Kalita are excited to unveil the first ever reissue of one of – if not the – strongest South African kwaito/bubblegum albums in existence, Jivaro’s 1989 masterpiece ‘Saturday Fever’.

Originally released on Maurice Horwitz’s Music Team label at the turn of the decade, the album features various heavy hitting tracks that perfectly encapsulate the post-boogie/proto-house movement that had taken over the country’s airwaves and clubs at the time.

Sourced from the original analogue master tapes, this definitive release by Kalita is a truly essential piece of musical history and one sure to set any discerning dance floor on fire.

Saturday Fever

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This rare LP by Yusufu Olatunji, the great master of Yoruba Sakara music from Nigeria, is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog: 
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2022/11/nigeria-nigeria-yusufu-olatunji-his.html

Vol. 24 – Zareco ORSL 1717

Nigeria – Yusufu Olatunji – Yoruba Sakara music

Kalita are proud to unveil the second volume in their ‘Borga Revolution!’ compilation series, focussing on the phenomenon of ‘Burger Highlife’, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond.

Featuring both highly sought-after recordings by artists including Atta Frimpong and D.J. Lawyer Okyere, as well as seminal performances by greats such as Pat Thomas, A.B. Crentsil and Alan Cosmos, Kalita once again come to the rescue of audiophiles, DJs and music-lovers alike with ‘Borga Revolution! – Volume 2’. Spread over a double-LP housed in a gatefold sleeve. Accompanied by a 12-page booklet featuring extensive interview-based liner notes on each artist and never-before-seen archival photos.

The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds to the region. By the turn of the decade the country was also enduring economic turmoil, with rising poverty, military dictatorships and long periods of enforced curfews (amongst other factors) making it impossible for artists to survive.

As a result, many Ghanaian artists with a broader outlook began to pursue their careers in the West, moving to both Europe and America in search of stardom. It was here that Ghanaian musicians developed a digitised version of highlife music which fully embraced Western contemporary music styles and newly introduced technology such as the DX7 synthesizer and various drum machines.

It is in this context in which the evolution of Ghanaian dance music and the emergence of ‘burger highlife’ was born. With the ‘Borga Revolution!’ series Kalita endeavour to tell this story, with prominent and lesser-known musicians’ accounts and documentary evidence providing a comprehensive understanding of this shift to the digital age.

Borga Revolution! Ghanaian Dance Music In The Digital Age, 1983​​​-​​​1996 (Volume 2)

Obae

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Rotterdam-based trumpeter Peter Somuah teams up with Ghanaian legend Gyedu Blay Ambolley for this first single off his forthcoming second album 'Letter To The Universe'. 

Release: March 24th
Full article: www.steppinintotomorrow.com

★ PREMIERE ★ Peter Somuah - 'Reincarnation ft Gyedu Blay Ambolley'

Written by Barry Moses,Wendy Kemunto, Ochieng' Odongo, A.Adwok.
Performed by Barry Mo & Miss Kemunto
Produced by Atwal Adwok
Mixed and mastered by Atwal Adwok.
Album Art concept by The Posse
Album Shot by Kevin Buo of Buoart
Graphics by Atwal Music.
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The song see’s Barry Mo of The Posse do a duet style collaboration with Miss Kemunto  and fusing it with a rap verse 
In an attempt to show his versatile  style.
"..She loves me when i sing,but they respect me when i rap.."

It’s the lead single off an EP titled “December Nights”  by Barry Mo that will be released in December 2016 that most of the work will be done through out 2016  a midst other Projects at The Posse.

December Nights is a dedication from Barry Mo to his home town sweetheart whom he sees occasionally when he goes back to his hometown Kisumu every December holidays.

Barry Mo doesn't get into detail about the events of December Nights neither does he get into detail about the nature of the relationship with the girl  but just details the attraction that is there  between them and  he brings Miss Kemunto in on the song to help tell the story.

The fully story will be narrated in bits to create the whole picture  through out the project December Nights.
Stick around to know the boy!
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December Nights (Ft. Miss Kemunto) (Prod. Atwal)

Let God Release You- TB Joshua 20 November 2016

Arugbo Ojo

Fijo Yin Baba

Ahenfo Hen No Reba

Afehyiapa

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