Tag: Analog Africa
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Peruvian bandeader Ranil – a new release for Analog Africa – is a cumbia dance specialist and is offering his music with love
The label Analog Africa’s latest dance special is from Ranil – via Iquitos, Amazonia and Peru – available here from their Bandcamp page. The label and Ranil have also been offering their cumbia rhythms in a pay-as-you-feel Stay Safe & Sound Ranil Selection !! (SHARE IT !!!) package. We salute you! There’s more information about…
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Ghanian legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley releases twelfth album ‘11th Street, Sekondi’ next month and is touring Europe
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley returns with 11th Street, Sekondi in November and it’s the African star’s 12th album since his debut in 1973. The Ghanaian highlife star is a saxophonist, singer and guitarist and his charismatic stage personality and pioneering style have been celebrated by various reissue labels over the years, such as Analog Africa, Mr Bongo…
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Bro. Valentino reissue brings Trinidad heat for Analog Africa
Analog Africa’s latest tropical music smasher is from Bro. Valentino. The Trinidad singer was voted among the top 50 calypsonians of the 20th Century, four of his songs have also been selected in the Top 200 calypsos of that period – Life is a Stage (1972), Barking Dogs (1974), Dis Place Nice (1975) and Stay…
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Tour of Mogadishu by Analog Africa founder Samy Ben Redjeb and Cameroon comp news
Analog Africa founder Samy Ben Redjeb has unpacked some finds from a recent trip to Mogadishu and is preparing to drop a new compilation of music from Cameroon. The tracklisting for the new compilation of Pop Makossa – The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon 1976–1984 looks absolutely monstrous bringing together rare and in demand records…
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World Treasures Music end of year review
Click here to listen to the World Treasures Music review mix. A number of artists’ passing will make 2016 memorable. A champion of world treasures at the legendary New York venue, The Loft, was David Mancuso, who was mourned widely in the music world after his death aged 72. Sun Palace’s Rude Movements was remastered…
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Bitori’s ‘forbidden music’ – new installment for Analog Africa
Don’t let Bitori’s Legend of Funaná (The Forbidden Music of The Cape Verde Islands) pass you by – following on from the music of Cabo Verde Space Echo compilation: Originally recorded in 1998 in Rotterdam, the album Bitori Nha Bibinha revolutionised the uplifting ‘funana’ genre from the Cabo Verdian island Santiago. The album is named after…
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Huge release brings the cosmic Cape Verde sound to the world
Analog Africa’s next release is already making waves collecting some of the rarest and most sought after records at present. Space Echo: The Mystery Behind The Cosmic Sound Of Cabo Verde – building on the compiling of labels like Sofrito – will rightly highlight this island’s masterpieces. There’s an amazing tale being told about how…
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