Fatoumata Diawara やAli Farka Touré を彷彿させる西アフリカ伝統的モダン・グルーヴが、ヨーロピアン地中海バレアリック・チルアウト見事に結実融合してエレガント柔らかなオーガニック・クロスオーバー・トライバル・グルーヴを奏でてくれている。アーバン・メロウ。オリジナルバージョン（sample1）とクラブバージョン（sample2）を収録。 (コンピューマ)

Fifteen tracks of dance music blending the melancholic passion of Creole music with roots in Portugal and Brazil, alongside the electrified sounds of Angola’s Sempá. A deluxe double-LP set with a gatefold sleeve and a 2-page booklet. 15 tracks in total. Although originally released in June 2016, we’re pleased to reintroduce it. We’ve restocked it. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

The latest globe-spanning South African jazz outing from the quintet of Marc Stucki (sax), Andreas Tschopp (tb), Kyle Shepherd (p), Shane Cooper (bass) and Jonno Sweetman (dr) — players with credits alongside heavyweights such as William Parker, Shabaka Hutchings and Makaya McCraven — distilling the band's aesthetic of keeping both feet on the grou ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)nd while soaring skyward. Released on Kujua Records, the South African independent label helmed by bassist Shane Cooper. Wide-screen cosmic jazz where the South African jazz lineage, European free improvisation and chamber-style ensemble writing all meet. Captured almost entirely live in the studio, it bottles the heat honed on the bandstand, with free improvisation and earthy groove held in beautiful balance. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

Erobique has released a new album via PHILOPHON featuring tracks recorded during a session at Joy Sound Studio in Ghana, where they teamed up with local musicians! !!
The A-side, “Mam Tola” (sample 1), is a wavering, melancholic track that drifts through Afro-soul, performed by a four-piece band featuring the artist himself on organ and synthe ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)sizer, along with guitar, drums, percussion, and Florence Adooni on vocals. The B-side, “Kumasi,” is a three-piece track featuring the artist on organ, synthesizer, and bass synthesizer, along with drums. It skillfully employs the Hammond organ’s “Extra Voice” ," and delivers a baroque, funky, and thrilling alternative session of a deep Kumasi-style drum-and-bass jam—the endearing and cool Afro-funk B-side “Bach In Afrika” (sample 2). (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

This compilation, curated by sound artist KMRU—the grandson of Joseph Kamaru—features five gems selected from the archives. Mastering from the original tapes and analog cutting were handled by Kassian Troyer, a master craftsman at Dunplates & Mastering. Includes liner notes by Kenyan scholar Mina Wa Mutonya.

The 14 tracks are filled with exotic African tribal percussion sounds that make full use of congas, bongos, and other African percussion from Senegal, Maori, Somali, and Maasai tribes, as well as flute, flute, voodoo drums, and New Zealand percussion. The minimalistic exotic percussion grooves with a library-music feel are very mysterious. No-digit ...Read more (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)al vinyl only release. Limited edition of 200 180g black vinyl LPs.
New release in 2026 from Musica Per Immagini, the famous label that has been reissuing Italian treasure recordings one after another. We recommend this album. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)

Self-taught in piano, Tete Mbambisa formed the vocal group The Four Yanks in his teens. He later devoted himself to piano with the encouragement of Abdullah Ibrahim, and while many musicians defected, Tete Mbambisa deepened his own jazz expression from within South Africa. The Sun" is a completely acoustic work released on his own independent label ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi), "As-Shams/The Sun" at a time when electronic instruments were becoming more and more popular. The deep African breathing is repeated and circulated, while approaching free improvisation reminiscent of John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. The 2026 reissue features flat transfers faithfully reproduced from the master tapes. Beyond being an important work, this is a piece that invites you to the charms of spiritual jazz〜deep modal. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

