Born Bad (France), Early 80s. 2LP
Totally cool, totally amazing music from the enigmatic Francis Bebey – a contemporary on the early 80s African scene of William Onyeabor, and an equally experimental artists! Bebey used a fair bit of electronics, but often with sounds that had acoustic roots – in this case, the ultra ...
Musidisc/Strut (UK), Mid 1970s. (reissue)
An amazing Afro-Funk classic – and one of the strongest albums ever by this famous ensemble of Paris-based, African-influenced funky players! You may have heard their work on the Africa Funk compilation, so you probably know that they've got slammin drums, fuzzy funky guitars, and lots of ...
Makossa/Strut, 1976. (reissue)
A fantastic bit of Afro funky soul – reissued here with the original cover and everything! The album's probably the best-ever by the Lafayette Afro-Rock band – recorded in Paris, with a cool mix of 70s funk grooving and strange African influences. Includes the classic break track ...
Analog Africa (Germany), 2LP
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Analog Africa (Germany),
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Mississippi, (reissue)
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Mississippi, (reissue)
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Mississippi, Late 1970s/Early 1980s.
Very early work from this legendary Ethiopian musician – a very haunting blend of voice and piano, often recorded with a very echoey tone – in a style that's completely unique! Emahoy Tsege Marian Gebru comes across in a very intimate mode here – on songs that have a deeply ...
We Want Sounds (UK), (reissue)
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Life Goes On, 1981. (reissue)
A great bit of jungle exotica from funky sitar player Ananda Shankar – composed as a full piece with an "atmosphere of twilight and the feeling of watching animals at a water hole", but with a sweeping soundtracky feel that makes it more like some lost 70s film gem in the best ...
Liberation Hall,
(Note: This item is not for sale online until 7:00am on Sunday, April 21. It is in limited supply – and by nature of the Record Store Day rules it will be offered for sale first to customers who visit the Dusty Groove retail outlet in Chicago the morning of Saturday, April 20. It will not be ...
Soul Makossa/Diggers Factory, 1976. (reissue)
Mid 70s Afro Funk from the great Manu Dibango – adding in a bit more of a full production sound than on his earlier albums, but still sounding pretty darn nice! There's definitely more of an uptempo club groove going on – and the band has a lot more players than ever before – but ...
Saar (Italy), 1974. (reissue)
(Note: This item is not for sale online until 7:00am on Sunday, April 21. It is in limited supply – and by nature of the Record Store Day rules it will be offered for sale first to customers who visit the Dusty Groove retail outlet in Chicago the morning of Saturday, April 20. It will not be ...
Saigon Supersound (Germany),
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Saigon Supersound (Germany),
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Discos Fuentes/Vampi Soul (Spain), Late 1960s/Early 1970s. 2LP
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Soul Jazz (UK), 2024.
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Sun/Tooth Factory, 1976. (reissue)
One of the hippest bits of funk we've heard from the South African scene of the 70s – a record that mixes in plenty of currents from spiritual jazz, with a vibe that's very similar to the albums by Oneness Of Juju from the same time! The set's got this very universal appeal – earlier ...
World Pacific/Modern Harmonic, Late 1960s.
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 ...
Morabeza/Lusafrica (France), Early 1970s. 2LP
A pair of classic albums, served up here in a single set! First up is the sound of Angola, circa 1972 – served up here in a beautiful album of songs from Bonga! The music is relatively spare – mostly just lead acoustic guitar, bass, and percussion – the latter of which is played ...
Twimo/World Is My Oyster (Germany), Late 60s/1970s. (reissue)
Heavy funk from 70s Turkey – proof that the world of the groove knew no boundaries at the time! The tunes here are all pretty heavily influenced by American funk and jazz of the period – awash in heavy beats, tight riffing, and wicked instrumentation that's often produced with a nice ...
Wah Wah 45s (UK), 2023.
Dele Sosimi was raised in the shadow of Fela Kuti, literally – as he spent part of his youth in Fela's commune – yet his music is nicely free of some of the overdone Afro Funk modes of the 70s, and instead really finds a fresh way forward with all sorts of wonderful criss-crossings of ...
Brownswood (UK),
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