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Teaspoon & The Waves - Oh Yeh Soweto

MARUMO - Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae

The Lovemore EP

Apples and Pears

Soundway Records is proud to officially announce our first release of 2018, "Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa", out on 9 March and available now for pre-order on gatefold 3LP, CD and digital.

The Survivals "My Brother" is the first track from the forthcoming compilation of 16 rare cuts handpicked by Miles Cleret (Soundway) and DJ Okapi (Afrosynth) highlights the period that nestles in between the ‘70s (where American-influenced jazz, funk and soul bumped shoulders with local Mbaqanga) and the ‘90s when Kwaito and eventually house music ruled the dancefloors of urban South Africa.

These tracks have been made available for the first time on digital and first time on vinyl outside of their original release.

Pre-order now via our website www.soundwayrecords.com or via Bandcamp bit.ly/2B4JwNM . Vinyl orders via these 2 sites will receive a FREE digital download of the full album from release date.

Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa

Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul & Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa

The Survivals - My Brother

From the forthcoming reissue Basa Basa - Homowo (Vintage Voudou, VV-001).

Order the vinyl: https://vintagevoudou.com/products/basa-basa-homowo-together-we-win-basa-basa-experience-themba-matebese

Download the album: http://basabasa.bandcamp.com

Basa Basa - African Soul Power

Available from https://www.mrbongo.com/products/african-dances-vinyl-lp-cd

First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Clean copies of the original currently sell for up to £500.

The record was born in 1979 when Shina put Biddy Wright, Fred Fisher, Saliu Alabi, Prince Bola, Tutu Shoronmu, Tunde willimas and several other decorated Nigerian musicians – who played with the likes of Fela Kuti, SJOB Movement, Sonny Okoson, King Bucknor amongst others – together to record. The result is ‘African Dances’, a timeless fusion of afrobeat, electronics, boogie and disco.

Includes his most well-known song, ‘Agboju Logun’ that Williams knew was ground breaking – “I want to show the whole wide world that Africa is alive with modern musicians to reckon with anywhere,”. This album version is a different mix to the two-track 12” that came out under on Earthworks, Rough Trade in 1984.

Official Mr Bongo reissue. Replica original artwork. Licensed direct from Shina Williams.

The Survivals - My Brother

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