Rehman Memmedli may look a bit square on the cover, but he plays some really wild guitar on the record – tracks from a big moment in Azerbaijan culture – when music like this was able to flow forth with a surprising amount of power! Rehman uses as much fuzz as a Tuareg guitarist, but ... read moreCD
A set that was originally issued in Portugal, but which carries forth a strong quality of Cape Verdean rhythms – which are then inflected with some nice currents of European funk! Instrumentation is electric, with lots of great keyboards and guitar lines – and although the lyrics aren't ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band —
Wede Harer Guzo ... LP Awesome Tapes From Africa, 1978. New Copy 2 LPs (reissue)...
$19.9923.98
Maybe the coolest music we've ever heard from Ethiopian keyboard legend Hailu Mergia – a late 70s session that has his organ lines sounding even groovier than ever, on some sweet tracks that also bring in a fair bit of funk to the grooves! The style is much more in an Ethiopiques vein than ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Great 2LP pressing – with bonus insert of notes!)
An amazing organ player from the Ethiopian scene – one whose work here easily rivals that of Mulatu and some of the best artists on the Ethiopiques series! Hailu Mergi has plenty of jazz in his approach – not just on his own keyboard lines, but also in the way he lets the group members ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download.)
Hailu Mergia & The Walias —
Tezeta ... LP Awesome Tapes From Africa, 1975. New Copy ...
Just Sold Out!
Maybe the greatest record we've ever heard from Ethio keyboard legend Hailu Mergia – a sweet set of jazz recorded in the mid 70s, with a vibe that still sounds fantastic after all these years! The groove here is the sort that so many other contemporary groups have been picking up on recent ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jorga Mesfin —
Kindest One ... LP Muzikawi (Sweden), 2007. New Copy ...
$30.9934.99
Really beautiful Ethiopian sounds from Jorga Mesfin – a saxophonist and composer who was an early studen of Mulatu Astatke, and who also went on to form the important Ethio jazz group Wudasse! Here, Mesfin's working in a mode that's very ambitious – using his own reeds in a blend of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sophie Mgcina —
Poppie Nongena ... LP Hannibal (UK), 1983. Near Mint- ...
$11.9914.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear.)
Mighty Cavaliers —
Fisherman ... LP Black Blood/Want Some (Germany), 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
Just Sold Out!
A funky gem from 70s Kenya – music by a group who've got a very strong influence from American soul, but who turn things towards a unique vibe of their own – often using heavy bass and some trippier guitar bits – which sometimes puts their music in a space between familiar Afro ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A calypso set, but not the sort that you'd know from big crossover records of the late 50s – as the Mighty Sparrow works here with that jazzy blend of horns and rootsy rhythms that kept a strong edge in his music, and made his sounds as important on the pre-reggae scene in London as they were ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Excellent Japanese pressing – much better vinyl than the original!)
Taku Akiyama on alto saxophone, Mwata Bowden on baritone saxophone and didgeridoo, Hiroshi Eguchi and Satoru Iga on bass, Tomoko Hayashida on cello, Tatsu Aoki on bass and taiko, Miss Mia Park on drums, Hide Yoshihashi, Jason Matsumoto, and Ryan Toguri on taiko, Toru Hironaka on tenor saxophone, ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreCD
Mo Kolours —
Original Flow ... CD We Release Jazz (Switzerland), 2024. New Copy ...
$16.9919.99
A genre-stepping set of soul work from Mo Kolours – aka Joseph Deenmamode – a singer with roots in many styles, which he wraps together here wonderfully! At some level, the album takes the approach of a collaborative hip hop production, but in a way that uses live musicians – but ... (Neo Soul, Global Grooves)read moreCD
Mo Kolours —
Original Flow ... LP We Release Jazz (Switzerland), 2024. New Copy 2LP ...
