Noa- Everybody wants to rule the world

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Me Ho Asem

Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense

Kalita are proud to unveil the first ever compilation 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. Highlighting key recordings from genre-defining artists including Thomas Frempong and George Darko, as well as more obscure sought-after tracks by elusive bands such as Aban and Uncle Joe’s Afri-Beat, Kalita come to the rescue of audiophiles, DJs and music-lovers alike with ‘Borga Revolution!’ Spread over a double-LP housed in a gatefold sleeve. Accompanied by a 16-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 ‘Borga Revolution!’ 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 - 1992 (Volume 1)

Obi Abayewa

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D1. George Darko - Obi Abayewa

To celebrate their upcoming performance at Eastern Electrics festival, Two & Eight (aka The Pushamann and Steve Macri) are offering Data Transmission readers a very special free download.

In keeping with the disco-revival aesthetic of the duo's alias, they've reworked Tears For Fears' classic 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'. Dubbing it the 'Two & Eight Tears for Engineers Edit', Steve Macri explains why the pair couldn't resist putting their own spin on the track: "It’s an amazing pop record which I've loved since I was a kid. Beautifully produced with a lovely ebb and flow to it. All the elements in it are fantastic. Basically we just got lost in that chuggy groove, so we latched onto that and let it do its thing - no extra elements added at all - just moving the pieces around so we could show off its best bits to the dance floor."

You can catch Two & Eight at Easter Electric's The Star of EE Pub on Saturday August 2nd, tickets are available here: http://datatransmission.co.uk/news/exclusive-download-pushamann-and-steve-macri/

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Two & Eight Tears For Engineers Edit)

Falco : Der Kommissar (Del'Amott Sunset-Edit)

Kojo Antwi - Hi Ni Me

Everywhere (Psychemagik Edit)- Fleetwood Mac

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Kano - Another Life (Pontchartrain Edit)[Free Download]

For Record Store Day 2016, Knitting Factory Records will release a limited edition 10” vinyl single of “I Go Shout Plenty”, backed with “Frustration”. Make sure you get one of just 1,000 copies from a participating record shop on 16 April 2016.

Fela Kuti
Website: http://fela.net/
Twitter: @felakuti
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/felakuti
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Fela

Fela Kuti and Afrika '70 - I Go Shout Plenty

William Onyeabor - When the Going is Smooth & Good

Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit

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Since its inception in 2013, Mawimbi founders have been expanding their knowledge of lesser known and rather undiscovered musical territories thanks to chance encounters with likeminded DJs/producers, who were kind enough to put them onto a good amount of under-the-radar tropical gems. 

Launched in 2017 and named after Mawimbi's bi-monthly radio show on Rinse France, the "Radio Mawimbi" compilation series is dedicated to unearthing vintage tropical gems in the form of free download edits and remixes by some of the most seasoned diggers and promising rookies of the tropical-enthusiast community! 

From deep, drum-heavy workouts to essential Guinea Bissau melancholy, through remixed Beninese afrofunk and vintage South African kwaito, this second installment features the editing and remixing work of Yeahman (Frente Bolivarista), LSD (Love Saves The Day), Déni Shain (Analog Africa), Umoja, Mawimbi, ATW (Around The World), Calisto, Turbo Boom-Boom (TBB) and Midnight Ravers. 

Compiled by Mawimbi, 2017-2018 
Artwork by Vianney Postic / Bertrand Cerruti 
Mastered by Jammin Masters in Berlin


Mawimbi : 

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[PREMIERE] Ben Baddoo - Kpanlogo (Mawimbi Edit)

Pre-order & Stream Link: https://lnk.to/HGHLF017

Highlife throws a curveball for it’s next release with a piece of Kwaito from
South Africa’s DJ Call Me.

A track sweeter than Irn Bru, we first stumbled across ‘Marry Me’ on the
radio by the New York DJ, Sadaf. After a quick search, we found it on
YouTube with over a million views, only to discover it had been “track of the
summer(s)” back in South Africa at the start of the decade. Almost a
‘Searching for Sugarman’ moment… The track wasn’t available to buy in
any kind of format, and so began an elaborate quest to track down the
artist via his defunct Facebook page. After many an unanswered email and
a couple of years persistence, we finally managed to track down a
manager still in touch with DJ Call Me, and we’re now involved in some
regular Whatsapp exchanges with the man himself.

After showing it to a select group of DJ pals, it began to show up on the ID
of music Facebook group, courtesy of plays by the likes of Hunee, Axel Boman & Kornél Kovács. Last summer, Auntie Flo and Andrew played at a
wedding in Beirut and this track got such a massive reaction that we’ve
been dying to share it with you ever since. DJ Call Me’s ‘Marry Me’ is out
via Highlife on Fri, 20th April 2018.

Marry Me EP

HGHLF017 ~ DJ Call Me - Marry Me (Clip)

MULTI CULTI 039 - BLAY AMBOLLEY - SIMI RAPP

Multi Culti is honoured to reissue this 1996 classic by Ghanian highlife legend Gyedu Blay Ambolley, adding amazing remixes by Red Axes and Johnny Aux, as well as an in-house edit by Dreems & Thomas Von Party.

A major force in Afro-funk since the early 1970s, Gyedu Blay Ambolley is considered the godfather of hiplife, transforming the highlife genre by adding elements of hip-hop, funk and jazz. The opportunity to reissue the amazing and influential “Simi Rapp” is one of the clear high points of the label’s trajectory thus far. 

The reissue package is bolstered by an ecstatic rework by Israeli gurus Red Axes, an early-morning anthem from master remixer Johnny Aux, and a laid-back house edit from Multi Culti Executive Shamans Dreems and Thomas Von Party. 

Multi Culti: voyaging through time, space and licensing agreements to bring you the best music the world has to offer.

Blay Ambolley - Simi Rapp

Appietus: Two Decades of Hiplife Hits

Rex Omar - Dada Dida

Music to trip to. Music to meditate on. Music to upgrade your DNA. Music to get your whole family dancing. Music to teach you. Music to live by. Music to die to. MUSIC TO MULTIPLY YOUR MIND.

CULT LEAD BY @vonparty & @dreemsdreems

Blay Ambolley - Simi Rapp

Multi Culti

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