VA - KENYA SPECIAL - SELECTED EAST AFRICAN RECORDINGS FROM THE 1970S & '80SFormat : 3 x 7" Label : Soundway Catalog # : SNDWLP 046 Genre : Africa Soundway Records present Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s & 80s a treasure trove of rare and unusual recordings from East Africa. Spread out over two CDs and one triple LP, Kenya Special is accompanied by detailed liner notes, original artwork and photographs. It follows on from Soundways much acclaimed African Special series that to date has focused

'Fake Action' brings shuffling grooves and lush cosmic designs and 'Lover' is a smoochy closer that echoes Sade

now rare and sought-after

And what we end up with is a collection of timeless Swiss Groove™ music—inspired by William Onyeabor

000 Volts by Ngozi Family

or music he described as being "mainly instrumental and strange music"

which found its way into the hands of Berlin's Steffi

The band is still performing to this day in the Luxemburg-Cape Verdean live circuit

Upright bass is swapped out for a big

a new musical collective headed up by musician Marius Houschyar

It was the combination of these experiences that led Brian to pursue this immediate approach of improvised acoustic instrumentation

curating the vinyl section and manning the register

Al MacSween (Maisha) and Tamar Osborn (Collocutor)