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Selected instrumentals from Declaime's first album

BBE rolls on with their masters we love series with the long forgotten classic Charity Begin At Home from Eji Oyewole.We are proud to present another long-lost classic from the golden age of African music, from a figure who is still beginning to get his props internationally, Eji Oyewole. Born to a royal lineage in Ibadan, Prince Eji Oyewole has had a career as a flautist, saxophonist and sometime bandleader spanning well over half a century. He trained both in Nigeria and then at Trinity the prestigious music school in London, and his life as an itinerant musician also saw him living for extensive periods in Geneva, Hamburg and in Lyon. While for many years Fela Kuti (with whom Eji played) and King Sunny Adé commanded international attention to the exclusion of most other Nigerian musicians, as if there was only room for one Nigerian superstar at a time on the world stage, on the domestic scene things were very different. Eji was part of the huge craze for ‘highlife’, a generic term that in fact subsumed many different styles, united in their fusion of traditional west African forms with jazz influences and electric instruments, and in the bands’ working practices as entertainers at the nation’s numerous hotel/nightclubs.As this cracking album, recorded for EMI Nigeria at the tail end of the ‘70s and now remastered, reveals, Eji’s version of highlife was even more distinctive than most, eschewing the usual emphasis on guitars for a brasher horn-laden sound, seemingly influenced as much by American funk as it was jazz, and of course with the heavy percussive undertow central to most African music. This gave Eji a chance to shine, and there are some scorching solos as well as tight ensemble playing across the four lengthy (to ears accustomed to the threeminute pop song) songs. Eji also played piano on the session. The material has an element of social commentary (Oil Boom and Unity In Africa) and should help feed the seemingly insatiable appetites of the many who have been turned onto African music by the enterprising efforts of devoted collectors, labels and fellow fans. Surely one of the few musicians who has played with Fela, Miles Davis and Bob Marley, Eji Oyewole still plays regularly in Lagos, recently had an album of new material out with his current band The Afrobars, and has been a member of Faaji Agba, a super-group that has toured internationally and been dubbed ‘the Nigerian Buena-Vista Social Club’.

"Japan Edition"Numbered & stamped edition of 100 copies.Copy 051/100

Charles Maurice opens the “Remastered Series” for EDR Records, a new collection enlightening LPs’ hidden tracks, transforming it as real hits for dancefloors.Recently acclaimed as a selector and digger for Favorite Recordings’ compilations, French Disco Boogie Sounds and AOR Global Sounds, the mysterious French DJ/Collector is also a fine producer and remixer, who understand perfectly what DJs look for.For this new series on EDR Records, he also selected 4 rare and forgotten Disco gems in his collection, and reshaped it especially for DJs and dancers, in great versions fully restored and remastered for the occasion.

BACK IN STOCK !!!!Mile High Records presents a new EP from the Rawthenticity label boss : Fulbert !Mastered by Matt Colton, this release clearly demonstrates a new direction in his productions, from twisted analog experiments to raw and dusty grooves.6000 Miles Away is a slice of life from this confirmed producer who spends his time between Europe and Asia, merging different influences to bring this specific sound, which he holds the secret to.

As Benedikt Rugar's superbly illustrated cover art for the recent CockTail D'Amore compilation Nothing Matters When We're Dancing proved, the Berlin collective proudly celebrate their status as a forum for Berlin's gay community to fully express themselves. With no releases on the label since that compilation arrived in January, Discodromo and DJ Boris have now unveiled a sister operation with a focus on edits under the wonderful name CockRing D'Amore. The debut release features contributions from label regular Massimiliano Pagliara, the unheralded Trent and founders Discodromo.

To the beautifull souls I've met in this life & others, your spirits keep on resonating and shining thru my music... Strongly limited edition of 300 copies of Fritz debut album on Vinyl.https://soundcloud.com/acatcalledfritz/tribulations-life-of-a-cat-called-fritz-album-preview