We talked to one of the Hot Casa Records’s two founder, Julien Lebrun. The label mainly offers 1970s afro funk reissues and also welcomes today’s productions of artists who pick up the funk torch.

Hot Casa Records reissues Love Peace & Happiness, one of the rarest albums from the Afro Soul maestro.

Hot Casa Records present Togo Soul 70 (Selected Rare Togolese Recordings from 1971 to 1981).

Peter Solo’s band, the perfect embodiment of Togolese funk, announce their new project via two singles, “Bella” and “Be My Wife.” The Togolese guitarist and singer Peter Solo (real name Viwanou Déboutoh) makes his comeback […]

This week at the PAM Club, the co-founder of Hot Casa Records Julien Lebrun brings us to Ghana with a mixtape full of funky gems from the 80s! With his colleague Afrobrazileiro, Julien Lebrun created […]

In this week’s selection: a tribute to the city of Belém, an electro-funana compilation, Goldlink’s endorphic mixtape, Manu Dibango doing sound illustrations and much more… Dona Onete Rebujo Following the critical success of her 2017 album […]

The Pan African Music team select their favorite 2017 reissues. Compilations, vinyl reissues and exclusive archive gems: a short focus on 25 timeless albums that made our year. Listen to selections from this list on […]

French label Hot Casa Records reissues African Woman, the second album from Fela Kuti protégé Kingsley Bucknor Jr. Member of Fela’s Kalakuta Republic, King Bucknor Jr. was recorded in 1979 at the Emi studio in […]