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Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Noise For Vendor Mouth (OPAQUE RED) LP
Released in 1975, this album began Fela’s greatest and most prolific era. He had created and refined the perfect sonic blend that we now know as Afrobeat - lyrics that took on the social and political struggles of everyday people, drum rhythms he and Tony
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Kuti, Fela: Noise For Vendor Mouth (OPAQUE RED) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Kalakuta Show (OPAQUE BLUE) LP
This album was Fela’s full-on sonic revenge on the military regime that attacked and brutalized him and his compound in Lagos twice in 1974. The raids on his Kalakuta Republic were an attempt by the Nigerian police and army to silence Fela. Brought to tri
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Kuti, Fela: Kalakuta Show (OPAQUE BLUE) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Why Black Men They Suffer (TRANSPARENT YELLOW) LP
Recorded in 1971 with Ginger Baker behind the board and sitting in alongside fellow drumming legend Tony Allen, Why Black Man Dey Suffer was originally deemed too controversial for release by his label at the time. The title track is a history lesson on t
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Kuti, Fela: Why Black Men They Suffer (TRANSPARENT YELLOW) LP
C$36.99
Knitting Factory Kuti, Fela: Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba BOX
Knitting Factory Records and Partisan Records are proud to release the sixth installment of the much anticipated vinyl reissues from the Fela Kuti catalog. Vinyl Box #6 was curated by actor, producer, DJ, rapper and singer, Idris Elba aka DJ Big Driis. Th
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Kuti, Fela: Box Set #6 Curated By Idris Elba BOX
C$199.99
International Anthem Ntuli, Thandi with Carlos Niño: Rainbow Revisited LP
South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International Anthem artist Carlos Niño in the producer chair. An absolutely stunni
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Ntuli, Thandi with Carlos Niño: Rainbow Revisited LP
C$34.99
Nyege Nyege Tapes De Schuurman: Bubbling Inside (military green) LP
In the late 1980s, as techno and house made its way around Europe, mutating as it hopped from city to city, one young DJ from Curacao made a mistake that would inspire a brand new sound. While he was performing at Den Haag's Club Voltage, DJ Moortje accid
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De Schuurman: Bubbling Inside (military green) LP
C$26.99
Knitting Factory Various Artists: Red Hot + Fela (BANANA YELLOW & RED) LP
Fela Kuti lives on! This is the 10th Anniversary reissue of the classic tribute album pressed on opaque banana yellow and opaque red vinyl benefiting the Red Hot organization. The album includes classic Fela anthems like “Lady” recorded by tUnE-yArDs, ?ue
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Various Artists: Red Hot + Fela (BANANA YELLOW & RED) LP
C$41.99
Unseen Worlds Yifrashewa, Girma: My Strong Will LP
My Strong Will is a new album of "Ethiopian Classical Music" by Girma Yifrashewa. Recorded with Bulgarian musicians and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, the album is a return to where Yifrashewa completed his own conservatory training
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Yifrashewa, Girma: My Strong Will LP
C$43.99
Born Bad Bebey, Francis: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 LP
Available again! A retrospective of truly incredible, clued up and innovative songs and electronics from Francis Bebey. Drum machines and oddball synths intertwine with Bebey's wonderful vocals and deft guitar playing... High Life New Wave... We've been w
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Bebey, Francis: African Electronic Music 1975-1982 LP
C$39.99
Partisan Bombino: Sahel (TRANSLUCENT BLUE) LP
Guitar luminary + Tuareg folk hero Omara “Bombino” Moctar knows the nomadic life well. Being constantly on the road for his music while also perpetually on the move throughout the Sahel region of Africa is the norm. So when the pandemic brought the world
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Bombino: Sahel (TRANSLUCENT BLUE) LP
C$34.99
Nyege Nyege Tapes Bakorta, Titi: Molende LP
Titi Bakorta almost didn't make it. Born in and raised in Kinshasa, the Congolese multi-instrumentalist was on his way to Uganda when he fell of the boat as it traversed the mighty Congo River. Unable to swim, Bakorta was saved by a friend who dragged him
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Bakorta, Titi: Molende LP
C$26.99
Soundways Manuel, Ayo: 1983-90 LP
