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Cover of You Are Mine by Hotline.

Hotline

You Are Mine

Soundway

    Classic disco LP from Nigeria, reissued by Soundway on 180g vinyl with tip-on sleeve.

    This very rare Nigerian disco classic LP, originally released in 1986, is the only known recorded album by Hotline and features the track 'Fella's Doing It In Lagos', which gave its name to our recent 'Doing It In Lagos' compilation.

    Nigerian boogie funk record, with a heavy Synth moog sound. All tracks killer. The most incredible thing about this group is that they had a very unique sound. This Nigerian group were miles ahead of their time.

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    Can You Do It?
    Stay Close
    Let’s Merge
    Fella’s Doing It In Lagos
    Desire
    You Are Mine

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    Cover of Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria by Various Artists.

    Various Artists

    Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria

    Soundway

      Keeping their unbeaten record intact, Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond. It was a glossy, brash new form of pop music born out of ashes of late 1970s disco and funk and, just as in America, was the soundtrack to a new generation for whom money, style and flirtation trumped the overblown psychedelia of the previous decade. Eager to sound as American as possible with no hint of the fervor for afro-beat, afro-rock and afrocentric thinking that the 1970s had thrown up, a new generation of young artists and performers turned their backs on their cultural roots in music and sought a new kind of stardom and fame firmly connected to the glossy, snazzy world of the 1980s that was erupting in the USA and Europe. The 1970s flares and cuban heels began to disappear, in their place came sleek suits, rolled-up sleeves, bow-ties, jumpsuits, leather jackets, greased hair and a firm nod in the stylistic direction of Michael Jackson.

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      CD 1
      Hotline - Fellas Doing It In Lagos
      Peter Abdul - Don’t You Know
      Steve Monite - Only You
      Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life
      Kio Amachree - Ivory
      Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action
      Willy Roy - Don’t Give Up
      Danny Offia & The Friks - Funk With Me
      Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion - Too Hot
      Terry Mackson - Distant Lover

      CD 2:
      Ofege - Burning Jungle
      Odion Iruoje - Indentify With Your Root (Cd Only)
      Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body
      Burnis Moleme - Where Is The Answer
      Sony Enang - Don’t Stop That Music
      Veno - Groove I Like
      Godfrey Odili - Let’s Do More Music
      Toby Foyeh - Ore Mi
      Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment
      Lexy Mella - On The Air
      Nkono Teles - Be My Lady (Mix)

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      Cover of Ten Cities by Various Artists.

      Various Artists

      Ten Cities

      Soundway

      Brand new electronic compilation on the Soundway Label. 50 electronic music producers and instrumentalists from Berlin, Bristol, Cairo, Johannesburg, Kiev, Lagos, Lisbon, Luanda, Nairobi, Naples were invited to collaborate in studios over the course of more than six months.

      As a result, hip-hop from the squats of Naples, dubstep and bass from Bristol and Lisbon, experimental techno from Berlin and jazz-tinged deep-house from Kiev are thrust upon the pumping kuduro of Luanda, the free-thinking crackled electronica of Cairo, the afro-jazz of Lagos and Johnannesburg, and the Sheng street slang of Kenyan hip-hop and rap.

      A selection of the results of these cross-continental experiments can be heard on this record. Includes cuts featuring Vakula, Octa Push, Pinch, Rob Smith, Wura Samba, Diamond Version and many more.

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      1. Octa Push Feat. Isaac - Khuchende Halala (4.55)
      2. Pinch Feat. Temi Oyedele - Are You Coming With Us? (5.43)
      3. Dirty Paraffin Feat. Hannes Teichmann - Choborops (4.25)
      4. Lunabe & Djeff Feat. MC Sacerdote & MC Yola Noivada - Temedo (5.42)
      5. Batida Feat. Cannibal - Mama Watoto (3.11)
      6. Just A Band & Octa Push - Boom Boom Boom (3.51)
      7. Lunabe Feat. MC Sacerdote - Quero Falar (3.02)
      8. Rob Smith Feat. Jah Device & Sasha Perera - Work! (4.35)
      9. Wura Samba & Gebru_der Teichmann – Antere (4.43)
      10. Diamond Version, Bikya & Wetrobots - DV_BK_WR_01 (3.51)
      11. Vakula & Planet Lindela Feat. Okmalumkoolkat, Thuli Mdlalose, Tshepang Ramoba & Moonchild - Ten Cities Masala (4.45)
      12. Perera Elsewhere Feat. Aremu - Ebora (Spirits) (2.29)
      13. Dubmasta, Hannes Teichmann & Leon Ersamus Feat. Afurakan - 10 Henry Nxumalo Street (6.27)
      14. Diamond Version, Bikya & Wetrobots – DV_BK_WR_01 (6.37)
      15. Afrologic Feat. Aremu, Temi Oyedele & Wura Samba - Omode Mewa (Ten Little Children) (4.34)
      16. Vakula & Planet Lindela - Jozi Sunset (7.36)
      17. Oren Gerlitz Feat. Karun - Orange Green (2.49)

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      Cover of The Sound Of Siam Volume 2 - Molam & Luk Thung Isan From North-East Thailand 1970 - 1982 by Various Artists.

