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Soundway present a very limited vinyl-only re-issue of an obscure LP by the enigmatic Nigerian artist Easy Kabaka Brown. The LP was originally released and recorded by Philips / Phonogram in 1976 and only sold in very small numbers. Musically it's a intriguing mix of mostly Nigerian highlife with a bit of afro-jazz sung in the language of Kalabari from the Delta region of Southern Nigeria.  From the bouncy good times of Belema to the deeper extended afro workout of Agboho this unique album stands out from thousands of others of it's time with a sound of its own that draws on many influences, with Congolese and latin touches to jazz trumpet and psychedelic organ lines.

Easy Kabaka Brown (Opotopo was his nickname) was a versatile and eccentric musician who recorded two full length albums (this is the first) and only a couple of 45s. We at Soundway have deemed this record way too sweet  to be forgotten, only to gradually ebb away and disappear with time. It's a record that will give you a golden, warm feeling. Your toes will tap, your face should smile and it certainly deserves to be heard by far more than only the few hundred people who bought it nearly 40 years ago. Strictly limited to 1000 x 180g vinyl copies and released in a rigid paste-on sleeve, these will not last long so don't sleep!

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Easy Kabaka Brown - Belema

Renouveau - Amadou Balaké et Les 5 consuls

Juçar Marçal e Kiko Dinucci - Padê - 2008
(KIko Dinucci/Fabiano Ramos Torres)

Machado de Xangô

Juçara Marçal e Kiko Dinucci - Padê - 2008
(Kiko Dinucci)

Atotô

Macaco Mata el Toro - Batata y su Rumba Palenquera / FEAT VIVIANO TORRES & Rigo Star

ALEGRES AMBULANCIAS 

production recorded by Lucas Silva for Palenque Records in 1999 

live in SAN BASILIO DE PALENQUE 

GRACIELA SALGADO Y PAULINO SALGADO BATATA - EN EL TAMBOR ALEGRE!!

Las Alegres Ambulancias - MACACO MATA EL TORO

From the upcoming compilation: 
Analog Africa No.11 - Le Super Borgou de Parakou - The Bariba Sound
Release date: 27th Mars 2012

Wegne´Nda M´Banda (Bariba Soul) - Le Super Borgou de Parakou

From the upcoming release:
Analog Africa No.11 - Le Super Borgou de Parakou - The Bariba Sound
Release date: 27th Mars 2012

Sembe Sembe Boudou (Folklore Dendi) - Le Super Borgou de Parakou

Un adelanto de lo que será el disco de Ondatrópica

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Ondatrópica - Bomba Trópica

Tam Tam Mandingue Winston-Salem Advanced Class performing Kassa 
Djembe solo 1: Bill Scheidt 
djembe solo 2: Forrest Mattthews 
djembe acc 1 : Dave Fairall 
djembe acc 2 : Sally Dunlap 
Dununba: Leah Roy 
Kenkeni Melissa Marley 
Sangban: Carol Friedmann

1 Kassa mp3

Tam Tam Mandingue Winston-Salem Advanced Class performing Soli Rapide
Djembe solo 1: Forrest Matthews
djembe solo 2: Bill Scheidt
djembe solo 3: Forrest Matthews 
djembe acc 1 : Dave Fairall 
djembe acc 2 : Sally Dunlap 
Dununba: Leah Roy 
Kenkeni Melissa Marley 
Sangban: Carol Friedmann

2 Soli Rapide mp3

Tam Tam Mandingue Winston-Salem Advanced Class performing Sou
Djembe solo 1: Forrest Matthews 
djembe solo 2: Bill Scheidt
djembe acc 1 : Dave Fairall 
djembe acc 2 : Sally Dunlap 
Dununba: Leah Roy 
Kenkeni Melissa Marley 
Sangban: Carol Friedmann

3 Sou mp3

California Dreaming performed live by the Afrolicious band @ the legendary Red Rocks opening for Thievery Corporation and Beats Antique. The band and crowd all had a blast. A night for the record books!

Pleasuremaker- guitar and vocals
Fresh is Life - vocals
Wendell Rand - bass
Will Magid - trumpet
Ziek McCarter - vocals
Enrique Padilla - percussion
Diamond Vibes - vocals and percussion
Izzy*Wise - programming, dj
Paul Oliphant - drum kit
Kate Pittard - alto sax
Aaron Leibowitz - tenor sax
Zeb Early - guitar

California Dreaming Live @ Red Rocks 8-10-12

From the upcoming Compilation "Diablos Del Ritmo" - The colombian Melting Pot 1960 - 1985

double CD, 2x Double LP - coming out early November!
After half a decade in which seven expeditions were made to Barranquilla, Analog Africa is honored to present “Diablos del Ritmo,” an anthology of - and tribute to - the immense sound of 1970s Colombia. Thousands of records were collected, boiling down to a colorfully diverse selection of 32 tracks (available on Double CD, 2 x Double LP and digital format), Split between Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Psychedelia-inspired rhythms on Part.1 and an array of danceable tropical rhythms on Part.2