$46.9949.99
A genre-stepping set of soul work from Mo Kolours – aka Joseph Deenmamode – a singer with roots in many styles, which he wraps together here wonderfully! At some level, the album takes the approach of a collaborative hip hop production, but in a way that uses live musicians – but ... (Neo Soul, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sax-heavy South African instrumentals – recorded in the London scene of the 60s, and a great example of the strong musical benefits of the post-colonial years! The group's a sextet with both group leader Gwigwi Mrwebi and ex-Blue Note Dudu Pukwana on alto sax – both of them trading ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mad grooves from the Ethiopian scene of the 70s – featuring work by the enigmatic Mulatu, plus some of the other extra-cool artists on that country's groundbreaking soul and funk scene! Mulatu plays Fender Rhodes and organ on his tracks – grooving with a slow, snakey approach that's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mad funk from Ethiopia – classic work by the legendary Mulatu, one of Africa's heaviest artists of the 70s! Mulatu's been kind of a beathead secret for years – as most of his exotic grooves were never issued properly outside of Africa, and have only been the province of collectors who ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Foday Musa Suso —
Hand Power ... LP Flying Fish, 1984. Near Mint- ...
$5.997.99
Rootsy rural blues, but served up in a very different mode than music from the Mississippi Delta – as Kankawa Nagarra hails from a different delta down in her native Australia, where she carries on a really overlooked tradition of Aboriginal blues! The setting is familiar to classic field ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Rootsy rural blues, but served up in a very different mode than music from the Mississippi Delta – as Kankawa Nagarra hails from a different delta down in her native Australia, where she carries on a really overlooked tradition of Aboriginal blues! The setting is familiar to classic field ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Haunting voices from the Sufi side of Islam – recordings of the Nawa vocal group, before the recent Syrian conflict forced them to disband and scatter throughout the Middle East! There's an ancient sensibility to the music – even though the recordings are contemporary – a vibe ... read moreCD
A compelling take on Afrobeat modes – served up by a group who mix lots of beats and keyboards in with live production, then serve up a leaner style on the classic mode! There's still plenty of horns in the lineup, and two singers who give the music some focus too – but the core energy ... (New Grooves, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The Casio keyboard is alive and well – but also transformed nicely in the hands of Aboriginal singer Keanu Nelson, who uses the keys in support of his distinctly soulful voice – all on these spare tunes that pack plenty of punch, even with just a small amount going on! Keanu uses beats ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album of righteous power from the great Paul Ngozi – every bit as important on the 70s Zamrock scene as contemporaries Witch and Musi-O-Tunya – but an artist who's maybe also more powerful and personal as well! As you might guess from the title, there's a lot of politics in the mix ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Great pressing – with an oversize booklet of notes!)
Ngozi Family —
99% Confusion ... LP Zambia Music Parlour/Now Again, 1977. New Copy (reissue)...
$23.9926.99
There's a bit of a new wave look to the cover, but the album's very much in the freaky, fuzzy, psych-influenced mode that we love from classic albums from the Ngozi Family – guitar-drenched sounds that are maybe some of the heaviest on the Zamrock scene of the time, and show this fantastic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Some of the heaviest work to come from the African scene of the 70s – the initial offering of the Ngozi Family – a group who clearly take strong inspiration from the Cream years of the UK scene, but who also come across with a grittier, punkier vibe overall – thanks to lean, ... read moreCD
A huge ensemble, and one who create sounds that we never would have expected from avant jazz drummer Paal Nilssen-Love many years back – as the whole performance resonates with Ethiopian and Brazilian elements that are very different than some of the more improvised music that we usually ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nomade Orchestra —
EntreMundos ... CD Far Out (Brazil), 2017. New Copy ...
$7.9916.99
A second great set from Nomade Orchestra – a Brazilian group who bring a trans-global approach to jazz-based instrumentation – with a resulting sound that's unlike anyone else we can think of! These guys aren't in the usual Brazilian groove, and they're also not like some of the Afro ... read moreCD
Nubiyan Twist just keep on getting better and better with each new record – finding a sound that pushes way past their roots, and which uses the bold energy of their large London ensemble to unlock a new way of linking together jazz, soul, and Afrobeat! This album introduces singer Aziza ... read moreCD
Nubiyan Twist just keep on getting better and better with each new record – finding a sound that pushes way past their roots, and which uses the bold energy of their large London ensemble to unlock a new way of linking together jazz, soul, and Afrobeat! This album introduces singer Aziza ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mike Nyoni & Born Free —
My Own Thing ... LP Now Again, Mid 1970s. New Copy ...
