https://drmckinleychiro.com/collections/all.atom Darkcrystal trading 2023-07-05T15:00:02+01:00 Darkcrystal trading https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7880563163304 2023-07-05T15:00:02+01:00 2023-07-05T15:00:02+01:00 Bombino 'Sahel' LP World PIAS / Cinram

Vendor: PIAS / Cinram
Type: World
Price: 21.99

 Pre-order. Due 15th September.

Limited translucent blue vinyl.

Bombino is back with a brand new studio album - 'Sahel'. The new record is Bombino’s first full album in over five years, and follows 2018’s ‘Deran’, which garnered praise like ""the Sultan of Shred"" from The New York Times, and ""the World's Best Guitarist"" from Vice. This praise also turned the guitar luminary + Tuareg folk hero into the first-ever GRAMMY®-nominated artist from Niger.  ‘Sahel’ was produced by David Wrench (David Byrne, Frank Ocean, Caribou, The xx) and was recorded at Studio HIBA in Casablanca, Morocco.

 

Catalogue number: PTKF3034-3

Condition: New

Label: Partisan

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7880563163304 Default Title 21.99 PTKF3034-3 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7876895867048 2023-06-30T13:35:45+01:00 2023-06-30T13:35:45+01:00 Gal Costa 'India (50th Anniversary)' LP World Proper

Vendor: Proper
Type: World
Price: 24.99

Pre-order. Due 7th July.

A post-Tropicalia masterpiece from one of the movements key figures and true legends of Brazilian music, Gal Costa.

Features a stellar line up of musicians including Gilberto Gil, Arthur Verocai, Dominguinhos, Roge 769;rio Duprat and Tenorio Jr. amongst others. Replica original Gatefold including the cover that was banned by the Brazilian military government in 1973 during the brutal dictatorship. India includes the incredible Pontos De Luz as sampled by Kaytranada on Lite Spots and one of our favourite Brazilian songs of all time. A wonderful album from start to finish, touching on MPB, folk, jazz, funk and rock with strong Tropicalia and Nordestino influences throughout.

For its 50th anniversary, we knew we had to do something special, so we enlisted the sensational mastering and lacquer-cutting engineer Miles Showell from Abbey Road to cut a half-speed master for a beautiful spacious sound.

The album is housed in its original replica gatefold cover with an OBI. There is also an insert with an interview, and an A2 poster exclusive to this release.

R.I.P. Gal Maria da Graca Penna Burgos Costa, your light shines on.  


 




 


Condition: New

Label: Mr Bongo

]]> https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7876895867048 Default Title 24.99 MRBLP282 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858787877032 2023-06-12T14:19:03+01:00 2023-06-12T14:19:03+01:00 Pigeon 'Backslider' 12" World Proper

Vendor: Proper
Type: World
Price: 14.99

Following up on their acclaimed debut EP - Yagana - in 2022, the 5-piece band returns with a brand new offering: Backslider.

Dressed as if they would be equally comfortable starring in a modern spaghetti western as they are cutting slick silhouettes on a festival stage - are Guinean singer Falle Nioke, Graham Godfrey on drums, Steve Pringle on keys, Tom Dream on guitar and Josh Ludlow on bass. As Pigeon develop and hone their sound further, Afro-disco remains at the core while jazz and no-wave make way for new elements of electro, rock and synth pop. The introduction of sequencers and drum machines sprinkles a little more structure into the mix, however the recording process still very much embodies the DIY spirit of band members that enjoy jamming together.


 

Catalogue number: SNDW12052

Condition: New

Label: Soundway

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858787877032 Default Title 14.99 SNDW12052 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858744098984 2023-06-12T12:47:45+01:00 2023-06-12T12:47:45+01:00 Various 'Where We Come From, Vol. 1' LP World SRD

Vendor: SRD
Type: World
Price: 23.49

In March 2022, EMPIRE assembled some of Africa’s finest singers and songwriters, the musical equivalent of Ocean’s Eleven, at a writing camp in San Francisco. The result is Where We Come From, Vol. 1, a 15-track compilation featuring Afrobeats royalty Wande Coal, Tiwa Savage and Olamide as well as Tanzanian duo Navy Kenzo, Cape Verde’s June Freedom and a host of other stars across Nigeria and Ghana – KiDi, Fireboy DML, Kizz Daniel, Tolani and more. The sounds traverse East, West and South of the continent, incorporating drill, amapiano, trap and Afrobeats in fashioning an album that at once sandwiches luxury between lust and love while also being a flagpost to hedonism. The cover art, created by Nigerian artist Dricky Stickman, incorporates all 15 songs into the final product, illustrating unity, community and culture. “This project ‘Where We Come From, Vol. 1’ is a perfect example of music having no limitations,” Kareem Mobalaji, Regional Head West Africa said. “Yes we are from Africa, but we are truly determined to reach the entire world with our voice, which is music.”

