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add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks DJ Katapila Aroo (12") [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 12in - released 23/Mar/2018 ] DJ Katapila's Aroo EP is the latest addition to the iconoclastic producer's catalog of fast-paced, pan West African-influenced dance music.
add to cart $45.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks DJ Katapila Trotro (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Awesome Tapes From Africa are releasing a re-issue of Ghanaian DJ, producer and rapper DJ Katapila's Trotro album. DJ Katapila started producing music in the late 90's at the age of 39, and as his set progressed, he began adding live rapping over...
add to cart $48.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Dur-Dur Band Dur-Dur Band Volume 5 [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] This classic Somali band's 1987 recording captures some of the incredible sounds happening in Mogadishu during that era. Dur-Dur Band emerged in the 1980s, during a time when Somaliaâ€™s contribution to the creative culture in the Horn of Africa was...
add to cart $29.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Dur-Dur Band Dur-Dur Band Volume 5 [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Dur-Dur Band emerged in the 1980s, during a time when Somaliaâ€™s contribution to the creative culture in the Horn of Africa was visible and abundant. Seeking inspiration outside the impressive array of Somali traditional music that was encouraged at...
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People Mbavaira [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Mujuru was Zimbabwe's foremost mbira (thumb piano) player who brought Shona music to the world. Mbavaira is now available outside Zimbabwe for the first time. All-acoustic, calming music for these times. Mbira importance grew with the struggle for...
add to cart $29.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Hailu Mergia Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Hailu Mergia is an Ethiopian one-man-band accordion/keyboardist extraordinaire. Hailu made his name in Walias Band and later went on to do some visionary solo recordings. Hailu Mergia's beautiful and surprising 1985 foray into traditional Ethiopian...
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Hailu Mergia Yene Mircha [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Available on Vinyl LP, CD and Cassette. It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre
add to cart $45.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Hailu Mergia Lala Belu (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 9/Mar/2018 ] The "obscure outsider artist from beyond the west" has become a familiar trope for old music excavated in far-flung places, thanks in part to the eagle-eyed tape rummaging of intrepid label owners such as Brian Shimkovitz. Under his Awesome Tapes...
add to cart $41.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Na Hawa Doumbia La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 LP [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] Na Hawa Doumbia's La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 marks the first release for new label Awesome Tapes From Africa, a blog and DJ project known worldwide for shedding light on obscure and wonderful musical treasures from the African...
add to cart $29.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Na Hawa Doumbia La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Na Hawa Doumbia's La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3 marks the first release for new label Awesome Tapes From Africa, a blog and DJ project known worldwide for shedding light on obscure and wonderful musical treasures from the African...
add to cart $45.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Nahawa Doumbia La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol. 1 (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 20/Sep/2019 ] Nahawa Doumbia is one of Mali's defining vocalists of the last four decades. Her work journeys through progressive stages of musical evolution and sonic vogues, making it hard to summarize or even comprehend. She's played a part in popular music...
add to cart $23.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Om Alec Khaoli Say You Love Me [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Re-issue on Awesome Tapes From Africa of "Om" Alec Khaoli, the musician behind Harari and Umoja. Say You Love Me wasn't "Om" Alec Khaoli's first solo recording, but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter's standing as one of South...
add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Om Alec Khaoli Say You Love Me (12") [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 12in - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Re-issue on Awesome Tapes From Africa of "Om" Alec Khaoli, the musician behind Harari and Umoja. Say You Love Me wasn't "Om" Alec Khaoli's first solo recording, but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter's standing as one of South...
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe Kadi Yombo [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 8/Apr/2022 ] Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogho people of Gabon. Combining beating rattles with a layer of synthesizers, Papé Nziengui blends in a...
add to cart $55.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe Kadi Yombo (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 2 LP - released 20/May/2022 ] Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogho people of Gabon. Combining beating rattles with a layer of synthesizers, Papé Nziengui blends...
add to cart $50.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Penny Penny Shaka Bundu LP [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ] South African singer and mid-school Tsonga disco [Shangaan disco] superstar Penny Penny's classic 1994 tape is now available on vinyl via Awesome Tapes From Africa.
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Penny Penny Yogo Yogo [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / Cassette - released 9/Oct/2020 ] The rags-to-riches chronicle of Penny Penny's life would be remarkable if he had only released his smash debut Shaka Bundu and packed houses for a few years. But the inimitable South African singer and dancer known for his trademark top ponytail and...
add to cart $44.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks SK Kakraba Songs of Paapieye LP [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2013 ]
add to cart $40.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Sourakata Koite En Hollande (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sourakata Koité was born in 1955 in Malème, Senegal, a Malinke-speaking area. As Sourakata says, "All the Koité are musicians!" He is indeed a member of a family of djéli (or griot in french), the hereditary caste of musician-storyteller-historians...
add to cart $25.00 Out of Stock 6+ weeks Teno Afrika Amapiano Selections [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] The past five years have seen amapiano, South Africa's electronic music movement born in the townships of the country's Gauteng province, evolve from an underground sound to a nationwide mainstream staple. Even with its commercial success though,...