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Afrobeat classic, Fela's take on the confused state of post-colonial Lagos in 1974. Side A is the instrumental / groove, side B with the vocal climax.

Melbourne`s Left Ear reissue late `80s, Antipodean, Electro Soul gem, inspired by L.A.`s Egyptian Lover and the genre-defining output of New York`s Tommy Boy. However, the gear used, the sparse mix, the Eastern keys in the detail, and its sexy vocals, make it sound more like Chris & Cosey backing a would-be Michael Jackson.

Dope low slung Balearic boogie from German father and son duo. 2020 version especially good! Growing Bin reissue. Highest recommendation!Rooting around the cupboards in his family home outside Nuremberg, Patrick Jahn unearthed a dusty box of cassettes, saved for posterity but eventually forgotten. Somewhere between ‘True Blue’ and ‘Brothers In Arms’ was a faded C60 full of unreleased demos by his father Peter, recorded in the mid to late 80s. Back then Jahn Sr owned a pub club called Schrank (Cupboard to the Anglophones), with an upstairs office he used as a music studio. In amongst naïve synthesiser experiments and carefree noodling was a Balearic boogie bomb, all strolling synth bass, clipped funk guitar and seaside melancholy – like Brenda Ray on a Wim Wenders soundtrack.Too impressed to keep it a secret, Patrick played the cut to Carsten “Erobique” Meyer, when he was over there jamming, and Hamburg’s premier funk freak suggested this might be of interest to his likeminded hometown freak Basso. Instantly in love, the Growing Bin boss suggested Patrick provide his own version for the flipside, and so it was, reborn with percussive sway, moonlit keys and beefy bass tones for the next generation. Here’s to the Jahn family, father and son but brothers in calms…growing bin records · Peter & Patrick Jahn - Abenteuer überm Schrank

2xLP, Limited Edition, Pink + Blue Vinyl.

Great compilation of the breakneck Shangaan dance output of the Nozinja studio in Soweto, recorded between 2006 and 2009. Features the standout tracks 'Nwa Gezani My Love' and 'Vanghoma'.