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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

‘I Want, I Need,’ the debut single from Sydney disco-funk duo Midnight Pool Party.

Stream and download the original for free here: 
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Midnight Pool Party - I Want, I Need (LeMarquis Remix)

Cheb i Sabbah's Remix of Psychic TV's Lady Maybe (1996)

Lady Maybe (Cheb i Sabbah Remix (dub me maybe mix)

Dioud (Cheb I Sabbah Make Love Not War Remix)

Ibibio Sound Machine are set to release their debut LP through Soundway Records. Fronted by British / Nigerian vocalist Eno Williams, they combine elements of West African highlife, disco, post-punk & psychedelic electro soul. Preceded by the pulsating first single 'Let's Dance', ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’ will be released 17th March.

Folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother's South-Eastern Nigerian Ibibio language form the creative lyrical fabric of the album. A large dose of electronic elements and an approach as influenced by London as much as by West Africa, give the vocals and guitar lines space to breath without being overwhelmed.

From the banging sub-bass of 'Lets Dance' to the spiritual, gospel-tinged notes of the album's opening track 'Voice of the Bird', the band have turned in a dynamic and, at times, beautiful take on modern afro-soul music.

The 8-piece live band made their official live debut at this year's Transmusicales in France and will be a name to look out for in 2014

Ibibio Sound Machine - The Talking Fish (Asem Usem Iyak)

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Mario - Let Me Love You (LeMarquis Remix)

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IMHOTEP - KHEPER DUB LIVE MIX

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"Eclectic Italian producer Phonat has been praised by Skrillex as one of the most underrated artists on the scene. His latest single "Fire" feat. Jolie and the Key showcases his talent at delivering a throwback early-90s sound in addition to his trademark complexity. Now, "Fire" receives a rejuvenating pair of remixes that breathe new life into the track while maintaining that signature retro-meets-modern feel."

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Out now on OWSLA

Fire (feat. Jolie and the Key)

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Phonat - Fire (feat. Jolie and the Key) [Blende Remix]

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London Afrobeat Collective - Ole (iZem Remix)- Played by Gilles Peterson

Sunburst - Ave Africa, The Kitoto Sound Of East Africa 1973-1976
Out 24th June on Strut
Pre-order: http://strut.lnk.to/SunburstAveAfricaSo
Limited Demos Cassette Bundle: http://strut.lnk.to/SunburstBundleSo

On the occasion of the first-ever retrospective of Tanzanian Afro-Rock band Sunburst, longtime Strut associate and compiler of the Nigeria 70 series Duncan Brooker presents a selection of some of Sunburst's peers and contemporaries via this incredible mix of rare East African 45s. 

'Ave Africa: The Complete Recordings 1973-1976' is released 24th June on Strut. For a limited time, orders from the Strut web store & Bandcamp have the option to include a limited edition cassette featuring unreleased Sunburst demos recorded in Lusaka in 1976. 100 copies only!
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Track list:
1. SUNBURST - SIMBA ANGURUMA                  
2. NDARA MOYO - THAT’S THE WAY                 
3. SALOMON NGOUA - SHE’S GOT A SNAKE
4. NGOZI FAMILY - SUKUMA SEMEJI
5. SUNBURST - BANCHIKICHA
6. AFRO 70 - PEMBENYI MOTO
7. VIJANA JAZZ BAND - DIBWEWZE ZOGOLO JANGU
8. TABORA JAZZ BAND - HASIRA HASARA
9. SUNBURST - VIJANA
10. THE AFRO-KIDS - SHOREZA INYANGE
11. THE SAFARI TRIPPERS - MWANA MPOTEVU
12. MAQUIS DU ZAIRE - KASONGO
13. CASSIM COMBO – CHAKACHA
14. THE MIGHTY CAVALIERS - DUNIA INA MAMBO

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Duncan Brooker - East African 45s Mix [Sunburst Preview]

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Blackstreet - No Diggity feat Jackson Breit (Sylow Remix)FREE DOWNLOAD

This mix is a journey into some jamaïcan sounds which are under the influence of jazz and soul music. 
Those influences sometime come from the structure, from the mood or because of the choice of specific instruments like Fender rhodes, organ, flute, Ranglin's guitar, horns, clavinets, doublebass ... of course all this is topped with moody skanks and delays… Serve it with your finest old Rum. Highly recommanded !

