record stores in Kampala, bad luck had befallen The Cranes. A month before the recording of the album their bass player Jessy Kasirivu was killed because of President Idi Amin’s amorous association with his girlfriend. Senkebejje, scared for his life, fled to Kenya, only returning to Uganda 15 years later. The song What’s love describes how confusing love can be to a young soul and is partly inspired by Kasirivu’s death. Joy is a love song for Senkebejje’s wife Rachel who followed him to Kenya and who has been singing lead and playing guitar with him in their Simba Sounds Band ever since. Both songs feature prominently in the documentary Bwana Jogoo: the ballad of Jessy Gitta (2019 – 70 min – UG/NL/FR) which investigates the death of Jessy Kasisirvu at the hands of Idi Amin‘s State Research agents. Bwana Jogoo, directed by Dutch filmmaker Michiel van Oosterhout, showcases many great 1970’s songs from Uganda while letting Uganda’s musicians of yesteryears recount fond memories of one of their own, Jessy Kasirivu. These are the folks that worked and socialized with Jessy and knew him better than most. Their accounts of the events that led to Jessy’s disappearance are riveting and haunting. It lays bare a hitherto unexplored subject and one deserving of serious interrogation and scholarship – the naked power of authoritarianism and sexual predation.

The Cranes

The Cranes What's Love/Joy New Afro7 single - snippets

The only released LP by Burundian band Amabano from 1987 has been given the Afro7 reissue treatment.
In their extensive song repertoire, the band crosses styles into funky psych territory with a good dose of guitar, but not without Congolese and Burundian folklore influences.

A must listen for fans of East African music by the most influential Burundian group of the past four decades.

The reissue comes with extensive liner notes on the band’s history and their background within the Burundian music scene.

Mombasa Roots EP - New Afro7 twelve - preorder now!

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