 

Catalogue number: ERE903

Condition: New

Label: Empire

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858744098984 Default Title 23.49 ERE903 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858162466984 2023-06-11T19:45:04+01:00 2023-06-11T19:45:04+01:00 Roger Bekono 'Roger Bekono' LP World Cargo

Vendor: Cargo
Type: World
Price: 23.99


  • Long out-of-print release available digitally for the first time. Extensive notes by a local writer in English and French. Previously unpublished family photos. Urbanized traditional music at a dancefloor-friendly tempo. The very definition of an "Awesome Tape From Africa". 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 that forms an undulating tapestry of interlocking triplet rhythmic interplay came to international prominence in the European "world music" scene as the 90s began. But the relentless sound of bikutsi developed in Yaoundé at the hands of Bekono and many others, as it developed from a village-based singing style performed mostly by women into a cosmopolitan music force that rivaled the popularity of established musics like Congolese rhumba, merengue and makossa. With his unique—some say suave—voice, Bekono contributed much over a period of more than 10 years as part of the evolution of this traditional rhythm-turned-urban dance movement. Bekono worked with legendary producer Mystic Jim, who had built a prolific home studio along with a crack team of musicians. They joined as part of the production of his self-titled album, which became known locally as "Jolie Poupée," the name of the album's lead single and most popular song. For "Jolie Poupée" Mystic Jim programmed the kick or bass drum, adding effects to have a heavier bass. Overall the album represented a new level of finesse and professionalism for his second release. In the middle of 1989, Jolie Poupée was released by the label Inter Diffusion System and aggressively hit the radio, discos and national television. The music video for the title track was on loop on TV. It felt like everyone was talking about it, even artists in adjacent music scenes like makossa. The album came out on vinyl and cassette and remains Bekono's best-selling recording to this day. With Jolie Poupée Bekono finally made an impact outside Cameroon as the record captured listeners in some Central African countries like Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo and Sao Tome & Principe. In these countries, we find the Fang or Mfan people (also known as Ekang), Bantu-speaking ethnic groups that are also found in Cameroon. This umbrella language group includes the language in which bikutsi is mainly sung. Most of Bekono's songs are in French, Ewondo (of which Beti is a dialect) and Pidgin. The four songs on Jolie Poupée are all considered bikutsi classics. On September 15, 2016, Bekono died of a long illness at the age of 62. In the wake of his passing the media published a wave of tributes, thanking him for what he did for Cameroonian music. He was an admired musician, songwriter and guitarist, and some of his old colleagues and some of the new generation of performers showered Bekono with vibrant tributes via social media, many of which noting something to the effect of: "The artist dies but his works remain.

 


Condition: New

Label: Awesome Tapes From Africa

]]> PRES https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7858162466984 Default Title 23.99 ATFA047LP 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851326636200 2023-06-07T12:03:44+01:00 2023-06-07T12:03:44+01:00 Various 'Coco María Presents Club Coco ¡Ahora! The Latin Sound Of Now' LP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 25.99

Pre-order. Due 7th July.

Coco María and Bongo Joe reunite for the second edition of Club Coco, featuring a sackful of Latin inspired tracks from international bands and producers. All the songs were selected by Coco María, who in recent years has gone from a promising up-and-comer to an ever-present and influential figure in the music industry, widely known for her tireless work shining a light on contemporary, pan-Latin roots music around the world, through both her live DJs sets and eclectic radio sessions.

This compilation brings together several of the most respected and innovative artists on the frontiers of tropical music today. Those who take the energy, melodies and textures of classic Latin music and turn those gems into songs tailor-made for a new generation of music lovers. Simply put, it's a record for those diggers who jump with excitement when they find a vinyl reissue of some Latin star of the past, be it Joe Arroyo, Los Mirlos or Aniceto Molina and then wonder, "This classic music sounds amazing, but where are the bands that are taking these sounds to new places?”.


Catalogue number: BJR86LP

Condition: New

Label: Bongo Joe

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851326636200 Default Title 25.99 BJR86LP 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851323424936 2023-06-07T12:02:05+01:00 2023-06-07T12:02:05+01:00 Tony Allen & Adrian Younge 'Tony Allen JID018' LP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 29.99

Pre-order. Due 7th July.

Gold vinyl.


The genius that is Tony Allen departed this mortal world in April of 2020, but not without leaving an unmatched legacy that crossed oceans and borders, bridging cultures and forging a sound that changed music. As the drummer for Fela Kuti's revolutionary Africa 70, Allen's polyrhythmic drumming defined Afrobeat. His contributions as an artist and cultural ambassador left an indelible impact on every genre of popular music, from techno to rock and hip-hop. Tony Allen's music stands as an ongoing testament to the interconnected musical relationships and dialogues across the African diaspora, and their lasting influence on how we listen. For Jazz Is Dead producer Adrian Younge, it is no small honour to share new music recorded with the drummer revolutionary Tony Allen.

 

Catalogue number: JID18LPLTD

Condition: New

Label: Jazz Is Dead

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851323424936 Default Title 29.99 JID18LPLTD 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851319197864 2023-06-07T11:59:59+01:00 2023-06-07T11:59:59+01:00 Los Amigos Invisibles 'The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera' 2xLP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 39.99

 Pre-order. Due 7th July.