SUMMER MIX 2016

From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, photographer Sory Sanlé documented a nation's transformation from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis. Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta provides an intimate look into the landlocked nation's pop culture explosion of the 1970s. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé's Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta's cultural capital. Accompanying this hardbound monograph are dozens of rare and evocative recordings spread over three discs by Bobo-Dioulasso's musical titans: Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Léopards. 

Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta

Volta Jazz - Wêrê Wêrê Magne

Calypso Rose x Calypso Queen (Mo laudi Remix)
Flavia Coelho - Por Cima (Mo laudi Remix)
Soukous Stars - Sweet Mother (Globalisto Sounsystem edit)
Calypso Rose - I Am African (Jillionaire Remix)
Calypso Rose - I Am African (Ivan Duran Remix)
Paleface Ft. Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)
Drake - One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)
Calypso Rose - Abatina
Wizkid - Final
Blessed by God - Legendary Beats (Avant Gard Club Music edit)
Ewa Baby - Flavour (So Shifty Edit)
Calypso Rose - No Madame
La Yegros - Chicha Roja
Calypso Rose - Leave me alone
Soca Boat - Mighty Shadow
Calypso Rose - Zoom Zoom Zoom
Oh Yeh Soweto  - Teaspoon
Angelina - Cayphus Semenya (Globalysto Sounsystem edit)
Calypso Rose - Abatina (Dollkraut Remix)
Calypso Rose - Abatina (Mawimbi Remix) 
Tribute - Justine Impiriale (Mo laudi screw edit)
Pablo Fierro - Herencia latina
Calypso Rose - Woman Smarter

‘Far From Home' Mixtape by Mo Laudi

‘Punkero Sonidero’ by Ondatrópica

Taken from the forthcoming Punkero Sonidero 7” - Released on 25th June

Available on 7” / Digital

Punkero Sonidero is the A side to the first single from Frente Cumbiero’s Mario Galeano and Will ‘Quantic’ Holland’s new all-star Colombian band Ondatrópica.

It is a raw, instrumental tune and with its analog synth bass and four-to-the-floor feel is the band's salute to the cumbia diaspora worldwide. It was one of the first tracks that the group recorded after they entered the famous Discos Fuentes studios in Medellín and so it seems fitting that it should be the first track to get cut to vinyl.

Ondatrópica brings together an all-star cast representing both the classic and modern styles of la musica Colombiana and features legendary figures (Fruko, Anibal Velasquez, Wilson Viveros, Michi Sarmiento to name a few) from Colombia’s rich musical past alongside younger Colombian musicians including members of both Mario’s band Frente Cumbeiro and Quantic’s Combo Barbaro as well as some specially invited guests.

‘I Ron Man’ is on the flip-side, a drunken take on Black Sabbath’s classic ‘Iron Man’ with a tongue-in-cheek title – ‘Ron’ being ‘Rum’ in Spanish

Ondatrópica - Punkero Sonidero

Soundway Records present ’24 Hours in A Disco 1978 - 82’, 7 cuts of relentless disco grooves from the sublimely gifted Kiki Gyan. Hailed as Africa’s answer to Stevie Wonder, Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist Kiki Gyan was a musical wunderkind who by 1975 had risen from the lowly status of high school dropout to being ranked eighth in a poll of the greatest keyboardists in the world (occupying the rarefied air of the top ten with heavyweights like Steve Winwood, Billy Preston, and Stevie Wonder) as well as becoming an in-demand session player in the top recording studios of London - all before his twenty-first birthday. 

Out on his own, he produced a series of highly ambitious disco records aimed at positioning him as an international star, but weighed down by the excesses of the era, Gyan saw his meteoric rise matched by an equally swift fall back into obscurity. 

Loved dearly by his contemporaries and sorely missed since his death in 2005 the story of the life of Kofi Kwarko ‘Kiki’ Gyan is one often told with warning by his friends to the new generation of aspiring Ghanaian popstars.

Soundway Records now collects the best of Gyan’s work as a frontman and solo artist, featuring an array of electrifying disco grooves that still sound contemporary (and in some cases futuristic) decades after their initial release.

Released on CD and 2xLP both formats are accompanied with detailed liner notes written by Uchenna Ikonne. LP version comes with a free MP3 download of the release. 

Kiki Gyan - Disco Dancer

Mash-Up of Cheb i Sabbah's Raja Vedalu (Cheb i Sabbah vs. Mettalica/Wax Audio).

And Krishna For All

In anticipation of the forthcoming Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s and '80s compilation, Soundway release a special remix and edit 12" featuring two tracks from the collection and two exclusives. 

