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African Music Today The Sound Of Africa Today

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CD TSCD014£12.99
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Bama & The Family – Feeling Good
Zafari – Zafari
The Original Brothers – Black Out
Bama & The Family – Google

1. Bama & The Family – Feeling Good
2. Zafari – Zafari
3. The Third Eye – Children?s Song
4. The Original Brothers – Black Out
5. Friends Of The Family – Percussive Movement # 2
6. Bama & The Family – Google
7. Jojo Quo & His Challengers – Brick By Brick
8. Bama & The Family – Jibberish
9. Zafari – Addis Ababa
10. Jojo Quo & His Challengers – Every Woman Is Good Woman
11. Adamu Okosun & The Warri Six – Afro Groove
12. Jojo Quo & His Challengers – Lights Out
13. Friends Of The Family – Percussive Movement

This compilation spotlights a diverse range of contemporary African artists, from the James Brown-inspired funk of Bama & The Family, to the percussion-heavy grooves of Pierre Osinibi, and Ethiopian sounds of Zafari. It's modern music that recalls the heyday of Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Mulatu Astatke and others, painstakingly curated by Mr Lehman and released by the ever-reliable Truth & Soul crew.

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Black Truth Rhythm Band Ifetayo Soundway

Soundway have beautifully reissued afro-centric, Trinidadian band, Black Truth Rhythm Band's 'Ifetayo' album, originally released in 1976. Killer laidback...

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Contemporary Afro Beat A Fine Selection Of Some Of Today's Most Exciting Afro Beat Bands From All Over The World Tramp

This, the third in Tramp's "Contemporary..." series, proves that Afro-Beat is anything but dead in 2011, compiling the exciting sounds of Odu, Afromotive,...

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1. Fanga – Crache La Douleur
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E.M.A.K.A Synthetic History Of E.M.A.K. 1982 - 88 Universal Sound

Soul Jazz/Universal Sound are releasing this stunning new compilation of underground German electronic experimentalists, E.M.A.K. (‘Elektronische...

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Dick Khoza Chapita Matsuli Music

Legendary long lost South African afro-jazz classic from the vaults of Rashid Vally’s Asshams (Sun) record label! Remastered from the original master...

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Rikki Ililonga & Musi-o-tunya Dark Sunrise Now Again

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Madlib follows ‘High Jazz’ with the eighth installment of the ‘Medicine Show’ series, a unique mix of the multiple facets of jazz...

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The Psychedelic Aliens Psycho African Beat Academy

New from the label that bought us 'Lagos Disco Inferno'!!! Beautifully packaged in a heavy CD Book!!! Psycho African Beat is the complete recorded output...

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Cosmopolyphonic The Freshest Future Funk/Soul, Heavy Beatz & New Dopeness 4 Your Neck!Art Union

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Psych-Funk 101: 1968-1975 A Global Psychedelic Funk Collection World Psychedelic Funk Classics

Killer funky fuzzy psychedelic tracks from 60s and 70s Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Russia, South Korean and beyond!!!! Psych-Funk 101 showcases the global...

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Arthur Verocai Arthur Verocai Mr Bongo

Melancholic, psych folk-Brazilian classic!!! Lush beautiful arrangements, sample-laden gem! In 1972 a repressive Brazilian military dictatorship frowned...

– Caboclo
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Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!Seminar: Aesthetic Expressions Of Psychedelic Funk Music In India 1970-1983 World Psychedelic Funk Classics

Twenty Indian Psych-funk masterpieces from the label that brought you Psych-Funk 101 and Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas!!! Much of the music on this...

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