Various
Kenya Special (Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s & '80s)

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.

2005 Honest Jon's compilation of modern Nigerian music.

Lost 1970 bossa gem, deluxe reissue by Altercat. Fans of Marcos Valle, Arthur Verocai check!

Self-titled debut by duo Jaime & Nair released in 1974 on CID. An overall dreamy lullaby vibe with subtle touches of Brazilian folk and features well-known artists such as Wilson Das Neves, Orlandivo or José Roberto Bertrami as studio musicians. Features the classic orchestral bossa KILLER 'Sob O Mar'.

Be With reissue of in-demand koto-funk library LP, originally released in 1983 on revered German library institution Selected Sound.

9 new and wide-ranging works from S A D on 12th Isle. Experimental ambient spanning 4th world soundscapes, crypto microtones & afro grooves.