Birth/Speed/Merging was recorded in 1976 after the band"s move to San Francisco. The album closes the Pyramids" 70s trilogy and makes more use of studio technology: adding overdubs and other effects, a marked departure from the previous two releases, though at no cost to the urgent message and energy of their earlier works.

Tracklist:
1.1Birth / Speed / Merging Suite Part 1. Aomawa
1.2Part 2. Birth/Speed/Merging
1.3Part 3. Reaffirmation
1.4Jamaican Carnival
1.5Black Man And Woman Of The Nile More

King Of Kings was recorded in 1974 and features a wider array of instruments including Ugandan Harp and Balafon. Perhaps best known for the expansive "Nsorama (The Stars)" a seminal work of Spiritual Jazz.

Tracklist:
1.1Mogho Naba (King Of Kings)
1.2Queen Of The Spirits
1.3Nsorama (The Stars)
1.4My Africa More

4LP in hard outer box with 12pp 12" insert booklet
Strut presents the first box set release to bring together the 1970s recordings of The Pyramids, led by Idris Ackamoor. ‘Aomawa: The 1970s Recordings’ features fully remastered editions of Lalibela, King of Kings, and Birth / Speed / Merging in their original artwork along with the first ever vinyl issue of their live session for KQED TV in 1975.

Trackliste
1.1Lalibela
1.2Sheba's Dance
1.3High Priestess
1.4Rock Churches
1.5Dialogue Of The Spirits
1.6Mesenko Nights
1.7Indigo
1.8Ya A Ya A Ya A Ya A
1.9Sunset At Giza
2.1Mogho Naba (King Of Kings)
2.2Queen Of The Spirits Part 1
2.3Queen Of The Spirits Part 2
2.4Queen Of The Spirits Part 3
2.5Nsorama (The Stars)
2.6My Africa
3.1Aomawa
3.2Birth / Speed / Merging - Part 1
3.3Birth / Speed / Merging - Part 2
3.4Birth / Speed / Merging - Part 3
3.5Birth / Speed / Merging - Part 4
3.6Reaffirmation - Part 1
3.7Reaffirmation - Part 2
3.8Reaffirmation - Part 3
3.9Reaffirmation - Part 4
3.10Jamaican Carnival - Part 1
3.11Jamaican Carnival - Part 2
3.12Black Man And Woman Of The Nile - Part 1
3.13Black Man And Woman Of The Nile - Part 2
3.14Black Man And Woman Of The Nile - Part 3
3.15Black Man And Woman Of The Nile - Part 4
4.1Jamaican Carnival
4.2The King He Comes
4.3Black Man And Woman Of The Nile
4.4Theme For Margaux And Kay More

Strut proudly presents the official remastered reissues of Lafayette Afro Rock Band's elusive funk/Afro original album, 'Malik,' originally released in 1974 and Soul Makossa' from 1973, both pressed on black vinyl LP.

Tracklist

1.1Djungi
1.2Raff
1.3Conga
1.4Avi-Vo
1.5Malik
1.6Darkest Light
1.7Baba Hya More

Strut proudly presents the official remastered reissues of Lafayette Afro Rock Band's elusive funk/Afro original album, 'Malik,' originally released in 1974 and Soul Makossa' from 1973, both pressed on black vinyl LP.

Tracklist
1.1Soul Makossa
1.2Azeta
1.3Oglenon
1.4Voodounon
1.5Hihache
1.6Nicky More

White Vinyl 2LP (Contains original album and mono-mix retrieved from original tapes)

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Strut label, we are delighted to unveil a special edition of a landmark album within the realm of African music - Mulatu Astatke"s "Mulatu Of Ethiopia". Recorded in New York in 1972, this pivotal album marks a juncture in Astatke"s musical journey when he adeptly fused various styles to craft the distinctive genre known as Ethio-jazz. For this special edition, the release features the original stereo mix of the full album, as well as a special "mono-mix" of each track retrieved from the original 2" tapes, pressed on opaque white vinyl 2LP.



