Al Green
Greatest Hits

Matsuli 2021 reissue of 1975 Afro-rock LP from South Africa. Features the killer Cymande/ Meters-esque title track.Harari by The Beaters

Highly sought after S.A. LP from 1985. Remastered from the original tapes and reissued for the first time by Afrosynth Records.When Shadrack Ndlovu & Ernest Segeel teamed up with Dane Stevenson, owner of Blue Tree Studio in downtown Johannesburg, and journeyman producer Taso Stephanou, South Africa’s bubblegum era had just begun, spurred on by the success of Shangaan disco. The relative success of their debut 12” ‘Don’t Bang The Taxi Door’, marketed aggressively at taxi ranks throughout the country, helped put the Blue Tree label on the map and E & S were invited back to record a full album: Taduma, featuring on keyboards Dr Buke, an in-demand session player from Soweto.Rooted in Africa, yet purely electronic, Taduma was a moderate hit, spurred by tracks like ‘Taxi Door’ and ‘Mhane’, its hypnotic refrain ‘Mhane, famba na wena’ meaning ‘Mother, I am going to you’. Other tracks like ‘Mapantsula’ and ‘Be Careful’ place Taduma within the street-savvy ‘pantsula’ style and dance synonymous with consecutive waves of music from disco to kwaito, house and beyond, while ‘Sikele Masike’ repurposes a traditional Shangaan work song. Vocally E & S are closer to rapping than singing, in a combination of English and vernacular – predating other credited pioneers of kwaito in SA like Senyaka and Spokes H. Driving the music instead of vocals are waves of searing synths over rudimentary but explosive drum machine sounds – the word ‘Taduma’ meaning the sound of the drum.

Brilliant debut from 8-piece London Afrobeat band on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood imprint, inspired by Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen & the sounds of West Africa.

Killer orchestral Brazilian breaks LP for fans of David Axelrod & Arthur Verocai.

2017 album, gatefold reissue.

Strong 2022 LP from Melbourne artist, nice mix of deep/ soulful house & boogie funk, with a few synth-pop moments & a cameo from DāM-FunK.