The A side kicks off with Batida's remix of a 1977 benga 45 (Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe) from the Mbiri Young Stars.  Fast 120bpm plus 4/4 rhythms with liquid guitars and machine-gun drumming are married with kuduro drum programming. Second up and surging with sub bass, British production duo The Busy Twist inject The Kalambya Boys' Kivelenge (also from 1977) with a slice of London club culture. Many late 70s Kenyan benga 45s were cut loud and heavy with often ludicrous amounts of low end squeezed onto sides that technically shouldn’t have exceeded three-and-a-half mins but frequently topped five. Perfect fodder for remixes these cuts were way ahead of their time production-wise and sound even more amazing considering the limited equipment Kenyan engineers had at their disposal in the late '70s.

On the flip Sofrito's Frankie Francis subtly tweaks a sublime Nairobi Matata Jazz track from the mid '70s: focusing on the wobbly guitar lines and letting the blaring horns speak for themselves. Consisting of both Kenyan and Congolese musicians Nairobi Matata Jazz were a perfect example of how rumba from Congo (which consumed East Africa in the 1970s) was blended with rat-a-tat-tat benga style Kenyan drum patterns and Swahili language vocals. These same rhythms are in full effect on the last track by the Gatanga Boys Band, edited and chopped up by Hide and Smile (Frankie Francis and Miles Cleret) - super fast instrumental benga guitar and drum interplay, heavy on the cymbals and dynamite on the floor.

A2 - Kalambya Boys - Kivelenge (The Busy Twist Remix)

Taken from Novalima's "Karimba Diabolic Remixes" album - out June 25th on Wonderwheel Recordings. 

Pre-Order CD here- http://wonderwheel.11spot.com/

Wonderwheel Recordings is proud to present Karimba Diabolic Remixed, a brand new remix album from the Peruvian future roots collective Novalima.  Founded by four friends from Lima with a shared passion for both traditional Afro-Peruvian music and modern DJ culture, Novalima searches for the common ground between past and future, between tradition and innovation. Being one of their home countries hottest exports, (where they have gone platinum) their efforts have a helped bridge the divide between the Peruvian mainstream and the Afro-Peruvian community, a minority population that has struggled against discrimination and the threat of cultural dissolution for generations. Outside of Peru, Novalima has garnered critical acclaim from mainstream and underground media alike, a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album, and a featured spot in cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez’s hit Mexploitation movie Machete. 

Here on Karimba Diabolic Remixed, Novalima has hand selected some of their favorite remixers to re-interpret last year’s Karimba album to their own vision. The choice of remixers also reflects Novalima’s global appeal in the Latin diaspora worldwide. The UK is represented with well known West London producer Seiji’s heavy synth-based four-to-the-floor reworking of “Mamaye”, and UK / Brazilian supergroup Da Lata giving us a rootsy swinging version of “Malivio Son”.  As it’s recently become a hotbed of Latin infused dance music and culture, California is heavily represented with remixes from KCRW / AfroFunke DJ and Los Angeles mainstay Jeremy Sole fleshes out “Macaco” into a smooth call and response affair. SF based Acid Jazz legend DJ Smash delivers a squelchy, bouncy version of “Diablo”, while Bay Area veteran band Afrolicious freaks “Zarambe” into a dancefloor joint equally influenced by house music and Fela Kuti. LA/NYC DJ Sabo reinterprets “Diablo” with his signature deep and dirty Moombahton style, while Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza takes “Festejo” into swirling, psychedelic house vibe. NYC DJ producer and Wonderwheel label head Nickodemus takes “Mamaye” into bass and percussion heavy dancefloor territory, while Novalima affiliated DJ collective Coba Soundsystem deliver varied takes on “Festejo” and “Malivio Son”. Also included are remixes from Barcelona’s AndyLoop and Los Chicos Altos and deep house producer Xacosa. As an added bonus, the album contains one brand new, unreleased Novalima tracks – “Payande”.

PRESS CONTACT: CANYON CODY - canyoncody@gmail.com


Novalima - Diablo (Sabo's Moombahton Remix)

Bonga - Mona Ki Ngi Xica

From Trinidad & Tobago, Calypso Rose has been the undisputed Queen of Calypso for more than 40 years. After having produced 30 albums and composed 800 songs, she now lives in the Queens, NY. In 2015, she met Manu Chao who did additional production on a few tracks from her next album.

New album ‘Far From Home' on @Because
ORDER HERE : http://po.st/CalypsoRoseFFHome