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NTS Guide to: Albarika Records

Based in Cotonou, Benin, which at the time was referred to as Dahomey, Albarika Records was founded by the French-born, Benin-based producer and entrepreneur, Emmanuel "Manu" Dibango, who had a significant influence on the local music scene. The label was instrumental in releasing records from some of the region's most prominent musicians during the golden age of African music. Many of the artists signed to Albarika Records were known for blending indigenous African rhythms with Western jazz, funk, and soul influences. This made their sound distinctive and part of a broader movement across West Africa during the 60s and 70s, as music became a form of social and political expression.

THE WITCHING HOUR

Omar Hraib presents The Witching Hour; a passage through the realms of the slow, the heavy and the strange.

New Wave Post Punk Synth Pop Folk Psychedelic Rock

Old friends and hapless mavericks Ivan Smagghe and Nathan Gregory Wilkins present a fortnightly window into their ramshackle musical world. A show with absolutely no rules (as they'd only break them). We love the unmixable, old & new. We are oddballs and we love you.

Tracklist

Ricky Eat AcidRicky Eat Acid
Big Man’s Last Trip Outside
Ann SextonAnn Sexton
The Addict
Fabulous DiamondsFabulous Diamonds
Flowers & Fade

JabuJabu
All Night Feat. Rakhising & Sebastian Gainsborough
AbschaumAbschaum
Tromper Le Temps
Conny FrischaufConny Frischauf
Private Geheimseiche
Adrián De AlfonsoAdrián De Alfonso
Arden
Democratique Et Populaire De SauvageDemocratique Et Populaire De Sauvage
Jamahiriya
Peace De RésistancePeace De Résistance
The Funny Man
Milan W.Milan W.
Ballad
Psychic TVPsychic TV
We Kiss
AutarkicAutarkic
Ze Lo Chayav Lihiyot Kacha
Christopher Lamp & Artificial SystemChristopher Lamp & Artificial System
Sermon Of The Jungle
Sonic BoomSonic Boom
Rock'n'Roll Is Killing My Life
Kenny LumpKenny Lump
Geraldine
Oltre FuturoOltre Futuro
Dark Blue
DJ UngelDJ Ungel
Velah
Roza TerenziRoza Terenzi
1800 Bounce
De KlokDe Klok
Crab Walk
AtalayaAtalaya
Todo Cae
Thomas LeerThomas Leer
All About You
Circus UnderwaterCircus Underwater
The Surface Of The Water
Luc Van AckerLuc Van Acker
The Fear In My Heart
DAFDAF
Verhert Euren Haarschnitt
Princess DemenyPrincess Demeny
New York Grief '86
YutaniYutani
The Horn
Alaston UnivormuAlaston Univormu
routine
The Eyes In The HeatThe Eyes In The Heat
Soft (Demo)
RM EstaliRM Estali
C+R
MAXMAX
E Minor
Mega BogMega Bog
I Hear You Listening (To The Bug On My Wall)
Angel InvestorAngel Investor
Their Eyes Shine With Innocence