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IDRISSA DIOP – Rebelle (Musidisc, 1990)
Idrissa Diop – Rebelle
Musidisc – 500141
France, 1990
A1 Genafé
A2 Beuré
A3 M'bidane
A4 L'oiseau
B1 Xadim
B2 Seeyes
B3 Tchep
B4 Nith Ki
France, 1990
A1 Genafé
A2 Beuré
A3 M'bidane
A4 L'oiseau
B1 Xadim
B2 Seeyes
B3 Tchep
B4 Nith Ki
YVONNE CHAKA CHAKA – Who's The Boss? (Mercury, 1989)
Yvonne Chaka Chaka – Who's the Boss?Mercury – RBL 152
Nigeria, 1989
A1 I'm Not Your Slave
A2 Why Can't We Live Together
A3 Usizwe
B1 We Will Survive
B2 Turn Up Your Radio
B3 To The Man I Love
JON K – Asaboni (Nakasi, 1989)
Nakasi Records – NAK 009
UK, 1989
private press
A1 Asafo
A2 Asaboni
A3 Moko Nshi Omo
B1 Ainura Ahoofe
B2 Waiting
B3 Sika
B4 Odo Ye Wu
Jon K – vocals, bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards
Dave Yowell – bass, drum programming
Zimi – guitar
Nii Odartey – percussion
Jason Yarde – saxophone
Colin Graham – trumpet
Pauline Oduro – vocals
Alf Bannerman – guitar (A2)
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https://mega.nz/#!ThBAWC6L!G6-MlQfPcTdxECLSdq_Cf-0hyQ5QwKGIgYDReLmWUSs
LABRYS – Sisterlove (Labrys Records, 1987)
Labrys – SisterloveLabrys Records – LAB135
US, 1987
private press
A1 Got To Stand Up
A2 Waiting For Your Love
A3 Try It
A4 Special Place
A5 Standing On The Edge Of Love
B1 Sisterlove
B2 One Sunday Afternoon
B3 What You Did Was Wrong
B4 Freedom
Elena Jordan – vocals, guitar, trumpet, programming
Patricia Lyons – bass
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SUSAN COGAN – One (Scone, 1981)
Scone Records – WRC1-2797
Canada, 1981
private press
A1 The Moon At Sunset Bay
A2 In Favour Of The Sensitive Man
A3 Beauty Is
A4 Dancing With Her
A5 Part-Time Angel
B1 Space-Age Primitives
B2 Your Lovin' Eyes
B3 Peacock Eyes
B4 Jeremaya's Song
Susan Cogan – vocals, guitar
Neil Chapman – guitar
Michael Lucas – trumpet
Don Englert – sax
Clive Parks – synth, piano (B1, B3)
David McMorrow – electric piano
Danny Greenspoon – guitar
Claude Desjardins – drums
David Woodhead – bass
Matt Zimbal – congas (A1, A4)
Jack Grunsky – guitar (A2)
Henry Heilig – bass (A1, A4)
Lorne Nehring – drums (A1, A4)
Chad Irschick – guitar (B2)
Doug Boews – guitar (A1)
Bevery Glenn Copeland – vocals (B1)
LABRYS – Turn Around (Labrys Records, 1985)
Labrys Records – LAB126
US, 1985
private press
A1 Fire
A2 Let Me Be Crazy
A3 Get Away
A4 Bionic
B1 Turn Around
B2 Hang Over
B3 Don't Stop
B4 This Is My Life
B5 Labrys
All Songs Written and Arranged by Elena Jordan
Elena Jordan – vocals, guitar, trumpet, TR-909 drum programming, JX-3P synthesizer, JX-8P synthesizer, programming, harmonica, percussion, Fender RhodesPatricia Lyons – bass, background vocals
Produced by Elena Jordan & Patricia Lyons
https://mega.nz/#!CthDRLYC!TRGRjpXGCYlyP0c6utk7OMubB2ps64GFVUS0qpqznlU
STEVEN WILLIAMS – The Deadline (Deadline Music, 1985) [GUEST POST: Havana Tape Club]
Steven Williams - The DeadlineDeadline Music
US, 1985
private press
cassette
A1 A Little Business
A2 The Deadline
A3 Our Last Time 'Round
A4 Long Parade
A5 The Second Chace
A6 I Got Some News
B1 Back In "B" Town
B2 Screamin' At Me
B3 Your Downfall