ガーナ北部にあるダゴンバ族の暮らす地区で、これまで地域の市場でVCDとして流通するのみだった音源を掘り起こし、過去10年のネオ・トラディショナルなローカル・ダンス・ミュージックを集めたコンピレーション。女性たちが腰を揺らして踊る挑発的な映像を組み合わせた作品は、イスラム教徒が多数を占めるダゴンバ社会ではささやかな文化的逸脱として地元の映像市場で人気を博したそうです。伝統的な打楽器舞踊シンパを現代的にアップデートした音のキーマンは、プロデューサーMohamed “Ebony” Fuseini。ドラムをスマートフォンで録音し、FL Studioを用いて再構築。周辺の村で活躍する華やかな歌い手"ガワニ"や地元のVCD制作者たちと協力し、パーカッションの連打にトランシーなループ、強力なオートチューン ...Read more (足立)、ソフトシンセが絡む、シャンガーンも彷彿とさせるハイパー・エレクトロニックなサウンドへと変貌。ライナーノーツにはアーティストへのインタビューやダゴンバ文化の歴史、歌詞対訳も収録。2026年屈指の発掘盤となりそうな予感。推薦です。 (足立)

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『In the late 1980s, singer Bizimungu Dieudonne, his wife Agnes Uwimbabazi, and a backing band of family and friends self-released a visionary cassette, featuring stuttering electric guitars, loping bass lines, and call and response vocals.

Their combo of 80s studio wizardry rooted in traditional Rwandan praise songs re ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)sulted in hypnotic, extended jams unlike anything else released in East Africa at the time. The lyrics praised the beauty of the countryside and the exploits of the ancient gods. On plaintive acoustic tracks squeezed between the electric bangers, Bizimungu and Agnes called for unity in the divided nation.

Their message was an eerie presaging of the coming Rwandan Genocide. Bizimungu and Agnes, along with bandmates BIGIRIMANA AUGUSTIN, and NIYONGAMIJE EMMANUEL were all killed by Hutu militias in 1994. Their music was silenced, any traces almost lost in the ensuing decades.

We first heard this album through music scholar Matthew Lavoie in 2018, and spent years looking for any surviving members of the band. Last year, co-producer and Voice of America host Jackson Mvunganyi tracked down Bizimungu and Agnes’ daughter, Noella, in Kigali. Only 9 years old at the time of her parents’ death, she had taken on the task of reintroducing their work to a new generation in Rwanda. Though her family lost almost everything in the genocide, Noella tracked down a CD containing the master recordings of Inzovu Y’imirindi from one of the band's early producers.

It is stunning to finally hear this music in its fullness and immediacy, beautifully remastered at Osiris Studios. We’re grateful to Noella and our collaborators for helping us share Bizimungu and Agnes’ vital music and message with the world.』 (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Introspective yet powerful, the album explores motherhood, faith, memory, and fortitude, elevating personal reflection into a universal narrative. On the musical front, in "MASSA," Fatoumata Diawara never forgets her roots in the Wasl region of southwestern Mali, blending Malian musical traditions with pop elements to further expand her own sound w ...Read moreorld, exploring a fundamental yet future-oriented, folky neo-soulful modern African R& He is trying to create a new sound world while exploring the folky neo-soulful modern African R&B new sounds, which is both fundamental and future oriented.

A compilation of recordings made by Yassine—the central figure of one of Japan’s most prestigious musical families—with his own group between 1984 and 1989. These works stand at the intersection of long-standing traditions and an era marked by significant changes in musical forms, sounds, and production techniques. Recorded not only in Mauritania b ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Adachi)ut also during his stays in Paris and Morocco, these tracks feature drum machines, synthesizers, and electric guitars blending with the music of the Sahara. While building a sound influenced by reggae, soul, and new wave, the album masterfully creates a unique form of pop music centered on Mauritanian language, themes, and melodic structures. Nostalgic melodies and simple synths resonate, while lyrics sung in Hassani and Classical Arabic encapsulate thoughts on love, travel, exile, and music itself. A highly recommended album for those drawn to the cassette culture of the periphery. (Original Japanese text by Adachi)