Lumbalú - Calixto Ochoa  y Los Papaupas

Wasamayé - Wasamayé Rock Group

From the upcoming Compilation "Diablos Del Ritmo" - The colombian Melting Pot 1960 - 1985

After half a decade in which seven expeditions were made to Barranquilla, Analog Africa is honored to present “Diablos del Ritmo,” an anthology of - and tribute to - the immense sound of 60/70s Colombia. Thousands of records were collected, boiling down to a colorfully diverse selection of 32 tracks (available on Double CD, 2 x Double LP and digital format), Split between Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Psychedelia-inspired rhythms on Part.1 and an array of danceable tropical rhythms on Part.2

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Busca la Careta - Andrés Landero

From the Compilation "Diablos Del Ritmo" - The colombian Melting Pot 1960 - 1985

After half a decade in which seven expeditions were made to Barranquilla, Analog Africa is honored to present “Diablos del Ritmo,” an anthology of - and tribute to - the immense sound of 1970s Colombia. Thousands of records were collected, boiling down to a colorfully diverse selection of 32 tracks (available on Double CD, 2 x Double LP and digital format), Split between Afrobeat, Afrofunk, Psychedelia-inspired rhythms on Part 1 and an array of danceable tropical rhythms on Part 2

Bajo El Trupillo Guajiro - Sexteto Manaure

Incenso (aovivo)

Mambo Loco - Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto

Los Vecinos - Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto

Que Paso - Anibal Velasque y su Conjunto

Our First 7inch single comes from Benin City in Nigeria. Solo Hit an Obscure artist with a very twisted and funky sound, discovered and produced by the legendary musician Victor Uwaifo. The record comes in a beautiful cover made in Thailand, hand stamped and numbered. Strictly limited to 1500 copies. Price 7,50€ - You can pre-order your copy directly with us at montanez@analogafrica.com or info@analogafrica.com. Release date is end of February. Thanks for your support!

Solo Hit - Imoikeme (Limited to 1500 copies)

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Solo Hit - Ododo (Limited to 1500 Copies)

Musique mandingue (Salif Keita) - Folon

Available on Analog Africa No.13 - The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk
Release date: April 30th

A OO IDA - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

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When you meet Samba Touré in person, he comes off as a soft-spoken man, a man who easily charms you with his abundant smile and optimistic gait. But on his third album, Albala, which in the Songhai language means “danger” or “risk”, a weighted and at times defiant side of his personality emerges. To call Albala his darkest album is an understatement, but it is not a self-absorbed darkness. The cause of Touré’s worry is the crashing world around him, and more specifically the troubles echoing out from his beloved northern Mali homeland.

The last year has brought cataclysmic change and upheaval to northern Mali. The tragic details of this have been globally reported, so there is little point in sensationalizing them here. But the cumulative effect of these events on Samba’s music seems palpable. There is an added gravity to his voice and his words, an additional sting to his electric guitar; there are sharper edges and more complex undertones in his musical arrangements. 

On “Fondora (Leave Our Road)” Samba sings with indignation:
I say, leave our road/ All killers leave our road/ Thieves leave our road
Looters, leave our road/ Rapists, leave our road/ Betrayers, leave our road

And on the haunting “Ago Djamba (Life Betrays Us)” Touré warns: We do not all have the same opportunities/ Here, nobody is born rich but we all have the same value/ Life betrays us.

As a band member, and valued collaborator of the late Malian legend Ali Farka Touré, Samba established a significant reputation, and through his first two solo albums Songhai Blues and Crocodile Blues (World Music Network) his confidence and musical prowess grew proportionately. 

But Albala is a new flash point. There is more power, there is more grit, the mood is deeper, and aptly, given the album’s title, Touré takes more musical risks.

Recorded at Studio Mali in Bamako, in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by his regular band members Djimé Sissoko (n’goni ) and Madou Sanogo (congas, djembe) and guests such as the legendary, master of the soku (a one-stringed violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists) contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards.

On the opening song, “Be Ki Don”,Samba sings: “Everybody welcomes Samba Touré.”
With an album as soulful and captivating as Albala, that might not be an over-statement.

Samba Touré - Bana

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'Troubles' is the new album from Dirtmusic - Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) and Hugo Race (Fatalists/True Spirit/Bad Seeds) - recorded in Bamako, Mali, in September 2012 during the high-tension and tragic recent crisis - hence the name, 'Troubles'.

Originally a trio with Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine), Dirtmusic released their eponymous debut in 2007, a gritty collection of acoustic ballads drawn from their American and Australian frontier roots. The band's explorations of raw, psych-folk-rock then took a radical detour out to the Saharan desert, to Timbuktu, performing at the legendary Festival-au-Desert.

