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
Afro Tropical Soundz - Volume 1 [ Soundway / CD - released 31/May/2010 ] An essential introduction for music fans new to African, Latin and Tropical music - a superb overview of the label. "England's Soundway label equals quality."- Pitchfork. |
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
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
Doing It In Lagos - Boogie Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria [ Soundway / 2 CD - 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 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 Afrobeat Special - The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria [ Soundway / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] Focusing on the big band sound dominated by wailing saxes, brass and relentless poly-rhythms, 'Nigeria Afrobeat Special' delivers a no-nonsense collection of tracks that (bar one) have never been re-issued outside of Nigeria. |
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
Palenque! Palenque! [ Soundway / CD - released 8/Jun/2010 ] Twenty one pulsating tracks drawn from the northern coasts of Colombia - a unique and fascinating story of how Afro Colombian music developed and how the local sound-systems in Cartagena and Barranquilla played such an important role in shaping the... |
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... |
Various Artists
Ten Cities 3LP [ Soundway / 3 LP - 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... |