This mini compilation selects the stand out cuts from Ayo Manuel’s two albums Love Candidate and Party Time, showcasing the evolution of Ayo’s music. Side A is led by Song Of Love (Instrumental) - mid-tempo, synth-heavy, toeing the line between lo-fi crun
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Manuel, Ayo: 1983-90 LP
C$29.99
Tidal Wave Music Owoh, Dr. Orlando: And His Young Kenneries Band (Clear) LP
A household name in Nigeria, Dr. Orlando Owoh enjoyed a durable popularity that has cut across generational lines in his home country and beyond. Leading groups such as the Omimah Band and the Young Kenneries, Owoh remained popular even as Nigerian tastes
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Owoh, Dr. Orlando: And His Young Kenneries Band (Clear) LP
C$39.99
Bongo Joe Les Abranis: Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 LP
Les Disques Bongo Joe return to the scorching Kabyle rock of Abranis, the pioneering Algerian band that blended traditional Berber music with western rock, folk, disco, and funk, all the while proudly celebrating their Kabyle heritage. Amazigh Freedom Roc
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Les Abranis: Amazigh Freedom Rock 1973-1983 LP
C$39.99
Now Again Peace: Black Power LP
"First official reissue of this essential Zamrock album, painstakingly restored, remastered and pieced together from multiple copies of the incredibly rare original album. Contains extensive booklet with never before published photos, an overview of the Z
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Peace: Black Power LP
C$39.99
Discrepant Kink Gong: Tanzania 2 LP
Eight years almost to the day after releasing his unique re-interpretation album of his field recordings made in the late '90s in Tanzania, Kink Gong is back with another volume of bushmen madness. Here's what Kink Gong aka Laurent Jeanneau has to say abo
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Kink Gong: Tanzania 2 LP
C$34.99
World Circuit Toure, Ali Farka: Voyageur LP
Ali Farka Touré is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard to overstate: Ali's sound merged his much-loved traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of
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Toure, Ali Farka: Voyageur LP
C$39.99
Dead Oceans Toure, Vieux Farka & Khruangbin: Ali LP
Ali Farka Touré is well known as one of the most influential and talented guitarists that Africa has ever produced. His legacy and impact are hard to overstate. Ali's sound merged his much-loved traditional Malian musical styles with distinct elements of
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Toure, Vieux Farka & Khruangbin: Ali LP
C$29.99
Witch: Zango (YELLOW VINYL) LP
WITCH was the first band in Zambia to release a commercial album — 1973’s Introduction. Blending the rock and roll sounds of UK rock bands like The Rolling Stones, Cream, and The Beatles together with more traditional African rhythms, WITCH pioneered a ne
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Witch: Zango (YELLOW VINYL) LP
C$36.99
Tidal Wave Music Udoh, Maxwell: Survival Of The Fittest LP
Rasman Maxwell Udoh was one of the best things to come out of the Nigerian music scene in the 80s and 90s. Born on the 29th of August 1959 and passed away on the 18th of December 2014, his 55 years on earth were a memorable time that resulted in many cont
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Udoh, Maxwell: Survival Of The Fittest LP
C$39.99
Crammed Congotronics International: Where's The One LP
Collectively created by the supergroup comprising Konono No.1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, and Skeletons’ Matthew Mehlan, this epic collaborative new album gathers 19 musicians from across four continents, working toget
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Congotronics International: Where's The One LP
C$44.99
Strut Ofege: Try And Love LP
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.
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Ofege: Try And Love LP
C$41.99
We Are Busy Bodies Kiwiro Boys: Vijana Wa Kazi LP
Vijana Wa Kazi is a Kenyan benga rarity by one of the country's leading 70's groups that compiles several of their singles into a standalone album.Led by the late John Otonde, the group issued nearly two dozen 7” singles between 1976 and the early 1980s.T
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Kiwiro Boys: Vijana Wa Kazi LP
C$43.99
Analog Africa Good Samaritans: No Food Without Taste If By Hunger LP
The intoxicating highlife music known as Edo Funk from Benin City, Nigeria is back. We have unearthed "The Good Samaritans" first album, one of the most obscure Nigerian album ever recorded. Originally released in 1982 and pressed in a very small edition,
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Good Samaritans: No Food Without Taste If By Hunger LP
C$49.99