Hailu Mergia
Pioneer Works Swing (Live) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Beautifully captured at one of their fiery live shows at the venerable Brooklyn non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works on July 1, 2016, the concert was recorded by PW staff and mixed by Ted Young with mastering by ATFA's expert audio extraction... |
Hailu Mergia
Pioneer Works Swing (Live) (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 3/Nov/2023 ] Beautifully captured at one of their fiery live shows at the venerable Brooklyn non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works on July 1, 2016, the concert was recorded by PW staff and mixed by Ted Young with mastering by ATFA's expert audio extraction... |
Roger Bekono
Roger Bekono [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] Cameroonian artist, musician, author, composer, performer and guitarist Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the four-on-the-floor, ribald intensity of bikutsi. The Ewondo-language dance-pop style... |
Bekono, Roger
Roger Bekono [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] |
DJ Black Low
Impumelelo (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 2 LP - released 17/Mar/2023 ] There's more than a hint of ambition on the double LP sophomore effort from Sam Austin Rabede, the producer known as DJ Black Low. Pretoria, South Africa-born and based, the young man makes amapiano with new ways of expressing this local... |
DJ Black Low
Uwami II (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 1/Jul/2022 ] The vinyl version of the rest of the songs from the digital version of DJ Black Low's breakthrough debut Uwami (2021). DJ Black Low burst on the international scene last year with Uwami, a collection of his early, downright avant-garde amapiano... |
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... |
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... |
Papé Nziengui Et Son Groupe
Kadi Yombo [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - 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... |
Native Soul
Teenage Dreams [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Kgothatso Tshabalala is 19 years old and Zakhele Mhlanga (DJ Zakes) is 18. Their 12-track debut electronic music album, Teenage Dreams, is not easily dismissed as a project that shows their age, though. Teenage Dreams presents a youthful,... |
Native Soul
Teenage Dreams (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 2 LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Kgothatso Tshabalala is 19 years old and Zakhele Mhlanga (DJ Zakes) is 18. Their 12-track debut electronic music album, Teenage Dreams, is not easily dismissed as a project that shows their age, though. Teenage Dreams presents a youthful,... |
Teno Afrika
Amapiano Selections [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 24/Sep/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,... |
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... |
Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People
Mbavaira [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Mujuru was Zimbabwe's foremost mbira (thumb piano) player who brought Shona music to the world. -Available outside Zimbabwe for the first time. All-acoustic, calming music for these times. Mbira importance grew with the struggle for independence and... |
Ephat Mujuru & The Spirit Of The People
Mbavaira (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 27/Aug/2021 ] Mujuru was Zimbabwe's foremost mbira (thumb piano) player who brought Shona music to the world. -Available outside Zimbabwe for the first time. All-acoustic, calming music for these times. Mbira importance grew with the struggle for independence and... |
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band
Tezeta [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple... |
Hailu Mergia & The Walias Band
Tezeta (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, The Walias were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple... |
DJ Black Low
Uwami [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 7/May/2021 ] Debut LP by the remarkable producer from Pretoria, South Africa who has a singular take on amapiano. In many ways, DJ Black Low's debut album, Uwami, shows the signs of an artist's first offering in any musical genre. Showcasing fluency in a broad... |
DJ Black Low
Uwami (LP) [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Debut LP by the remarkable producer from Pretoria, South Africa who has a singular take on amapiano. In many ways, DJ Black Low's debut album, Uwami, shows the signs of an artist's first offering in any musical genre. Showcasing fluency in a broad... |
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,... |