A1 MULATU 5:00
A2 MASCARAM SETABA 2:40
A3 DEWEL 4:00
B1 KULUNMANQUELESHI 2:05
B2 KASALEFKUT-HULU 2:25
B3 MUNAYE 3:15
B4 CHIFARA More

9-piece powerhouse Nubiyan Twist embark on a fresh musical odyssey with their vibrant fourth album 'Find Your Flame’. Over 12-track the band seamlessly weaves together global grooves, soul and jazz; expertly intertwined with electronic elements, horn-led melodies and spontaneous improvisation.

Tracklist
1.1Lights Out (Ft. Nile Rodgers)
1.2All The Same (Ft. Ria Moran)
1.3Woman
1.4You Don't Know Me (Ft. Corto Alto)
1.5Carry Me (Ft. Seun Kuti)
1.6Battle Isn't Over
1.7So Mi Stay
1.8Pray For Me Part
1.9Pray For Me Part
1.10Reach My Soul
1.11Find Your Flame
1.12Slow Breath (Ft. Mamani Keïta) More

9-piece powerhouse Nubiyan Twist embark on a fresh musical odyssey with their vibrant fourth album 'Find Your Flame’. Over 12-track the band seamlessly weaves together global grooves, soul and jazz; expertly intertwined with electronic elements, horn-led melodies and spontaneous improvisation.

Tracklist
1.1Lights Out (Ft. Nile Rodgers)
1.2All The Same (Ft. Ria Moran)
1.3Woman
1.4You Don't Know Me (Ft. Corto Alto)
1.5Carry Me (Ft. Seun Kuti)
1.6Battle Isn't Over
1.7So Mi Stay
1.8Pray For Me Part
1.9Pray For Me Part
1.10Reach My Soul
1.11Find Your Flame
1.12Slow Breath (Ft. Mamani Keïta) More

We are happy to announce this Sun Ra tile for this year's RecordStoreDay release!

Please note that stock is limited and needs to be allocated so you might not get your full requested quantity

Introducing a musical treasure from the enigmatic Sun Ra's expansive discography, Strut Records proudly presents "Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets The OVC”. This extraordinary album unveils previously unreleased recordings from the year 1986 for the very first time, showcasing a unique chapter in the Sun Ra catalogue, officially released for Record Store Day 2024.

Listen: https://on.soundcloud.com/kVj3m

Tracklisting:

A1 CALLING PLANET EARTH 11:01
A2 THEME OF THE STARGAZERS 8:35
A3 LOVE IN OUTER SPACE (DX7 INTERLUDE) 2:34
B1 LOVE IN OUTER SPACE 6:32
B2 STARDUST FROM TOMORROW 5:19
B3 EL IS A SOUND OF JOY 7:44
B4 SUNSET ON THE NILE (DX7 INTERLUDE) 3:20
C1 SUNSET ON THE NILE 7:39
C2 EAST OF THE SUN 4:39
C3 SATURN RINGS 6:03
C4 CALLING PLANET EARTH (PIANO INTERLUDE) 2:18
D1 DISCIPLINE 27-II 22:33 More

We are happy to announce this Greg Foat & Gigi Masin tile for this year's RecordStoreDay release!

Please note that stock is limited and needs to be allocated so you might not get your full requested quantity

Fresh off the heels of their critically acclaimed collaboration album, Dolphin, UK jazz metro Greg Foat and Venetian electronic luminary Gigi Masin join forces once again for The Fish Factory Sessions, an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2024.

1LP pressed on translucent sky blue vinyl housed in an untreated card sleeve with spot varnish.

Listen: listen.k7.com/53a48642-00a5-40c8-ae62-7ecf308cf8b2

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Strut proudly presents the first official remastered reissue of Lafayette Afro Rock Band's elusive funk/Afro original album, 'Malik,' originally released in 1974.

Tracklist

1.1Djungi
1.2Raff
1.3Conga
1.4Avi-Vo
1.5Malik
1.6Darkest Light
1.7Baba Hya More

Strut proudly presents the first official remastered reissue of the funk/Afro classic, Lafayette Afro Rock Band's 'Soul Makossa' from 1973.