B4 Realize It's Me
B5 Ain't Holdin' Back
B6 This Time Is For Realall songs written by Steven Williams
Terri Williams - vocals
Joe Truttmann - vocals
David Potts - DMX
Bill Engel - guitar
Doug Flory - drums
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thanks to Havana Tape Club (St. Louis, MO) for the music rip and images
https://mega.nz/#!vp4wSQzT!8eEs0L1HBi0y-8jLhB0glFA1bIkBUcEPqYsIlVWGJA8
ROBERT AARON - Datura (Artichoke, 1980s)
Robert Aaron - Datura
Artichoke Records - Artichoke 201
US, 1980s
private press
A1 Crystal and Infrared
A2 Network in Shade
B1 Agent Grapefruit
B2 Jungle
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https://mega.nz/#!jsxyUDIA!PL67DPfEYJs51zxSnsME-obQaZoyx_y95fkqJyec5Ow
ROBERT AARON/MICHAEL CURRAN/KEITH NICOLAY - The Last Ten Minutes (Artichoke Records, 1985)
Robert Aaron - Michael Curran - Keith Nicolay – The Last Ten Minutes
Artichoke Records – 202
US, 1985
private press
I Interruption
II Grand Finale
III Conclusion
Robert Aaron - siel synthesizer, tack piano
Michael Curran - piano, fender-rhodes, kalimba
Keith Nicolay - acoustic guitar, flute, piano
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"The Last Ten Minutes may (1) refer to the fly with its head trapped in the vortex, pictured on the front cover, (2) depict an apocalypse in which case 'Grand Finale' (side 1, band 2) should be retitled 'Disquiet at the Council of Trenton', or (3) represent the last ten minutes (in the mundane sense) of anybody the listener knows, described either (a) inappropriately or (b) with an obscuring plethora of detail.
The synthesizer mediates among sounds which parallel, without imitating, those of the guitar and sometimes multiphonic flute, sounds of purely electro-mechanical nature, and keyboard-related sonorities.
In 'Grand Finale', the three keyboards sometimes behave as one multi-stopped instrument, sometimes quarrell.
In 'Conclusion', the keys of the processed Kalimba (African thumb-piano) are most-often snapped upside-down.
In all three pieces, discourses are frequently polyrhythmic and often disruptive. All ratios are intentional, no matter how irrationally described mathematically. The harmonies, while quite chromatic, combine in the spirit of harmolodic improvisation. From time to time, they allude to modes, while avoiding their syntax.
Both group improvisations on side one were accomplished in a single sitting, while side two discreetly adds overtracks as it progresses." – Robert Aaron
https://mega.nz/#!3pxwWYpQ!mZEV6V4rblizI5rxlbzGgxL6fBXjwfumhTKQEPmBkNw
ARIK RUDICH - Mantra (not on label, 1987)
Arik Rudich - Mantra
not on label - LP77
Israel, 1987
private press
A1 Code of Silence
A2 Final Farewell
A3 Nightmare
A4 Longing
A5 Contaminated
B1 Innocence
B2 Mantra
B3 100 Gates
B4 Last Part
Arik Rudich - piano, e. piano, cp-80, linn drum, dx-7, tx-7, fairlight ii, fairlight iii, obx-8 oberheim, matrix 12, mini moog, p.p.g-2,3, yamaha cs70m, synclavier ii, prophet 5, percussion, atari st. programming, tape
https://mega.nz/#!OsB0TR7Z!SegPI3Ed-u5KiAXmOuYImBDZlQcNWR6XqBEdH8QXWPk
JOËL + ZÉKLE - Cé Ou Minm' ! (Zekle Music, 198?)