中央アフリカはコンゴのお隣の国 ガボン中部から派生し、Papé Nzienguiの功績もあってか、現在ではガボン全土のさまざまな民族に広く浸透している礼儀『Bwiti ブウィティ』。89年リリースの今作は、その派生の中のひとつ ツォーゴ族のブウィティハープ音楽と、シンセやエレキなど現代の要素を融合するスタイル。現地でも非常に評価が高く人気だったそうですが、ガボン国外へのリリースは今回が初。瞑想・恍惚の全10曲は是非トラックリストからも聴いてみてください。 (AYAM)

Released in 2017 by 〈Analog Africa〉. The Republic of Cameroon, located between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, is home to indigenous Pygmies and the Baka people in its highland regions, and boasts a rich musical culture that has produced African music legends such as Manu Dibango and Francis Bebey. Featuring “Makossa”—a style reminiscent of highlife ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)—this captivating album captures the electrified music of the 1970s and beyond. We have it in stock. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

Released in 2019, this third installment features special content that can be considered a 30th-anniversary commemorative release marking the label’s start in 1989. It includes the 1973 samba-soul classic “A Gira” by TRIO TERNURA, with its dynamic chants and percussion and harmonies that captivate even soft rock fans (sample_1), and the rare groove ...Read more (Original Japanese text by AYAM) classic “Don’t Stop” (sample_2) by SPACEARK—originally released only on 7-inch vinyl in 1976 in LA—is included here in a previously unreleased extended version. The collection also features the soulful ballad “Let Me Try” (sample_3) by the Central American psychedelic garage band KALEIDOSCOPE, and the boogie classic cover of Marcos Valle’s “Estrelar” by the enigmatic Latin band OS FLIPPERS—this 2LP set is packed to the brim with precious, rare tracks. What a treat! (Original Japanese text by AYAM)

Cedric Brooks is a graduate of the prestigious Alpha Boys School of Music in Kingston, Jamaica, where he worked with The Vagabonds and The Granville Williams Band, and in 1970, he met Count Ossie, with whom he recorded the exotic spiritual In 1970, he met Count Ossie, and played saxophone and flute on the Nyabinghi masterpiece "The Mystic Revelatio ...Read moren of Rastafari," for which he also made the horn arrangements. Later, Cedric Brooks was influenced by a wider range of music as he traveled back and forth between the U.S. and Africa, even playing in Addis Ababe, Ethiopia, and all of his musical influences from this period are reflected in this album, "United Africa".
In addition to some of Jamaica's finest musicians of the time, including Ernest Ranglin, Beres Hammond, and Dean Fraser, the album also features Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, and is a sublime, psychedelic blend of reggae, African music, funk, and jazz from the 1970s, performed by some of the best musicians in the world at the time. The result is a sublime fusion of 70's reggae, African music, funk, and jazz.
Cedric Brooks died in New York City in 2013, but his current album, United Africa, has cult status beyond reggae fans among world music and jazz fans, and continues to reign as a timeless musical legacy.
It has been a long time ago now, but many of the records we have been able to obtain have been psychedelic in a good sense and appropriate in a bad sense, with the center axis of the record slightly off-center and the jacket printing thin and half off, so this prestigious Pressure Sounds The price is quite expensive due to the weak yen, but it is a heirloom reissue for those who love the music. This is a heirloom reissue for those who love it.

Ebo Taylor passed away this year, 2026, at the age of 90, and this reissued single cut seems to honor his achievement. Coupling two songs, "Will You Promise," a love song with a touch of rock steady and calypso, and "Maye Omama," a groove-driven song about the struggles of living. Good songs to listen to both sides in one night. (Original Japanese text by AYAM)

A vinyl release selected from the CD on which ethnomusicologist Vincent Dehoux recorded the sanza music of Central Africa's Gbaya people in 1977. The sanza is a traditional instrument close to the mbira or kalimba, heard in the folk music of Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo, and its legacy carries through to Francis Bebey's "Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984." (Original Japanese text by Saito)