Soundways

Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70's NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie-funk, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna & Surprise Chef's Lachlan Stuckey,

Soundway present Gumba Fire, a new compilation of rare 1980s South African "bubblegum" and boogie. In 1980s Black South Africa, a local form of pop music evolved as the disco boom died down and slowly mutated. It was often ubiquitously described as bubble

Soundway Records reissues a limited 1000 copy run of Nenad Jelić and Laza Ristovski's seminal experimental Serbian album Opera originally released on the former Yugoslavian state record label PGB / RTB in 1986. Combining Balkan and South American percussi

Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, DJ and producer Pedro Ricardo releases his debut album, Soprem Bons Ventos, on Soundway Records. “The album translates to ‘Good Winds Blow’, shares Ricardo. “This idea of good winds blowing is intertwined with the feeling

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 o

A treasure-trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa, accompanied by detailed liner notes, original artwork and photographs. Kenya Special is a collection of 32 recordings (most of which were only ever released on small-run 45rpm 7" singles) t

Soundway's telescope to forgotten and lesser known musical realms extends to Argentina on the triple vinyl compilation, Síntesis Moderna; An Alternative Vision Of Argentinian Music 1980-1990. A digital rewilding of computer and synth powered music, drippi

Padang Moonrise is the story of modern Indonesian music that emerged underneath the volcanoes of Java and Sumatra. Java, the most populous island in the archipelago of over 17,000 islands and 1300 distinct ethnic groups, and its capital city Jakarta, was

Diy contemporary jazz from New Zealand meets electronic production. As pockets of new jazz scenes emerge around the world, it’s apparent that New Zealand’s bubbling microcosm in Wellington interprets the genre through a unique lens. Clear Path Ensemble bo

The 21 track selection curated by Trujillo, a Venezuelan producer, DJ and record collector based in Berlin, explores the forgotten corners of the 1980s and early 90s Spanish music scene. Veering through early bleep and hip house, electro, boogie, Iberian

The Heliocentrics are a group for which genres are meaningless and boundaries invisible. The primarily instrumental group, who operates out of their vintage analog studio in East London called the Quatermass Sound Lab, brings in a new singer on album num