Dirtmusic's encounter at the Festival-au-Desert with the Tuareg band Tamikrest was the catalyst for the second album, BKO (2010), a classic, one-of-a-kind trip through the interzone between 'western' and Tamasheq desert rock. The two bands toured Europe extensively and the album received major shout outs from both the rock/pop and "world" music press:

"BKO is a collection of dusty, yearning songs growled out over a nicely fused acoustic/electric mix... The atmosphere is infectious" - Uncut

"A different take on African rock... it's not Africa subsumed by the west but a genuine, equal meeting" - Froots

With the departure of Chris Brokaw, Race and Eckman decided to head further 'upriver', composing and recording an album from scratch in full collaboration with a select crew of Malian artists. Dirtmusic arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako with notebooks of lyrics, but without written songs or preconceived strategies. Drawing on musicians from the Ben Zabo and Samba Toure bands as a core rhythm section, Race and Eckman produced the sessions on the dance floor of Salif Keita's Moffou Club, inviting in guest vocalists including not only Ben Zabo and Samba Toure, but also Virginie Dembele (from the Rokia Traore ensemble), rising star Aminata Wassidje Traore and soku-master Zoumana Tereta.

There are many voices telling stories on 'Troubles', singing in Songhai, Bambara, Tamasheq and English, stories of war and peace and love and doubt in the shadow of an oncoming storm, and like a musical version of cinema verite, everything is real, in-the-moment and utterly direct. Inspired by the collision between West African rhythms, digital sorcery and rock'n'roll, Troubles is a singular and border-slicing musical journey. And Troubles is only the first release from the sessions, with a second volume in the pipeline for a release on Glitterbeat in early 2014.

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Dirtmusic - La Paix

The first release on Que Bajo records, Uproot Andy’s Worldwide Ting Vol. 1, is a 5 song EP of club ready remixes. 5 different musical styles from 5 different countries, all re-imagined with that special Uproot Andy touch.

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Mangala Special (Uproot Andy RMX) - Kabaka International Guitar Band

Taken from Analog Africa No.11 - the Bariba Sound, hailed from the northern city of Parakou in Benin. Twisted afrobeat of a different kind....finally!!

Ko Guere (Folklore Bariba) - Super Borgou de Parakou

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Tamikrest means “crossing” in the language of the Kel Tamashek, a traditionally nomadic Saharan people that are commonly referred to as the Tuaregs. It is an apt name for a band that so successfully merges the values of their timeless culture with the sounds and visions they have encountered on a headlong journey to the concert stages and ipods of the world. 

Since the band emerged onto the international scene four years ago with their debut album “Adagh”, they have been in constant motion, moving between the Sahara and Europe as though these places were next-door neighbors. All the while, during this same time period, their homeland has suffered increasingly profound and catastrophic events. Originally hailing from Kidal, in the northeast of Mali, as the result of ongoing war, persecution and political collapse most of the band now lives in exile in Algeria. 

These last years have been intensely vivid for Tamikrest, defined as they have been by both tragic sadness (families and friends turned refugees, the brutal imposition of Sharia law in their hometown) and collective growth (their musical dreams building one upon another). 

Their new album “Chatma”, their third, deftly navigates these experiences and fashions them into a fully persuasive and poetic musical document. The album is filled with sober reflection, moral indignation, musical experimentation, cultural celebration and the kick of rock and roll.

“Chatma” is also Tamikrest’s first album to be wholly written around a defined theme. In Tamashek “Chatma” means “Sisters” and the band has dedicated the album in their own words to: “the courage of the Tuareg women, who have ensured both their children's survival and the morals of their fathers and brothers.” 

The opening track “Tisnant an Chatma (The suffering of my sisters)” is a heartbreaking homage: « Who can estimate the suffering felt by the soul / of one who sees her sisters exhausted from waiting/ of one who sees her sisters exhausted from waiting between countries, in deep distress /and daily oppression? « 

Fittingly for an album so lyrically evocative, “Chatma “ also delivers Tamikrest's most wide-screen and wide-ranging sonic statement to date. The infectious, sing-along rock stylings of "Imanin bas zihoun", the acoustic seduction of “Adounia tabarat”, the Pink Floyd influenced montage "Assikal" and the lush, melancholy ambiance of the albums finale, “Timtar”, all add up to a sustained audio adventure. Echoes of dub, blues, psychedelia, funk and even art-rock are seamlessly weaved by Tamikrest into their increasingly individual take on the Tuareg musical tradition. 

And on an album where the title translates as "Sisters", it makes perfect sense that this time around we hear the full emergence of the haunting voice of female vocalist Wonou Walet Sidati in tandem with lead vocalist Ousmane Ag Mossa. A new guitarist, Paul Salvagnac has also joined the band, bringing with him fresh textures and possibilities.

Contemporary Tuareg music has produced several unforgettable albums in recent years and "Chatma" certainly deserves to be ranked with these. But one also gets the sense, when listening to “Chatma” that there is something uniquely innovative and exploratory about Tamikrest's musical quest and that at last they have stepped into a wide-open space of their own.
 
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