Born out of an impromptu post-pub jam session in Margate, the five-piece group swoops onto the scene with their blistering debut EP, Yagana. Having moved to the UK from West Africa in 2018, Guinean singer […]

Blending kwaito and samba, their single “Warrior” announces the release of a first and unique album, as a tribute to the talent of a South African singer named Khusi Seremane. Soundway presents the first and […]

Party tested anthems from the Caribbean. Photo : Brother Resistance Compiled by Soundway Records label founder Miles Cleret and DJ/collector Jeremy Spellacey, Body Beat: Soca-Dub and Electronic Calypso (1979-98) traces the evolution of the genre from […]

Soundway Records brings back to life with a high quality reissue, the dancefloor killer ‘We Can Move’. London-based independent label Soundway Records reissues Free Youth’s long sought-after 1985 single “We Can Move”, the trio’s only release originally pressed on […]

Curated by London-based producer Esa Williams, the double-vinyl LP coming out this summer. Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, during the last days of Apartheid, Esa is one of the most active ambassador for the South African […]

Heads Records – South African Disco​-​Dub Edits pays tribute to the short-lived Heads label out of South Africa.  Started and run by the late South African producer and singer Emil Zoghby, Heads label was in activity only between […]

With the Gumba Fire compilation, Soundway Records puts the light on the funky pop music scene of South Africa’s 1980s, widely known as bubblegum. Picture: Black Five  Bubblegum music was born in 1980s black South Africa, from the […]

Soundway returns to the streets of Nairobi and Mombassa for a second compilation of rare East African recordings, again from the same fruitful period.