2019. Chief Udoh Essiet believes in rhythm on his album "Afrobeat Highlife Crossing", from his congas and talking drums from his native Nigeria. Chief Udoh is a veteran artist, singer, songwriter and virt..

2017. The Highlife Band is an authentic and unique reggae band from Seattle, Washington. Rhythms from the Spanish and French Caribbean are combined with Jamaican rockers, bif-baf, steppers, one-drop, and dancehall r..

2012. An educated man who studied science in London in the Sixties and spent two years as a professor of ethnomusicology in Seattle in the late Nineties, 78-year old Koo Nimo from Ghana also immersed himself in the ..

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2022. BBE Music presents a double album reissue of two rare 80's albums recorded by the late Atakora Manu, 'Afro Highlife' and 'Omintiminim'. The mix of vintage, rootsy 'palmwine' blues-style guitar with quirky keyb..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to h..

2018. Auntie Flo joins the Brownswood roster to deliver his third and most ambitious album to date. The Glasgow-raised producer, of Goan-Kenyan heritage, has often featured collaborators from different spots he's vi..

2008. Nigerian & Ghanaian Sounds from the 60's and early 70's. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and befo..

2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to him ..

2015. A special triple 180-gram vinyl release, presented in a gatefold sleeve. The included 45rpm 7-inch includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recor..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

2016. Typhonian Highlife is a moniker of Spencer Clark. 'The World Of Shells' works as a dream expedition that has overflowed itself into real time. Through continual material-world visualization, a technological na..

2020. The first-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from this much revered Ghanaian band. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets Afro-funk. Spirited, horn dri..

2020. Two raw Afro dance floor bombs from Pat Thomas & Marijata both taken from 'Coming Home: Original Ghanaian Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1964-1981' issued on Strut Records in 2016 and now presented on th..

2020. Art Feynman (aka accomplished recording artist and producer Luke Temple) stitches art pop, Nigerian highlife, worldbeat, and other lesser-known genres into a musical quilt that displays his unmistakable guile ..

2020. First release in Dig This Way's maxi 12" series in the form of an experimental highlife/boogie called 'Imo Special Release' which includes some gems taken from two wonderful and unknown LPs from the heart..

2020. Afro-funk essential from Ghana, K. Frimpong's rare second album, recorded in 1975. As a prolific songwriter and singer, Frimpong brought a modern fusion of highlife and the traditional beat called "Ahyewa..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. The Ogyatanaa or Burning Fire Show Band was one of the more esteemed of the funky highlife groups that rocked the Ghanaian music scene during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 by diplomat-turned-composer,..

2020. Possibly the best thing a compilation can do is open the door to a world of music that aside from being unknown to you, is high grade in quality, diverse and open to interpretation in as much as you are left w..

2019. Ahemaa Nwomkro, which means queens of Nwomkro, are Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa. Nwomkro is an old Ashanti musical style, which played an influencial role in the origin of the typical more roots-like high..

2020. Highlife was one of the results of the unprecedented blend of West African music traditions and various sounds and styles from the new world, especially jazz from America and calypso from the Caribbean. This c..

2019. On DOUBLE-LP, here's Mr. Bongo's third compilation of dj-friendly, dance floor fillin', party rockin' obscurities and cult tracks, spanning genres from soul to Latin, from garage-psych to Afrobeat, and beyond...

2021. Transcontinental, experimental duo Smoke Bellow released the 'Blooming/Middling' LP in 2014, followed by 'Isolation 3000' in 2018. After a line-up change, the now trio went refining their sound into a dizzying..

2018. Two late 1980s Ghanaian digital highlife cuts by Jon K. and Pat Thomas, in original form difficult to find. Here pressed on a 12" and cut at 45rpm for that LOUD DJ play!

2021. "The skeletal composition and the relentless exploitation of synthesizers, electric guitars and '80s effect racks resulted in a spiced up psychedelic brew known as Edo Funk!" It was in Benin City, in..

2021. "The skeletal composition and the relentless exploitation of synthesizers, electric guitars and '80s effect racks resulted in a spiced up psychedelic brew known as Edo Funk!" It was in Benin City, in..

2021. Transcontinental, experimental duo Smoke Bellow released the 'Blooming/Middling' LP in 2014, followed by 'Isolation 3000' in 2018. After a line-up change, the now trio went refining their sound into a dizzying..

2021. Ahemaa Nwomkro are Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa. Nwomkro is an old Ashanti musical style, which played an influential role in the origin of the more roots-like Highlife style of Kumasi, the cultural capit..

2021. The Kologo (a two stringed proto-banjo) master Guy One is back with this 7" release. 'So La Ma La' has a straight forward Highlife rhythm, together with some funky afrobeat-a-like bassline. 'To Kale Na'na..