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Barbara Hernandez
All Nite Tonight (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 31/May/2024 ] Cult soca disco 12", produced by Leston Paul and originally released in 1984 - now available in full vocal and instrumental versions for the first time in 40 years. Barbara Hernandez was working as a backing singer for Kool and the Gang in New... |
Black Truth Rhythm Band
Ifetayo (Remastered LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Long-awaited remaster and re-cut of the 1976 album 'Ifetayo' by Black Truth Rhythm Band, an important and overlooked chapter in Trinidad's rich musical history that blends West African influences with jazz, funk and the incisive social commentary of... |
Dar Disku
Dar Disku (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 27/Sep/2024 ] The debut album from Bahraini-born, British based musical duo Dar Disku is a celebration of their Arabic heritage and multicultural influences that melds golden age West Asian and North African sounds with a contemporary dance floor focus. Recorded... |
Dexter Story
Bahir (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 15/Mar/2019 ] New release from LA-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Dexter Story. Described by Story as "a snapshot of the last few years of my immersive study of the Horn of Africa," Bahir's 13 tracks mix Ethiopian jazz, Tuareg grooves, ekista dance... |
Hotline
You Are Mine (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 4/Aug/2017 ] This very rare Nigerian disco classic LP, originally released in 1986, is the only known recorded album by Hotline and features the track 'Fella's Doing It In Lagos', which gave its name to the recent Soundway 'Doing It In Lagos' compilation. 180... |
International Soleil Band
Ta Lassa (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Composed by Gnamakoron Sidi Diabaté, Ta Lassa was featured originally on an album released in 1983 by French Warners offshoot WAM (West African Music) - a short lived label that recorded about 20 releases of West African music released in... |
Julien Dyne
Modes (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 6/May/2022 ] Modes continues the forward-thinking percussive jazz and afro-inspired house music soundscapes explored on Dyne's recent album Teal, which garnered acclaim from peers and fans alike - including Late Night Tales, Toddla T, Ransom Note, and BBC6 Music... |
The Lahaar
The Lahaar EP (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70's NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna and Surprise Chef's Lachlan... |
Lord Echo
Curiosities (Reissue LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Soundway Records completes the Lord Echo album collection, finally reissuing the second album in the trilogy from the in-demand New Zealand multi-instrumentalist and producer. Originally released in 2013, 'Curiosities' is now available as a DJ... |
Lord Echo
Harmonies (DJ Friendly 2xLP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 30/Jun/2017 ] "I made this record primarily with DJs in mind. DJs and record nerds. They are generally people who really love music and are often obsessed with various aspects of it. And they still buy records! I respect that. I'm not making music for people for... |
Lord Echo
Melodies (LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 12/May/2017 ] Soundway reissue of Lord Echo debut LP 'Melodies', which features the amazing version of the Sister Sledge song "Thinking of You". Previously only available in Japan, is essential listening for the recent converts. This debut solo release is a... |
Ondatropica
Ondatropica (LP & 7") [ Soundway / 3 LP - released 8/Feb/2019 ] Reissued 3LP with bonus 7" + full booklet documenting the creation of the record and the artists involved. Colombian musician, Mario Galeano, the force behind the band Frente Cumbiero, and English producer Will Holland a.k.a. Quantic, joined... |
Penny Penny
Shilungu (12") [ Soundway Records / 12in - released 28/Jun/2019 ] Preceding a double vinyl compilation from South African-raised, UK-based DJ and producer Esa Williams, this 12" features Penny Penny's impossibly rare Kwaito House monster "Shilungu". On the flip is the acid-soaked "Shilungu (Esa & Mervin Granger... |
Various Artists
Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop & Funk From The South China Sea (1974 -1988) (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Soundway Records delivers an exciting new compilation, diving ever deeper into South-East Asia. Ayo Ke Disco celebrates the musical identities emerging during the 1970s and 80s from the newly independent countries nestled around the South China... |
Various Artists
Doing It In Lagos - Boogie Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria (3LP) [ Soundway / 3 LP - released 16/Dec/2016 ] A new compilation featuring 20 rare tracks from the currently much talked about world of Nigerian pop music; a zeitgeist of their early 1980s club culture. The country's economy was booming at the time and so was its recording industry. Strongly... |
Various Artists
Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 10/May/2024 ] More than 20 years after the release of the heavy funk and Afrobeat-focused Ghana Soundz compilations, and following the success of 2009's Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981, Soundway is now shining the spotlight... |
Various Artists
Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 (3LP) [ Soundway / 3 LP - released 10/May/2024 ] More than 20 years after the release of the heavy funk and Afrobeat-focused Ghana Soundz compilations, and following the success of 2009's Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-1981, Soundway is now shining the spotlight... |
Various Artists
Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings 1970 -1980 (LP) [ Soundway LP / 3 LP - released 28/Jun/2013 ] Soundway Records present Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & '80s - a treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa. Spread out over two CDs and one triple LP, Kenya Special is accompanied by detailed... |