Gold vinyl.

Los Amigos Invisibles (The Invisible Friends) have created the ultimate party album. Surprising segues — one after another — join non-stop grooves. Like having an incredible DJ at your house working for the mere price of a CD (or Cassette)… it flows and swings and never stops… one song/groove leads right into the next, no waiting. It feels like being smacked upside the head in a delicious way.

The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera is a journey deep into the pants of rhythm. (We won’t even mention the old sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera). Party music hasn’t sounded this chic since Chic. “The Gozadera, more than a musical style, is a concept allowing us to use whatever music we enjoy and mix it up,” says guitarist Jose Luis Pardo. “Like boogaloo, salsa, bossa nova, funk, disco, house, techno, jungle, merengue, New Wave, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and of course Acid Jazz.” And who better to pull this off than producer Andres Levin (Aterciopelados, Chaka Khan, La Portuaria, La Secta, El Gran Silencio, David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, and many more) along with engineer Fernando Aponte (Masters at Work, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Deee-Lite, Towa Tei)?

This, their second album, finds the young Venezuelans stepping out from under the shadow of the Rock en Español moniker and giving it a much needed face-lift. “We are a rock band that does not just play just rock music,” says singer Jose Briceño. The 19 tracks on the album combine keyboard driven dance-rock with elements of Latin music worked in. Whether it’s the funked out bliss of “Sexy,” the mambo lounge of “Mango Cool,” or the trip-hop ecstasy of “Otra Vez” (on which Arto Lindsay contributes a bit of distorted 12-string electric guitar), Los Amigos Invisibles have created the perfect party album. Their lyrics tell stories inspired by real-life experiences of love (sex), relationships (sex), and more often then not, the taboos that accompany each (sleazy sex).

Formed in 1991 as part of Caracas’ mobile party scene, the six members of Los Amigos Invisibles quickly developed their unique sound by blending all styles of Latin music with modern beats. Their influences are vast, incorporating the space-age sounds of Esquivel, the whacked-out funk of Parliament, and the beat-friendly Brand New Heavies and Jamiroquai. “We began making music influenced by the development of the acid-jazz scene and the dance music coming out of London,” says Jose Luis, “but when it came down to playing it, we realized that our culture and environment kept creeping into our music. The tunes that are played over the radio at the corner shop or that we whistle along with from the bodega are songs that interest us… that music is part of our people and that makes it part of us. All we want to do is have fun and make fun of it all at the same time.” Their first album, A Typical & Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, was released in 1996 and received Best Band, Record of the Year and Best Guitarist awards in the Venezuelan Rock Awards.


 

Catalogue number: LPLBOP1030

Condition: New

Label: Luaka Bop

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7851319197864 Default Title 39.99 LPLBOP1030 600 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7848001437864 2023-06-05T12:08:56+01:00 2023-06-05T12:08:56+01:00 Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood 'Jarak Qaribak' LP World Warner

Vendor: Warner
Type: World
Price: 21.49

 

Celebrated singer, musician and producer Dudu Tassa teams up with award-winning composer and guitarist Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, The Smile) for a new album Jarak Qaribak (Arabic for ‘Your Friend Is Your Neighbour’), bringing together vocalists and musicians from throughout the Middle East for a very special album of cross-border collaborations.

 

Catalogue number: 4050538883718

Condition: New

Label: World Circuit

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7848001437864 Default Title 21.49 4050538883718 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7847983841448 2023-06-05T11:57:12+01:00 2023-06-05T11:57:12+01:00 Stimela 'Fire, Passion, Ecstasy' LP World SRD

Vendor: SRD
Type: World
Price: 31.99



Stimela were a popular and successful South African Afro-fusion outfit led by guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and arranger Ray Phiri. The band was formed under the name ‘The Cannibals’ during the 1970s when Phiri got together with drummer Isaac Mtshali, keyboard player Thabo Lloyd Lelosa and bass player Jabu Sibumbe. They initially started out as instrumentalists, but later evolved to Afro-fusion when they joined forces with vocalist Jacob “Mparanyana” Radebe in 1975. The story of ‘The Cannibals’ ends when Radebe died in 1978 but the ‘Stimela’ story was only just beginning. In 1979, after a life-changing experience in Mozambique (where they were stranded for three months) the band members had to sell all their belongings to take a train home. This trip was a watershed moment as it was here where they conceived the new name for the band: The Zulu word for “locomotive-train” Stimela. Stimela would soon become little short of an institution in their home country of South Africa. With soulful tunes and gripping lyrics, the band has recorded platinum-winning albums such as Fire, Passion and Ecstasy, Shadows, Fear and Pain & Look Listen and Decide. In addition to recording their own material, the group supplied instrumental accompaniment on albums by a lengthy list of legendary artists. Stimela would go on to gain global fame after being featured on Paul Simon’s iconic 1986 ‘Graceland’ album and the mega tour that followed. Ray Phiri would enter into many successful collaborations with major acts and artists such as Harari, Joan Baez, Willie Nelson and Manu Dibango. In 2017 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died at the age of 70. Phiri has received many awards in recognition for his contribution in the music industry, one of these is the Order of Ikhamanga awarded to him by the South African president. This was to honor his sterling contribution to the South African music industry and the successful use of arts as an instrument of social transformation.