      Various Artists

      The Sound Of Siam Volume 2 - Molam & Luk Thung Isan From North-East Thailand 1970 - 1982

      Soundway

      Soundway’s second foray into South East Asia is focused on North-East Thailand, the epicentre of Molam and Luk Thung Isan music. Hypnotic phin and khaen riffs, pulsing, electrified country rhythms and heartfelt vocals punctuate another journey into the lesser known reaches of 1970s Thai music.

      In this second volume of 'The Sound of Siam' the focus is firmly on the music the sounds of north-east Thailand, or Isan and attempts to show how a genre evolved and developed from essentially an acoustic tradition with specific geographic roots, to one that started to incorporate other instruments and influences that reached out to the Isan diaspora around the country.

      The term molam is actually two separate words pushed together: Mo meaning ‘expert’ or ‘doctor’ and lam meaning ‘to sing’. Hence the literal translation means ‘singing expert’. Many molam records have extended intros that allow a vocalist to establish the theme of the song, as well as flex their improvisational muscles.

      Luk Thung (literally ‘song of the countryside’) is a much broader, rural style that had a bigger impact nationally. Artists like Saksiam Petchompu began fusing this style with molam, a move which propelled him to national fame. You can hear the influence of western funk, as well as Thai arrangements, on the luk thung Isan (as the hybrid became known) smash Jeb Jin Jeb Jai included here.

      'The Sound of Siam 2 - Molam & Luk Thung Isan from North-East Thailand 1970 - 1982’ features 19 tracks, many appearing outside of Thailand for the first time. Both CD and double LP and is accompanied with detailed liner notes written by compilers Chris Menist and Maft Sai.

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      1. Angkanang Kunchai - Kid Hod Chu
      2. Panom Promma - Mainaa Tam Pom Loey
      3. The Petch Phin Thong Band - Bump Lam Plearn
      4. Angkanang Kunchai - Teoy Salap Pamaa
      5. Saksiam Petchchompu & Pornsurapon Petchseethong - Jeb Jing Jeb Jai
      6. Montien Tienthong - Kor Kai
      7. Onuma Singsiri - Lam Plearn Toe Lhong Tong
      8. Petch Asia Band - Lam Plearn Tua Yaang
      9. Banyen Sriwongsa - Ramwong Saraphan
      10. Thepporn Petchubon - Pa Gun Tor
      11. Thonghuad Faited - Eua Aree See Sor
      12. Angkanang Kunchai - Lam Plearn Mee Mia Laew Pai
      13. Banyen Sriwongsa - Lam Plearn Kon Baa Huay
      14. Thepporn Petchubon - Saam Gler Tiew Krung
      15. Angkanang Kunchai - Yak Si Glap Isan
      16. Chanpen Sirithep - Lam Plearn Kiew Bao
      17. Thepporn Petchubon - Fang Jai Viangjan
      18. Yenjit Porntawi - Lam Plearn Gok Kaa Kao
      19. Rome Sithammarat - Sao New Look

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      Cover of Jimmy Mawi EP by Jimmy Mawi.

      Jimmy Mawi

      Jimmy Mawi EP

      Soundway

      Continuing further into the music of 1970s East Africa, Soundway present a limited edition 10" of raw, bluesy garage-funk-rock from Jimmy Mawi.

      Jimmy Mawi was a Madagascan guitarist based in Nairobi in the mid 1970s. He cut only three 45s for EMI East Africa on their Pathe imprint that have virtuallydisappeared from sight in the nearly 40 years since they were recorded. Soundway reproduce four of the best tracks here on a super limited edition 10". Fuzz guitars, raspy vocals and metronomic drumming combine for an exhaustive afro-rock workout.

      Earlier this year Soundway released their compilation 'Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings' from the 1970s & ‘80s. Accompanied by a limited remix 12” these releases represent Soundway’s first releases from the East African country and follows from their much acclaimed African ‘Special’ series that to date has focused on the highlife and afrobeat output from 1970s Nigeria and Ghana.


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      Black Dialogue
      I Want Get Up
      Black Star Blues
      Let Me Keep Away From You

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