Various Artists
Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 (Triple LP) [ Soundway / 3 LP - released 22/Nov/2024 ] Soundway Records presents a collection of Nigerian music chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. The late 70s saw a period of political turbulence... |
Batida
Batida [ Soundway / CD - released 27/Apr/2012 ] A distinctly modern and vibrant project with its feet firmly rooted in the past, Batida combine samples from old 1970s Angolan tracks with modern electronic dance music. |
Batida
Batida (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 27/Apr/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. LP includes free download. The debut album from Batida, the brainchild of Angolan / Portuguese Pedro Coquenão. A distinctly modern and vibrant project with its feet firmly rooted in the past, Batida combine samples... |
Batida
Dois [ Soundway / CD - released 28/Nov/2014 ] Batida release new album "Dois" via Soundway Records. Strands of afro-house, kuduro, benga, semba, samples from The Clash and old Angolan movies and afro-beat tracks, African MCs and musicians from all over the world are all deftly mixed together by... |
Black Truth Rhythm Band
Ifetayo [ Soundway / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] Originally released in 1976, 'Ifetaya' was the only release from the Afro-centric Trinidadian band and is re-issued here for the first time on CD. |
Bomba Esterio
Elegancia Tropical [ Soundway / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] |
Charles Amoah
Sweet Vibration (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Following on from the runaway success of Soundway's release of Kiki Gyan's "24 Hours In A Disco", another Ghanaian legend looks to have his time to shine. One of the most well-known disco and burger highlife artists of the time, Charles Amoah... |
Chico Mann
Magical Thinking [ Soundway / CD - released 3/May/2013 ] Displaying his mastery over an arsenal of studio weapons and synthesizers, Chico Mann (aka Marcos Garcia) scores his fifth long player against a backdrop of pop sensibilities and guest vocalists. The album draws as much on 80's funk, boogie and... |
Chico Mann
Magical Thinking (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 3/May/2013 ] Magical Thinking is the third solo album from Antibalas guitarist Chico Mann (Marcos J. Garcia) and is as different from its predecessors as they were from one another. |
Chico Mann
Manifest Tone The Best of Volumes 1-3 [ Soundway / CD - released 28/Jun/2013 ] |
The Circling Sun
Spirits (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] New Zealand's jazz luminaries have assembled to form an all-star cluster: The Circling Sun. Channeling spiritual/modal jazz and Latin rhythms, they simultaneously reference the greats such as Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, while... |
Circus Underwater
Circus Underwater (LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Remastered release of Circus Underwater's 1984 self titled outing, including unreleased tracks taken from the original ¼" tapes. Soundway presents Circus Underwater's 1984 self-titled masterpiece. Remastered and extended to a double LP, this... |
Debruit & Alsarah
Aljawal [ Soundway / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] Soundway records present a unique record: a modern, haunting take on Sudanese music heard through the sonic lens of French artist / producer, Débruit and the poetic, ethereal lyrics and melodies of Sudanese-born singer Alsarah. Aljawal (The... |
Edzayawa
Projection One [ Soundway / CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] |
Family Atlantica
Family Atlantica [ Soundway / CD - released 3/May/2013 ] Recorded over 4 years in London and Venezuela, Cuban rumba, Venezuelan tambor and tonada, Ghanaian highlife, Ethiopian blues and calypso have been soaked and infused with psychedelia and spiritual jazz. Gilles Peterson included the band in his recent... |
Felbm
Elements Of Nature (LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 9/Dec/2022 ] In January 2021, Eelco Topper (Felbm) went into hermit mode by way of a two-week residency at Buitenplaats Doornburgh, a former monastery on the outskirts of his hometown of Utrecht, Netherlands. He had already intended to use only natural elements... |
Felbm
Tape 3 / Tape 4 (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Following on from 2018's Tape 1 & Tape 2, Dutch producer and musician Eelco Topper returns to Soundway Records for the next two instalments of his Felbm project. Tape 3 & Tape 4 is an intimate, emotional, lilting and melodic solo project with a... |
Flamingods
Majesty [ Soundway / CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] |
Free Youth
We Can Move (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 12/Jul/2019 ] Soundway Records reissues Free Youth's long sought-after 1985 single "We Can Move", one of the first known examples of Ghanaian hip hop, emerging at the dawn of 'hip-life' (hip hop meets highlife). It was the trio's only release and originally... |
Fumaca Preta
Impuros Fanaticos [ Soundway / CD - released 24/Jun/2016 ] 'Impuros Fanáticos' is the 2nd album from the indomitable Fumaça Preta. Fumaça Preta (pronounced Foomassa Pretta - meaning "Black Smoke") started as a studio experiment when Alex Figueira, a Portuguese-Venezuelan producer and percussionist,... |
Fumaca Preta
Impuros Fanaticos LP [ Soundway / LP - released 24/Jun/2016 ] 'Impuros Fanáticos' is the 2nd album from the indomitable Fumaça Preta. Fumaça Preta (pronounced Foomassa Pretta - meaning "Black Smoke") started as a studio experiment when Alex Figueira, a Portuguese-Venezuelan producer and percussionist,... |
The Funkees
Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock '73 (Vinyl) [ Soundway / LP - released 11/May/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. |
