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Coming on Luaka Bop October 15

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William Onyeabor - Good Name

Soundway Records present ‘Africa Special’, a digital only collection that draws on some the best songs from their genre defining African compilations ('Ghana Special', 'Nigeria Special' & 'Kenya Special'). Compiled by label boss Miles Cleret, ‘Africa Special’ focuses on tracks that are particularly 'African' in sound as opposed the US influenced 'Afro' records that also feature on these compilations. From Ghanaian highlife to Nigerian blues, Kenyan benga and Congolese influenced sounds, ‘Africa Special’ is a condensed volume featuring musicians from all over Africa that were resident in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya in the 1960s, 70s & 80s (the golden era of African music).

The earliest Soundway compilation to feature on this new compilation is the now seminal ‘Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6’. Described by NPR as "essential", 'Nigeria Special' was the start of a series that spawned the equally vital ‘Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968 – 1981’ and this year’s acclaimed ‘Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & ‘80s’.  

Soundway Records was conceived in 2002 by label owner Miles Cleret whilst returning from Ghana in 2001 with bags of dusty old 45s and LPs that had mostly not been heard outside the former Gold Coast since their original release. Soundway’s first release 'Ghana Soundz - Afro-beat, Funk & Fusion in 70's Ghana' was the start of a series of well recieved compilation albums that made available classic and obscure recordings that had previously never made it out of the countries they were originally recorded in.

ALSO FEATURED ON: Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968 - 1981

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Kyeremateng Stars – I Go Die for You

Black Times

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 feat. Carlos Santana - Black Times (Radio Edit)

Ndiri Ndanogio Niwe (Meistro Sol Power Remix)

Follow @edoheart @batida

About the EP: http://www.akwaabamusic.com/countries/nigeria-countries/edoheart-sosomoneycockplease-ep/

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/sosomoneycockplease-ep/id717276799
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/7bWR3AxSiWQoqqaTaMuFWM
Beatport: https://pro.beatport.com/release/sosomoneycockplease/1169315
Deezer: http://www.deezer.com/album/6983905
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FGSJC4G/ref=dm_ws_sp_ps_dp
Traxsource: http://www.traxsource.com/title/249267/sosomoneycockplease

iTunes

Edoheart - Sosomoneycockplease (Mpula's Cuca And Castrol Oil Can Remix)

Alu Jon Jonki Jon

Alu Jon Jonki Jon (Edit)

Africa 45, number 5: http://www.mrbongo.com/products/k-frimpong-his-cubano-fiestas-kyenkyen-bi-adi-mawu-ebo-taylor-heaven-7

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu

Ghanian musician K. Frimpong. In the 1970s, he recorded with two different bands; ‘Vis-A-Vis’ and ‘Cubano Fiestas’.

Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu fuses heavy afrobeat drums and horns with a highlife guitar line and is his most well known track. Taken from the legendary ‘K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas’ LP released in 1977 on Continental Records out of Ghana. 

Licensed from Ofo brothers, a Ghanian independent. As sampled by Gnarls Barkley on his ‘Storm Coming’ track.

Ebo Taylor - Heaven

We have released two Ebo Taylor albums on Mr Bongo and thought it was time to get the almighty classic ‘Heaven’ out on a 7”.

Taken from Ebo’s self titled LP released on Esibons in 1977, original copies of which regularly fetches upwards of $500.

Ebo still tours extensively with his incredible band; their performances come very highly recommended.

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K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu

Available from http://www.mrbongo.com/collections/ebo-taylor/products/ebo-taylor-my-love-and-music

Originally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah’s label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time.

Laid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.

Ebo Taylor - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara

Gentleman

Fefe Naa Efe

Sahara All Stars Band Jos - Enjoy Yourself

K. Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas - Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena

Twer nyame (excerpt) by Ebo Taylor taken from Soundway's critically acclaimed album, Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds, Ghanaian Blues 1968 - 1981. 

Twer nyame (excerpt) by Ebo Taylor

Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz - Sickness

Santrofi - Alewa (black and white)

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)

FRANCIS BEBEY, pionnier de la musique électronique africaine dans les années 70 a été rehabilité l'an passé grace à l'indispensable compilation "Francis Bebey - African Electronic Music 1975-1982" sortie l'an passé sur Born Bad Records. Sous la houlette de PILOOSKI, initiateur du projet, c'est aujourd'hui la crême des producteurs DJ qui s'est mobilisé pour lui rendre hommage avec un casting imparable allant de Pilooski à Daphni (Caribou) en passant par IT'S A FINE LINE (Ivan Smagghe et Tim Paris), YOUNG MARCO, POPULETTE et ETIENNE JAUMET ( Zombie Zombie).

PILOOSKI : @pilooski
DAPHNI :@caribouband
IT'S A FINE LINE MIX : Welove – Its-a-fine-line-tim-paris-ivan-smagghe-we-love-space-ibiza
FRANCIS BEBEY : www.bornbadrecords.net/releases/fran…ic-1976-1982/

FRANCIS BEBEY "COFFEE COLA" (Young Marco mix)

MUSIC FROM PLANET EARTH: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

Tall man come. Play music. People dance.

He make rare & exceptional parties called What the...?

Before that came pigeonhold, and Invisible College.

He would record more mixes but the party is the thing. And he's busy.

He also sell dusty old audio gear at soundgas.com

[Check mixcloud for some stuff]



Kyeremateng Stars – I Go Die for You

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