 

Catalogue number: TWM80

Condition: New

Label: Tidal Waves Music

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7847983841448 Default Title 31.99 TWM80 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7847978401960 2023-06-05T11:54:28+01:00 2023-06-05T11:54:28+01:00 Bala Desejo 'Sim Sim Sim' LP World Proper

Vendor: Proper
Type: World
Price: 21.49


Red vinyl.

 

Sim Sim Sim' is the Latin Grammy award-winning debut album from Bala Desejo. A band who are at the forefront of Rio de Janeiro's artistic renaissance, they channel influences of Brazilian 60s Tropic?lia, 70s psychedelia and MPB to create a nostalgic, yet joyfully, avant-garde sound. The band is comprised of four distinct characters, each one an incredible talent in their own right and each with impressive credentials in the Brazilian Independent music scene. Central to the resurgent Rio de Janeiro musical community, the quartet of Dora Morelenbaum, Julia Mestre, Lucas Nunes and Z? Ibarra thrive in a group dynamic. They formed Bala Desejo to play collaboratively for a festival date in 2021, but when that show became a victim of pandemic shutdowns the idea for an album project materialised. 'Sim Sim Sim', which translates into English as 'Yes Yes Yes', weaves through a fusion of genres, taking twists and turns as it progresses. There is Tropic?lia, MPB, rock, samba-can??o soul-funk and reggae in the mix. It possesses many of the qualities of a classic album from Brazilian music's golden era of the 60s and 70s, but also manages to sound very now, which is not an easy task to pull off. As solo musicians, they have worked and collaborated with Brazilian icons Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso and Milton Nascimento to name but a few. Bala Desejo feels like a natural extension of what came before, taking the baton from these luminaries, adding their unique spin and moving the sound forward. When we first heard Bala Desejo, we were blown away. Their epic theatrical live shows leave audiences stunned and they are the band we had always been hoping to find. A modern-day Novos Baianos or Mutantes, but definitely not an imitation. They celebrate their influences, but are an innovative group, and consequently, they have created one of the finest records to come out of Brazil in recent years. A truly sensational debut!

 

Catalogue number: MRBLP269R

Condition: New

Label: Mr Bongo

]]> INDIE https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7847978401960 Default Title 21.49 MRBLP269R 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7826344673448 2023-05-16T11:00:01+01:00 2023-05-16T11:00:01+01:00 Various 'Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)' 2xLP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 29.99 - 32.99 (2 variants)

Pre-order. Due 21st July.

Limited mint green vinyl or standard black vinyl.

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ takes you on a journey into the world of Lounge, Exotica and Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, from its early days in the 1950s and 1960s to the current crop of artists championing the Lounge & Exotica sounds today. Compiled by Spencer Hickman & Mark McQuillan for Two-Piers 

‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)’ is the third instalment in the Psychédélique Compilation series on Two-Piers, following the critically acclaimed ‘Pop Psychédélique (The Best of French Psychedelic Pop 1964-2019)’ and ‘Garage Psychédélique (The Best of Garage Psych and Pzyk Rock 1965-2019)’.

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ brings together the sounds of Easy Listening, Soundtrack Instrumentals, Exotica, Jazz, Psychedelic, and Space Age sounds all under the umbrella of Lounge Music. The compilation includes legends of the Lounge and Exotica scene, such as Martin Denny, Yma Sumac, Mel Tormé, Herb Alpert, and Les Baxter, alongside legendary composers Hugo Montenegro, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Giacchino. Add some Lounge Jazz from Cal Tjader and the Latin Bossa Nova of Quincy Jones. Then throw in some beautiful oddities from Leonard Nimoy, Pizzicato Five and Mort Garson. Next, mix in some Lounge-Mod moments from Dave Pike and Jack Trombey, KPM library classics from Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield, and finish with some brilliant modern-day exponents of the Exotica sound Los Bitchos, Ixtaheule and the Percussive Funk Moog party sounds of The Bongolian. The result is a fun and crazy ride through the world of Lounge Music which will bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step. So raise a cocktail glass to ‘Lounge Psychédélique (The Best of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022) – a sheer joy from start to finish!

‘Lounge Psychédélique’ isn’t meant to be a ‘crate diggers’ album or a compilation of obscure, hard-to-find tracks to outdo your mates. Instead, it is intended to celebrate the Lounge scene and, hopefully, the perfect introduction to this fantastic and beautiful music for any newcomers out there. So let your journey into Lounge and Exotica begin here….


