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10 Reissues Of Old Stuff That's Been So Cool To (Re)Discover in 2011

Saturday 31 December 2011, 23:53




Boddie Recording Company : Cleveland, Ohio (Numero Group) info
Brand New Wayo - Funk, Fast Times & Nigerian Boogie Badness 1979-1983 (Comb & Razor Sound) info
Dee Dee, Barry & The Movements - Soul Hour (Sonorama) info
Ebo Taylor - Life Stories - Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 (Strut) info
Father's Children - Who's Gonna Save The World (Numero Group) info
Phish - Hampton/Winston Salem '97 (Phish Dry Goods) info
Rail Band - Buffet Hotel de la Gare (Superfly) info
The Lijadu Sisters - Danger (Knitting Factory) info
The Original Sound of Cumbia - The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79 (Soundway) info
True Soul 4LP Boxset (Now-Again) info

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The Original Sound of Cumbia - Compiled by Quantic - out on Soundway Records

Monday 05 December 2011, 11:45

Soundway The Original Sound of Cumbia
Various - The Original Sound of Cumbia
The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79
Compiled by Will 'Quantic' Holland
(2xCD/3xLP/Digital) Soundway Records SNDW032, 2011-12-05

Soundway set sail for Colombia once again, delving deeper into the South American country's rich musical past. Boasting 55 tracks spread over two CDs and two triple LPs, The Original Sound of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948-79'is Soundway's definitive guide to the origins of Colombian cumbia and porro and the result of five years pain staking re-search by Will 'Quantic' Holland. Disc 1 tells the story of some the earliest Colombian cumbia recorded, a genre that captured a nation, spreading from its birthplace on the Caribbean coast in land to central Colombia and the capital Bogata. Disc 2 sees the evolution of cumbia. Greats of Colombian music like Alberto Pacheco, Toño Fernandez & Anibal Velasquez brought the genre forward, bringing new influences and instruments to the genre. What had once been considered the music of the underclasses had risen up as the new sound of a nation. Both vinyl versions are limited to 1500 copies.

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Black Truth Rhythm Band - Ifetayo - out on Soundway Records

Monday 05 December 2011, 11:44

‪‬Black Truth Rhythm Band ‪Ifetayo
‬Black Truth Rhythm Band - Ifetayo (Love Excells All)
‬(CD/LP‬+7"‪/Digital) Soundway Records SNDW033‪, 2011-12-05
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‬Soundway return once more to the Caribbean and are proud to present Ifetayo by Black Truth Rhythm Band originally released in 1976. Led by the charismatic Oluko Imo, Ifetayo was the only release from the Afro-centric, Trinidadian band and is re-issued here for the first time on CD, vinyl and digital. Whereas most of their peers at the time were looking to the funk of the USA & James Brown for inspiration, Black Truth Rhythm Band looked to Africa, fusing rhythms from Africa & the West Indies with elements of jazz, funk, calypso and soul. From an early stage in their career it was the African influence that set Black Truth Rhythm Band apart from other West Indian bands. Formed in 1971, the group looked further a field than the USA for their influences, more specifically to Africa, even going as far as giving themselves African names and dressing in African clothes. At the time finding African records in the West Indies was particularly difficult, making the bands choice of influences even more rare. Ifetayo was to be the only release from Black Truth Rhythm Band but Imo continued his music and love of African rhythms, going onto record with Fela Kuti in 1988 and later on perform with members of Fela’s Egypt 80 band.

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MonoMono - Give The Beggar A Chance - out on Soundway Records

Monday 26 September 2011, 11:21

MonoMono Give The Beggar A Chance
MonoMono - Give The Beggar A Chance
(CD/LP+bonus 12"/Digital) Soundway Records SNDWLP030, 2011-09-26

Tummy Touch and Soundway Records are excited to present the debut album from Joni Haastrup's band MonoMono. Re-issued on CD, LP and digital, the LP comes with a bonus 12" featuring three extra tracks. Soundway have been championing Joni Haastrup since day one featuring tracks on both the Nigeria Special! and Nigeria Rock Special! releases. Most recently Joni appears as a guest keys players on Black Goddess, an Afro-jazz soundtrack collaboration with Remi Kabaka. Joni formed MonoMono in 1971 with his friend and bassist Baba Ken Okulolo, guitarist Jimmy Adams and percussionists Candido Obajimi and Friday Jumbo. The band recorded seven original tracks for their debut LP, a drastic departure from the soul covers of the 60's groups in Nigeria but a logical progression from the jazz-rock fusion saturating the London scene. Joni's keys on the lush, meandering title track Give the Beggar a Chance reminds one of Ray Manzarek (The Doors) while on Kenimania he wails like an African counter-point to the Skatalites' master organist Jackie Mittoo. Written in London and recorded in Lagos, the album was released in 1972.

