WORKU ASNAKECH
2018. Legendary singer/instrumentalist at her mid-1970s prime. Carefully extracted from cassette and remastered by ATFA family engineer Jessica Thompson. There is perhaps no woman more cherished in modern Ethiopian ..
SAH BI JESS
2018. First official international release of this massive album of- West African country folk music with an ambient vibe. In the 1980s, Abidjan's Jess Sah Bi and Peter One became one of the most popular musical act..
JESS SAH BI & PETER ONE
2018.
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2018. A vinyl reissue of Professor Rhythm's 1991 recording 'Professor 3'. It is a vivid reflection of urban South Africa as apartheid was ending. Upbeat, chipper bubblegum, often with double-time breakdowns and upst..
DJ KATAPILA
2018. DJ Katapila's 'Aroo' EP is the 2018 addition to the iconoclastic producer's catalog of fast-paced, pan-West African-influenced dance music.
MERGIA HAILU
2018. The Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro's first new album since his recent career resurgence. Beginning in 2013 with the reissue of his dreamy 'Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument' followed by the e..
MERGIA HAILU
2018. The Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro's first new album since his recent career resurgence. Beginning in 2013 with the reissue of his dreamy 'Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument' followed by the e..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2017. Available on vinyl for the first time is this work by the key producer of early South-African instrumental house music and kwaito, Professor Rhythm a.k.a. Thami Mdluli. Throughout the 1980s Mdluli was member o..
PROFESSOR RHYTHM
2017. Available on DOUBLE-CD is this work by the key producer of early South-African instrumental house music and kwaito, Professor Rhythm a.k.a. Thami Mdluli. Throughout the 1980s Mdluli was member of chart-toppin..
OM ALEC KHAOLI
2017. Here on CD. Reissue of 'Say You Love Me', South African's Om Alec Khaoli's first solo album (originally from 1985). With this release he solidified as a bass player & songwriter as well standing as one of ..
UMOJA
2017. On vinyl, this is a reissue of Umoja's 1988 South African "bubblegum" classic '707'. This kind of bubblegum music was defined by its call-and-response vocals and catchy synthesizer-led melodies. Back..
UMOJA
2017. On CD, this is a reissue of Umoja's 1988 South African "bubblegum" classic '707'. This kind of bubblegum music was defined by its call-and-response vocals and catchy synthesizer-led melodies. Back..
AWA POULO
2017. Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from the Dilly commune in Mali, located near the border with Mauritania. This recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, presents her vision of Peulh m..
AWA POULO
2017. Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from the Dilly commune in Mali, located near the border with Mauritania. This recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, presents her vision of Peul..
MERGIA HAILU & DAHLAK BA
2016. Recorded in 1978 in Addis Abebeba, Ethiopia, then released on tape and recently rediscovered, this is the album's first ever edition on vinyl. The album captures the inimitable vibe of this Ethiopian keyboard ..
DJ KATAPILA
2016. DJ Katapila creates traditional Ga music using electronic sounds instead of live percussion, resulting in his own kind of house music. In the context of Ghana's pop music landscape, Katapila's music is sing..
DJ KATAPILA
2016. DJ Katapila creates traditional Ga music using electronic sounds instead of live percussion, resulting in his own kind of house music. In the context of Ghana's pop music landscape, Katapila's music is singula..
DIOP ABY NGANA
2014. Repress of Aby Ngana Diop's only album 'Liital'! Aby Ngana Diop was the most famous taasukat in Dakar, Senegal in the 1980s and 1990s. Taasu is a Wolof-language poetic style, usually performed by women griots ..
HAILU MERGIA
2013. 'shemonmuanaye'. - adding a moog synthesizer, rhodes electric piano and a rhythm machine to the harmonic layering of his accordion, he creates hauntingly psychedelic instrumentals. &..
MERGIA HAILU
2013. 'shemonmuanaye'. - adding a moog synthesizer, rhodes electric piano and a rhythm machine to the harmonic layering of his accordion, he creates hauntingly psychedelic instrumentals. ..
DUR DUR BAND
2013. Awesome Tapes from Africa reissues the 1987 cassette release from Mogadishu's Dur-Dur Band. Dur-Dur Band were one of the leaders of Mogadishu's musical community, fusing elements of traditional Somali music wi..
BOLA
2012. Vinyl issue. His bold fury stems from the kologo (a two-stringed lute with a calabash gourd resonator) and Frafra language vocals, emitted in raspy bursts. Although he employs a traditional instrument and the ..
BOLA
2012. His bold fury stems from the kologo (a two-stringed lute with a calabash gourd resonator) and Frafra language vocals, emitted in raspy bursts. Although he employs a traditional instrument and the age-old mode ..
DOUMBIA NAHAWA
1990. This early recording - made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 - captures the dualities inherent in Doumbia's music from early on: a stripped down, raw backdrop supported by warm sonics; feminist expressions of s..
DOUMBIA NAHAWA
2011. This early recording - made in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 - captures the dualities inherent in Doumbia's music from early on: a stripped down, raw backdrop supported by warm sonics; feminist expressions of s..