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Gypsy Fari: Gypsy Fari [Vinyl 7"]

Soundway presents Ferdinand ‘Maréchal’ Papillon’s underground club classic Moulongo - recorded in Paris in 1995 and highlighting the Zouk/dancehall/Makossa crossover sound that was then coming out of the city’s studios. The session features a Pan-African line-up including legendary Cameroonian bassist Aladji Touré, Congolese guitar great Nene Tchakou (Langa Langa Stars) and digital Makossa impresario Toto Guillaume. Features a new remix from Canadian producer Poirier for a 2024 bassline zouk mover, cut loud and proud on 12” vinyl.

Hernandez Barbara: All Nite Tonight [Vinyl LP]

Circus Underwater: Circus Underwater (Deluxe) [2 Vinyl LP]

In the late 1960's, Colombia's Caribbean coast cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla were invaded by the modern sounds of Nuyorican boogaloo and salsa. Meanwhile, a young sax player and bandleader by the name of Michi Sarmiento, the son of Discos Fuentes' brilliant in-house arranger Climaco was honing his skills in the rough bars and clubs of Cartagena's red-light district. This compilation features the best of the guaguancós, descargas and cumbias recorded by Michi and his Bravos between 1967 and 1977 - pure Colombian dancefloor thunder.

During the golden age of Nigerian music in the 1970s, Tunji Oyelana elevated the realm of pop music by infusing it with the poetic storytelling of Yoruba folklore, blending the fashionable sounds of highlife, afrobeat, afrorock, funk, calypso, juju and reggae and transforming them into something timelessly unique. Tunji's first records came out in 1969 but it wasn't until two years later that the first record credited to Tunji Oyelana & The Benders, 'Agba Lo De' b/w 'Koriko Nde', was released. The record turned out to be the smash that put the name Tunji Oyelana & The Benders on the national map. More significantly, the record's unique sound signaled the emergence of a new era and a new genre in Nigerian music. Tunji eventually signed to EMI Nigeria, his first eponymously-titled release on the label in 1974 yielding the instant classic 'To Whom It May Concern.'

Fumaça Preta's hard hitting, free-wheeling debut LP brings together elements of tropicalia, psychedelic rock, fuzz funk, musique concrete, acid house, radiophonic electronics, hair metal, voodoo and African, Brazilian and Latin rhythms.