Month: May 2019
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Left Ear press 1993 jams by Jay U Experience – you must hear these synth and drum machine experiments from New York
This is otherworldly music by Nigeria’s Jay U Experience, soon to be available on vinyl via the Melbourne based label, Left Ear Records. We’re big fans of this label and their intrepid musical excavations, but even by Left Ear’s impeccable standards, this is a real dig and insanely good. This EP release is extracted from…
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Peter Webber’s ‘Soul Of Jamaica’ film will celebrate reggae’s golden generation, the ‘Inna De Yard’ album is it’s glorious soundtrack
One of the highlights of the summer will be the release of the reggae documentary Soul Of Jamaica, directed by Peter Webber, featuring a cast of legends in the film and on the self-titled Inna De Yard soundtrack. Here, Cedric Myton rekindles The Congos classic, Row Fisherman: The heavyweight cast includes Ken Boothe, Cedric ‘The Congos’ Myton,…
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The Lagos disco of the ‘Queen of Nigerian Television’: rare tracks by Julie Coker are reissued at last by Kalita Records
Kalita Records continue their label’s exceptional selection of fully authorised reissues – this time delivering the first collection of Julie Coker’s back catalogue on A Life In The Limelight: Lagos Disco and Itsekiri Highlife. Coker was the queen of Nigerian television, after gaining fame as Miss Western Nigeria in 1957. Her career began in the Nigerian entertainment…
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London composer and pianist Alfa Mist releases his second album on the Sekito label to critical acclaim across the globe
Alfa Mist has followed up his debut album with his second LP, crowning a European tour and gaining acclaim from everyone from Frank Ocean to Gilles Peterson. The gifted London-based pianist and composer’s latest album Structuralism is an eight-track LP and follows the success of Antiphon. It features guest vocals from Kaya Thomas-Dyke (also the album’s cover…
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Afrodisia revive Christy Essien’s ‘Give Me A Chance’ LP and we are reminded of her majesty
Rumours by Christy Essien is one of the best disco songs ever produced, from one of the leading female recording artists of her time in Nigeria. This reissue of the Give Me A Chance album provides a glorious opportunity to own this classic crackle free. Essien was born in Akwa Ibom State in 1960 and enjoyed an accomplished career…
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