 

Vinyl Tracklist:

A1. Leonard Nimoy – Music to Watch Space Girls By

A2. Martin Denny – The Enchanted Isle

A3. Yma Sumac – Gopher

A4. The Bongolian – B-Boy Toga Party

A5. Los Bitchos – The Link is About to Die

A6. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)

A7. Michael Giacchino & Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra – Sidereal Day: 3 (Instrumental)

B1. Mel Tormé – Sunshine Superman

B2. Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Mais Que Nada

B3. Lalo Schifrin – Lalo’s Bossa Nova

B4. Quincy Jones – Black Orpheus (Manha De Carnaval)

B5. Les Baxter & 101 Strings Orchestra – Tropicando

B6. Pizzicato Five - 皆笑った

B7. Alain Goraguer – Les Hommes – La Grande Co-Existence

B8. Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

C1. Mort Garson & The Lords of Percussion – Geisha Girl

C2. Arthur Lyman – Quiet Village

C3. Les Baxter – Voodoo Dreams / Voodoo

C4. Cal Tjader – The Lady is a Tramp **

C5. Martin Denny – The Encchanted Sea

C6. Ixtahuele – Mareld 2021

C7. Keith Mansfield – Morning Broadway

D1. Mel Tormé – Comin’ Home Baby

D2. Dave Pike – Sweet Tater Pie

D3. Jack Trombey – Underlay No.3

D4. Don Sebesky – Guru-Vin **

D5. Keith Mansfield – Beat Me Till I’m Blue

D6. Brian Bennett & Keith Mansfield – Mermaid **

D7. Sheila – Bang Bang

 

** = Exclusive track for Vinyl Format


Condition: New

Label: Two-Piers

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Vendor: SRD
Type: World
Price: 24.99



From the two towering pillars of the Arab World’s Tarab, Om Kalsoum and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, comes another cult classic of Wa Maret El Ayam. With an iconic prelude featuring one of Abdel-Wahab’s quintessential fusions, this time a Libyan folk melody, Souma records bring a long-awaited remastering of the original studio version. Entrancing, magnetic and transcendental all at once.

 

Catalogue number: SMR006

Condition: New

Label: Souma Records

]]> PRES https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7826192400552 Default Title 24.99 SMR006 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7776801095848 2023-05-11T08:55:00+01:00 2023-05-11T08:55:00+01:00 Alhaji Waziri Oshomah 'Vol 3' LP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 25.99


On the heels of his already critically acclaimed (yes, already!) retrospective, World Spirituality Classics 3: The Muslim Highlife of Alhaji Waziri Oshomah, Alhaji Waziri Oshomah — the Oyoyo King, the Godfather of Afemai Music, the Etsako Super Star, Mr. Please Please Please, Mr. Dynamite - returns with Vol. 3.Along with the other four volumes of the series, Vol. 3 is now available—for the very first time! - as part of a complete set (in a box): Vol 1 - 5 (1978 - 1985).

Waziri hails from a small part of Edo State in southern Nigeria called Afemailand, known for being a harmonious region where Muslims and Christians live - and dance - together. And there, as a devout Muslim and an exemplar of religious piety in his community, Waziri’s music fuses Etsako/ Afemai folk styles with pan-Nigerian highlife and pop to create a sublime vehicle for his Islamic philosophy that gets everyone - Muslims, Christians, whoever - on the dancefloor.Every song on Vol. 3 (one of which you might recognize from The Muslim Highlife) strikes his signature balance of traditional music, highlife, and funk, as he entreats you to stay on the straight and narrow, though there’s nothing straight about his beat.


 

Catalogue number: LBLBOP5047

Condition: New

Label: Luaka Bop

]]> PRES https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7776801095848 Default Title 25.99 LBLBOP5047 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7821601833128 2023-05-10T10:47:01+01:00 2023-05-10T10:47:01+01:00 Ofege 'Try and Love' LP World ROM

Vendor: ROM
Type: World
Price: 25.99

 

New from Strut, a fresh reissue of the classic debut album Try And Love from one of Nigeria’s most celebrated Afro-rock bands, Ofege.

Formed by guitarist Melvin Ukachi and bassist Paul Alade while young students at St Gregory’s school in Lagos, Ofege first found their feet borrowing instruments and supporting school band The Groove Makers. Discovering drummer Mike Meme by chance at a school dance and adding Dapo Olumide on keys and Felix Inneh on rhythm guitar, they met EMI’s resident producer / A&R man, Odion Iruoje who promptly auditioned them. Sneaking them out of school to record their first sessions (Ofege literally means “breaking bounds”), Iruoje honed the band into a tighter unit and their debut album Try And Love was recorded at EMI’s Studios in 1972. “Odion was like a Sergeant Major, explains Ukachi. “He drilled us for the whole day until we became tight.”

The album caught the imagination of a young Nigerian crowd fascinated by the new teen band and Ofege joined a fresh wave of homegrown artists coming through in the wake of Fela’s towering influence and other Afro-rock bands like Monomono, Ofo The Black Company and Blo (Blo’s Berkley Jones contributed wild guitar solos to this album and continued working with the band).

Try And Love mixed driving Afro-funk and rock tracks like the instrumental ‘Gbe Mi Lo’ and ‘Whizzy Llabo’ about a fellow student with hair like a wizard. Ukachi also contributed ballads including the title track and ‘It’s Not Easy’, most recently featured in TV series What We Do In The Shadows.


