Reuben Vaun Smith
Warm Nights (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 2/Oct/2020 ] As a young football prodigy, Reuben Vaun Smith was signed to the Leeds United youth team as a rising talent. By 16 he'd been spotted and signed by Sevilla in Spain, and a professional sports career beckoned. But the dream was over before it really... |
Rob
Make it Fast, Make it Slow [ Soundway / CD - released 27/Apr/2012 ] |
ROB
Make It Fast, Make It Slow (LP) [ Soundway / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] ROB was an enigmatic recording artist from Ghana who cut two albums for the legendary Essiebons label in 1977. Neither of these were big domestic hits at the time and have since become prized amongst collectors in recent years. A stranger, slower... |
Shaluza Max / Tabu Ley Rochereau
Mangase / Hafi Deo 12" [ Soundway / 12in - released 22/Mar/2019 ] Soundway Records present a special tribute double a-side 12" with two tracks from African musicians perfect for smooth summer tropical DJ fodder. South African singer Shaluza Max's massive Mashkandi/house anthem Mangase gets a first release on... |
Sir Victor Uwaifo
Guitar Boy Superstar 1970-1976 [ Soundway Records / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] Nigerian legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo combined the rhythms and traditions of the historic culture of the Empire of Benin with the sounds of Highlife, Soul and Reggae to produce his own unique and culturally vital musical hybrid. |
Sweet Talks
The Kusum Beat [ Soundway / CD - released 14/Jun/2010 ] |
Various Artists
Nigeria Special - Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-1976 [ Soundway Records / 2 CD - released 18/May/2009 ] This 2CD set presents some of the best un-reissued and forgotten sounds from Nigeria, covering the amazing vibrant and diverse styles that emerged and flourished at the time. Everything from Highlife, Jazz, Afro Beat and Blues to more traditional... |
Various Artists
Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98) (LP) [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 25/Oct/2019 ] 17 obscure Soca B-side versions, dubs, instrumentals and edits as well as vocal tracks influenced by disco, boogie, house-music, soul and the more conscious lyrics of roots reggae. Owing as much to New York, Toronto and London as to the Caribbean... |
Various Artists
Colombia 45 - Limited [ Soundway / 3 7in - released 7/Mar/2011 ] |
Various Artists
Colombia! - The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes - The Powerhouse of Colombian Music 1960-1976 (Limited Edition 2-LP / Vinyl) [ Soundway Records / 2 LP - released 18/May/2009 ] This is a limited edition 2LP set of the 'Colombia! - The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes - The Powerhouse of Colombian Music 1960-1976' album - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
Various Artists
Ghana Soundz - Afro-Beat, Funk & Fusion in '70s Ghana - Volume 2 [ Soundway Records / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] This is the sizzling follow up to the highly successful 'Ghana Soundz Volume One'. Influenced as much by traditional rhythms and local highlife as by the music of Fela Kuti, James Brown and Santana, these tunes had almost become extinct - until now. |
Various Artists
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968 - 1981 [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] Soundway steps back into Africa with thirty-three original and previously un-reissued tracks from Ghana delivering a follow on of sorts from the hugely successful CD/LP Nigeria Special. Ghana Special represents nearly ten years of on-going... |
Various Artists
Heads Records - South African Disco-Dub Edits EP (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 8/Jun/2018 ] Off the back of the recent Gumba Fire compilation, Soundway releases a 4-track, dance floor-orientated EP drawing from the short-lived Heads label out of South Africa. The Heads label lasted a brief two years between 1982 and 1984. Started and run... |
Various Artists
Nigeria Special - Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970 - 1976 - Part 2 (Vinyl) [ Soundway Records / 2 LP - released 18/May/2009 ] This is a limited edition 2LP set of the 'Nigeria Special - Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-1976 - Part 2' album - on VINYL. You will need a good ol' record player to listen to it! |
Various Artists
Padang Moonrise: The Birth Of The Modern Indonesian Recording Industry (1955-69) [ Soundway Records / 2 LP - released 25/Nov/2022 ] Padang Moonrise is the story of modern Indonesian music that emerged underneath the volcanoes of Java and Sumatra. Java, the most populous island in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands and 1300 distinct ethnic groups, and its capital city Jakarta,... |
Various Artists
Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77 [ Soundway / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Volume 2 showcases more of the unique tropical music created in Panama in the fertile decades of the 1960s and '70s. The thin, tropical bridge that connects North and South America, Panama is home to three million culturally diverse people, and its'... |
Various Artists
Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967-77 [ Soundway / 2 LP - released 6/Jul/2009 ] |
Various Artists
Panama! 3: Panama! 3 Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Típica On The Isthmus 1960-1975 (Double Gatefold LP) [ Soundway Records / 2 LP - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Volume 3 showcases more of the unique tropical music created in Panama in the fertile decades of the 1960s and '70s. Panama is the thin, tropical bridge that connects North and South America, and is home to three million culturally diverse people;... |
Fredrick Clarke, Jungle Rat USA, Ralph Weeks
Panama Soul EP [ Soundway / 12in - released 7/Dec/2012 ] This sweet soul inspired double header harks back to Panama in the late 60′s, a time when musicians fearlessly combined and brilliantly executed styles that reflected their multicultural environment. 'Moving Grooving' and 'Hiko Iko' are both ultra... |
Various Artists
Ten Cities [ Soundway / CD - released 14/Nov/2014 ] Soundway Records, along with the Goethe-Institute and Adaptr.org, present TEN CITIES a new compilation including, amongst many others, the likes of Bristol dubstep producer Pinch, Lisbon-based producer Batida and Kenyan group Just A Band. Between... |