CANDICE MONIQUE AND THE OPTICS

In My Soul CD

FREESTYLE

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Candice Monique is a talented & unique vocalist, songwriter and poet whose individual vocal and lyrical style fuses classic and Neo-Soul, Jazz, RnB, Funk, Blues, Folk & Spoken Word. It is...

ORCHESTRE POLYRHYTHMO DE COTONOU

Dahomey : The 1st Album CD

ANALOG AFRICA

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Legendary lost first album from the Orchestre Polyrhythmo De Cotonou. The band took advantage of their producer's cross-border contacts and traveled from Cotonou to Lagos, which possessed...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua De Chicago LP

NUMERO GROUP

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Far from the twin epicenters of New York and Miami, Carlos Ruiz and his Ebirac label were both feeling and generating the aftershocks of the mid-'70s salsa boom. Holed up in their own bustling...

GUELEWAR

Touki Ba Banjul: Acid Trip From Banjul To Dakar CD

KINDRED SPIRITS

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Touki Ba Banjul is a compilation of the Gambian psych sensation Guelewar who played a major part in the development of the Afro Manding sound. From 1979-1982 the band released four albums,...

TAMBA TRIO

Avanco CD

UNIVERSAL SOUND

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The Tamba Trio were one of the most important musical groups to emerge out of the Bossa Nova movement in Brazil in the 1960s. The group released their debut album, "Avanco", in 1963 on Philips...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Si Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Vol 2

LIGHT IN THE ATTIC

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Light In The Attic & Waxing Deep team up again for Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba Volume 2 – taking up where the first volume left off with another a fully-licensed...

FOSTER MANGANYI na TINTSIMI TA TILO

Ndzi Teke Riendzo No. 1 LP

HONEST JONS

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NOSTALGIA 77

The Sleepwalking Society CD

TRU THOUGHTS

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PATHAAN

Musical Rickshaw CD

LOLAS WORLD

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Following the success of Globetronica vols 1 and 2, Pathaan is back with a new compilation album titled and inspired by his BBC radio show, Musical Rickshaw. The album is a true reflection of the...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Salsa Explosion! LP

STRUT

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Strut are proud to be associated with the greatest and most important Latin American music label of them all, Fania. Tagged “the Latin Motown”, Fania is perhaps most famous for its...

ANDRE TANKER

River Come Down / Swahili

SOUNDWAY

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Limited to 1000 copies, Soundway presents two tracks on 7″ vinyl from one of Trinidad & Tobago’s favorite musical sons Andre Tanker. Andre Tanker’s influence on Trinidad &...

CURRO FUENTES

Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia LP

SOUNDWAY

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Soundway set sail for the Colombian coastal town of Cartagena for their first selection of 2011. Sourced from a period when musicians effortlessly combined the swing of cumbia with the driving...

SIDI TOURE

Koima CD

THRILL JOCKEY

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Thrill Jockey Records are proud to present ‘Koïma’, the second full-length album by Malian songwriter and guitarist Sidi Touré. Sidi’s music comes from Gao, a city in the north of Mali,...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bossa Jazz CD

SOUL JAZZ

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Bossa Jazz' explores the Brazilian jazz groups and artists at the centre of the Bossa Nova explosion of the early 1960s. Vinyl Part 1 charts the sound of groups such as Sambalanco Trio, Zimbo...

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Bossa Nova LP Volume One

SOUL JAZZ

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This album is a concise guide to the music of bossa nova and comes with an extensive 75-page photographic mini-book with stunning photographs of Brazilian life during the period as well as...

THE RONGETZ FOUNDATION

Simone / Zap Carnivorous (Patchworks Remix)

HEAVENLY SWEETNESS

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Killer soul jazz number from the upcoming combo The Rongetz Foundation on Heavenly Sweetness. Includes a great Patchworks remix!