 

Catalogue number: STRUT307LP

Condition: New

Label: Strut

]]> PRES https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7821601833128 Default Title 25.99 STRUT307LP 300 https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7818888347816 2023-05-06T12:31:17+01:00 2023-05-06T12:31:17+01:00 WITCH ‘Zango’ LP World PIAS / Cinram

Vendor: PIAS / Cinram
Type: World
Price: 19.99

Zambian Full Moon Yellow Vinyl.

 
WITCH were the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album - 1973’s ‘Introduction’. Blending the rock and roll sounds of The Rolling Stones together with more traditional, African rhythms, WITCH pioneered a new genre dubbed Zamrock, and during their brief, yet prolific existence, WITCH (an acronym for We Intend To Cause Havoc) released seven albums and were the most revered band in the country.
In 2023, WITCH will release their eighth studio album, ‘Zango’, via Desert Daze Sound, a new Partisan imprint A&Red by the founder of the Desert Daze festival, Phil Pirrone.
On Zango, bandleader Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda is joined by Patrick Mwondela on keys, Nico Mauskoviç on drums and percussion, Stefan Lilov and JJ Whitefield on guitars, and Jacco Gardner on bass, who is also credited with producing the album alongside WITCH.
The album features collaborations with Keith Kabwe (Amanaz), Theresa Ng’ambi, Hanna Tembo and Sampa The Great.
Recorded in the same studio in Zambia where the band’s sensational 1975 album ‘Lazy Bones’ had been made some 46 years prior - DB Studios - ‘Zango’ tells the story of the band’s phoenix-like rebirth into its current supergroup-like state.
The album is full of international and inter-generational collaborations that chart musical histories from Zambia and beyond.
LP pressed on Zambian Full Moon Yellow vinyl, housed in a
single sleeve jacket and printed inner sleeve.
Housed in a single sleeve jacket and printed inner sleeve.
 
Catalogue number: DD001-3
Condition: New
Label: Desert Daze Sound

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    Vendor: Proper
    Type: World
    Price: 22.99


    É Soul Cultura Vol. 1 seemed to land at exactly the right moment. Post-lockdown, optimism was back on the rise and the dance floors swelled again. For many listeners, Manchester based DJ Luke Una's intriguingly woven pattern of new, old, rare and under-discovered music from around the world became the soundtrack to rejuvenated positivity. Piccadilly Records made the release their top compilation of the year, with Rough Trade placing it as their number two. The enthusiasm from the industry was mirrored by record buyers and demonstrated that in the right hands, moving through genres, tempos and decades can make perfect musical sense.

    This second volume gives another opportunity for Luke to share his journey of the past four decades of staying up late and getting transcendental whilst listening to holy grail music as the city slept. It at times ventures into the deeper, spiritual, soulful, downtempo, experimental aspects of his tastes. From the conscious, street soul fusion gospel of Veronica Mickie's 'Lost Children', to an excursion into Swiss, psych, progressive rock in the form of Pyranha, then onto the classic Indian music-inspired electronic workout of Andi Otto's 'Bangalore Whispers'. Luke hints at his softer side in Avis; a sweet, obscure cover version of Minnie Riperton's 'Baby, This Love I Have', as well as championing local heroes in the shape of Manchester's Yargo and their driving, obscure, proto-house belter, 'Marimba'. There's also Japanese, electronic, slo-mo heaviness from 1979, courtesy of Bach Revolution. House music is integral to the É Soul sound and is represented by Nav Aktah's deep remix of Mr Scruff, and then there's Isis 'In Essense'; a track of such majestic brilliance that it has never left Luke's record bag.

    The selection is eclectic, global, and plucked from different times and spaces. In theory, perhaps they shouldn't work together, but there is a mysterious link that makes them gel as a whole. That's what Luke does best. He creates a sort of musical alchemy, unifying the diverse.


     


    Condition: New

    Label: Mr Bongo

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    Vendor: Proper
    Type: World
    Price: 27.49

     

    Major reissue program of five albums by cult Japanese exploitation actress and tarantino muse Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood), these reissues will start with the 1973 album "Hajiki Uta" and will cover the years 1972 to 1974 with original artwork, remastered audio and new liner notes. The album is reissued with original artwork on deluxe Gatefold sleeve LP, OBI strip and a 2-p insert featuring new liner notes by by Hashim Kotaro Bharoocha who has interviewed Meiko for the occasion. It features "Urami Bushi" the theme song for the Female Prisoner Scorpion series which was used in Kill Bill Vol 2 and also "Onna No Jumon" the theme song for the film "Female Prisoner Scorpion - Jailhouse 41 which had been composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi who also composed the score for these films.The rest of the album follows the same pattern with atmospheric songs such as "Onna Hagure Uta" or "Onna Somuki Uta" displaying Meiko's sombre singing over a superb slow-burning groove, which precedes the funkier "Hitori Kaze" featuring a wah wah guitar, a breakbeat-like rhythm section and slick string arrangement, shaping the unique Meiko Kaji signature sound.