$23.9927.99
Wonderfully trippy sounds from Mike Nyoni – one of the funkier talents in the Zamrock scene of the 70s – even though he also works with lots of the slight psychedelic touches of other contemporaries too! Mike's style on guitar is a bit too loose to be funk, but it's also got this nice ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A damn soulful album from Ghanaian percussionist Rim Kwaku Obeng – recorded in LA at the end of the 70s, with loads of sweet clubby touches in the mix! Rim gets in plenty of tight percussion – lots of which showcases his rim-heavy approach to the drums – and also plays keyboards ... read moreCD
Wonderfully groovy work from Rim Kwaku Obeng – an artist with African roots, but working here in the San Francisco scene of the early 80s – where he's clearly picked up a very international vibe in his music! Rim definitely plays some traditional percussion on the tracks, but there's ... read moreCD
A set with a message about marriage, delivered in Yoruba – on tracks that include "Ore Oluwa Akari", "Olusola Lumous", "Eto Igbeyawo", and "Ile Oko Ile Eko". LP, Vinyl record album
(Plays with surface noise and faint crackle. Vinyl has groove wear on the 2nd track on side 2. Cover has tape on all sides, heavy surface wear, some marker.)
A classic session of pounding percussion – quite possibly the most successful entry into this earthy genre that hit the recording scene at the end of the 50s! Babatuned Olatunji is joined here by a great assemblage of players – including Montego Joe and Baba Hawthorne Bey on percussion ... read moreCD
Babatunde Olatunji goes even more drum-crazy than before – working here with no less than nine percussionists, plus a host of singers as well! The tunes have a very rootsy groove throughout – instrumentation that only comes from the rhythm instruments, some of which are pointed towards ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Canadian blue label pressing. Cover has a small cutout hole, light ringwear, some edge wear, and is bent at the right side.)
One of Olatunji's best LPs, and a record that breaks out of his usual straight hard percussion stuff by adding some jazz players like Yusef Lateef, Clark Terry, and George Duvivier. There's also some singers augmenting the ensemble, but they drop out in parts, and the percussion and jazz take over. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(6 eye stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Oluma —
Cooking Time ... LP One World (Denmark), 2024. New Copy ...
$34.9938.99
A cool large combo – one who clearly draw a lot of inspiration from West African music, but also find their own way of spinning out a sound – mixing more electric elements with more familiar percussion and horns, all in a style that's nicely warm and very much their own! Oluma revel in ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A killer compilation of early work from Cameroun singer Ometh – aka Theodore Mounta – a vocalist with a really wonderful sound, and this very cool style of moving up and down with the grooves! Ometh has all these great inflections in this music – almost echoing some of the cool ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Oneness Of Juju —
Space Jungle Luv ... LP Black Fire/Strut (UK), 1976. New Copy (reissue)...
$25.9926.99
A fantastic record from one of the greatest underground jazz groups of the 70s! Oneness of Juju are perhaps best known for the heavy funk of their first album, African Rhythms – but we're actually partial to this second album – a warmly spiritual batch of soul jazz tracks, and a set ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila —
Mambo ... CD Real World, 1992. Used ...
$4.99
A great return to form for Orchestra Baobab – a group who really shone on the Senegalese scene in the 70s, but disbanded right as they were hitting global fame – eventually reuniting around the time of this album, thanks to demand from listeners around the world! The style is nicely ... read moreCD
(Out of print, slipcover is not included.)
Orchestra Poly Rythmo De Cotonou —
Unite Africaine ... LP Albarika Store/Acid Jazz (UK), 1977. New Copy (reissue)...