Tracklist
1.1Soul Makossa
1.2Azeta
1.3Oglenon
1.4Voodounon
1.5Hihache
1.6Nicky More

"Strut Records were there first, well before DFA recorded The Rapture's Sub Pop debut. 'Disco Not Disco' preceded the punk funk revolution by two years." Resident Advisor Strut present a new repress of the influential first volume of 'Disco Not Disco' compiled by Joey Negro and Sean P as part of the label's 20th Anniversary. 'Disco Not Disco' was a perfectly timed compilation back in 2000. Released when interest in the myths, history and playlists of original New York clubs like Paradise Garage and The Loft was at its peak, the album drew on the outer limits of leftfield disco championed by Levan and Mancuso, bringing together unlikely dancefloor anthems by rock acts like Yoko Ono and Ian Dury, obscurities from cottage labels like BC and Splash and selected oddities from the unique mind of avant-garde hero, Arthur Russell. It was essentially a celebration of the sonic melting pot in New York during the early '80s, an era when punk had burnt itself out and disco had become commercial and saccharine; in its place, the post-punk movement threw up brilliant oddities which tore up the accepted rulebook. Since its release, the compilation title has become a by-word for a whole genre of music and remains a landmark collection of its time. With original copies now changing hands for €100+, this new pressing is a welcome return for an essential celebration of disco's difficult cousins. The album features full original artwork and Kris Needs' sleeve notes and is remastered and cut by The Carvery.
Tracklist
1.1Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (1981 Re-Edit)
1.2Liquid Liquid - Cavern
1.3Loose Joints - Tell You (Today) (Vocal)
1.4Ian Dury & The Seven Seas Players - Spasticus Autisticu
2.1Material - Over And Over
2.2Was (Not Was) - Wheel Me Out
2.3Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again (Original Edit)
2.4Don Cherry - I Walk
3.1Common Sense - Voices Inside My Head
3.2Nicky Siano - Move
3.3Indian Ocean - School Bell / Tree House More

A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland on Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990. Curated by producer / DJ Mehmet Aslan.

Tracklist
1.1Dr. Chattanooga & The Navarones - Kabylmarabù
1.2Mittageisen - Anfang
1.3Elephant Château - Wir Fangen Mit Arbeit An
1.4Unknownmix - Nightmare
1.5Aboriginal Voices - Le Jour L'ennui
1.6Café Türk - Söyledir
1.7Lilliput - Boat-Song
1.8Bells Of Kyoto - Asho II
2.1Schamanen Circel - Arbeiter (The Worker)
2.2El Deux - Gletscher (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
2.3Konx - Basic Ground Without Voice (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
2.4Jürg Nutz - Labyrinth
2.5Schaltkreis Wassermann - Arabesque
2.6Die Welttraumforscher - Mondfolklore
2.7Christine Scaller - L'ombre Dorée Du Scarabée Bleu

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1CD digipak w/ 32 pp booklet

A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland on Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990. Curated by producer / DJ Mehmet Aslan.

Tracklist
1.1Dr. Chattanooga & The Navarones - Kabylmarabù
1.2Mittageisen - Anfang
1.3Elephant Château - Wir Fangen Mit Arbeit An
1.4Unknownmix - Nightmare
1.5Aboriginal Voices - Le Jour L'ennui
1.6Café Türk - Söyledir
1.7Lilliput - Boat-Song
1.8Bells Of Kyoto - Asho II
2.1Schamanen Circel - Arbeiter (The Worker)
2.2El Deux - Gletscher (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
2.3Konx - Basic Ground Without Voice (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
2.4Jürg Nutz - Labyrinth
2.5Schaltkreis Wassermann - Arabesque
2.6Die Welttraumforscher - Mondfolklore
2.7Christine Scaller - L'ombre Dorée Du Scarabée Bleu

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Occasionally, you find music outside the commercial mainstream, outside of everything – the music of visionaries, eccentrics, inventors, loners, the keepers of secrets, the path-finders. Moondog, Daphne Oram, Harry Partch are from this mould. And so too is Lori Vambe. This is the first ever reissue of Vambe’s privately pressed original albums from 1982, Drumland Dreamland and Drumgita Solo, packaged in a deluxe slipcase and featuring both albums in their original artwork!