     

    Catalogue number: WWSLP74

    Condition: New

    Label: Wewantsounds

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    Vendor: PIAS / Cinram
    Type: World
    Price: 25.99


    White vinyl.

    Some people have commented that Tinariwen have always been a country band, albeit a North African take on that most North American of genres. That idea is magnified on new album Amatssou, which finds the Tuareg band’s trademark snaking guitar lines and hypnotic rhythms blending seamlessly with pedal steel, piano and strings from guest musicians including Daniel Lanois, the embellished arrangements lending the songs an epic, universal application.

    Full of poetic allegory, the lyrics call for unity and freedom. There are songs of struggle and resistance with oblique references to the recent desperate political upheavals in Mali and the increasing power of the Salafists. “Dear brothers all rest, all leisure will always be far from reach unless your homeland is liberated and all the elders can live there in dignity,” Ibrahim Ag Alhabib sings on ‘Arajghiyine.’ The album’s title Amatssou is Tamashek for ‘Beyond The Fear’ and it fits - Tinariwen have always been characterised by their fearlessness - and as Bob Dylan once said, the power of rock’n’roll is that it makes us “oblivious to the fear” as the music gives us the strength and resilience to confront adversity.

    In the two decades since Tinariwen emerged from their base in the African desert to tour the globe, they have got to know many renowned country, folk, and rock musicians from the USA including Kurt Vile, Stephen O'Malley, Jack White, and Wilco. Tuareg nomads and cowboy drifters. Camel trains and mustang horses. The timeless horizon of the endless Sahara and the wild frontier of the Old West - several thousand miles of ocean may divide the desert blues of Tinariwen and the authentic country music of rural America but the links are as palpable as they are romantic.


     

    Catalogue number: WEDGELP0123C

    Condition: New

    Label: Wedge

    ]]>     PRES https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7815726891176 Default Title 25.99 WEDGELP0123C 300     https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7812383244456 2023-04-20T10:00:01+01:00 2023-04-20T10:00:01+01:00 Fela Kuti 'Gentleman (50th Anniversary Edition)' LP World PIAS / Cinram

    Vendor: PIAS / Cinram
    Type: World
    Price: 21.99


    Limited edition 'Igbo Smoke' vinyl (clear with a black wisp).

     

    Fela Kuti (1938-1997) was a Nigerian musician, producer, arranger, political radical, outlaw and the originator of Afrobeat. A titanic musical and sociopolitical voice, Fela’s legacy spans decades and genres, touching on jazz, pop, funk, hip-hop, rock and beyond.

    1973’s Gentleman is the 7th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues. Like its predecessors in the series, this version will be available on exclusive colored vinyl (Igbo Smoke) and the LP will be wrapped in a gold foil obi strip with a brief essay on the album and Fela's global impact on music. Like Fela's other early 70's releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism.

    Gentleman is the last of Fela's early 1970s albums recorded with the Africa 70. The title track can be interpreted literally or as a metaphor concerning a wider issue. Fela deftly addresses the colonialism-induced, inferiority complex which led many in Africa's new governing elites to reject African style, concepts of beauty, and modes of behavior in favor of European imports. Gentleman's other tracks, ""Fefe Naa Efe"" and ""Igbe,” have more direct, less metaphorical lyrics. On ""Fefe Naa Efe,” an Ashanti motto from Ghana, Fela tells a woman dumped by her boyfriend that she must get over the heartache and move on. On ""Igbe”, Fela declares that anyone who betrays a friend is shit, and that anybody who lacks self-respect is shit - something you want to expel from your body as soon as possible. He sings the word ""shit"" in several Nigerian languages, so there is no misunderstanding.

     

    Gentleman (50th Anniversary Edition) is out on 23rd June 2023 via Partisan Records.


     

    Catalogue number: KFR2009-8

    Condition: New

    Label: Knitting Factory

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    Vendor: Essential
    Type: World
    Price: 28.99


    BBE Music are proud to reissue one of the most elusive and sought-after Afro-Funk LPs of all time: SON OF AFRICA, by REMI KABAKA. Now a proud 85 years of age and enjoying retirement in America, Remi was the cornerstone of British West African music in the 50s, 60s and 70s, along with Ginger Oloronso Johnson, Fela Kuti and others. But while Ginger played mambo and cha cha cha in Soho clubland and Fela released his early 'highlife jazz' records on the Melodisc label, Remi Kabaka was fully ensconced in the UK Rock world, playing sessions and live shows with The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and countless others. As the 60s became the 70s, Kabaka developed yet another string to his bow: the development of a UK based West African Funk scene, that found its genesis in the legendary Osibisa, but with an influence and an inspiration that spilled over into every contemporary Brit Funk band from Cymande and the Equals to The Average White Band, Matata and beyond. SON OF AFRICA was originally released by Chris Blackwell's Island records in 1976, to little acclaim, very few reviews, and with almost no promotion. African music was a hard sell when the 70s Black British record market wanted reggae first and foremost, and with Bob Marley on the books, Island understandably had other priorities at the time. The record disappeared. Until it reappeared in the early 2000s, as a ?700-plus collectors' item. It's barely 30 minutes long. But every single minute is drenched with sinuous, spare funk: no spacey psych rock, no disco, no boogie, no over-the-top production: just 90-110 BPM grooves that go straight to the body. So: whether you're a turntablist, a hip hop sampler, or just an honest-to-goodness African Funk lover, catch this limited reissue (with full, updated liner notes) while you can. There won't be another chance.

