PINO GERALDO
2016. When Geraldo Pino rolled into town from Sierra Leone with his Heartbeats, Nigeria had never seen anything quite like them. Slick, tight and playing the latest James Brown-style funk on the very expensive equip..
HEADS FUNK BAND
2016. What we have here is uncut, well crafted Afro-funk. Though Heads Funk Band shared members with Akwassa, the two groups co-existed simultaneously, with Felix Day (Feladey) on guitar and Eddie Offeyi on drums..
MARY AFI USUAH
2016. Mary Afi Usuah trained as an a opera singer at the prestigious St. Cecilia Academy in Rome and spent 13 years touring Europe with artists like Duke Ellington and Deep Purple. She matched vocal chops with Rober..
APOSTLES
2017. Heaven sent from Nigeria's tumultuous east, The Apostles have been preaching a particular blend of funky psychedelic soul/rock fusion for over 40 years. On 1977's 'Banko Woman', here reissued on CD, the group ..
FOUNDARS 15
2017. A popular Nigerian Afro-funk/soul/rock album from 1977 gets reissued on vinyl.
ROBO ARIGO & HIS KONASTONE MAJ..
2017. As a founding member of Pogo Ltd, Robo Arigo played bass, guitar and organ on both of that band's albums. And on his own 'Sexy Thing' he even played the cowbell. However, listening to this record it's pretty c..
FOUNDARS 15
2017. Originally released in 1977 and featuring psychedelic vibes a plenty, 'Co-operation' is widely regarded as one of the great Afro-funk rock albums of all time. Now that album is reissued on CD.
S. JOB ORGANIZATION
2016. Previously known as SJOB Movement (the name was an acronym representing the members Samuel Spark Abiloye, Johnnie Woode Olimah, Ehima Blackie Ottah and Prince Bolarinwa Agba), S.JOB Organization released this ..
GERALDO PINO & THE HEARTBEATS
2017. 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 sc..
AHMED FAKROUN
2016. The Arab world back in the 70s and 80s gave us quite a few very interesting rock and pop acts. Ahmed Fakroun from Libya was one of them. Here we have his 1983 album whose title means 'Words Of Love' in English..
JAKE SOLLO
2021. In 1977 Jake Sollo returned to Nigeria to record his first solo album 'Coming Home'. His long-term band The Funkees had imploded in London and his big break with the Afro super band Osibisa was cut short when ..
STEVE BLACK
2016. A reissue of the 1979 Afro-funk LP by a dynamic artist from Nigeria, originally issued by the well know Afrodisia label. 'Village Boogie!' really deserves the status of a legendary rarity and holy grail for ..
MURPHY WILLIAMS
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/disco/boogie album, originally released by Taretone in 1981. More info soon.
BAAD JOHN CROSS
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/disco/boogie album, originally released by Coconut in 1984. More info soon.
SEGUN BUCKNOR
2017. A reissue of the awesome self-titled Afro-funk LP by Nigerian star Segun Bucknor. On this 1975 album, his final one (originally issued by Afrodisia), Bucknor returned to his soul roots. The sound is sophistica..
CLETIN BENIS
2018. Reissue of Afro funk/disco boogie album, originally released by EMI Nigeria in 1978. More info soon.
CLETIN BENIS
2018. Reissue of Afro funk/disco boogie album, originally released by EMI Nigeria in 1978. More info soon.
BEST MANFORD
2018. Reissue of Nigerian boogie funk album, originally released on Tabansi in 1980.
BEST MANFORD
2018. Reissue of Nigerian boogie funk album, originally released on Tabansi in 1980.
CROSS BAAD JOHN
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/disco/boogie album, originally released by Coconut in 1984. More info soon.
FUNKEES
2017. Reissue of Nigerian psychedelic rock/funk album, originally released by Amba in 1974. This version comes with the French girlie cover. It was released under the title 'Afro Funk Music' by the Soul Posters labe..
AKTION
2017. Reissue of Nigerian psychedelic rock/funk album, originally released by Clover Sound in 1977. More info soon.
WILLIAMS MURPHY
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/disco/boogie album, originally released by Taretone in 1981. More info soon.
IFUDU THEADORA
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/soul album, originally released by Theagart Records in 1978. More info soon.
IFUDU THEADORA
2017. Reissue of Nigerian funk/soul album, originally released by Theagart Records in 1978. More info soon.
AKTION
2017. Reissue of Nigerian psychedelic rock/funk album, originally released by Clover Sound in 1977. More info soon.
BURNIS
2017. Produced by former Funkees-member Jake Sollo and backed by a hot team of session musicians including Friday Pozo, Nkono Teles and Joseph 'Jojo' Kuo, on this album Burnis delivered a slab of slick Afro disco bo..
OFFIA DANNY -AND THE FRI
2017. Danny Offia's 'Funk With Me' is a prime slab of Nigerian boogie. Sinewy and urbane, it's the soundtrack of Lagos in the early eighties. The city was awash with oil money, clubs were booming and every night was..
MOKS JOE
2017. Spotted by EMI Nigeria's legendary producer Odion Iruoje, and nurtured by his protege Alex Tony Okoroji, Joe Moks (a.k.a. Josephine Mokwunyei) pioneered a wonky, hi-tech style of funk that would become the sou..
FOUNDARS 15
2017. Originally released in 1977 and featuring psychedelic vibes a plenty, 'Co-operation' is widely regarded as one of the great Afro-funk rock albums of all time. Now that album is reissued on CD.