$24.9929.99
Searing sounds from this legendary group – two side-long tracks that burn with fire throughout! First up is "Unite Africaine" – a tune with a political message in the lyrics, and non-stop grooves in the rhythms – this wonderfully fast percussion that's laced together ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Orchestre Baka Gbine —
Gati Bongo ... CD March Hare Music, Used ...
$4.999.99
A great group from 70s Benin, and one who issued this smoking set on the legendary Nigerian label owned by the Albarika Stores! The tracks have an unusual blend of elements – West African guitar work, occasional mambo influences, and just a slight touch of funk at the start – all ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the hippest groups of the 60s to blend Eastern influences and Western rock music – a nicely lean trio that comes across with results that are even cooler than some of their contemporaries! Part of the record's strength is its leanness – as other instrumentation might have gotten ... (Rock, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Totally fantastic work from this legendary group – a very early example of African and Brazilian modes crossing together – and served up in a style that's maybe even more hard-hitting than similar projects in more recent years! There's a very percussive sound to the album – as if ... (Brazil, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Otu Awele Ka Ume Dancing Group Of Ibusa —
Okwu Anioma ... LP Tabansi (Nigeria), Late 1970s. Good ...
$14.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has heavy surface wear, extra tape on all sides, staining, corner bends. Labels have pen.)
A record with a hypnotic image on the cover, and a very hypnotic sound within – all sorts of great guitar lines wrapped around basslines and percussion, percolating in a lean take on highlife – that earlier version of the material, before things got a bit more cleaned up and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(First ever vinyl reissue!)
Immy Owusu —
Lo Life ... LP Hope Street, 2023. New Copy ...
$22.9924.99
The "Lo" in the title here is Immy Owusu's way of hinting at a lo-fi approach on the record – a sound that mixes older West African influences with a more personal, down to earth approach – one that really lets Immy's vocals come across wonderfully – almost more like a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Insane grooves from arranger Mustafa Ozkent – an artist who was to Turkey what Lalo Schifrin was to the US in the 70s! Like Lalo, Mustafa had a great ear for mixing funkier rhythms and fuller orchestrations – often with odd instrumental twists and turns that bubble over with a fair bit ... (Rock, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited green & yellow splatter colored vinyl on Jackpot Records.)
Pan Assembly —
Romance ... LP Carotte (Trinidad & Tobago), 1986. Near Mint- ...
$9.99
Featuring Earl Brooks, Sydney Joseph and Cary Codington, Clive Telemaque, Lyndon Achee and David Achee, Lennox "Boogsie" Sharpe, and Maureen Clement. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has ring and edge wear, some glue spots in back, and is bent a bit at the edges and corners.)
Pan Assembly's Pan Calypso —
Carnival Music ... LP Carotte (Trinidad & Tobago), Mid 1980s. Near Mint- ...
$2.994.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ringwear.)
Pape Fall & African Salsa —
Artisanat ... CD Sterns, 2002. Used ...
$9.99
A wonderfully hard-to-categorize album from the start of the 80s – a Mexican record that mixes folkloric roots with electronic instrumentation – but all in a way that sounds much more ancient than you'd expect for the time! The fusion of modes here is wonderful – almost at a ... (Latin, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
King Pericomo & His Traditional Group Arondizuogu —
Uto Nti '88 ... LP ACO (Nigeria), 1988. Very Good- ...
$7.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has heavy edge wear, tape on top seam, surface wear.)
Boban Petrovic —
Zur ... LP Discom/Everland (Austria), 1981. New Copy ...
$34.99
An early 80s groover from Boban Petrovic – one of the stars on his scene in Belgrade, even though most of the rest of the world were unable to hear his work at the time! Boban's clearly got some inspiration from disco here, but also picks up on some of the leaner styles of the early 80s ... (Rock, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Boban Petrovic —
Zur/Zora ... LP Discom/Everland (Austria), Early 1980s. New Copy ...