Tracklist
1.1Intro
1.2Drumgita
1.3Ancient Boogie (Mantra)
1.4Artnam
1.5Mantra
1.6(One) Boogie Home Going
1.7Going Home Boogie (One)
1.8Un Minuto (One)
1.9Un Minuto (Two)
1.10Going Home Boogie (Two)
1.11Going Home Boogie (Three)
2.1Drumsong (One)
2.2Drumsong (Two)
2.3Drumsong (Three)
2.4Strumelody
2.5Drumelody (One)
2.6Drumelody (Two)
2.7Ydolemurd
2.8Hum Drum Dring (One)
2.9Hum Drum Dring (Two) (The Freedrum Song) More

Occasionally, you find music outside the commercial mainstream, outside of everything – the music of visionaries, eccentrics, inventors, loners, the keepers of secrets, the path-finders. Moondog, Daphne Oram, Harry Partch are from this mould. And so too is Lori Vambe. This is the first ever reissue of Vambe’s privately pressed original albums from 1982, Drumland Dreamland and Drumgita Solo, packaged in a deluxe slipcase and featuring both albums in their original artwork!

Tracklist
1.1Intro
1.2Drumgita
1.3Ancient Boogie (Mantra)
1.4Artnam
1.5Mantra
1.6(One) Boogie Home Going
1.7Going Home Boogie (One)
1.8Un Minuto (One)
1.9Un Minuto (Two)
1.10Going Home Boogie (Two)
1.11Going Home Boogie (Three)
2.1Drumsong (One)
2.2Drumsong (Two)
2.3Drumsong (Three)
2.4Strumelody
2.5Drumelody (One)
2.6Drumelody (Two)
2.7Ydolemurd
2.8Hum Drum Dring (One)
2.9Hum Drum Dring (Two) (The Freedrum Song) More

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’.

Tracklist:
A1/1 AFRO FUTURISTIC DREAMS
A2/2 THANK YOU GOD
B1/3 POLICE DEM
B2/4 FIRST PEOPLES

C1/5 TRUTH TO POWER
C2/6 RE - MEMORY
C3/7 GARLAND ROSE
D1/8 REQUIEM FOR THE ANCESTORS
D2/9 NICE IT UP More

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’.

Tracklist:
A1/1 AFRO FUTURISTIC DREAMS
A2/2 THANK YOU GOD
B1/3 POLICE DEM
B2/4 FIRST PEOPLES

C1/5 TRUTH TO POWER
C2/6 RE - MEMORY
C3/7 GARLAND ROSE
D1/8 REQUIEM FOR THE ANCESTORS
D2/9 NICE IT UP More

Recorded remotely during 2021-2022 the album took shape in the form of mutual compositions, gradually developed and embellished online. Final recording sessions took place at the majestic Chale Abbey Studios on the Isle Of Wight with Moses Boyd (drums), Tom Herbert (bass) and Siobhan Cosgrove (flute, clarinet) adding elements to several pieces. Tracks include the reflective, wistful single "Viento Calido" and drifting ambient piece "Sabena", a beautiful tribute to Gigi"s wife who sadly passed away during 2022. Greg Foat has recorded prolifically in recent years including acclaimed albums Symphonie Pacifique (2020) and The Mage (2019). Best known for his 1986 ambient masterpiece Wind and as a member of Gaussian Curve, Gigi Masin has enjoyed a revival in recent years through his Calypso album on R&S"s Apollo label and renewed touring. Dolphin represents Greg and Gigi"s first landmark recording collaboration together. "I first heard Gigi"s album Wind in 2016," remembers Greg. "I was living in Miami and I heard it playing one Summer evening. Since then, it has always been in my mind to be able to record together."

Tracklist
1.1Lee
1.2London Nights
1.3Love Theme
1.4Dolphin
1.5Sabena
1.6Leo Theo
1.7Viento Calido More

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids are back with their first major new studio album in over 3 years, an epic, sprawling new work exploring the future, the past and the urgent reality of the present, ‘Afro Futuristic Dreams’.