Zekle Music - ZR 701
Haiti, 1980s
private press
A1 Moin Rinmin Ou
A2 Repon'moin
A3 Chin'
B1 Cé Ou Minm'
B2 Misik Sa
B3 Zel
Joël Widmaier - lead vocal, batterie, percussion, syndrom, tympani, guitare acoustique
Mushy Widmaier - piano acc. yamaha, fender rhodes, korg, mellotron, synthetiseurs, yamaha cs 15, cs15 d
Joe (T.T.) Charles - basse électrique
Claude Marcelin - guitares électriques (solo & accompagnement)
Raoul Denis, Jr. - korg, mellotron, orgue yamaha elea
Artistes Invités - Jacqueline Denis, vocal dans Misik SA / Gary Shore, sax solo dans Zel & Misik SA
Musiciens additionnels:
Musiciens additionnels:
Arius Joseph - tambour
Ti George - gong
Ralph Boncy - Guitare accoustique dans Misik SA
Patrick Déjean - Whistling dans Moin Rinmin Ou
Horns:
Gary Shore - alto & tenor sax
Jacques Fatier - trompette
Andrew Washington - trombone
Choeurs:
Jacqueline Denis
Joël & Mushy Widmaier
Philippe Simpson & Ben Leon
LOOPRAT sample:
https://mega.nz/#!rwxRzSaZ!0lqy0KByaLntNX0vWzV7jhJTNrXc2RyuYoIW1heXvEc
GYAMFI - Osibi Music (Nubian, 1988)
Nubian - NBN 1225
Canada, 1988
private press
A1 Awaa-Waa-Tuu
A2 Ebe Ye Yie
B1 Ewuraba Lucy
B2 Sika Asem
B3 Efri Tete
Gyamfi - guitars, vocals, congas, apentema, cabasa
Daniel Kofi Jefferson - bass guitar
Jurgen Dahmen - keyboards
Charles Amoah - drums, backing vocals
Ansumana Bangura - congas
Ampofo Acquah - backing vocals
Frank Kojo - congas, openten, talking drums, cowbells
Peter Krick - linndrum programming, timbales
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Recorded in Dusseldorf, West Germany with a mixed personnel of German and African musicians, this 1988 private press synthy highlife album is one of only a handful of known recordings by Ghanaian guitarist Rex Gyamfi. Although likely also a German pressing, this copy was pressed in Toronto by Nubian Productions. Not your average highlife here, with electronic drums, synth and a boogie feel on a few tracks.
https://mega.nz/#!y5AnVIbY!M7u0UEx3MtAtQrAHFqWt3mfnr6jmRkIco5syGMIIHrg
HARRY CASE - In A Mood (Ichiban, 1989)
Ichiban Records - ICH 1037
US, 1989
A1 Ride 'Em Off
A2 Native Drums
A3 Chasing The Goon
A4 Quick-Wire
A5 Jam (At Your Party)
A6 Carry Me Home
B1 Midnight Samba
B2 In A Mood
B3 Air Dancer
B4 Mother-San
Harry Case - guitar, vocals
Tex Awonzee - piano, wind instruments
Casio Bhiton - bass, sub-tone image
'Foot' Lawson - drum set, native drums, lseekawaytoo, percussion'Electric' Mann - symphony, effects
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Although Harry Case has remained in obscurity, this album in particular has recently caused quite a buzz within the record collecting community, especially among new age, modern soul and balearic heads hunting for the dearth of early MTV outsider musicians and infomercial and video game computer based soundtracks. The second and what appears to be the last of Harry Case's releases as a leader on the indie Ichiban label out of Atlanta, In A Mood exhibits a downtempo mix of breezy synth, electronic drumming and lo-fi guitar with Case's occasionally looping vocals – echoing the best of Matthew Larkin Cassell mixed with mellow digital instrumentation – with moves into balearic dance predating Larry Heard early 90s work and tropical soulful electronic popular contemporarily with the likes of Andras Fox.
This obscure lp shows Case building on the electronic funk sound he had already crafted a year earlier on Magic Cat – even reformatting some guitar progressions from the first session e.g. 'Easy Vamp' to 'Midnight Samba' – but In A Mood fits together much more coherently as the songs blend seamlessly into one another for a vapory lo-fi synth-folk-funk atmosphere. From my best guess though, 'Electric' Mann and the rest of the personnel here are aliases by Case, but maybe someone down in Georgia can verify Casio Bhiton as a premier bass player around Atlanta in the late 80s? Other than the two lps and a 12" 'Niagara' single, Case's short-lived career was rounded out by some session work on guitar but nothing quite as mysteriously intriguing yet melodically ethereal as 'In a Mood'. Perhaps you can still find Case playing guitar somewhere around Decatur, GA; maybe he's even hard at work on the next new age soul masterpiece. Cannot recommend this masterpiece enough – it is quite nearly impossible to find other records that come together so perfectly in sound blending such disparate influences into beautifully crafted soulful music.
https://mega.nz/#!ClBTDJKI!Tr7ZOniETgWkfuavXwWXLLhCqupO4_xtuBTT9y1ERiI
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