$68.9978.99
A pair of rare Yugoslavian gems from Boban Petrovic – back to back in a single set! First up is Zur – an early 80s groover from Boban Petrovic – one of the stars on his scene in Belgrade, even though most of the rest of the world were unable to hear his work at the time! Boban's ... (Rock, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Very cool package – both albums with individual artwork, combined in a hand-sewn sleeve!)
Phupho L'Ka Biko —
Azania EP ... LP We Are Busy Bodies (Canada), 2023. New Copy ...
$16.9930.99
A South African collective with a really wonderful vibe – jazzy instrumentation at the core, but sometimes topped with soulful vocals that have a soaring, righteous quality! There's certainly echoes of older SA styles here – especially on some of the the jazzier moments, and in the way ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic late life album by the Argentine musical genius Astor Piazzolla – and a set that shows just how far he'd transformed the format of the tango along his musical path of the previous decades! The sound here is completely unique – with some elements of modern string quartet ... (Latin, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original American Clave pressing in the foil cover. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear and lightly bumped corners.)
Ling Po/Tsin Ting/Liu Yun —
Three Smiles ... LP Pathe/EMI (Hong Kong), Early 1960s. Very Good ...
$9.9911.99
A hip group from Sierra Leone – but one who recorded these tracks in the US during the late 70s – which makes for a very unusual hybrid of sounds! The group's original approach was to update regional sounds from their nation, and avoid some of the more commercial cover versions of ... read moreCD
PT House —
Big World EP ... LP Afrosynth (Netherlands), 1991. New Copy (reissue)...
$13.9926.99
A very clubby set from the Johannesburg scene at the start of the 90s – four longer tracks that really showcase that moment when house music influences were running through more mainstream R&B – all at a level that's richer and more soulful than some of the synth-heavy work of the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jan Rabel —
Mizik Koral Tet Ansanm ... LP Alternative Culturelle/Haitian & Carribbean Book Distribution, Mid/Late 1980s. Very Good+ ...
$11.9914.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has bumped corners and is bent at the bottom left corner.)
Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band —
Egypt Strut ... LP Strut (UK), 1974. New Copy (reissue)...
$24.9925.99
Amazing grooves like you've never heard before – seminal sides by Salah Ragab and his Cairo Jazz Band – work done by the percussionist who'd also worked with Sun Ra, but who's even more amazing here on his own! As you can probably guess from their name, the ensemble was an Egyptian one ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really enigmatic blend of Mid-East styles and more contemporary modes – and one of the hippest 80s albums from Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani – a record that seems to cull together all the best albums of previous records, and lift them together to something even more magnificent and new! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US Epic pressing, still sealed with a small cutout hole and square sticker spot.)
Buddy Rich/Alla Rakha —
Rich A La Rakha ... CD World Pacific/Modern Harmonic, Late 1960s. New Copy ...
$15.9916.99
A very groovy album from jazz drum legend Buddy Rich – a set that's very different than anything else he ever did, including his other groovy albums from the 60s! The album's a surprisingly strong blend of jazz and Indian music – Rich on drums, and Alla Rakha on tablas – working ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreCD
A very groovy album from jazz drum legend Buddy Rich – a set that's very different than anything else he ever did, including his other groovy albums from the 60s! The album's a surprisingly strong blend of jazz and Indian music – Rich on drums, and Alla Rakha on tablas – working ... (Jazz, Global Grooves)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second album from Ghanaian funk singer, composer and arranger Rob – issued for the first time ever outside of Ghana, thanks to the deep diggers at Soundway! Rob sings in English throughout – and there's a slinky, slow-cooking, kinda strange groove on most of the numbers – a ... read moreCD
The Rock Town Express here comes across with lots of fuzz in the guitars – that later psych influence that was tripping across the African scene in the late 70s, often mixed with a bit of funk – as in some of the hipper Zamrock grooves of the period! The approach here is maybe a bit ... read moreCD
Amalia Rodrigues —
Ai Mouraria ... CD Movie Play (Portugal), 1950s/1960s. Used ...
$2.994.99