Tracklist:
A1/1 AFRO FUTURISTIC DREAMS
A2/2 THANK YOU GOD
B1/3 POLICE DEM
B2/4 FIRST PEOPLES

C1/5 TRUTH TO POWER
C2/6 RE - MEMORY
C3/7 GARLAND ROSE
D1/8 REQUIEM FOR THE ANCESTORS
D2/9 NICE IT UP More

Strut presents the official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972.
A1 MULATU 5:00
A2 MASCARAM SETABA 2:40
A3 DEWEL 4:00
B1 KULUNMANQUELESHI 2:05
B2 KASALEFKUT-HULU 2:25
B3 MUNAYE 3:15
B4 CHIFARA More

On October 15th & 16th 2020, drummer Daniel Villarreal was joined by guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Anna Butterss for two afternoons of recording in the backyard of Chicali Outpost in Los Angeles.
For all three musicians, it was the first ensemble recording session they’d done in-person since the pandemic locked the world down just seven months prior. Some choice moments from the sessions made it onto Villarreal’s critically-acclaimed 2022 album Panamá 77, bust most of the music remained unreleased.
Lados B is a deep dive into the high-level spontaneous music made by Villarreal, Parker and Butterss across those two days in 2020. Villarreal is heard leading the group through various rhythmic modes and structures for improvisation - flow as informed by the Latin soul of Fania Records as it is by the otherworldly trance of Brain Records - while Parker and Butterss draw on their extensive experience playing free together (as heard on Parker’s recently-released Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, and the LA side of Makaya McCraven’s 2018 LP Universal Beings) to build harmonic buoys for their spontaneous melodicism. The result is a beautifully vivid illustration of context, creativity, and collective composition from a particularly rich moment in history.

Tracklist:
1. Traveling With
2. Sunset Cliffs
3. Republic
4. Chicali Outpost
5. Bring It
6. Salute
7. Daytime Nighttime
8. Things Can Be Calm
9. Rug Moti More

Formed in Mamelodi township near Pretoria, the group started out as Malombo Jazz Men with Julian Bahula on malombo drums, Abbey Cindi on flute and Philip Tabane on guitar. Fusing traditional and improvised rhythms with jazz, Malombo became renowned as one of the first South African bands to fully connect jazz with the African traditions. Despite his undoubted genius, Tabane became erratic on tour and Bahula brought in another Mamelodi-based talent, guitarist Lucas “Lucky” Ranku, renaming the band Malombo Jazz Makers. The group played stadiums and festivals and were soon signed to Gallo. Recording at a studio in Pretoria, the trio debuted with the album ‘Malompo Jazz’ in 1966, showcasing the simple, spacious beauty of the Malombo sound and Abbey Cindi’s compositions, with Mahotella Queens’ Hilda Tloubatla on guest vocals. The partner follow-up album ‘Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2’ was recorded a year later, continuing the earthy flow of Malombo’s music. The two albums have since been recognised as unique landmarks of South African jazz through popular tracks like ‘Sibathathu’, ‘Jikeleza’ and ‘Emakhaya’. Alongside full original artwork, the albums feature a new interview with Julian Bahula.

Tracklist:
A1. Ngivulele B1. Abbey's Body
A2. Udondolo B2. Vukani
A3. Soul of Africa B3. Hleziphi
A4. Jolly Journey B4. Sibathathu
A5. Umkhosi B5. Malombi Walk
A6. Majazana B6. Emoubane More

Strut present the first ever compilation of Balka Sound, bringing together their influential 1980s recordings. Hailing from Congo-Brazzaville and led by revered vocalist and ngonfi player, Nkibi “Lusialala” Albert, Balka Sound created their own unique musical world, re imagining traditional Congolese Balka rhythms with electric guitars, electric bass and drums, alongside the traditional 5-string ngonfi.

Tracklist:
1.1Ah Lusialala
1.2Ni Kuel'ko
1.3Bia Sala
1.4Basi Bayele
1.5Lekou
1.6Bukut' Bua Kinguengui
1.7Ha Ta Ba Betu Ku Bula
2.1Ku Mavula
2.2Kidilu
2.3Wa Yiwou
2.4Ka Mu Wila Ko
2.5Nia Nia
2.6Kwele More

Influential jazz collective Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids return with an epic new opus, ‘Shaman!’, released on 7th August featuring a fresh line-up including original 1970s Pyramids member

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Strut presents the official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972.
A1 MULATU 5:00
A2 MASCARAM SETABA 2:40
A3 DEWEL 4:00
B1 KULUNMANQUELESHI 2:05
B2 KASALEFKUT-HULU 2:25
B3 MUNAYE 3:15
B4 CHIFARA More

