Le Sato (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & African

Le Sato (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & AfricanAcid Jazz Records continue their exclusive licensing agreement with Albarika Store, the legendary record label that defined the sound of Benin and influenced the entire region of West Africa and beyond. Recorded and issued in 1974, Le Sato is one of the earliest releases on the Albarika label and it is also one of the deepest. Sato is the term for the traditional rhythms that soundtrack Vodun (Voodoo) rituals and ceremonies in Benin. Performance of

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The cover portrait found Havens clad in dashiki and wearing beads while playing a sitar

Iruoje is credited as being the man who signed Fela Kuti to EMI Nigeria and produced all of Fela’s revolutionary early material from 1970-73

while Mie Nakao's fuzz-rocker 'Sharock No

and the hypnotic trance-rock of the post-punk bands it predated by nearly a decade

this cult album and heavily bootl-legged album has drawn musical comparisons to The Door and Iron Butterly

Limited seven inch vinyl pressing of this four track EP from the legendary Garage Rock legends

setting off a vicious attack against the Kalakuta Republic (a commune that Fela had established in Nigeria)

The Bevis Frond's North Circular is released on triple blue vinyl for Record Store Day

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"Lesbo" is a 1969 erotic film directed by Edoardo Mulargia