     

    Catalogue number: BBE727ALP

    Condition: New

    Label: BBE

    ]]>     https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7805942431912 Default Title 28.99 BBE727ALP 600     https://drmckinleychiro.com/products/7803238056104 2023-04-07T18:14:01+01:00 2023-04-07T18:14:01+01:00 Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru 'Jerusalem' LP World Cargo

    Vendor: Cargo
    Type: World
    Price: 23.99

    Ultra-Rare archival recordings by renowned Ethiopian composer Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, a revelatory new album of piano pieces, unreleased or virtually inaccessible until now. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru is a true original – an Ethiopian nun whose recordings have funded orphanages back home since the early ’60s. Her compositions and unique playing style live somewhere between Erik Satie, Debussy, liturgical music of the Coptic Ethiopian Church, and Ethiopian traditional music. It is some of the most moving piano music you will ever hear.

    This is the first archival release of the great composer’s recordings since the Éthiopiques series reintroduced her music to the world in 2006. Drawn from original master tapes and a nearly impossible-to-find vinyl release, Jerusalem unveils profound new facets of Emahoy Gebru’s performance and compositions.

    The record picks up where the last two Mississippi releases left off, with tracks from her 1972 album Hymn of Jerusalem, of which only a handful of copies are known to exist. These include “Home of Beethoven,” “Aurora,” and a true masterpiece that stands amongst her greatest compositions, the moving “Jerusalem.” “Quand La Mer Furieuse” is the first release featuring Emahoy’s singing voice, forshadowing a vocal album planned for 2023. The B-Side brings us the artist’s home recordings - tracks like “Farewell Eve,” “Woigaye Don’t Cry Anymore,” and “Famine Disaster 1974” mark a bridge from liturgical work to dark and intense classical material, a new mode.

    This album is released in celebration of Emahoy Gebru’s 99th birthday on December 12, 2022. Mississippi is honoured to work with the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Publisher to continue to introduce this visionary composer to the world.





    Condition: New

    Label: Mississippi


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    Vendor: Pias
    Type: World
    Price: 18.99

    Knitting Factory Records is proud to reissue Fela Kuti's 'J.J.D. Johnny Just Drop' on vinyl. Previously only available as part of the Box Set series, the reissue features original album artwork designed by Lemi Ghariokwu, who created the cover art for around half of Fela’s albums. Originally released in 1977, ‘J.J.D. Johnny Just Drop’ features Fela lampooning Nigeria’s "been-tos," people who had been to Europe or America to work or study, and then returned (dropped) home with European social pretensions and an inferiority complex about African culture.  [Excerpt taken from historian Chris May]


    Catalogue number: KFR2026-1

    Condition: New

    Label: Knitting Factory Records

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    Vendor: Pias
    Type: World
    Price: 18.99

    Knitting Factory Records is proud to reissue Fela Kuti's 'V.I.P.' on vinyl, previously only available as part of the Box Set series. ‘V.I.P. Vagabonds In Power’ was recorded live at the Berlin Jazz Festival in autumn 1978 and released the following year. It is a ferocious and lyrically exalted attack on the abuse of state power. The festival straddled the cusp of the break-up of Afrika 70 and the formation of Egypt 80 in spring 1979, and ‘V.I.P. Vagabonds In Power’ was the last album Fela made with the drummer Tony Allen, who had been with him since 1964 and acted as Afrika 70’s bandleader.  [Excerpt taken from historian Chris May]





    Catalogue number: KFR2034-1

    Condition: New

    Label: Knitting Factory Records

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    Vendor: PIAS / Cinram
    Type: World
    Price: 24.99

    By 1972, when ‘Music of Fela: Roforofo Fight’ was originally released (on two vinyl albums, ‘Music of Fela Volume One’ and ‘Volume Two’), Fela was becoming one of the most avidly followed musicians in West Africa. His audience came from among the region’s urban poor, the ‘sufferheads’ living in the shanty towns around the major cities, along with growing numbers of students and political dissenters.
    Fela championed, and sang about the problems of, oppressed and exploited people and denounced the ruling elites lording it over them, with their seemingly endemic corruption and their ready use of violence to crush dissent. Because he generally sang in Broken English rather than Yoruba, and adopted an increasingly pan-Africanist outlook, his message resonated throughout Anglophone Africa.
    The 50th Anniversary reissue of ‘Roforofo Fight’ is pressed on yellow and green double vinyl. Side D features singles ‘Shenshema’ and ‘Ariya’ on vinyl for the first time. The two tracks were originally released as a 7” single in 1972 and later featured in the CD reissue of ‘Roforofo Fight / The Fela Singles’.

     

    Catalogue number: KFR2006-8

    Condition: New

    Label: Knitting Factory



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