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MonoMono - Dawn of Awareness - out on Soundway Records

Monday 26 September 2011, 11:20

MonoMono Dawn of Awareness
MonoMono - Dawn of Awareness
(CD/LP+bonus 12"/Digital) Soundway Records SNDWLP029, 2011-09-26

Soundway Records and Tummy Touch are proud to present Dawn of Awareness the second album by Joni Haastrup's band MonoMono. Re-issued on CD, LP and digital, the LP comes with a bonus 12" featuring two extra tracks. Amid the OPEC oil embargo, Watergate and IRA bombs, the sound of MonoMono's follow-up record, 1974's Dawn of Awareness, took on the bluesrock grooves of Santana and Hugh Masekela but with their own unique Yoruban flavor. A deeply spiritual record, Dawn of Awareness was Haastrup's reaction to what was going on in the world around him. One hears echoes of the Allman Brothers' Revival on MonoMono's Awareness is What You Need and after listening to Plain Fighting you could easily imagine the band sharing the stage with the Doobie Brothers at an East Side San Jose street festival.

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Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind - out on Soundway Records

Monday 26 September 2011, 11:19

Joni Haastrup Wake Up Your Mind
Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind
(CD/Digital) Tummy Touch/Soundway Records TUCH2028, 2011-09-26

Growing up in a royal household in Nigeria, Joni Haastrup began his musical journey performing for his brothers band Sneakers and was quickly snapped up as a vocalist for Orlando Julius Ekemode and his Modern Aces' Super Afro Soul LP, one of Afro-beat's formative LPs. Soon after, Ginger Baker of Cream fame replaced Steve Winwood with Joni on keys for Airforce's UK concerts in '71 and the success of the collaboration led to further shows with Baker as part of the SALT project before he returned to Nigeria to set up MonoMono. Back in London in 1978, Joni recorded his solo gem Wake Up Your Mind for the Afrodesia imprint. Laced with funk basslines, swirling keyboards and screaming guitars, this is Joni's most 'western' record but at the same time unmistakably of the African origin. From the slow-motion disco of Greetings to the stone cold groove of Watch Out to the Reuben Wilson style funk of Free My People Joni was soaking up the sounds of the times and blending them with the music of his roots.

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Paris DJs present Joni Haastrup & MonoMono

Friday 26 August 2011, 15:14

Joni Haastrup and MonoMono reissues on Soundway Records
MonoMono - Give The Beggar A Chance / Dawn Of Awareness; Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind

Soundway and Tummy Touch are proud to present three blistering albums of Afro Rock and Funk from Nigerian multi-intrumentalist Joni Haastrup and his band MonoMono. Re-Issued For Release On CD, Download And Replica Gatefold LP Are Three Of Nigeria's Most Coveted Releases; Monomono's 1971 Debut Album Give The Beggar A Chance, The Follow Up Dawn Of Awareness And Joni Haastrup's debut solo record Wake Up Your Mind. Soundway have been championing Joni Haastrup since day one featuring tracks on both the Nigeria Special! and Nigeria Rock Special! releases. Most recently Joni appears as a guest keys players on Black Goddess, an Afro-jazz soundtrack collaboration with Remi Kabaka.

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Black Goddess - The Soundtrack from Ola Balogun's film - out on Soundway Records

Monday 08 August 2011, 11:29

Black Goddess The Soundtrack
Black Goddess - The Soundtrack from Ola Balogun's film
(CD/LP/Digital) Soundway Records SNDWCD025, 2011-08-08

Soundway Records are proud to present the original soundtrack to Ola Balogun's legendary movie Black Goddess from 1978. The film was written and directed by Balogun (recognized as one of Nigeria's most renowned directors) but shot and cast in Brazil. The soundtrack, Soundway's deepest venture into experimental afro-jazz, was composed and produced by one of Nigeria's most successful and original musicians Remi Kabaka (who has played with Steve Winwood, Paul Simon, Paul McCartney and Ginger Baker amongst others). The record was originally issued in both Nigeria and Brazil, but recorded in Lagos, using four of the Nigerian music scene's most innovative players: Remi Kabaka himself, alongside Biddy Wright, saxophonist Dele Okonkwo and Mono Mono frontman Joni Haastrup. The resulting soundtrack created by these prestigious musicians is a truly unique and experimental afro-jazz recording that has been out of print for many years, until now.

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Bal Tropical ce soir (Mercredi 13 juillet) à Petit Bain avec Rich Medina, Mexican Institute of Sound, Miles Cleret, Soulist

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 10:49

Bal Tropical
BAL TROPICAL (gratuit et en plein air jusqu'à minuit!)
Afro Versus Latin Rythms - Mercredi 13 juillet à PETIT BAIN

RICH MEDINA (US dj set) + MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND (MX dj set) + MILES CLERET (GB dj set) + EL SONIDO MARTINES (AR dj set) + SOULIST (FR dj set). Invité graphique: TRANQUI YANQUI (AR-US)

20h / Gratuit jusqu'à minuit puis 15 euros jusqu'à 5h (prévente, TR et quartier: 10 euros)

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The Liberators Paris DJs Mix

The Liberators - Paris DJs Mix

Monday 23 May 2011, 17:53

The Liberators - Paris DJs Mix (MP3 Podcast on ParisDJs.com) 2011-05-23 This is quite unique: an afrofunk/afrobeat band from Australia signed to an Italian label!!! Well African grooves are now everywhere and people who never heard of Fela must feel quite a huge lack or awareness in music. Knowledgeness or not, here's an opportunity to discover what's Afrobeat all about over there in Sydney, with a few tracks from The Liberators self-titled album interlaced with a selection of their influences: Sir Victor Uwaifo, Fela, Ebo Taylor, Dan Satch, The Daktaris, Antibalas...You can buy The...

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