AFRO / SOUL / FUNK

(LP) PEDRO RAMOS - JACINTA SANCHES
(LP) PEDRO RAMOS - JACINTA SANCHES
After their first LP, in 1987, Pedro gathered his usual band, Carlos Sousa on keyboard, Bulimundo on drums, Nuno Santos and Zézé on lead and rhythm guitars, Augusto Rasta on bass, Daló on sax and finally Dalú on percussions, for yet another project, one that carried both their names: Jacinta Sanches - Pedro Ramos. Eight days, no more, that’s all Pedro Ramos and Jacinta Sanches needed inside the Estúdios Musicorde. The process was natural, as with all their music, memories recollected and arranged by Pedro on café napkins, rehearsed and perfected at home with Jacinta. Together they imagined music where Cape Verdean saudade could dance together with Kingston’s skank, two island hearts beating inside European concrete.
24,99 €
(LP) TCHISS LOPES - STRANGER JA CATEM TRABOI
(LP) TCHISS LOPES - STRANGER JA CATEM TRABOI
After 11 months at sea, Tchiss landed back in Rome, the city that sparked the inspiration to his very first solo album: Stranger Já Catem Traboi. Accompanied by band members of Cabo Verde Novo, with whom he had previously collaborated in 1981 on their one and only LP Moreninha, Tchiss composed what he considers his musical passport. And in 1982, after a two-day session at the Pomodoro Studio in Sutri, Stranger Já Catem Traboi was recorded. Drawing from his personal and collective experience, Tchiss sings of the hardships of finding a job abroad and getting an education, of love that comes and goes and other people’s judgment, of the tragic loss of lives at sea: themes from 40 years ago, yet so relevant today. More than an album, Stranger Já Catem Traboi is a journey through the layered life and music of Tchiss Lopes.
24,99 €
(LP) TCHISS LOPES - JA BO CORRE D'MIM
(LP) TCHISS LOPES - JA BO CORRE D'MIM
After his first LP Stranger Já Catem Traboi, Tchiss decided to further experiment with reggae and funaná, inspired by the local rhythms of the island of Santiago. Gathering some of the best Cape Verdean musicians of the time, in 1984, together with Zé António on guitar, Bebethe on bass and Alírio on drums, he recorded his second LP Já Bô Corre D’Mim. An album that sings of a young man far from home, his unrequited love and saudade, the struggles of street life in a foreign land and a world of inequality. Recorded in just 3 days at the Pomodoro Studio in Sutri, the album fully expresses the deep and layered sound of Tchiss’ music, where upbeat tempo, powerful vocals and electrifying guitar solos tangle together in a dynamic mix of traditional melodies and cosmic reggae.
24,99 €
(LP) COLONEL ELLIOTT & THE LUNATICS - INTERSTELLAR REGGAE DRIVE
(LP) COLONEL ELLIOTT & THE LUNATICS - INTERSTELLAR REGGAE DRIVE
Limited Edition / 180g Vinyl / Remastered
‘What if Lee Perry and Lex Baxter have been caught in a firetrap altogether ?’ A weird experiment in dub & reggae coined in 1973, the sole album of this interstellar venture was a case in point. Jamaican rhythms (provided by the almighty Trojan records crew) with legendary prog/psych keyboardist KEN ELLIOT (former member of influential british bands such as Second Hand and Seventh Wave) creating groovy instrumental on top ! 10 tracks including the JOE MEEK classic Telstar for a space-age trip that sounds like a highly-stoned caribbean easy listening session. A truly gem on its own, incredible strange music for the suburbs!
19,99 €
(6x7" Box Set) ETHIOPIQUES BOX 7" VOL. 2
(6x7" Box Set) ETHIOPIQUES BOX 7" VOL. 2
Limited edition of 2,000 copies released for Record Store Day 2018.
Includes poster and six stickers of the covers.6 rare 7" singles reissued for the first time, with original artwork and labels.
49,99 €
(LP) PLUTO - RHYTHM OF THE CITY
(LP) PLUTO - RHYTHM OF THE CITY
The time was 1988, and urban life in Miami was at its apex. After having moved from Jamaica to The Magic City in the summer of 1977, Pluto saw the future. Rhythm Of The City fully expresses this forward thrust, where technology, nightlife, love and urban vibes mingle in an exciting vision of a past future. Recorded at Earthman Studio in Miami, and produced by Geoffrey Chung, the album overthrows the normal rules of reggae, mixing it together with funk, soul and disco, and giving birth to what Pluto himself describes as urban reggae folklore.
24,99 €
(LP) 33 EWE - BY JJM
(LP) 33 EWE - BY JJM
33 EWE is formed from the meeting of Joseph, Mawuko, Togolese multi-instrumentalist musicians; and Juan, a Cantabrian drummer living temporarily in Togo and a neighbor of both."By JJM" is 33 EWE's first recording. It is an album that claims for meeting and dialogue, in this case, between Africa and Europe in four languages ​​(Spanish, English French and Ewé, the language of Togo). The music walks between traditional West African rhythms and African Gospel with structures that tend to pop and catchy choruses.
18,49 €