Dear music collectors, vinyl hunters and lovers of tropical sounds, as some of you may know, I am a fanatic hunter for all types of lp's from the old days. As such I tend to visit the biggest recordfairs we have around, like the one in Utrecht twice a year. On the last few visits[...]

tracks; 1 Youssou Ndour et le Super Etoile - Atou 2 Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Ogo di nkpa 3 Orchestre Zaiko Langa Langa - Bongo bouger 4 Orchestre Les Mangelepa - Mangelepa kamili 5 Orchestre Shama-Shama - Bangambo ya moto 6 Orchestre TP Zembe-Zembe - Kenge No 3 7 Mélome Clément & TP Poly[...]

Anything you like on this sampler ? Use our search-bar for instant find. tracks; 1 Robson Banda and the New Black Eagles - Ngoma ngairire 2 The Dark City Sisters - Tamatie yoyo no.3 3 Gétatchèw Kassa - Tezeta 4 Orchestre Lipua-Lipua - Kamale 1 5 Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe - Odinda nyuliba 6 The[...]

It was time for a collector. I gathered some Nigerian Highlife songs for your and my pleasure. Take a look at this tracklist, don't you agree they all have magnificent names ? Hope you like them tunes just as much. tracks; 1 Paulson Kalu Afrikhanah & his Stars 25 - Ochea special 2 The Harbours[...]

Why don't you go out to buy a bottle of mezcal, lemon and some seasalt. Then, invite a couple of good friends, put on this Mexican collector and open up the booze. A lick of salt, a shot of mezcal and a bite of lemon to maximize the thrilling effect. Aaaaay aaaay aaaay, llego borracho[...]

Happy New Year to all of you ! Thank you for your kind wishes and let's make 2011 a new musical share-year like none before, long live the internet. To start off, an album on Kubaney with music from the Dominicans. Brothers Cuco and Martin Valoy are back with a fine LP of son and[...]

Last week, when I posted Essous and Nino and read they feel their version of El Manicero is the best African one, I got this idea. I made a collector with 15 versions of the song. I am sure you can come up with loads of versions I did not use, there are so many[...]

I planned to do this for quite some time and now I finally did it. A compilation of songs from 16 different African countrys. The right order of the songs is always tricky and most of time I later wish I chose different. Same shizzle today, but after changing order and files several times, this[...]

Next in line here at the Global Groove is this album by Duo Los Ahijados. It was formed by the brothers Cuco and Martin Valoy from the Dominican Republic. That's more or less all I can tell about this LP, and of course that it's a great listen for you summer evening. tracks; 1 El[...]

This is a special album, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & his Nigeria Soundmakers on african, 'the' Congolese label. I have become a fan of Stephen Osita since I discovered his music hardly two years ago. It's the most mellow feelgood sound. Listen to this 1977 beauty and agree, good stuff. tracks; 1 Uche chukwu geme[...]

I don't know about you but I am a hopeless layman if it comes to dealing with computers. If there is a problem I need to get my system manager to fix it. At this moment I have an argument with Winamp, it refuses to exercise my rippings. It took me quite a detour to[...]

Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey is back. He brings us a swell 1977 album, on which we see the same stadium in the background as we saw in the last post by Oriental Brothers. And also on Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe's 'the People Star in London'. I think it's Probably not existing anymore because I could[...]

Another Lp by the great Ikenga, some time ago we had an album by them without title too. These guys are completely cool, such hypnotic highlife. The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Victor Okoroego, weigh in here with a funky slice of Ikwokilikwo. The Ikengas were born in 1973 as "The Nkengas" when[...]

I had a request for a Salsa Compilation and it just so happens this one was waiting on the shelf. It's a compilation I once made for an old friend. We used to listen to these songs way back early eighties. Only Fania All Stars here, for now. I hope it answers to your expectations.[...]