Strut and Art Yard present another exclusive from the vast catalogue of cosmic jazz pioneer Sun Ra: a previously unreleased radio session most likely recorded at the WXPN FM radio studios in Philadelphia, 1974-5.
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Recorded remotely during 2021-2022 the album took shape in the form of mutual compositions, gradually developed and embellished online. Final recording sessions took place at the majestic Chale Abbey Studios on the Isle Of Wight with Moses Boyd (drums), Tom Herbert (bass) and Siobhan Cosgrove (flute, clarinet) adding elements to several pieces. Tracks include the reflective, wistful single "Viento Calido" and drifting ambient piece "Sabena", a beautiful tribute to Gigi"s wife who sadly passed away during 2022. Greg Foat has recorded prolifically in recent years including acclaimed albums Symphonie Pacifique (2020) and The Mage (2019). Best known for his 1986 ambient masterpiece Wind and as a member of Gaussian Curve, Gigi Masin has enjoyed a revival in recent years through his Calypso album on R&S"s Apollo label and renewed touring. Dolphin represents Greg and Gigi"s first landmark recording collaboration together. "I first heard Gigi"s album Wind in 2016," remembers Greg. "I was living in Miami and I heard it playing one Summer evening. Since then, it has always been in my mind to be able to record together."

Tracklist
1.1Lee
1.2London Nights
1.3Love Theme
1.4Dolphin
1.5Sabena
1.6Leo Theo
1.7Viento Calido More

Occasionally, you find music outside the commercial mainstream, outside of everything – the music of visionaries, eccentrics, inventors, loners, the keepers of secrets, the path-finders. Moondog, Daphne Oram, Harry Partch are from this mould. And so too is Lori Vambe. This is the first ever reissue of Vambe’s privately pressed original albums from 1982, Drumland Dreamland and Drumgita Solo, packaged in a deluxe slipcase and featuring both albums in their original artwork!

Tracklist
1.1Intro
1.2Drumgita
1.3Ancient Boogie (Mantra)
1.4Artnam
1.5Mantra
1.6(One) Boogie Home Going
1.7Going Home Boogie (One)
1.8Un Minuto (One)
1.9Un Minuto (Two)
1.10Going Home Boogie (Two)
1.11Going Home Boogie (Three)
2.1Drumsong (One)
2.2Drumsong (Two)
2.3Drumsong (Three)
2.4Strumelody
2.5Drumelody (One)
2.6Drumelody (Two)
2.7Ydolemurd
2.8Hum Drum Dring (One)
2.9Hum Drum Dring (Two) (The Freedrum Song) More

Formed in Mamelodi township near Pretoria, the group started out as Malombo Jazz Men with Julian Bahula on malombo drums, Abbey Cindi on flute and Philip Tabane on guitar. Fusing traditional and improvised rhythms with jazz, Malombo became renowned as one of the first South African bands to fully connect jazz with the African traditions. Despite his undoubted genius, Tabane became erratic on tour and Bahula brought in another Mamelodi-based talent, guitarist Lucas “Lucky” Ranku, renaming the band Malombo Jazz Makers. The group played stadiums and festivals and were soon signed to Gallo. Recording at a studio in Pretoria, the trio debuted with the album ‘Malompo Jazz’ in 1966, showcasing the simple, spacious beauty of the Malombo sound and Abbey Cindi’s compositions, with Mahotella Queens’ Hilda Tloubatla on guest vocals. The partner follow-up album ‘Malombo Jazz Makers Vol. 2’ was recorded a year later, continuing the earthy flow of Malombo’s music. The two albums have since been recognised as unique landmarks of South African jazz through popular tracks like ‘Sibathathu’, ‘Jikeleza’ and ‘Emakhaya’. Alongside full original artwork, the albums feature a new interview with Julian Bahula.

Tracklisting

A1. Abbey's Mood B1. Intandane
A2. Lullaby for Angels B2. A Tribute to Birds
A3. Grab This for Me B3. Root of Africa
A4. Emakhaya B4. Vuma Mbari
A5. Blues After Lunch B5.Lousy Fever
A6. Bababelo B6. Jikeleza
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