Heavenly Sweetness

Souleance's love of oriental and Mediterranean music is well proven.
The duo Soulist and Fulgeance surprise once again with this new EP with Turkish-funk & disco-psychedelic influences.

An instrumental EP that blends Sylvester's funk and disco with in

The follow up of the acclaimed first volume of this compilation, a real discovery for many DJs and music lovers worldwide, exposing the Zouk or DIY electronic music of the french west indies.

The selectors Julien Achard and Nicolas Skliris continue the

The Éthiopiques series returns! Essential archive recordings from an extremely fruitful period in Ethiopian music. Before “Swinging Addis” took over the world, there was Moussié Nerses Nalbandian — the Armenian-born composer who shaped modern Ethiopian mu

REPRESSED 2021! "Alèmayèhu Eshèté is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music, the swinging sixties which, in this country, went on until the fall of the Emperor Haile Sellassie 1 in 1974. On a par with Tlahoun Gèssèssè

Swan Song - The vinyl LP at the heart of this éthiopiques 31 [tracks 2 to 11] was one of the very last vinyl records ever released in Ethiopia. But above all it represents, we felt, the absolute masterpiece of the Ethiopian Groove – the Swan Song of Swing

The re-release series of original Ethiopian classic vinyl continues -- the finest Ethio jazz by Mahmoud Ahmed and his band from 1975 plus two tracks from 1978.

The liner notes: 'Melancholy blues, piercingly minimalist country airs, brassy, danceable ur

REPRESSED COMP OF GOLDEN TUNES! After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album Amha Eshete set about compiling his best 45s on a series of now legendary albums in 1972.

Getatchew Mekurya is probably the most revered veteran of Ethiopian saxophone.A real giant, both physically and musically. Not only is he at the very top level of Ethiopian saxophonists, but he is the 'inventor' of an extremely distinctive musical 'style.

"Ethiopians' deep-seated ethiocentrism, the legacy of a thousand years of history, has contributed in no small way to their music's strong national identity, particularly impervious to any African influences. Latin influences, so pervasive in the great mu

The follow up to the highly acclaimed reissue of the first volume, Ethiopian Hit Parade. The track layout is identical to the original record released in 1972.

"After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album (Ethiopian Modern In

Originally released in 1979, "Spiritual Sound" lives up to its name, a soaring, triumphant album, six tracks of spirit magic from Guadeloupe.

Telluric, intense, terribly alive, the gwoka drums of Guadeloupe carry the identity of a painful and fervent i

Best off from the now classic Ethiopiques series. Francis Falcetto, the founder of the series (already 28 Cds available) and THE specialist of Ethiopian music selects, in his view, the best tracks of the series !

He opened his large collection of pict

"A few years ago the world discovered a unique sound coming from the distant Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba. The emotional blow was only matched by the brightness of this original and magnificent discovery. The Ethiopiques series directed by Francis Falcet

"Urban Ethiopian music stands out within the African continent thanks to its creativity and originality. Whatever the shade -- pop, blues, jazz or soul -- it comes from a fusion of local musical traditions mixed with an echo of Western music. It bewitched

"A set of vocal recordings by Tlahoun Gessesse -- one of the most important singers during the golden age of Ethiopian Music -- caught here on a set of sides that sadly saw that period coming to an end. The tracks on the set are mostly from the early 70s,

Wonderful 9 track african jazz compilation. These tracks are excerpts from the Etiopique CD. Tracks are somewhere between mystical rare groove and more jazz oriented workouts. Very special and well recommended !!!