2019. Chief Udoh Essiet believes in rhythm on his album "Afrobeat Highlife Crossing", from his congas and talking drums from his native Nigeria. Chief Udoh is a veteran artist, singer, songwriter and virt..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

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2016. Typhonian Highlife is a moniker of Spencer Clark. 'The World Of Shells' works as a dream expedition that has overflowed itself into real time. Through continual material-world visualization, a technological na..

2011. Second volume of Vampisoul's comprehensive Highlife Time series, which guides the listener into the highlife world far enough to show that there are indeed a host of different angles and approaches representin..

2012. An educated man who studied science in London in the Sixties and spent two years as a professor of ethnomusicology in Seattle in the late Nineties, 78-year old Koo Nimo from Ghana also immersed himself in the ..

2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to h..

2022. BBE Music presents a double album reissue of two rare 80's albums recorded by the late Atakora Manu, 'Afro Highlife' and 'Omintiminim'. The mix of vintage, rootsy 'palmwine' blues-style guitar with quirky keyb..

2018. Auntie Flo joins the Brownswood roster to deliver his third and most ambitious album to date. The Glasgow-raised producer, of Goan-Kenyan heritage, has often featured collaborators from different spots he's vi..

2008. Nigerian & Ghanaian Sounds from the 60's and early 70's. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and befo..

2015. A special triple 180-gram vinyl release, presented in a gatefold sleeve. The included 45rpm 7-inch includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recor..

2017. The Highlife Band is an authentic and unique reggae band from Seattle, Washington. Rhythms from the Spanish and French Caribbean are combined with Jamaican rockers, bif-baf, steppers, one-drop, and dancehall r..

2012. This steamin' album is the first in Mr Bongo's 'Classic African Recordings' series. 'Funky Highlife', dating from the early '70s, appeared on the Essiebons label, run by Dick Essilfe Bondzie. According to him ..

2020. The first-ever reissue of the classic 1981 debut album from this much revered Ghanaian band. Vibrantly produced by British sound explorer Brian Eno in Accra, Ghana. Highlife meets Afro-funk. Spirited, horn dri..

2020. BBE Music presents 'Akalaka/The Power' from Victor Chukwu, a Igbo Highlife musician. Highlife was the music composed by the Igbo people after the Biafran war. It was music that rebuilt a sense of pride, identi..

2020. First release in Dig This Way's maxi 12" series in the form of an experimental highlife/boogie called 'Imo Special Release' which includes some gems taken from two wonderful and unknown LPs from the heart..

2020. Afro-funk essential from Ghana, K. Frimpong's rare second album, recorded in 1975. As a prolific songwriter and singer, Frimpong brought a modern fusion of highlife and the traditional beat called "Ahyewa..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. Santrofi's debut album 'Alewa' brings a new wave of fresh highlife rooted in the past with a knowledge of the future directly from the streets of Accra. Santrofi was founded by bassist and producer Emmanuel Of..

2020. The Ogyatanaa or Burning Fire Show Band was one of the more esteemed of the funky highlife groups that rocked the Ghanaian music scene during the 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 by diplomat-turned-composer,..

2020. Possibly the best thing a compilation can do is open the door to a world of music that aside from being unknown to you, is high grade in quality, diverse and open to interpretation in as much as you are left w..

2019. Ahemaa Nwomkro, which means queens of Nwomkro, are Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa. Nwomkro is an old Ashanti musical style, which played an influencial role in the origin of the typical more roots-like high..

2019. Osondi owendi. What is cherished by some is despised by others. One man's meat is another man's poison. Different strokes for different folks. To each their own. Osondi owendi. It's a conventional aphorism in ..

2023. Repress with new master. 1974's 'Moving World' is a holy grail of Ghanaian groove alchemy. The title track and 'Brotherhood Of Man' are hard, grinding funk outings, while 'Jungle Music' has a more soulful gr..

2020. Art Feynman (aka accomplished recording artist and producer Luke Temple) stitches art pop, Nigerian highlife, worldbeat, and other lesser-known genres into a musical quilt that displays his unmistakable guile ..

2021. The Kologo (a two stringed proto-banjo) master Guy One is back with this 7" release. 'So La Ma La' has a straight forward Highlife rhythm, together with some funky afrobeat-a-like bassline. 'To Kale Na'na..

2019. On DOUBLE-LP, here's Mr. Bongo's third compilation of dj-friendly, dance floor fillin', party rockin' obscurities and cult tracks, spanning genres from soul to Latin, from garage-psych to Afrobeat, and beyond...

2021. "The skeletal composition and the relentless exploitation of synthesizers, electric guitars and '80s effect racks resulted in a spiced up psychedelic brew known as Edo Funk!" It was in Benin City, in..

2020. This classic 1974 Afro-funk delivery (originally on EMI Nigeria) gets a welcome reissue. It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/Afrobeat scene..

2013. Revered regionally for their mix of Saharan and West African sounds and for their intense guitar work and upbeat vibe, Tal National make striking music, despite a constant dearth of available instruments and a..

2021. "The skeletal composition and the relentless exploitation of synthesizers, electric guitars and '80s effect racks resulted in a spiced up psychedelic brew known as Edo Funk!" It was in Benin City, in..

2021. Ahemaa Nwomkro are Victoria Osei and Theresa Owusuaa. Nwomkro is an old Ashanti musical style, which played an influential role in the origin of the more roots-like Highlife style of Kumasi, the cultural capit..